The Daily Dose/July 8, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
CAPSULE BRASS ENSEMBLE CONCERT REVIEW: C Street Brass, The Granary, Hayden, Colorado: We don’t get out too much, but a concert a few blocks from our house – and at no cost to us – on a Wednesday evening was simply too convenient to pass up.
Dry, Technical, Matter: C Street Brass is a quintet founded in 2008 and currently based in Pittsburgh and this was their first performance since The Virus Era hit. Because we are such ignoramuses here, we recognized very little of the setlist. They did identify one song as being the third movement of something or another even zeroes like us recognized their rousing finale, Amazing Grace, but other than that IDing the number beforehand didn’t help too much.
In-Review Venue Critique: The granary, built in 1917, was long neglected before a locally prominent family bought and restored it in the Double Aughts. It could use a PA system and some spotlights, but otherwise was a nice place for a show. Naturally, it’s next to the railroad track, and a train, as if on cue, rolled past right as the last number began.
But We Digress: Here is the official Daily Dose rating scale: 1 – The very best; 2 – Very good; 3- Good; 4 – Average; 5 – Lousy
Final Rating: 2 – Very Good: Our ignorance of people blaring horns is boundless, so we really aren’t qualified to pass judgement on those who do this for a living. That’s not going to stop us from doing so, of course, but it does prevent us from giving either the highest or the lowest marks because we’re not qualified to issue them.
The Bottom Line: If C Street Brass is in your neighborhood, go see them. They not only put on a diverse musical show but like all great performers, they gave the impression there was no place they’d rather be than playing music for us and be it in a small town granary or Carnegie Hall, you can’t beat that.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow screws up. Today’s Diary.
While Mr J was at the desk waiting for me to find a room without anyone else in it, the real occupants of 108 called, curious as to what happened…I told him it was an Official Sparrow Screwup (OSS) and after a minute or so was even reduced to offering “every apology” a nice English phrase and brother, if ol’ Sparrow is going English on you something really got butchered…I even asked if I could take $50 off his bill and while this wasn’t the point of his call, he authorized it without even consulting his wife.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1099 – The Siege of Jerusalem begins as a religious procession of 15,000 reportedly starving Christians surround the city of Jerusalem. The siege ended on July 15, when the Christians entered the city, slaughtering a reportedly large though undetermined number of Muslims and Jews, which marked the end of the First Crusade. The First Crusade was ordered by Pope Urban II in 1095 and the Crusades would continue off and on until the early 13th century.
In 1905 – May Sutton of the United States becomes the first foreigner to win a Wimbledon title, defeating Briton Dorthea Douglas (later Dorthea Chambers) 6-3, 6-4 in the ladies singles championship. Sutton won seven matches in the All-Comers bracket before beating Douglas in the Challenge Final, the only match the defending champion Douglas was obliged to play. Sutton would win Wimbledon again in 1907 and in 1904 had won her first Grand Slam title when she won the US Open.
In 1950- Moon Mullican is at #1 on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Juke Boxes country chart – a predecessor to today’s country chart – for the fourth and final consecutive week with I’ll Sail My Ship Alone. It was the seventh country hit for Mullican and remains his only #1 song. The song also peaked at #17 on Billboard’s pop chart. Mullican was also an accomplished songwriter, whose work influenced later acts like Hank Williams, Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
Life is a gamble. Stake it on yourself.
Deng Ming-Dao
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The first governor of California was Peter Burnett, who served from 1849-51.
Today’s Stumper
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What year was the last Wimbledon tournament to have an All-Comers bracket and Challenge Final? – Answer next time!
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