© Forgotten NY
Brian Lehrer with Kevin Walsh & Richard Nickel, Jr. (Kingston Lounge)
Urban Exploration with Forgotten-NY.com from Brian Lehrer Live on Vimeo.
Leon Coffee – Barrel Man – Rodeo Clown – Bob Kisken in Casper, WY
© Bob Kisken
Leon Coffee on Flickr
Barrel man ; CNFR – College National Finals Rodeo – Wikipedia
UPDATE JULY 20, 2012 – Barrelman, Leon Coffee Returns to Greeley
Frank Jump Interviewed @ StoryCorps by Sustainable Flatbush's Anne Pope
© Frank H. Jump
Anne Pope: Frank Jump and I have been friends – and sometimes collaborators – since 1988. When I first thought about doing a StoryCorps session, he was the first person I wanted to interview.
- PODCAST: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 – Pope Interviews Jump @ StoryCorps
Everybody’s story matters. Every life counts. Help us reach out to record our history, hopes, and common humanity—and illuminate the true character of this nation. StoryCorps.net
Lilywhite Lies © Frank H. Jump 1987 – (lyrics) aired on WBAI and became theme song for an AIDS Awareness program hosted by James Toms.
Wyoming Stories – Bob Kisken in Casper – In Memory of Matthew Shepard
© Bob Kisken
Every year in Casper, Wyoming– the College National Finals Rodeo is held. This was held last week. I get a press pass and have been going the last 6 or so years. It is really a great rodeo. cheers bob
More Wyoming Stories by Annie Proulx – Brokeback Mountain
Laramie Project – at Tolerance.org
This post is in memory of Matthew Shepard – December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998. This year will be the 10th Anniversary of his murder.
Sunday's Feature Fade – Scooter Bottega – 65 Union Street – Red Hook, Brooklyn
The Right To Love – Happy Birthday Lalo Schifrin – 76 Years Old Today
The Right To Love – Lyrics Gene Lees – Music Lalo Schifrin
My love and I ask little of the world
The right to sigh together in the rain
And walk with heads up in the sun
And share our joy and our pain
And yet they say that we are wrong
That we haven’t the right to our love
That this love is shameful to see
And yet we treasure our love
And so we go our solitary ways
Indifferent to the cold unfriendly stares
Indifferent to the whispered talk
We don’t care at all
We have all we need
As long as we can be together
We know we’ve earned the precious right to love
And so we go our solitary ways
Indifferent to the cold unfriendly stares
Indifferent to the whispered talk
We don’t care at all
We have all we need
As long as we can be together
We find our consolation in each others eyes
The sweet look of wonder
We know we’ve earned the precious right to love
I first heard this tune in the 80s when dating a lovely man named Sammy Velazquez. The lyrics by Gene Lees (and music by Lalo Schifrin) so tenderly express the sentiments of what was then attributed to interracial love, yet can be universally interpreted. There’s also a great rendition by Freddy Cole with Grover Washington Jr on soprano sax. Here is k.d lang’s version on youtube:
