One of my few claims to cool is that I've been a Miles Davis fan since infancy, or thereabouts. I remember buying this on vinyl one glorious summer Saturday in Berkeley and taking it home to listen with all the windows open.
Definitely: the perfect good weather music.
And of course there's a little political connection: Spain and Italy may actually get it together to tell the big bankers that
austerity doesn't work. Associated Press reported Monday that
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and Italian Premier
Enrico Letta
urged :the eurozone to focus more on spurring
economic growth instead of just reducing debt....
"Europe must focus on getting more
young people into the workforce and alleviating the financial hardships
ordinary people are facing, Letta said. In particular, he warned, if an
upcoming June EU summit ends with another "bureaucratic, routine,
formal" result, the 2014 elections for the European Parliament could see a rise in victory for anti-European parties."
Maybe this is good music for cool action too.
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Just the fact of buying the vinyl of this recording in Berkeley is in itself cool.
Alas, I think a change of direction by the austerians may require torches and pitchforks.
But it would be cool if they could be as cool as Miles.
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