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A music blog by Mark Nishimura

Singer-songwriter Bad Heart performs ballads of aloneness and loneliness, keeping the ghosts of the no-no boys and Sleepy John Estes in his throat and more than a few card tricks up his sleeve. Originally from San Francisco, he currently is absorbing the city lights of Hollywood.

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Monthly Archives: July 2010

King of the Delta Blues Singers

July 23, 2010
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The guitar shop stood blocks away from the campus of CSU Sacramento. It sold acoustic guitars, classical guitars, dobros, resonators, banjos, a couple of Fender electrics, a pedal steel, and stacks of music sheets. It was also known for its cheap guitar lessons. I first stepped into the shop back in the late 1980s. I [...]

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Doo Wop

July 16, 2010
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Travelling back home after dropping my brother off at the Burbank Airport, I was trapped on Hollywood Way heading towards the 101. Blasted rush hour!
I turned on the CD player and The Dell-Vikings’ “Whispering Bells” came ringing in. After that snappy song faded away, a baritone began singing a melody that sounded like the pounding [...]

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Coffee

July 8, 2010
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“I have measured out my life with coffee spoons…”
– T. S. Eliot
It is one of those mornings, when the body moves faster than the mind … and the body is barely moving at all.
The sun breaks through the shades and shines on my weary eyes, like a cop’s flashlight. C’mon. Let’s move along. Okay, okay. [...]

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