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Category Archives: Music
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
Posted in Astronomy/Astrophysics, History, Holidays, On This Day, Rock and Roll, United States
Tagged Crab Nebula, Freedom of Information Act, Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk, John Adams, Rolling Stones, Thomas Jefferson, Walt Whitman
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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
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day, Rock and Roll, Scotland
Tagged Franz Kafka, Jim Morrison, Quebec, The Doors - Light My Fire, Thomas Edison, Women's Rights
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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
Posted in Music, Short Video
Tagged choir, Hallelujah, Leonard Cohen, Luminato Festival, Open Thread, Rufus Wainwright, The Coffee Shop, Toronto
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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
Posted in Music, Poetry
Tagged Butterflies, Jacques Offenbach, John Keats, Tales of Hoffman, The Delight of Butterflies, Video
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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
Posted in American History, Arizona, Music, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Grand Canyon, Hassayampa River, Nelson Riddle, Petrified Forest, Remembering Route 66
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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
Posted in Country Music, Music
Tagged Bluegrass music, Clinch Mountain Boys, National Medal of Arts, Ralph Stanley, Virginia
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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
The Coffee Shop – Leonard Cohen – “Anthem” (music video)
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day.
The Coffee Shop – Kwabs – “Forgiven” and “Look Over Your Shoulder” (music videos)
The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day.
Posted in Music, Short Video
Tagged Forgiven, Kwabs, Look Over Your Shoulder, Open Thread, The Coffee Shop
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