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The one true path to knowledge

  • March 4, 2026
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I am referring to, of course, the autopsy. Obviously. This fascinating by which I mean abominable study has been brought to my attention, scientifically examining the “micro timing” of Charlie Watts’s drumming in the context […]

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Charlie Watts meets Stan Levey

  • August 31, 2021
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Here’s a video my brother mentioned to me— Charlie Watts hanging out with Stan Levey and Jim Keltner back in 2003. Levey was one of Watts’s heroes. Lots of chit chat about Charlie Parker— we […]

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