(h/t Sammy 67)

OMFG! What the hell is wrong with Massachusetts? This idiot, who doesn't think it's too low to smear a dead woman by tacitly questioning whether she was married to Obama's father, is way too close in the polls for me to believe.

And it's a pathetic pandering to the birthers. But maybe we should expect that from Brown, since he

• Panders to the teabaggers (while protesting his ignorance of the movement);
• Refuses to pay health benefits to his campaign workers, labeling them as independent contractors (which may be a violation of the FEC);
• Prioritized building a golf course over aiding 9/11 volunteers;
• Has notorious anti-gay NOM make robo-calls for him;
• Protects big banks from paying back their TARP money;
• and allegedly, is about to be endorsed by none other than Democratic turncoat and McCain BFF, Joe Lieberman.

The DSCC has put together a website just to track all of Brown's lies, and it's growing daily.

Seriously? This is who should replace the liberal lion of the Senate?

No fraking way. Massachusetts residents, get out there on Tuesday. Vote for Martha Coakley, because notwithstanding his Cosmo centerfold, this is not someone who should be the Republican Party's 41st vote.

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(Heading into Sunday Night on a mellow note)

I just realized I've been giving Jazz a short shrift this past week at The Roundtable. Being Sunday night, I can't think of a better excuse than to dive into this Blue Note side, My Old Flame cut on January 31, 1945 featuring the Benny Morton All Stars with Ben Webster, Barney Bigard and an amazing pianist who has been criminally neglected, Sammy Benskin.

A little session info:

Benny Morton's All Stars

Benny Morton (tb) Barney Bigard (cl) Ben Webster (ts) Sammy Benskin (p) Israel Crosby (b) Eddie Dougherty (d)

WOR Studios, NYC, January 31, 1945

BN219-0 My Old Flame Blue Note 47

All in all, a good way to end another insane week.

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(Ginhouse - The original vinyl lp is going for silly money)

For every band that has achieved fame and riches from their music, there are at least a thousand who recorded one single or one album and vanished without a trace. A lot have good reason for their obscurity, but a lot arrived at that status for no good reason.

Ginhouse were such a band. A power trio that weaved back and forth from Psychedelia to Prog-rock consisted of Geoff Sharkey, guitar - Stewart Burlison, Bass and Dave Whitacker on drums. Together a few short months in 1971 before splitting off in other directions. Sharkey was previously with the band Sammy who later morphed into Audience. Burlison and Whitacker are mysteries. But Ginhouse never had a single enter the charts and this one lp came and went with very little notice and wasn't even issued in the States. How I found out about them was something of an accident. I had done some work for Charisma Records (the label who had Genesis, Van Der Graaf Generator, Lindesfarne and many others) - they were distributed by B&C Records who dabbled in rock and Prog-rock but were primarily a Reggae label with the exception of bands like Atomic Rooster and Arnold Corn (David Bowie). The Press Officer for Charisma sent the album as an afterthought and I was hooked from Side One.

Luckily, the album has been reissued on CD by a couple of small labels in the U.K. since the original album has been seen going for hundreds of dollars on the collectors market.

This track, or actually two of them since they blend into each other are "The Journey" and "Portrait Picture".

File under Unjustified Neglect.

Say hi to Sammy. He's a little older now....