raise a rootbeer to Eubie

In the late 1970’s I had the good fortune to meet Eubie Blake, one of America’s great ragtime composers. His musical EUBIE! had a run on Broadway in 1979 and a good friend took me to his home where we just hung out for about an hour, talking about his amazing career. At that time he was almost 100 years old and he’d be gone in just 4 more years.

Not too many carried on his tradition. Billy Joel did.

1974

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_Beer_Rag

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like nothing else

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a pleasure missed today is missed forever

"She fought him off vigorously, scratched, cried that she will die before she submits, but the chevalier paid no attention to her words and took her. Afterwards, she smiled coyly and told him: "Do not think, dear chevalier, that you won me against my will. Better thank our good preacher who reminded me that we are mortal, and a pleasure missed today is missed forever. Now we can proceed, for I missed too many pleasures while being too prudent for my own good." 

Fable by 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatole_France

for god’s sake. It’s 2012.

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religious persecution

Darwin was right

raised 'em right

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