October 29, 2007
Subtle reverberation
The other day while listening to Radio Paradise I was charmed to discover Imogen Heap.
Smooth variation combined with a subtle reverberation between this and that.
Here's a review for those interested.
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July 15, 2007
Lost my way
And I know she's living there
And she loves me to this day
I still can't remember when
Or how I lost my way.
-- Neil Young, Cortez the Killer.
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June 29, 2007
Nitin Sawhney
I just happened to hear about this fine artist while listening to radioparadise.com one late evening. Nitin Sawhney creates music which is soothing to the soul, his Indian and mathematical upbringing producing profound subtle female vocals strengthened by sitar and tabla background sounds.
You might want to check out his website for more information: http://www.nitinsawhney.com.
I've been listening to three of his CD's, namely: Human, Prophesy and Philtre, the second of which is my favorite up until now.
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April 5, 2007
Old moon fades
The journey's long
And it feels so bad
I'm thinking back to the last day we had.
Old moon fades into the new
Soon I know I'll be back with you
I'm nearly with you
I'm nearly with you.
-- Zero 7, Simple Things
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March 14, 2007
In the waiting line
Do you believe
In what you see
Motionless wheel
Nothing is real
Wasting my time
In the waiting line
Do you believe in
What you see.
- Zero 7, Simple Things
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March 12, 2007
In the light
And if you feel that you can't go on. And your will's sinkin' low
Just believe and you can't go wrong.
In the light you will find the road. You will find the road.
...
And if you feel that you can't go on. And your will's sinkin' low
Just believe and you can't go wrong.
In the light you will find the road. You will find the road.
- Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti
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February 13, 2007
Changes
I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence and
So the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same
And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through
- David Bowie, Changes
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February 8, 2007
Breathe me
Ouch I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found,
Yeah I think that I might break
Lost myself again and I feel unsafe
- Sia, Colour the Small One
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January 22, 2007
What do you mean?
Will I dream?
What do you mean?
Will I dream?
What do you mean?
(repeats endlessly)
- Track 7 - The Shield
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January 13, 2007
Spacecraft
Happened to be listening to Bluemars and became totally mesmerized when hearing the music by Spacecraft.
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November 5, 2006
See your feathers preen
Through the eyes an' I sparkle, Senses growing keen
Taste your love along the way, See your feathers preen
Kind of makes makes me feel sometimes, Didn't have to grow
We are eagles of one nest, The nest is in our soul.
- Led Zeppelin, Physical Graffiti [Original recording remastered]
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October 27, 2006
Tired of Sleeping
Oh Mom, that man he ripped out his lining
He tore out a piece of his body
To show us his "clean quilted heart"
- Suzanne Vega, Days Of Open Hand
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October 8, 2006
Don't Bring Me Down
Faint light of dawn
I'm listening to you breathing in and breathing out
Needing nothing
You're honey dipped
You are beautiful, floating clouds, soft world
I can't feel my lips.
-- Sia
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October 3, 2006
Heroes
I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, for ever and ever
Oh we can be Heroes, just for one day.
-- David Bowie, Heroes.
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September 16, 2006
Once in a while
The thing about Bluemars is that although the playlist probably hasn't changed in over a year if not longer I still like to listen to it once in a while.
"Hello, are you on the air..."
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September 13, 2006
Flirting with time
This could well be your last stand
Hold the sunlight in your hand
Spread your fingers
Feel the sand fall through.
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Highway Companion.
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August 31, 2006
Bron-y-aur Stomp
Well if the sunshines so bright,
Or on our way its darkest night
The road we choose is always right, so fine.
Ah can your love be so strong
When so many loves go wrong
Will our love go on and on and on and on and on and on?
- Led Zeppelin, Bron-y-aur Stomp
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August 25, 2006
Long time gone
Speak out, you got to speak out against the madness,
you got to speak your mind,
if you dare.
But don't no don't now try to get yourself elected
If you do you had better cut your hair.
`Cause it appears to be a long,
appears to be a long,
appears to be a long,
Time, such a long long long long time before the dawn.
- Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Déjà Vu
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August 17, 2006
Down South
So if I come to your door
Let me sleep on your floor
I'll give you all I have
And a little more.
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Highway Companion.
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August 14, 2006
Country girl
Country girl I think you're pretty
Got to make you understand
Have no lovers in the city
Let me be your country man
Got to make you understand
Got to make you understand
Country girl ...
-- Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Country Girl
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August 4, 2006
Maybe Tomorrow
So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home
So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home
- Stereophonics
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June 24, 2006
Tired Of Sleeping
Oh Mom, that man he ripped out his lining
He tore out a piece of his body
To show us his "clean quilted heart"
Suzanne Vega, Tired of Sleeping
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June 21, 2006
For what they really are
Just purchased the latest Madonna CD called 'Confessions on a Dance Floor' and it is pretty amazing, to say the least.
"Now I can see things for what they really are."
Time goes by so slowly...
A noble pursuit indeed, but worth the effort even if it leads to nowhere I would say.
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May 27, 2006
Living with war
I decided to spend the day listening to Neil Young's newest album called Living with War, over and over for as long as it takes to sink in.
Right now it's nearly eleven in the morning and I've heard it more than five times. The songs keep getting better and better. That guitar playing of his sounds as great as ever, even though like me he isn't getting any younger.
This is a long-and-winding political statement containing various snapshots of the real world at which my hero Neil has always been exceptionally good. His lyrics and the various sounds they make are right on target.
Thousands of children scarred for life
Millions of tears for a soldier's wife.
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April 13, 2006
Soma space station
This is just too good to be true.
Listen.
For even more amazingly good music to listen to you might want to check out soma fm yourself.
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February 10, 2006
Queen of Light
Queen of Light took her bow, And then she turned to go,
The Prince of Peace embraced the gloom, And walked the night alone.
- Led Zeppelin, The Battle of Evermore
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January 30, 2006
Like a hurricane
I am just a dreamer, but you are just a dream,
You could have been anyone to me.
Before that moment you touched my lips
That perfect feeling when time just slips
Away between us on our foggy trip.
Neil Young - Like a Hurricane
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January 15, 2006
Thank you go in peace
The elderly parking lot attendant wasn't in a good mood.
Neither was Sam Bierstock. It was around 1 a.m., and Bierstock, a Delray Beach , Fla, eye doctor, business consultant, corporate speaker and musician, was bone tired after appearing at an event. He pulled up in his car, and the parking attendant began to speak. "I took two bullets for this country and look what I'm doing," he said bitterly.
At first, Bierstock didn't know what to say to the World War II veteran. But he rolled down his window and told the man, "Really, from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you." Then the old soldier began to cry. "That really got to me," Bierstock says.
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December 18, 2005
Same old fears
And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?
- Pink Floyd
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December 12, 2005
Bron-y-aur Stomp
My, my la de la come on now it ain't too far,
Tell your friends all around the world,
Ain't no companion like a blue eyed merle.
Come on now well let me tell you,
What you're missing, missing, 'round them brick walls.
So of one thing I am sure,
It's a friendship so pure,
Angels singing all around
My dog is so fine.
Yeah, ain't but one thing to do
Spend my nat'ral life with you,
You're the finest dog I knew, so fine.
When you're old and your eyes are dim,
There ain't no old shep gonna happen again,
We'll still go walking down country lanes,
I'll sing the same old songs,
Hear me call your name.
- Led Zeppelin
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October 27, 2005
Bury me on the lone prairie
When I was a growing boy
Rockin' on my Daddy's knee
Daddy took an old guitar and sang
"Bury me on the lone prairie"
- Far From Home, Neil Young
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June 10, 2005
Blue Mars is back
I can't believe it, but good ol' bluemars is back in town.
I used to listen to it all the time, but then one day it just disappeared into empty space.
This evening it reappeared from outer space again, like some evening flying saucer hovering down low above my rooftop.
Long ago, when the waters of Mars were still under the ground and above the sky, our ancestors came to this place and called it "Home". And from the high Plains of Tharsis to the Elysium Ocean, from as high as Mount Olympus to as deep as the floor of the Hellas sea, one can still hear the song of our brothers and sisters chanting to us throughout the ages. This melody is one that is made of hopes... It is sang with the voice of nostalgia, and looks ahead with pride. Listen...
I feel happy and relaxed again listening to those soothing, ambient sounds.
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May 4, 2005
Success and survival
Shocked to say the least I was upon hearing that doctors had discovered that my hero Neil Young a brain tumor had.
Thankful I very am that the surgery was a success and he survived, as his letter of thanks attests to that fact.
Cannot wait to discover yet another CD of his in the music store.
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April 29, 2004
Standing by the river
And yesterday I saw you standing by the river,
And weren't those tears that filled your eyes,
And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying,
Had they got you hypnotized?
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin III
That's The Way
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February 17, 2004
Golden dreams
If I had those golden dreams
Of my yesterdays
I would wrap you in the heaven
'till I'm dyin' on the way.
Bad Company
Straight Shooter
Feel like makin' love
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December 11, 2003
Leave the driving (2)
The moral of this story
is try not to get too old
the more time you spend on earth
the more you see unfold
and as an afterthought
this must to be told
some people have taken pure bullshit
and turned it into gold.
Neil Young
Greendale
Leave the driving
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November 25, 2003
Leave the driving (1)
Makes you think about livin'
and what life has to tell
said Jed to Grandpa
from inside his cell.
Neil Young
Greendale
Leave the driving
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September 27, 2003
I should of
If I'd known then
If only I had known
What where or when
I would of kept you on the phone
Hindsight is tough
It's so obvious
Never enough for the two of us.
Pretenders
Loose Screw
I Should Of
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September 22, 2003
Shostakovich symphonies
On my way to the checkout counter at the local drugstore called Kruitvat I just happened to turn my head the right way at the right angle when I spotted it. All I wanted to buy was some shaving cream and deodorant, and then I caught it in the corner of my left eye.
The Shostakovich: Symphonies (Box Set), complete CD-collection of Shostakovich's symphonies 1-15 (WDR Sinfonieorchester, Rudolf Barshai) for only € 16!
So I bought the eleven CD-box and I was happy. In fact, I am listening to it now. I must admit that it is a rendition that I am not used to, less upbeat, slower and more extended, but it sounds really good.
Once in awhile you deserve a good deal in life, don't you think?
Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975)
by far one of my most favorite composers of all-time.
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May 20, 2003
Boys in bikinis
On my way up North to Utrecht, I had the car radio blaring and I was singing right along:
"...Boys in bikinis
Girls in surfboards
Everybody's rockin'
Everybody's fruggin'
Twistin' 'round the fire
Havin' fun
Bakin' potatoes
Bakin' in the sun..."
Alright, who can tell me where these great lyrics come from?
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April 29, 2003
Some soma
Go away now, I am listening to some soma. SomaFM is a listener-supported, commercial-free, underground/alternative internet radio broadcasting from San Francisco to the world. For lots of inspiration and great music, I often tune into the Groove Salad, Drone Zone, Secret Agent and Beat Blender. "An intoxicating or hallucinogenic beverage, used as an offering to the Hindu gods and consumed by participants in Vedic ritual sacrifices."
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February 11, 2003
Everything we know is wrong
"I have drawn the conclusion that the fact of human alien contact at this time is probably the least understood and least recognized major force that will shape the future of the human species during the twenty first century and beyond. I do believe that not only are we being impacted by alien intelligence at this time, I believe we have probably been impacted throughout the entire history of human culture. I do think that eventually we will understand that our relationship with beings from other worlds or other zones of reality goes back to the very beginning of our sense of time. I think that's going to be one of the most extraordinary and perhaps devastating discoveries in all of human history. We will discover that practically everything we know is wrong, that actually reality is alot more amazing than we thought..."
Apoptygma Berzerk
Welcome to Earth
Everything we know is wrong
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December 23, 2002
Grrl Radio
I have always been a really big fan of indie music once it got started, and I would listen to streaming MP3 Internet radio all the time when life was simpler, pure and unadulterated. Then came the big swoop of the axe when the small webcaster settlement act h.r. 5469 (SWSA) was passed and all of a sudden independant non-profit folks (like myself) were banned from this activity. Like having one's hands chopped off. But that has been awhile ago, and slowly but surely and one by one, a number of brave souls are rising back up again. One of these is called Grrl Radio and it is is back up and running! Listen to Grrl Radio for the best selection of indie bands, unknown artists and my faves from the '80s -- everything from 800 Cherries to Tones on Tail. You might also want to check out Bonnie's GRRL website. By the way, I subscribe to her phreaky phriday phun linx newsletter.
Other links of interest:
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November 26, 2002
Barstool blues
If I could hold on to just one thought
For long enough to know
Why my mind is moving so fast
And the conversation is slow.
Burn off all the fog
And let the sun through to the snow
Let me see your face again
Before I have to go
I have seen you in the movies
And those magazines at night
I saw you on the barstool when
You held that glass so tight.
And I saw you in my nightmares
But I'll see you in my dreams
And I might live a thousand years
Before I know what that means
Once there was a friend of mine
Who died a thousand deaths
His life was filled with parasites
And countless idle threats
He trusted in a woman
And on her he made his bets
Once there was a friend of mine
Who died a thousand deaths
Neil Young
Zuma
Barstool Blues
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July 17, 2002
Two old friends
The sky had turned a lot of shades of gray
As they walked on
And a gentle rain fell
Down on them.
They found faith in the way things are
And the way things change
And they said goodbye
Like two old friends.
Neil Young
Are You passionate?
Two Old Friends
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June 28, 2002
EMusic.com
Found this really great site where you can get a good selection of MP3 music files: unlimited. Not the usual daily grind of top pop music, but really good and obscure stuff that you would never find elsewhere. No Britney Spears (ugh) here!
You've got Indie, Gothic, Ambient, New Wave, Hardcore, Garage, Ska, Inspirational, Classic, Spiritual, Experimental, ad infinitum...
The site is called EMusic and it is "a revolutionary new music discovery service that offers an easy and inexpensive way for avid music fans to download and enjoy over 200,000 high-quality MP3 songs from established musicians. For as little as $9.99 a month, you can download as much music as you desire from EMusic's catalog. All of the music is legitimately licensed from record labels and artists, so you can feel comfortable knowing that songwriters, musicians and other copyright-holders are being fairly compensated for their work."
Try it. I did and have already signed up for a year long subscription.
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June 25, 2002
No more music
There will be no more music allowed for the common folk anymore. The Internet has been taken over by the blood-thirsty capitalists of America. Can you believe this? All of the sudden there was silence, and then I realized that it had really happened. This is depressing and a real shame. The truth of the matter is that because of the freedom to play your own music people were becoming more stimulated and allowed to enjoy an unheard of realm of all kinds of music. Because of this they were going out to the stores and actually purchasing MORE music. The truth of the matter is there are too many greedy folks out there wanting even more and more music. This is unfortunate and I am really pissed. Sorry about the language but I cannot help it. Money, money and more money. Aren't there enough poor folks out there who should be attended to rather than letting the rich get even richer?
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June 3, 2002
Music is meta
Here's something new to really boggle your mind. Why do people enjoy music? There is something about the melodic stream of musical notes, the background beat of instrumental support and the intertwining form of the human voice combined with the rest of the sound mass which inspires us all. How could this be? While each person has his own unique preferences, the love of music is a universal appreciation for everyone across all cultures. Is this a natural result of evolution, does it have to do with survival at its best, or is it simply a by product of the infinite energies within us? There probably is no answer for this and there probably will never be a satisfactory explanation for this quirk of human nature. Except for the music itself which inherently expresses the reason why we like the music in the first place. Kind of like a meta-awareness where music is about music if you know what I mean.
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May 29, 2002
Used to know her
I used to know her
I used to talk about her
Waiting for the day that she would listen
I used to know her
I used to stick up for her
Something in her smile was so bitchin'
I used to sing, I used to sing...
Veruca Salt
Resolver (2000)
Used to know her
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April 6, 2002
Let's roll
My favorite music artist of all time is Neil Young. He just came out with yet another album called
Are you passionate? so of course I have been going to the music store every day now for the last few weeks hoping to discover it. And this morning there it was, the very last CD just waiting for me to pick it out of the music rack. I guess I am not the only fan in Gouda who was been anxiously looking forward to it's arrival. I have been blaring it on my new computer since I got back from watching Sabien and her field hockey match (they won 6-1, of course, and Sabien scored two impressive goals). One of the songs on the new CD is called Let's Roll. Supposedly, it was inspired by the passengers who overtook the hijackers on United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11th. If you are interested in learning more about this fine artist, then check out one of the many sites on the following list. Or you can go directly to the official Neil Young Website.
I got to hold on
I got to be strong
I got to live long and be with you
Be with you baby...
Neil Young
Be with you
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March 7, 2002
All in a room
we would stay and respond and expand and include
and allow and forgive and enjoy and evolve
and discern and inquire and accept and admit
and divulge and open and reach out and speak up
alanis morisette
utopia
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February 7, 2002
Rain
Hot sticky scenes you know what I mean
Like a desert sun that burns my skin
I've been waiting for her so long
Open the sky (and let her come down)
Here comes the rain I love the rain
Here she comes again
Rain
Rain
Rain
The Cult
Rain
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January 9, 2002
My heart stops missing a beat
every time I see you
something happens to me
like a chain reaction
between you and me
my heart stops missing a beat
my heart stops missing a beat
everytime
aha everytime
aha everytime
Pet Shop Boys
Heart
The song is simply a confession, quite sweet and sincere, of how deeply in love the singer is—his heart starts missing a beat every time he sees the object of his affections. Created with Madonna in mind, they even considered submitting it to her. In the end they didn't have the nerve, which is a shame. While in the United Kingdom it become a number one hit, it never even reached the singles charts in America. - Pet Shop Boys web site.
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December 17, 2001
Private idaho
you're livin in your own private idaho. idaho.
you're out of control, the rivers that roll,
you fell into the water and down to idaho.
get out of that state,
get out of that state you're in.
you better beware.
b-52's
private idaho
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December 3, 2001
Fake plastic trees
"HEr green plastiC wateringcan for her fake chineserubberplant in the fake plastic earth, that she bought from a rubber man in a town full of rubber PlanS to get rid of itself,- it wears her out. SHe lives with a broken man, a cracked polystyreneman who just crumbles and burns. He used to do surgery for girls in the eighties but GRAVITY always wins and it wears him out. She looks like the real thing. She tastes like the real thing, my fake plastic love. But I Can't Help The Feeling. I Could Blow Through The Ceiling. If I Just Turn And RUN. and it wears me out. If i could be who you wanted all the time.." - Radiohead, fake plastic trees.
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November 30, 2001
George Harrison died today
I cannot believe it, but just heard that George Harrison died today. He was the lead guitarist of the Beatles and died of cancer at the early age of 58. Just in case you do not know already. When I told my son, he asked me: who's that? When I mentioned the Beatles, he asked: who were they? But for millions of folks all over the world just like myself, his music will be long remembered. I remember playing at the swimming pool at the Stockton Golf and Country Club in sunny California during the summer of 1965. I was only eight years old back then. Someone's radio was blaring out the song "I wanna hold your hand". My parents kept saying what awful hair the Beatles had and that they should go to the barber. Can you believe that?! Their hair wasn't that bad at all.
George Harrison once said: "I think people who can live their life in music are telling the world: 'You can have my love, you can have my smiles. Forget the bad parts, you don't need them. Just take the music, the goodness, because it's the very best, and it's the part I give most willingly."
Life goes on and it is up to us the living to carry on the tradition of the dead.
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November 27, 2001
Supercalifragilistic
Remember that? Long time ago. I once could even say it backwards when I was eight years old but I have forgotten how. This famous 34-letter word was invented specifically for Mary Poppins. It means "atoning for extremely delicate beauty while being highly educable." Just in case you might be interested. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious...
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November 17, 2001
Beautiful day
"What you don't have you don't need it now, what you don't know you can feel it somehow..." - U2, Beautiful Day.
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