This is the first Wake Up blog I’m posting in a regular scheduled format and I couldn’t think of a better start. Don Was on the big nasty. Bobby ripping his Johnny Coltrane chord progressions. The soft serenity that comes with NPR but also the looming realization that there’s more live music in Bobby’s fingertips than any living commercial musician. Granted there’s probably an organist at a Lutheran church somewhere that’s been going 4 days a week for 60 something years. I’m just saying more from a recording-artist perspective, you have to imagine Bobby is #1 all time in shows played or minutes logged or whatever the metric is. I’m sure of it.
Anyways I’m a big fan of the Tiny Desk concert format at NPR. I like the adaptability here. The unplugged vibe. It’s a really nice smooth way to get the day started.
Speaking of unplugged. I understand MTV is long dead but if there was ever a way to revive, then we need to bring back the unplugged series from the 90’s. The Nirvana Unplugged album is fundamentally an all time classic. Alice in Chains? Also classic. Clapton, Mariah Carey, Lauryn Hill, Ricky Martin. The list goes on and on. From 1989 to 1999, it was the best non-series programming available on MTV and I’ll stand by that for the rest of my life.
Anyways great fucking concert and I hope you guys have a wonderful Monday. Don’t be afraid to have a big lunch today.