The only bandleader that mattered

The only bandleader that mattered

I saw the 1982 & 1984 shows at the Fox, sadly the legendary Agora Ballroom show was before I lived in Atlanta.

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u/ATLxUTD — 20 days ago

Death of the Earl of Upnor

We all know from The Confusion / The Juncto that Upnor “the finest swordsman in England” was “beaten to death with a stick by an Irishman”, so why does it say in The System of the World / Solomon’s Gold “the Earl of Upnor had perished a quarter-century ago at the Battle of Aughrim, fending off a hundred Puritans, Germans, Danes, &c. with his rapier, until shot in the back.”?

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u/ATLxUTD — 1 month ago

Tower of London

I am currently approaching the end of my fifth (5th) reading of the Baroque Cycle, and I must confess that all of the detailed descriptions of the Tower of London are completely lost on me. When I read anything about the Tower I absolutely surrender to ignorance and soldier on.

Maybe one day I’ll read those portions with a detailed map of the Tower in front of me and try to understand what he’s trying to convey.

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u/ATLxUTD — 1 month ago
▲ 49 r/rem

“Light a candle, light a motive, step down, step down Watch a heel crush, crush, uh oh, this means no fear Cavalier, renegade and steer clear A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline …”

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u/ATLxUTD — 2 months ago
▲ 58 r/rem

“My pockets are out and running about, Barking in the street to tell what I have hidden there”

I have no idea what this means but I love it just the same

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u/ATLxUTD — 2 months ago

Amyl Nitrate

Just reread Trunk Music. Connelly makes constant references to amyl nitrate throughout the book, but he actually means amyl nitrite. It’s an important distinction, one gives you a high and the other one kills you.

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u/ATLxUTD — 3 months ago
▲ 37 r/rem

Many of you want to believe this never happened … BUT IT DID!

u/ATLxUTD — 4 months ago