The Living Earth Show: Music for Hard Times

MUSIC
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2020
9:00 PM

Living Music With Nadia Sirota:  Pirate Radio Edition
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One is (meaning I am) skeptical of art that seeks to be uplifting, much less comforting:  that's only one very minor dimension of what art is supposed to do.  Nevertheless, the fabulous guitar-percussion duo The Living Earth Show, working with composer Danny Clay and visual artist/filmmaker Jon Fischer, appeared to have nailed it:  based on the excerpts they previewed on Tuesday night's Living Music:  Pirate Radio Edition, this new music video piece is indeed comforting and uplifting — without being dumb, bland, or insulting.  Can't wait to see the whole thing.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  It's time to rehabilitate the Tequila Sunrise:  pour 1-1/2 oz. Reposado Tequila into an ice-filled Collins glass.  Then pour in 3 oz. orange juice.  Then drop in 1 teaspoon of Grenadine (watching it magically sink to the bottom and form an underlying layer, creating the "sunrise" effect).  Ruin the effect (but combine and incorporate the flavors) by stirring.  Garnish with an orange wheel.  Pretend you're in the '70s.  (The drink, it happily turns out, was invented before World War II.)