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Saw the Neville's a few times. Wish it were more. Always excellent. Aaron singing falsetto is amazing. He walked by our seats going to the stage at a show 30 years ago and he is a large guy that makes the falsetto all the more amazing. His cover of John Hiatt's "Looks Like Rain" is incredible (as is the original).Limerick Savant wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:08 am Tell It Like It Is
R&B, Texas blues, rock or pop
Will the musical mix ever stop?
So it seems on the level
To suggest Aaron Neville
Could cover the band ZZ Top
I hadn’t heard Neville’s version before so I just called it up on Apple Music. Wow! Of course John Hiatt is also an incredible songwriter. BTW, the title is Feels Like Rain. Makes me want to be sure to get over to NOLA for Jazzfest again. It’s been a couple.Tom Shea wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:57 pmSaw the Neville's a few times. Wish it were more. Always excellent. Aaron singing falsetto is amazing. He walked by our seats going to the stage at a show 30 years ago and he is a large guy that makes the falsetto all the more amazing. His cover of John Hiatt's "Looks Like Rain" is incredible (as is the original).Limerick Savant wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 12:08 am Tell It Like It Is
R&B, Texas blues, rock or pop
Will the musical mix ever stop?
So it seems on the level
To suggest Aaron Neville
Could cover the band ZZ Top
The only time I saw ZZ Top live was at a Rockets game (they have season tickets courtside) where they did air guitar of their own songs at halftime. Many years ago, when we all were young.
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...and I expect my email regarding the mug before I wake up...
For me as well, at least in the context used in this puzzle.
Bigrams and trigrams are common verbiage in cryptography books for decryption cribs. "The Code Book" talks a lot about them.escapeartist wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:34 am "bigrams" is a new one for me.
Alternatively, "the sets of two letters above the six ZZ's in the grid..."
Probably gonna be a grid answer this week in the daily WSJ crossword, right?
* Shakes fist at the WSJ Thursday Crossword *
Had to go with the term "bigram" due to the limited space in which to fit the explanation.Dplass wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 9:33 amBigrams and trigrams are common verbiage in cryptography books for decryption cribs. "The Code Book" talks a lot about them.escapeartist wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 12:34 am "bigrams" is a new one for me.
Alternatively, "the sets of two letters above the six ZZ's in the grid..."
Probably gonna be a grid answer this week in the daily WSJ crossword, right?
* Shakes fist at the WSJ Thursday Crossword *
I could blaim spel czech, but I'll just pick old age.Limerick Savant wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 11:57 pm ...
I hadn’t heard Neville’s version before so I just called it up on Apple Music. Wow! Of course John Hiatt is also an incredible songwriter. BTW, the title is Feels Like Rain. Makes me want to be sure to get over to NOLA for Jazzfest again. It’s been a couple.
It should come as no surprise that the Savant’s favorite Aaron Neville song is Everybody Plays the Fool.
I once crossed a tree peony...it never forgave me!MaineMarge wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 4:28 pm Since we’re zeroing in on the letter Z this week, I’ll play.
Yellow Bartzella Intersectional/Itoh peony with friends today
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Japanese Mr. Itoh was the first to successfully cross a regular peony with a tree peony, so he gets the credit for this difficult feat.
This gorgeous big yellow gal has won every award the peony world has to offer.
This is the best nursery to buy peonies IMO
https://swensongardens.com/Home/Intersectional
MikeMillerwsj wrote: ↑Tue Jul 05, 2022 2:26 pm Happy fourth! As noted, this one seemed to be on the easier side, and the result was one of our biggest turnouts in the history of this contest! (I am as always relying on our superfan record-keepers to report the ranking.).
We had 3,556 entries, with fully 90% correct. Some guesses for other ZZ performers such as LIZZO (15) and OZZIE OSBOURNE (12), plus 14 for ZZ TOP themselves and one for a tribute band called Eliminator.
Congrats to this week's winner: Robert Wemischner of Los Angeles!
