Quentin's Weeknotes 1/17/21-1/23/21

This week:

• The Museum was proud to sponsor a live concert by John O’Connor, entitled “Thank you For Your Service: Songs of Mineworkers.” This event was co-sponsored by the Music Performance Trust Fund and the Franklin Railroad Museum. John’s knowledge of labor history and the music of and about working people is rich and the program was a great success.
• I watched “Lake Mungo”, a strange and forlorn Australian movie about ghosts and family secrets.
• I picked up a copy of “Witches and War Whoops: Early New England Ballads Collected and Sung by John Allison." I’ve heard of this album for years, and finally decided to buy it after stumbling on this astonishingly creepy song entitled “Lookie There.” It’s like a perfectly compacted short story by Laird Barron in song form: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnNOchleEDw&w=560&h=315]