In the spirit of the season I bought tickets to a Dan Bern concert at our local performing arts center for mine spouse. I will admit I'd never heard Dan Bern and had no idea what to expect. My husband was more excited than the 11-year-old, prior to any gift receiving holiday so I was looking forward to the event. Have to admit, it was excellent...my only comment, and it's not a negative...it's ...
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So, I realize the point of MOG is to write about music we enjoy and want to share but what about....if the local elementary school features a retro week and for some odd reason one's child develops a passion for a song you didn't like the first time and it's not winning any points the second time? Believing that music is deeply personal and diversity should be honored means I can't staunch the ent
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Been a crazy couple of days. Spent Thursday raking, sweeping, and preparing for summer which seemed mere moments from makings itself known as visions of a weekend filled with chips and salsa on the deck danced in my head...then Friday dawned, not with another glorious spring day but with piles and piles of snow. So, here I sit having shoveled, plowed, and whined my way through digging out the dri
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While mogging a while back I caught a reference to a Kinks song I liked, "Village Green Preservation Society." I took a listen and was impressed by this singer's version, Kate Rusby. I have to be completely honest, a little celtic music normally goes a long way for me but the red head I live with loves it so I ordered the CD. I like every song on it but am particularly infatuated with "Awkward Ann
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Every year around November the search for a CD starts. We exchange music with several other folks and the goal is to give something we like that our friends would probably never pick up themselves. Earlier in the season I would have laid money on our CD of choice to give being Alison Krauss and Robert Plant. Then we tuned in to Bettye Lavette's latest offering, "Scene of the Crime" featuring th...
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Interesting shop opened up here in Anchorage...I'm not sure if it's a chain or if the owners are simply genius' however, it's a chocolate lounge. Imagine a long day at the office, it's 21 degrees and windy out, there is no snow (which by itself is enough to induce hari kari) and then there is the "chocolate lounge." I met a friend there last night, warm atmosphere, music in the background, and the
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I thought it was only me, but having done an informal survey, I'm not alone...there ought to be rules against starting Christmas music in the coffee shops, book stores, and at work the Monday after Thanksgiving, I can truthfully say I'm already tiring of the seasonal carols...and only 24 more days to go...
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The red head I live with came home with this CD from WA...I have to admit, get real - Alison Krauss and Robert Plant? What are you thinking? I'm currently eating crow...this is an amazing combination. It shouldn't work and yet it does. Just to show how odd this is, the 10-year-old going on 40 that we cohabitate with wandered by and said, "wow, good music mom." How often does that happen in your li
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Wow, seeing someone overcome an obstacle that debillitating is amazing and impressive.
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I'm happy to be here, friends, family, wine, good times...and yet it's only November and I have to admit I'm tired of the election front runner news, the talking heads, the vacant entertainment news...the left and right and blue and red polarization...sometimes it's hard to remember that in the end all that really matters has nothing to do with any of that...
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