Could Sir Mick and his fellow Rolling Stones really be so dangerous, still?
…and who knew that they lurked within a nature Reserve in China?
Lock up your pandas!
The sign pictured is not even close to the “fools gold standard” in Chinese signage that purports to inform English speakers.
It is nowhere near the most egregious, even of those within its particular nature reserve – Tangjiahe, in Sichuan, around half a day’s drive away from Chengdu.
Most English speakers are amused by the photographed sign, but have no difficulty working out its intended message.
Some others, however, leave most readers mystified, utterly.
Post-pandemic – when the “a shining moment series” has concluded, and Pelican Yoga returned to “normal” – a future post will explore this phenomenon, and consider the question so often posed by Julius Summer Miller: why is it so?
That post will even explain the intended meaning of my favourite Tangjiahe sign – the one which sternly commanded, Don’t take anything to Mars!
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Today’s sign having provided an excuse, it is now my pleasure to share a very enjoyable “cover” of a Rolling Stones song.
Tim Ries is an excellent North American jazz saxophonist and a noted music educator.
His embrace also takes in classical, flamenco and pop/rock musics.
Since 1999, whenever the Rolling Stones have toured, Tim Ries has been their primary sax soloist.
Since 2005 one of Tim’s own occasional touring and recording projects has been his Rolling Stones Project.
Tim and vocalist Bernard Fowler (also a longtime member of The Rolling Stones’ touring ensemble, and also, like Tim, a friend of his longtime occasional employers) are generally at the heart of the Project’s shifting array of mostly-jazz notables.
Sometimes, Tim’s array includes one or two Stones-proper.
There is much to enjoy on both “Rolling Stones Project” albums, regardless of how much or how little the listener generally cares for The Rolling Stones.
I particularly like the first one’s version of Waiting on a Friend.
It is primarily a vehicle for Tim’s tenor sax and Bill Frisell’s electric guitar.
Darryl Jones plays bass, Bernard Fowler and Lisa Fischer sing; like Tim, Darryl, Bernard and Lisa are longtime members of the Stones’ touring ensemble.
The drummer – whose first love was and still is jazz – is foundation Stone, Charlie Watts.
I’m enjoying the posts Doug, thank you! It’s a rare upside to isolation to have time to read and listen to these gems 🙂