Category Archives: Music

ON THIS DAY: July 5, 2016

July 5th is: Workaholics Day National Apple Turnover Day National Graham Cracker Day Work Without Your Hands Day National Holidays Around the World Algeria — Independence Day Armenia — Constitution Day Cabo Verde — Independence Day Czech Republic — Saints … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: July 4, 2016

July 4th is: Sidewalk Egg Frying Day National Country Music Day Independence From Meat Day AND National Barbecued Spareribs Day National Holidays from Around the World Cayman Islands – Constitution Day Columbia – Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: July 3, 2016

July 3rd is: Disobedience Day Stay Out of the Sun Day Plastic Bag Free Day National Chocolate Wafer Day National Holidays Around the World Armenia – Vardavar Belarus – Independence Day Myanmar – Women’s Day U.S. Virgin Islands – Emancipation … Continue reading

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The Coffee Shop – Hallelujah! (video)

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Choir! Choir! Choir!: Published on Jun 30, 2016 – It was a magical evening. 1500 hundred singers came to Luminato Festival at the Hearn … Continue reading

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The Delight of Butterflies

“I almost wish we were butterflies and liv’d but three summer days – three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.”  – John Keats, in a love letter to Fanny … Continue reading

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The Coffee Shop: Remembering Route 66

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. But in an open thread, … Continue reading

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Clinch Mountain and all the Blue Ridge weeps tonight. Ralph Stanley has Flown West.

Bluegrass music legend Ralph Edmund Stanley, better known around here as Dr. Ralph Stanley, passed across to the Other Side today. Cause of death has been given as complications from skin cancer.  He was best known for his “high lonesome” … Continue reading

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The Coffee Shop: Elegy for the Arctic

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. But in an open thread, … Continue reading

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The Coffee Shop – Leonard Cohen – “Anthem” (music video)

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The Coffee Shop – Kwabs – “Forgiven” and “Look Over Your Shoulder” (music videos)

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