Today has been a blow for all of us learning of the death of Bernie Mac. But in my grief, I take his memory to heart which is to continue to learn and to share with all. I used to watch his show, The Bernie Mac, show on television. I loved the lessons he shared with his families. He always adressed the viewing audience saying, "America..."That is how I feel when I blog but it is not Hello, Amer...
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Today has been a blow for all of us learning of the death of Bernie Mac. But in my grief, I take his memory to heart which is to continue to learn and to share with all. I used to watch his show, The Bernie Mac, show on television. I loved the lessons he shared with his families. He always adressed the viewing audience saying, "America..."That is how I feel when I blog but it is not Hello, Amer...
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I don't think that many people stop to recognize or appreciate that the roots of rock, perhaps the greatest musical genre of all time (if I can make a totally subjective statement here ;))lie in the blues and jazz movements of the early part of the century. Folk rock, for example, is closely related to both categories, not to mention funk, ska and many other categories of rock. Perhaps this is ...
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rant of the moment: i heard on the news last night that the mega-turtlesque Internet connectivity due to the Taiwan tsunami will not be fixed until the last week of February (which i am taking to mean as mid-March or so). i promised to be level-headed about it but ...aaarrrggghhhhhh. 70% of my job relies upon the Internet. boooooo.i am on page 144 of Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, which so far...
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I can't say anything about Billie Holiday that hasn't already been said many times. I won't even try. If you've never heard of her, see her "Wiki":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday entry.While I was playing iTunes on random play, this tune came up. It's from the Verve years, so it would have been recorded late in her career.Great lady, great song...
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You can have your Nina's, Sarah's, and even your Ella's - I'll take Billie all the way...It's midafternoon on Christmas Eve on this side of the world - The Turkey is smoking on the grill, the wine is mulling, and Billie is on the stereo...I think I've bottled happiness!Merry Christmas! (In case you hadn't noticed, I LOVE this time of year...)Did everyone contribute their "Orgasm for Peace"?
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I know this wasn't necessarily what my friend "I am":http://mog.com/I_am/blog_post/85597 had in mind, with his brilliant suggestion for Jazzturdays, but this is a song that *haunts* me. Even before I understood the words of the song, it was one I'd hear from time to time. Remember vividly the feeling in my gut the first time I _heard_ the song though. I must have been around 12 or so, before...
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Today is the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition. Roosevelt allowed the sale of beer at a alcohol content of 3.2% in advance of the full repeal which happened on December 5, 1933.Sounds like Billie is having a good time, why don't you? Cheers.
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Following the pack: http://mog.com/Anna/blog/265992I'm Pekka, and my last name is even more Finnish than my first. I started MOGging in Sept. 2006 as an ideal way for a music geek who works at home a lot to procrastinate. I'm an academic whose writing flows much better at home than in the campus office. Substituting cigarette breaks with MOGging also helped me quit smoking. I've been very quiet...
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Some books are familiar to us even though we have never read them. Such is "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde." Then there are songs which resonate with us seemingly since time immemorial (to ourself.) Such is "Solitude."But belief of knowledge is far from being bona fide knowledge. Does any one here really remember "a very odd story" connected with a door? Can any one really recall the...
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rant of the moment: i heard on the news last night that the mega-turtlesque Internet connectivity due to the Taiwan tsunami will not be fixed until the last week of February (which i am taking to mean as mid-March or so). i promised to be level-headed about it but ...aaarrrggghhhhhh. 70% of my job relies upon the Internet. boooooo.i am on page 144 of Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides, which so far...
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| 1 Violets for Your Furs |
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| 2 I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm |
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| 3 Strange Fruit |
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| 4 Fine and Mellow |
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| 5 Don't Explain |
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