Let The Sunshine In, Rich Paschall Now that Spring has officially arrived, we are thinking more about enjoying the sun. You may have told someone that “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life” or that you wanted to share the… Read More ›
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I’LL BE WHAT I AM – RICH PASCHALL
A Solitary Man, Rich Paschall When the “stay at home” orders dragged on from March to April and then to May, it seemed like we needed some music to fit the situation. Some were creating playlists and posting them online…. Read More ›
LOVELY RITA METER MAID! – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Meter I can’t help it. Music jumps into my head when I hear a specific word. And it sits there until I find something else to take up that earworm place in my brain. Brain. I got… Read More ›
FLEEING DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH THE BEATLES
I saw this prompt and I thought “Run for your life …” and then went to find the song. Which proved not as easy as I expected. There are a bunch of versions of it by long-forgotten (and deservedly so)… Read More ›
SPRING HAS SPRUNG
Let The Sunshine In, Rich Paschall Now that Spring has officially arrived, we are thinking more of enjoying the sun. You may have told someone that “You Are The Sunshine Of My Life” or that you wanted to share the… Read More ›
LOVING AMAZON … AND THE BEATLES
Not so long ago, I bought a bunch of Beatles albums and one by John Prine. The day before yesterday, just in time for Christmas, I got this email: And when I opened my Kindle last night, what to my wondering… Read More ›
THEY CHANGED EVERYTHING
Once upon a time, music was very different. The Beatles hadn’t played yet. We hadn’t heard them. Sure, there was rock and roll … but not like now. Not like it became after the Beatles. They made sounds we’d never… Read More ›
OO-BLA-DI, OO-BLA-DA
No news is not good news. It’s just no news. We are in a slow news period. It’s not as if nothing is going on. It’s just that nothing is going on in which anyone is especially interested. 2014’s elections were the usual vicious, contentious, nasty… Read More ›
2014 – INTERESTING TIMES
It was an interesting year, in the sense of that apocryphal Chinese proverb, “May you live in interesting times.” “May you live in interesting times” is actually an English expression which pretends to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse. Despite… Read More ›
CAN’T BUY ME LOVE
A bit of great music from the very young Beatles and an apology. I can’t do this. It’s a challenge I can’t meet. Maybe I just don’t want to. This is supposed to be a writing challenge. I have no idea how… Read More ›
HANGING WITH RINGO AND THE GUYS
This was the sound of my youth. Now, The Beatles are elevator music, Paul McCartney’s first band. It’s a bit alarming to hear the rebellious music of on’s young years called “oldies” and “classics.” Age is irrelevant. It’s great music…. Read More ›
MUSIC BB (BEFORE BEATLES)
Once upon a time, music was very different. The Beatles hadn’t played yet. We hadn’t heard them. Sure, there was rock and roll … but not like now. Not like it became after the Beatles. They made sounds we’d never… Read More ›
