OUTDATED MUSICAL TASTES AND A CATCHY TUNE

I'm grudgingly accepting the fact that I'm getting old and am increasingly clueless when it comes to popular trends including cutting edge music.  I'll readily admit that a lot rap leaves me cold, but then so does popular dance music, trance, and pretty much anyone using auto-tuning.  The funny thing is that every now and then I'll still stumble across a wonderful, lost-classic pop tune.  Yeah, I may be one of the few folks in the world that enjoy the genre, but what can I say.

My most recent discovery - 'Blue' ...   a tune by the Peruvian band We All Together.  Imagine a cross between NRBQ (New Rhythm and Blues Quartet) and Paul McCartney and Wings and you'll get a feel for this glistening slice of pop.  I've owned a couple of the group's mid-'70s LPs which were full of Beatles-inspired pop and rock, however I never realized the group had reunited a couple of times over the years.   I've been looking for a copy of their 2006 reunion LP "Blue", but haven't scored a copy.   In the meantime, there's 'Blue' which, courtesy of YouTube, you can enjoy along with a nice, low tech performance video of the group:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogSegYbrFZ8

KUDOS TO AN ORGANIZATION THAT ACTUALLY DID THEIR JOB - YES, THE US POSTAL SERVICE !!!

If you've ever read my occasional blog entries, you'll know that the post office has been an ongoing source of disdain and frustration for me.  That said, I do strive to be fair.

So Northern Virginia got another snow storm today - 10 to 12 inches and the Washington DC area basically shut down - no school, bus didn't run, and the Federal government shut down for the day.   It was just a crappy kind of day ...   but there was an exception.  

I'd just shoveled my walkway thinking nobody would appreciate the effort, when all of a sudden I see the postman.  Yes, I was impressed by this guy.   Talk about a sense of professionalism. The rest of Northern Virginia had basically called it a day, but this guy was out doing his route in truly appalling conditions.   He even got out of the truck to bring my wife a package.    Kudos USPS !!!