SOUNDTRACK: KINGFISH-Tiny Desk (Home) Concert #99 (October 20, 2020).
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram is an amazing guitarist. He is clearly a blues prodigy. He was in his teens when he first came on the scene and is only 21 in this video (so it is funny that he has been singing about drinking Johnnie Walker Red for the past few years).
“Fresh Out” is a pretty classic blues–a simple riff, lyrics about being fresh out of everything, and some wicked, wicked soloing.
“Outside of This Town” is a song I’ve heard on the radio a lot. When I first heard the song, I assumed he was an old blues man with a comeback record. So it was really quite a surprise to find out he was 18 or 19. For this Tiny Desk Concert, he’s accompanied by Paul Rogers on bass. On this one, Rogers bass feels a bit more prominent, probably because Kingfish is really rocking out on the solo–some great hammering, he must have really powerful fingers.
“Listen” is a very difference song–a gentle ballad kind of song with pretty guitars and showcasing his voice, which is really soothing. There’s not even a guitar solo in this one.
“Rock & Roll” is dedicated to his late mom. It’s another mellow song, very pretty and catchy as well.
I had known that Kingfish was an amazing guitarist, but this set shows off more of what he can do and that he’s more than just a young bluesman..
[READ: December 2, 2020] “Aviary”
This year, S. ordered me The Short Story Advent Calendar. This is my fifth time reading the Calendar. I didn’t know about the first one until it was long out of print (sigh), but each year since has been very enjoyable. Here’s what they say this year
You know the drill by now. The 2020 Short Story Advent Calendar is a deluxe box set of individually bound short stories from some of the best writers in North America.
This year’s slipcase is a thing of beauty, too, with electric-yellow lining and spot-glossed lettering. It also comes wrapped in two rubber bands to keep those booklets snug in their beds.
As always, each story is a surprise, so you won’t know what you’re getting until you crack the seal every morning starting December 1. Once you’ve read that day’s story, check back here to read an exclusive interview with the author.
It’s December 2. Lysley Tenorio, author of The Son of Good Fortune, will catch up with you at the food court. [Click the link to the H&O extras for the story].
This story is written in first person plural and is set in the Greenbrook Mall in Manila.
It opens with a group of kids going to Alejandro’s home. He is the only person they know with the internet (or even electricity).
Alejandro shows them the sign on the mall:
This is a private, controlled environment, poor people & other disturbing realities strictly prohibited.
Obviously this is not cool. So the youth set out for the mall. They dress in their Sunday best.
They are able to get into the mall, but they are given bad looks from everyone they see. They go into stores like Louis Vuitton, just staring at the expensive clothes. They decide to play a prank on the store (the people who discover it will be pretty upset).
They walk through the mall
passing stores with names like nonsense words–BVLGARI, BOTTEGA VENETA–and others that sound like sneezing–GUCCI, Jimmy Choo.
Then they head into a chapel attached to the mall. They sit down and watch as very fancy-looking people start coming on. Someone says they do not belong there. As they leave, they deposit their latest prank, this one more intense. Authorities will call it a hoax, a false alarm.
Please shop as usual.
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