Trump lost this election. He was (is, for now) an awful president. Quite likely our worst ever. He may have power at the moment, but I am sure the moment Biden is sworn in, Trump’s power will fade away until… Read More ›
Music
RUMINATING ON REALITY: YEAR ZERO, A NOVEL BY ROB REID
When in 2012, Rob Reid wrote Year Zero, a science fiction novel about the music business and its impact on the universe, many people sat up and took notice. Who better to write about the Byzantine complexities of the music… Read More ›
BAD MOON RISING! AN ODE TO SONG LYRIC SUNDAY
The song for 2020! By Credence Clearwater Revival lyrics are on the YouTube video along with the music. The words are perfect to describe this year. Don’t go out tonight. It’s bound to take your life. There is a bad… Read More ›
THE GREAT WAR IN QUOTES AND MUSIC FROM THE BATTLEFIELDS
Happy Birthday, to the Greatest of All Wars. It’s 102 years since the day it finally ended. It was an ugly, devastating war. Four years of slaughter that officially concluded on November 11, 1918. World War One, AKA the First… Read More ›
MUSIC MUSIC ♫
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Music In color and black and white, music helps you feel. Music — for many of us — bypasses the brain and goes straight to your soul. It can make me sad or happy. It… Read More ›
WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS
The Declaration! Fifty years ago a song by The 5th Dimension, “The Declaration”, made it onto the charts. It was a medley with “A Change Is Gonna Come” (Sam Cooke cover) and “People Gotta Be Free” (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere). It… Read More ›
CEASE AND DESIST
Fortunate Son For 45, who obviously has not listened to the words of this 1969 song, we share this country-rock classic. You missed all the fuss? The orange one is playing the song at his rallies and the songwriter, John… Read More ›
UNITED WE STAND
The Brotherhood of Man, Rich Paschall “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.” – as translated from the historic Greek in Mark 3:25 The idea of a house divided against itself has appeared frequently in… Read More ›
YOU CAN’T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT, BUT SOMETIMES, YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED
If you didn’t believe before, believe now. I was waiting. I knew. It had to be. I’m surprised it took this long, but finally, we’re here. Is this another media hoax? If 45 should die, would that be a SUPER… Read More ›
THE BEST CAREER ADVICE
I was a music major for my first two years of college. I finished the major except for 1 credit of choir. I didn’t take that credit because by then, I knew I wasn’t a good enough pianist to play… Read More ›
TWENTY-TWENTY IS LONG SINCE OUT OF ACES
The lyrics seem to have more than normal meaning right now. Just think about these lines: “So if you don’t mind my sayin’, I can see you’re out of aces. For a taste of your whiskey, I’ll give you some… Read More ›
A MID-OCTOBER WORLD SHARING EVENT!
Share My World 10-13-2020 Suddenly, it’s the middle of October. Nearly the middle. Middle-ish. Still almost no rain and the little we have gotten is barely enough to dampen a small garden, much less water a forest. The birds are… Read More ›
