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Music Monday: When Music Speaks To Us (Desire)
by Gene Howington As I am wont to do, I was thinking about the nature of desire in a philosophical sense. Buddha teaches us that the desire is the root of all suffering, but does that make desire inherently evil … Continue reading
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Music for Halloween Night
Lai shreds Pachelbel’s Canon in D for Halloween. Possibly the best Laotian refugee guitarist in the world. Any world.
Music Monday: Fugues
by Gene Hownington I’ve been listening to music in the car quite a bit lately. A little of this, a little of that, but on the longer stretches I’ve preferred classical music. Lately, I’ve been listening to fugues. I’m a … Continue reading
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A New Heart for a Young Man
By Elaine Magliaro Mike Spindell’s column From the Bottom of My New Heart inspired me to write a short post about my dear friend Lynne and her son Steve. I have known Lynne since grammar school. We attended parochial schools … Continue reading
“The Face of Disgrace”: Charlie Pierce’s Brief Look at Three Failures of the Mainstream Media Since 2001 (VIDEO)
By Elaine Magliaro Today, Charlie Pierce has a post on his Politics Blog at Esquire titled The Face of Disgrace. The post is short—but points out the mainstream media’s failure to cover a few important events that occurred in this … Continue reading
Posted in Countries, George W. Bush, History, Media, Movies, Music, Politics, Propaganda, Short Video, Society, United States, War
Tagged Charles P. Pierce, Climate Change, Mainstream Media
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POETRY FRIDAY: Jesse Winchester, A Singer and Songwriter with Roots in the American South (VIDEOS)
By Elaine Magliaro According to Mandalit Del Barco (NPR), singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester had planned to become a lawyer after he graduated from college. In 1967, however, he got his draft notice and fled to Canada. Barco said that when he … Continue reading
“Concrete Angel”: Martina McBride’s Powerful Song about Child Abuse (VIDEO)
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro The subject of corporal punishment is a hot topic in the news at the moment because of the indictment of Minnesota Vikings superstar Adrian Peterson for child abuse. On Saturday, the Associated Press reported that Peterson … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Crime, Music, Short Video, United States
Tagged Adrian Peterson, Child Abuse, Corporal Punishment, Minnesota Vikings, NFL
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Poetry Friday – Hamish Imlach: Folk singer and musician, raconteur, poet, activist, storyteller and much larger than life
By Charlton Stanley In Scotland, they call it Hogmanay. To most of the rest of the world, it is New Years. The gigantic man quietly slipped away during the wee hours of Hogmanay morning 1996, at the age of 55. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humor, Literature, Music, Poetry, Scotland, World War II
Tagged Hamish Imlach
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Billie Holiday, Abe Meeropol, and “Strange Fruit”—the Famous Song about Lynching Black People in America
By Elaine Magliaro Eleanora Fagan, better known as Billie Holiday, was a famous American jazz singer and song writer. One of her “most iconic” songs is Strange Fruit, which was first recorded in 1939. Elizabeth Blair (NPR) called the song … Continue reading
Music Monday: So Say We All
By Gene Howington I have been a fan of movie and television scores for as long as I can remember. They are an essential layer for storytelling on that canvas and so very often go unnoticed although they establish mood … Continue reading
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