When Doves Cry

Because it's Friday and Prince's Birthday, ya bastids.

Prince & The Revolution - When Doves Cry (Official Music Video)

David Sanborn

 I was up and reeling a bit after work last night and happened to put on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and I was watching and laughing a little, and then it came time for the Late Show Band to play the music into the commercials.

And this happened.

Well, something happened, but I'm not sure I can share it because YouTube may not allow me to. Suffice it to say, the Late Show Band did a classy thing.

There was no announcement, no acknowledgment, Colbert probably didn't even know they did it after. They just did it, they played a David Sanborn song.

This one.

Bob James & David Sanborn - Maputo

Sanborn died May 12 at age 78. His album Voyeur was one of the first records I ever owned as a teenager. It is a magical amalgam of nice pretty jazz and funky shit, largely due to Sanborn's ability to make an alto saxophone scream and also due to his partnership with bassist Marcus Miler. There's also a lovely analog aesthetic to this album that makes me think Memory Man was responsible for much of its sonic energy. This is one of those albums that happened just before studios started discovering digital, much like Diver Down, or like these days when Louis Cole is drumming in some person's bathroom.

The thing about Sanborn though is that you know him even if you don't. He played with Albert King and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band when he was a youngster. As the latter arrangement, he played Woodstock. He played on Talking Book. He is the sax on Bowie's "Young Americans" and on James Taylor's "How Sweet It Is." He played with James Brown. He played with Michael Stanley. Jaco Pastorius. Kenny Loggins. Bruce Springsteen. Little Feat. Donny Hathaway. Elton John. Linda Ronstadt. Billy Joel. Steely Dan. Ween. Again, I said WEEN. The Rolling Stones. Toto. That's like half of it.

He played in the Saturday Night Live band and later sat in with Paul Schaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band on Letterman.

Sanborn was so prolific that I think the only person he hasn't performed music with is me.

I love his music. But I've only dipped my toes in. He's a whole universe of music and now he's gone, so you go, David Sanborn. You no longer have to wet your reeds. People, go on Spotify and listen to him and good on the Late Show band for a subtle but effective remembrance.

Howard Interviews the President Of The United States

President Joe Biden on the Howard Stern Show (FULL INTERVIEW)

Yes.

Also: Also: First kudos call at work today!

Burning Down the House

Because this song came on when I was driving in my car today and I turned it up loud and it made me so very happy and it's Friday ya bastids.

Talking Heads - Burning Down the House (Official Video)

Always Look On The Bright Side of Life

Because it's Good Friday, ya bastids!

Monty Python - Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

This Feeling Is Mine

Because. It's Friday. Ya. Bastids.

Your Feeling Is Mine (Otis Redding)

Acting!

Actress in that Dulcolax commercial to the director: What's my motivation?

Director: You pooped.

Actress: I pooped?

Director: Yes. You woke up in the morning and you successfully pooped.

Actress: Got it!

Everybody

 Because it's Friday ya bastids. 

Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (Wilson Pickett)

Bonus:

The Blues Brothers (1980) - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love Scene (6/9) | Movieclips

Prettiest Boy Ever

 That's my tiger. 

iPhone Tip

 So I’m learning that sometimes on an iPhone, the settings are in more than one place.

Need to turn off Low Data Mode? You need to check out both Cellular and Wi-Fi. This one may seem a little Captain Obvious.

Trying to add an email account? Settings under Mail > Accounts may not work. Go to Contacts > Accounts and try that. This area looks exactly the same, but it’s apparently unique on the device.

It can also help to toggle your wi-fi setting (turn wi-fi off, try again, turn wi-fi on, try again).

I’ve always thought iPhones were perfect. We can just say I have acquired new skepticism of late.

Apple TV+ Tip

What I learned today about technology: If you don't own a device from Apple, you probably will have a lot of trouble signing up for Apple TV+ (like on a Smart TV or a cable box). And by "have a lot of trouble," I mean it's impossible.

This is why. Can't get past Apple ID & Privacy accept - Apple TV (Reddit)

You're No Good

Not a reflection on you personally. It's just that IT'S FRIDAY YA BASTIDS.

Dee Dee Warwick: You're No Good

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Tonight!

10 p.m. on CBS. Set your DVRs

Elsbeth (CBS) Super Bowl Promo HD - The Good Wife spinoff

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Respect.

Dave Grohl and Carole King, right before they were both inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2021.

Elsbeth

Not only does the much-anticipated CBS spinoff “Elsbeth” look like darned good TV and a fantastic “Good Wife” and “Good Fight” spinoff and feature Wendell Pierce, but it also tasks former “True Blood” actors Stephen Moyer and Carrie Preston, at least per one episode. Feb. 29. CBS. Can’t wait.

ELSBETH | Official Trailer | CBS

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Because sometimes you need some nice news…

…Baylor retired Brittney Griner's jersey today.

Watch: Baylor officially retires former Lady Bear Brittney Griner’s No. 42 jersey (The Dallas News)

P.S. FU Vladimir Putin.

P.S. Baylor beat Texas Tech 62-32.

The Wiz

 I remember as a child my Mom and I going to the theater to see the film The Wiz. So I attach a bit of nostalgia to it. But there are a few fun facts about it. Such as: It cost $24 million to make, but it earned $13 million at the box office. So, it was a commercial failure. As such, it probably set back the making of all-black casted films a decade or so.

It was a critical failure as well. The casting of Diana Ross as Dorothy was widely panned, as, for example, "cold, neurotic and oddly unattractive;" and bear in mind, this was a role she went over Berry Gordy's head to get (original casting would have been Stephanie Mills, who played Dorothy in the Broadway production). It was called "Joel Schumacher's cockamamy screenplay," and "one of the decade's biggest failures", and, "the year's biggest musical flop." Referencing the film's budget, it was called "expensive crud." It was deemed "too scary for children, and too silly for adults." Ray Bolger, who played the Scarecrow from 1939's The Wizard of Oz, called it "overblown" and said that it "will never have the universal appeal" of the original.

So, when Dad and I were looking for a movie suggestion tonight, what fell out of my stupid mouth?

"How about The Wiz?"

You can't win them all. 

Dance The Night Away

Because it's Friday ya bastids.

Van Halen - Dance The Night Away (Official Music Video)

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I Thank The Lord

 Because it's Friday ya bastids and I just granulated from training at the new job.

I can tell you that no matter how they dress it up, call center work ain't pretty. But what the heck, people, I need a job.

US Obstetrician-Gynecologists' Perceived Impacts of Post–Dobbs v Jackson State Abortion Bans

 Referenced by Jessica Valenti. If you're not at least subscribed to her Substack, run, don't walk. Her reporting these days is vital.

US Obstetrician-Gynecologists' Perceived Impacts of Post–Dobbs v Jackson State Abortion Bans

Findings  In this qualitative study describing the experiences of 54 OB-GYNs practicing under abortion bans in 13 states, OB-GYNs described a range of perceived impacts, including distress at having to delay essential patient care, fears of legal ramifications, mental health effects, and planned or actual attrition.

Duh.

There's A Bass Guitar In This

#DanceOn

Stare (Prince)

There's Love In Them There Hills

Because it's Friday ya bastids and I just finished training and start taking phone calls next week I'm so scared

Love In Them There Hills (The Pointer Sisters)

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Night Life

Because it's Friday and the end of my first week of training at the new job, ya bastids

Night Life (Aretha Franklin)

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Campaign Mode

I think President Biden has today switched into full-on campaign mode, and what a brilliant way and time to do it. If you missed his speech today in Pennsylvania, you must take a half hour and watch it. It is sublime.

LIVE: Biden speaks at Valley Forge ahead of Jan. 6 anniversary | NBC News

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