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Music, Movies & Books
May 2, 2023May 2023

Posted by barjoe
LINKAttacks On The Nation’s Libraries Are About Class As Much As Censorship | HuffPost
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Music, Movies & Books
May 1, 2023May 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKWhy Women Are 15% More Likely to Earn a Degree Than Men - Richard Reeves - YouTube
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 30, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by fishline79
LINKOne of the first songs I wrote back in the seventies was called "Do What You Want to Do". Sadly, I can't even remember the song and it was never recorded. It wasn't a very good song but it expressed an attitude I retained all of my life that has ...
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 29, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKComedy - Kurt Vonneguys - Episode 01: The Sirens of Titan - YouTube
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 27, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKPink Floyd - Learning To Fly (Official Music Video HD) - YouTube
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 26, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by puff
POLLWho subscribes to cable news? A lot of noise about Fox lately but who actually pays for it? The only place I see it and the others like CNN, MNSBC etc is in hotel rooms. Tucker apparently has the highest viewership but even that is like 3 million,...

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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 26, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by snytiger6
LINKHarry Belafonte, singer, actor and activist, has died at age 96 - WHYY
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 23, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by SeaGreenEyez
2:55 minutes in. shivers 😁😁😁😁 Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me, George Michael & Sir Elton John 💗
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 23, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by SeaGreenEyez
OK. I know 1.5 hours is a lot to invest. This is just SO worth it. I'm 2 times in today alone. Loved Queen back in the day, l❤️ve Adam Lambert recreating the legacy. 💕💕💕 (Well worth the watch when you wish.)
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 23, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINK"Poverty, by America": Author Matthew Desmond on How U.S. Punishes the Poor & Rewards the Wealthy - YouTube
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 23, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by racocn8
This video has some very special visual moments and the music provides energy that is breathtaking. The chills are great for my back...
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 22, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Beowulfsfriend
This was the original recording of Peace, Love, and Understanding. A band called Brinsley Schwartz with Nick Lowe singing lead.
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 22, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by snytiger6
LINKBarry Humphries Dead: Edna Everage Creator Was 89 - Variety
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 22, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by TheoryNumber3
Beautiful father daughter duet
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 22, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Organist1
Happy belated birthday to Iggy Pop (4/21). He's 76 and still touring! I saw him around 8 years ago at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, and the concert was fabulous!
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 21, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by vocaloldfart
LINKIvan Rebroff - Im tiefen Keller 2006 - YouTube
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 21, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Captain_Feelgood
Good ole guitar picking and dobro work. Gotta love it!
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 21, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Ryo1
All modern American literature comes from one book by Twain called Huckleberry Finn," Ernest Hemingway wrote in 1935. When Mark Twain died in April 1910, he was one of the most famous Americans in the world. His stories evoked the raw, vivid lives of...
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 18, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKRick Rubin on How to Make Something Great - Freakonomics
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 18, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINK'The Wager' chronicles shipwreck, mutiny and murder at the tip of South America : NPR
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 18, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Captain_Feelgood
Good morning. I hope this finds everyone happy and well this beutiful Tuesday AM (at least on the SE coast it is 😜). Nothing better than some Rod Stewart and Ron Wood doing Mandolin Wind to start the day off. Enjoy 😊
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 17, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by TheoryNumber3
Unbelievable precision. Just awesome!!
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 16, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Organist1
Here's a healthy dose of irreverence for your Sunday. A GREAT song by Loudon Wainwright III. I so wish I could incorporate this song into my acoustic folk act, but alas, it doesn't go over well when a woman sings it.
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 16, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by fishline79
La Strada (The Street)by Federicl Fellini, starring Gulietta Masina (Fellini's wife) and the great Mexican-American actor, Anthony Quinn.
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 16, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by fishline79
This is one of the most captivatingly and beautifully filmed and aurally pleasing videos I have ever seen. They are playing the theme music from Fellini's charming film, La Strada, composed by Nino Rota, on 8 violincellos, the most ...
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 14, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by fishline79
Two great purveyors of their instruments. The sound of Petrie's recorder gives me chills. What a beautiful complement they are to one another!
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 14, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Ryo1
The College of Rock and Roll Knowledge One of the true guitar legends of Rock and Roll, Ritchie Blackmore is celebrating his 78th birthday today. We could go on for days about what Ritchie has done but we decided to ask you one question: Did you ...
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 14, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Spinliesel
Yellow Rose of Texas imagine a six year old German girl sitting on a swing her father had built for her in the doorway of ythepeat shed where she could swing back and forth , singing all the songs she had earned verbatim from American Forces ...
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 13, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKSherlock Holmes: Study in Scarlet - An Animated Classic - YouTube
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 12, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Captain_Feelgood
Gotta love it!
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 11, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by SpikeTalon
Two for Tuesday... Question and Your Wildest Dreams by The Moody Blues-
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 10, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by LovinLarge
LINKAnyone else remember this one?
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 9, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by FrayedBear
Courtesy of "Traditional and Folkmusic Group" -Thinking of you first thing on this 4th most humbug day of the year - descending humbug order of Xmas, Good Friday, Easter, Easter Monday! And as relief, or to further add to your discomfort from my recent post of Theodorakis's ...
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 9, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by FrayedBear
I share this concert with you not because it was the anniversary of Don Burroughs death a few weeks ago but because I finally got round to listening to a 3CD set issued by him some years ago way before his death..
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 9, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by FrayedBear
What price genius? In this case it is extreme & yet again identifies the lack of any deity.
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 8, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by snytiger6
LINK‘Little Mermaid’ Lyric Changes Piss Off OG Fans and Fox News
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 5, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Petter
I admit this is a bit of a brag. Here's a link to a new song by my Italian great nephew, who hasn't written anything for quite a while.
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 4, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Beowulfsfriend
Happy 82nd birthday to Dr. Demento.
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 3, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by snytiger6
LINK‘Gone With the Wind’ Novel Gets Trigger Warning -- The Daily Beast
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 2, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Thibaud70
LINKDark Blues Music to Escape to... - YouTube
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 2, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Ryo1
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese pop pioneer and Oscar-winning composer, dies aged 71
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 2, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKNeil Diamond on Parkinson's and "A Beautiful Noise" - YouTube
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 2, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Spinliesel
Formy Australian friends here : being totally sick and tired of watchng the usual American commentary on Wokismn, I searched around on Amazon's video offerings and found Two Lane Bridge. It plays in Queensland. Amazing scenery. Weird story line ...
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Music, Movies & Books
Apr 1, 2023Apr 2023

Posted by Captain_Feelgood
About as good as it gets right there. 😎👍
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 31, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Organist1
Here's some really nice guitar work and vocals from Molly Tuttle and Tommy Emmanuel. Enjoy!
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 27, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by puff
War Pigs by Black Sabbath that is lyrically animated by AI. Interesting but makes me wonder what tf are they teaching AI?
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 27, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by racocn8
The first 1:34 of Prokofiev's Dance of the Nights don't do much for me, but the melodic portion after that is great and bizarre. For your consideration...
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 26, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Ryo1
Simply beautiful THE FROZEN CALL - Ancient Nordic Chant She practises so-called Kulning, ancient Nordic chant to call cattle, and she incorporates it in her music. Ethereal.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 25, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKJackson Browne: Life, Music & Locations of an American Icon. - YouTube
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 25, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Archeus_Lore
First Russian Comedy I ever watched. It's old as the hills, it took a few times viewing, (but you can slow it down to be able to read the subtitles) it gets funnier the more you see it.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 24, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Redheadedgammy
Just watched This changes everything on Netflix and this song came on at the end. I really liked it. It was a great documentary.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 22, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Organist1
Cowboys From Hell heavy metal hurdy gurdy. Very good and strange! There's an even stranger story behind the person who sent it to me!
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 21, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Beowulfsfriend
8 band names that reference other bands or artists. Videos embedded in the article. I liked Camper Van Beethoven and Gringo Starr, and Garfunkel and Oates are often funny.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 20, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by fishline79
I've probably posted this before' but just in case you didn't hear it....
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 19, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Captain_Feelgood
HOOOOOLLLLY SHIIIIIT!!!! This guy is out there, and soo damn .... fuck. I don't have the words to describe this. I had to watch it three times to get all he was saying. The accent is a bit thick for my south-eastern US ears, but I finally got it. The...
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 19, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by fishline79
This jaw-droppingly well researched book by British investigative journalist, David Yallop was a sensation when first released, revealing the international Vatican banking scandals, priestly suicides, and the plot behind the mysterious death of Pope ...
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 19, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by fishline79
This fascinating book cites the little-known origins of the Evangellical Fundamentalist Political network behind the election of many right-wing politicians, including Ronald Reagan.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 19, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Secretguy
Nice piece about Pres Carter and the Allman Bros.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 18, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by fishline79
My way of expressing that the word "god", as created by man, can be used with impunity to describe anything we want it to mean.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 17, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by SnowyOwl
Since he wasn't using it, he might as well sell his soul to the devil.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 17, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by SnowyOwl
Going out for a few pints of green brew on St. Paddy's, keep your hand on your wallet.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 17, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Captain_Feelgood
This guy Rashad Eggleston is an amazing cello player. Not sure how to discribe his song writing though. 🤣
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 17, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by The-Krzyz
My love of history and movies intersect today in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Two films I enjoy are 1970’s “The Molly Maguires,” with Sean Connery and Richard Harris at the head of a great cast in the true story, taken from U.S. labor history,...
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 15, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by fishline79
A great satire, and so prophetic! The "techno" menace.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 13, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Organist1
A lovely demonstration of Irish/Welsh harping and its history.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 13, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by OldMetalHead
Has anyone seen Knock at the Cabin (metacritic.com), the latest movie from M. Night Shyamalan? Without giving too much away it's supposed to represent the apocalypse, except one that can be stopped if one family is willing to sacrifice one of ...
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 12, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by SpikeTalon
George McCrae performing live at the Borgata Casino Resort in Atlantic City NJ. One of my favorite songs, Rock Your Baby.-
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 12, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by SnowyOwl
A little something for Tejas from The Walking Dead - 10 hours of it. LOL
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 12, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Secretguy
Bucket list. Seeing the Vienna Philharmonic in Vienna.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 12, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Secretguy
We watched "All's Quiet on the Western Front" last night. A really good film, though not east to watch.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 12, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Ryo1
'No, we're fucked. Lol' 'Who are they?', I thought. So, I did a bit of homework, and then, I was like 'Wow, they've been performing since the 1960'!' They are right about what they say. They weren't 'products' back then. King ...
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 10, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Ryo1
March 8, 1965: David Bowie makes his first TV appearance when his band The Manish Boys appears on the British show Gadzooks! At the time, he's still known as David Jones.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 10, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by K9Kohle
LINKBurning Cross hate Crinme
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 9, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by FvckY0u
Actor Robert Blake died today. My favorite movie scene of his. RIP
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 9, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by FrayedBear
That there is such an Art, as that of Swimming, and what is to be observed before one enters on putting the Precepts of it in Practice. – Melchisédech Thévenot
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 9, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Captain_Feelgood
Now here's an interesting combo... A harp and a banjo playing some sort of traditional Spanish dance music. Pretty cool actually.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 7, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Captain_Feelgood
Fun show I did with my buddy, the one and onlyTommy 'Too Tall' Evens at High Park in Raleigh, NC... You can google him on YT for more of his amazing shows he's done around the world if you like his style of guitar playing... We call it Rythem and ...
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 5, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Barnie2years
I am reading Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. His forward, written probably in the early 1960’s is, in itself, very prescient. They are more, and sadly so, descriptive of current events than they might have been at the time they were written. ...
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 4, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Beowulfsfriend
10 bands that got their names from literature. Songs embedded in the article as well.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 4, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Spinliesel
This has nothin g todo with religion,m oinly with the Aretha's genius. Son of a Preacher man.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 3, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKPink Floyd Final Cut (12) - Not Now John - YouTube
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 3, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKPink Floyd-The Gunner's Dream (Lyrics) - YouTube
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 3, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by Organist1
Buffalo Nichols "How to Love". This is a young guy, just coming out with his debut album. Such a sad and soulful acoustic blues song, well played. I'm hooked.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 2, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKPink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon | Full Documentary | Malcolm Dome | Doogie White - YouTube
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 2, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by SnowyOwl
All About That Bass but toned down and tuned up.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 2, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by SnowyOwl
A bit of a throw back but still a classic.
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Music, Movies & Books
Mar 1, 2023Mar 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
LINKNeil deGrasse Tyson Full Interview - The Chris Cuomo Project - YouTube
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Music, Movies & Books
Feb 28, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by SnowyOwl
I've always thought that Jamie Lee Curtis was an amazing actor and this scene is one of my favourites.
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Music, Movies & Books
Feb 27, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Beowulfsfriend
Just for fun. The Country Hams doing Walking in the Park with Eloise. This was actually recorded by Wings; the song is the only song Paul's father ever wrote. I just read about this today.
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Music, Movies & Books
Feb 24, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by SnowyOwl
I was looking at some old pics from when I lived in Ecuador and it reminded me of this song.
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Music, Movies & Books
Feb 23, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by SnowyOwl
Another Elvis Costello Classic, with some cool older movie clips.
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Music, Movies & Books
Feb 23, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Beowulfsfriend
The Rubinoos. I saw them open for Elvis Costello in Southern California. They were quite popular there in 77/78 and even charted with their version of I Think We're Alone Now. I looked and the song did better overall in the UK, so maybe even ...
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Music, Movies & Books
Feb 23, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by SnowyOwl
Swing kids, variations on a theme. KOREA BERLIN
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Music, Movies & Books
Feb 23, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by rainmanjr
> Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose <iframe width='575' height='1100' src='' frameborder='0' scrolling='yes' allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Music, Movies & Books
Feb 22, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Ryo1
A debut EP by someone I care about.
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Music, Movies & Books
Feb 21, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Organist1
I'm going out to do an open mic at a folk venue tonight, and trying out a new original song. Fingers crossed.
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Music, Movies & Books
Feb 21, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Beowulfsfriend
The Rolling Stones may have an album coming out in the coming year. They've said in 2021 that they had already laid down a number of new tracks. Now, there are possibilities that the remaining Beatles will perform on the album as well. ...
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Music, Movies & Books
Feb 21, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by Organist1
Another Life Goes By...song of social justice by Kingfish Ingram
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Music, Movies & Books
Feb 20, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by SnowyOwl
American Gods, kinda fun from an Atheist perspective.
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Music, Movies & Books
Feb 20, 2023Feb 2023

Posted by K9Kohle
Is this song about a sexual predator coming on to a very young girl? I never liked it. THe words are too close to being on the predator side.
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