Sunday Night Music: The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines

Why are we getting socked by the latest in a series of "Blizzards of the Century" on a Monday? Why did Northwestern drop its third Big Ten squeaker? Why is my right hamstring twitching yet again?

It's just luck -- right, Joni?



Sadly, all three in the band here -- Don Alias, Jaco Pastorious, and the great Michael Brecker -- left us too early. Pastorious's story is especially sad.

This is from Mitchell's seminal album, Mingus, a collaboration with the great bassist & composer who I have been rediscovering this past month.



Stay safe this week, folks.

One of the many reasons I never moved into administration.