In the mood for some Janis.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

(from jameslbruno blog) : For those of a certain age, Janis was a cultural freebooter, one who marauded the calm shores of post-'50s staidness to project her anything-goes, soul-baring persona.

I’m A Mess.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

The Rasmus debuted the lead single "I'm a Mess" at the finals of UMK in Finland.

My given Name is Geoff.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

. . . as I like to say -- getting old is not for sissies ! :P

Worth a try

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

. . . reminds me of "Pay it Forward" movie. :)

A red flowering gum on this mornings walk.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

Did you mean to include a picture ? :O

Australian justice: [sydneycriminallawyers.com.au]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

It is hard to not think that "specialist criminal defence lawyers" are particularly biased. Wasn't it FB that 'pointed you' there ? IMO, he Guardian article would be a better choice. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/nov/21/are-we-now-a-totalitarian-state-case-of-canberras-mystery-prisoner-alarms-judge

‪Amazon warehouses are 'cult-like' sweatshops run by robots: ex-employee [nypost.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

PBS Newshour ran a story about accidents at Amazon : https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/investigation-raises-alarm-about-handling-of-worker-fatality-at-indiana-amazon-facility

State Of Kentucky Puts Up Billboard To Send A Clear Message To Mitch McConnell

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

The article confesses that the billboard was paid for by Indivisible Kentucky. The IK website give no clue as to who they are. In any case, the claim that "The State of Kentucky" looks patently **false**.

Jeff Beck.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

The song was not included on the album Truth when first released in 1968 (but is a bonus track on the 2006 reissue).

Late in the evening- Paul Simon. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

Paul Simon - vocals Steve Gadd - drums Tony Levin - bass Eric Gale - electric guitar Hugh McCracken - acoustic guitar Ralph MacDonald - cowbell, temple blocks Dave Grusin - horn arrangement

Umphreys McGee - Women Wine and Song [youtube.]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

Umphrey's McGee is an American jam band originally from South Bend, Indiana. Formed by students at the University of Notre Dame in 1997

Sorry I don't have a photo except where it's got a tree on one of the covers but the documentary is ...

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAwIzT8cBSA

The Moody Blues. - Your Wildest Dreams. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

Written by the band's lead singer, principal songwriter and lead guitarist Justin Hayward.

Paul Carrack (featuring Timothy B.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

"Love Will Keep Us Alive" is a song written by Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack, and Peter Vale and produced by the Eagles, Elliot Scheiner, and Rob Jacobs.

Nightwish.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

In an interview Tuomas Holopainen (main song writer of the band) said that it is up to the listener to find out the meaning of the title Once.

Good morning.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

It was recorded for the soundtrack of the film Stardust (2007)

Im officially 42 yrs old today! I try to watch Purple Rain every year on my birthday as a tradition.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

The song was originally said to be written for Susannah Melvoin[4] (Revolution band member Wendy's twin sister) to woo her away from her then-boyfriend.

House votes to reauthorize The Patriot Act.

FearlessFly comments on Dec 1, 2019:

"This is bazaar" ? ? : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazaar

Couldn’t run a series of great Scottish artists without one of the best of them Annie Lennox.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

"No More 'I Love You's" had been the first song written by Freeman and Hughes as The Lover Speaks.

Another great alt rock Scottish Band...Del Amitri - Always The Last To Know. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Del Amitri grew out of Justin Currie's Jordanhill College School band. The band was formed with the original line-up of Currie (bass and vocals), James Scobbie (guitars), Donald Bentley (guitars) and Paul Tyagi (drums).

Another great alt rock Scottish Band...Del Amitri - Always The Last To Know. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Had no idea about Scottish -- always liked the song.

I KISSED A GIRL, AND I LIKED IT.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

. . . tongue in cheek :) also : https://ibma.org/

From CNN: Scientists find 'monster' black hole so big it shouldn't exist [cnn.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

. . . I posted that in Academic Thu : "Monster black hole that 'should not exist' discovered in the Milky Way Scientists are baffled by ..."

House judiciary committee passes legislation to make marijuana legal and to expunge criminal records...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

I'm all for it . . . I read something yesterday about 400? bills passed by the House this session that have not been taken-up by the Senate (no big surprise).

Police in Utah found a woman dead in her apartment.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

It seems like you may have presumed too much : https://www.divorcesource.com/ds/utah/utah-divorce-laws-718.shtml

I need to ask a question here, but have to remember it first.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

I have a great memory (at my age) -- it's just **short** :O

what is the point of sending me profiles of people that match me if i can't connect to them, it is ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Hyperbole much ? and yeah mentioning strip club in a Love group is probably not recommended :P

Stephan Pastis reveals the answer to everything

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

silly, random, fun

I grew up in rural, small-town America — and I can tell you the real reason why people love Donald...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

This article is not news, totally opinion, politics .

More from a great Scottish band Charlene Spitteri & Texas. - Halo. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

The music video for Halo was filmed in Hong Kong[1] in 1997 and begins with a Chinese man running through a street. It features Spiteri wearing a red dress while singing the song in front of a brick wall. A Chinese woman wearing the same dress is also featured - as her "halo"

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Billy Mackenzie recorded with Barry Adamson, BEF, Apollo Four Forty, Yello, Skids, Shirley Bassey, Steven Emmer, Shakespeare’s Sister, Peach, Paul Haig, Alan Rankine, Michael Dempsey, Steve Aungle, Loom, Pascal Gabriel, Thomas Fehlmann, Blair Booth, Philip Erb, Moritz Von Oswald, Ralf Hertwig, Dei Zwei

For those interested just read Foresight by Eberline.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Your ID ideas won't fool anyone here :P

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Richards described writing the guitar riff: "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" came out flying – I just found the tuning and the riff and started to swing it and Charlie picked up on it just like that, and we're thinking, hey, this is some groove. So it was smiles all around. For a guitar player it's no big deal to play, the chopping, staccato bursts of chords, very direct and spare

Rick Wakeman & Ozzy Osbourne - Buried Alive [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

"Buried Alive" is one of those cases where the massive production triumphs over having a memorable hook.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, selected "Boston Tea Party" as one of her favorite oldies on a BBC daytime radio show also : https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/wooden-teeth-myth/

Spectrum [m.youtube.com] I'll be gone

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

The song was written by guitarist and vocalist Mike Rudd

An excellent life philosophy.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

I have long thought it better to be pissed off than pissed on :P

This is the way. In my next life I want to be a mandalorian

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Don't procrastinate -- go ahead now :P

Republicans Are Excusing a Criminal Conspiracy [readersupportednews.org]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

Why would anyone assign sufficient veracity to "readersupportednews" ?

The answer to reversing climate change may be whales.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

As to the effectiveness of an economist putting dollar value(s) on life forms in order to change attitudes on CC -- color me skeptical :P

Survey Ranks the U.S. Health Care System Lowest in Performance | Time

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

. . . kinda old news -- here is an article from 2006 : https://www.livescience.com/752-treating-symptoms-wrong-health-care.html

The climber, Brad Gobright, tragically feli 300m to his death Using my bit of schoolboy physics ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

https://www.universetoday.com/73617/terminal-velocity/ https://owlcation.com/stem/Drag-Force-and-the-Terminal-Velocity-of-a-Human

You’re Tracked Everywhere You Go Online. Use This Guide to Fight Back.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

It is hard not to notice that your link to the article **is itself** tracking anyone who clicks on it (I don't). The first part is (all that is) needed : https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/24/smarter-living/privacy-online-how-to-stop-advertiser-tracking-opt-out.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share . . . but this last part is doing the FB tracking (**and is completely unnecesary**) : =IwAR2D0lvxgN9k69-f6Ox7NLQi5hqUMnWHl0M5bhkt3mUjE-7_VgUJ_5YuUQE

Why men say they want "nothing" for Christmas.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 30, 2019:

. . . I can't miss this opportunity : :P

Day two being snowed in, this song is working for me!!! 😊 [m.youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

His stage name is a multilingual expression consisting of the Spanish words toro and y (meaning "bull" and "and", respectively) and the French word moi (meaning "me").

Darryl Hall and friends - Sara Smile I’ve liked this song since I was a wee lad with a ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

It was written about Hall's then-girlfriend, Sara Allen.[4] The couple were together for almost 30 years before breaking up in 2001

John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat Whiskey and Women [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

John Lee Hooker (rhythm guitar & vocal) Henry Vestine (lead guitar) Alan Wilson (harmonica) Antonio de la Parra (bass) Adolfo de la Parra (drums)

Koto song by CloZee...I could listen to this over-and-over again for hours: [bing.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Koto is an Italo Disco group that originally consisted of Anfrando Maiola and Stefano Cundari,[1] later with the Dutch composer Michiel van der Kuy.

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Six Days On The Road [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

"Six Days on the Road" is an American song written by Earl Green and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio songwriter Carl Montgomery, made famous by country music singer Dave Dudley.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Cast in Steel picks up where their last studio album left off, this is the sound of band relaxed and refreshed, at ease with themselves and ready to take on the world once more.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Straight from Charoltte, NC – the home of this summer’s PopFest, gogoPilot is the band of singer/songwriter Jeffrey Williams.

Los Lobos is a band that is special to me, though it's not in one of my favorite genres.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

I am a Los Lobos fan. :) According to popmatters, "Two Janes" is about suicide.

This Star Just Won't Stop Exploding [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

I tend to pay attention to astronomy/cosmology, but I had never heard of a recurrent nova. :P

Good thing he doesn't have hair. Who knows what would have happened.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

. . . shaving your 'privates' while listening to metal -- **priceless** :P

There isn't anything I need that bad to be stomped on for.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

. . . nothing to do with Music ! :P

Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

It was written by Harley, and produced by Harley and Alan Parsons. In February 1975

Yes - Sweet Dreams [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

"Sweet Dreams" was particularly well-received by future Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin, who requested the band perform the song in concert during the 90125 tour in 1984.

I just heard this song for the 1st time in a while, written recorded and produced by Stewart Copland...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Copeland originally intended to record "Don't Care" with The Police but Sting had difficulties identifying with the lyrics and felt he couldn't do it justice.

If you don't know about Regina Spektor - she's pretty amazing - [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Her father, Ilya Spektor, is a photographer and amateur violinist. Her mother, Bella Spektor, was a music professor in a Soviet college of music and teaches at a public elementary school in Mount Vernon, New York.

AMERICA’S CRISIS – DEATH OF LOGIC & OBJECTIVITY The most dire challenge that America faces is...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Unless you buy-into Trump's "fake news" and "enemy of the state", MSM isn't **wrong** (I concede some bias in all media) -- especially when multiple sources have the same facts. I look for good journalism and advocate for installing this browser addon : https://www.newsguardtech.com/

AMERICA’S CRISIS – DEATH OF LOGIC & OBJECTIVITY The most dire challenge that America faces is...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Where is the evidence that we (collectively) had "LOGIC & OBJECTIVITY" ?

Ravi Kumar Atheist: The Indian man fighting to be godless - BBC News

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Sounds like a brave thing to do -- especially the tattoos.

[youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

In addition to the reference to William Shakespeare's play of the same title, the song makes playful allusion to other works involving young love, including the songs "Somewhere" – from West Side Story, which is itself based on the Shakespeare play – and "My Boyfriend's Back".

An amazing young Australian woman who is a musical prodigy, so much soul in her music.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

"Jungle" is a song by Australian alternative rock artist Tash Sultana, released on 5 September 2016[1] as the third and final single from Sultana's extended play Notion (2016).

As far as being thankful, I am very thankful that I've been so lucky in my life.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

https://qz.com/1360304/science-shows-that-luck-is-a-self-fulfilling-prophecy/

I live and work on the occupied shared territory of the Kalapuya, Atfalati, and Chinook people.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

. . . kind of an eye-opener.

Actually, I believe there would be one other person in the room. Possibly. Maybe.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Don't know whether to laugh or cry. :P

Something from what seems a different lifetime.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

"Rock-In Robin" is a song written by Leon René under the pseudonym Jimmie Thomas, and recorded by Bobby Day in 1958.

Some Uber drivers use bogus identities and shared accounts Turns out that unauthorized drivers ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

Uber and Lyft drivers protest for better working conditions The protest, which took place at Uber's headquarters, comes as California considers legislation that could affect their employment status. https://www.cnet.com/news/uber-lyft-drivers-stage-protest-for-better-working-conditions/

Some Uber drivers use bogus identities and shared accounts Turns out that unauthorized drivers ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 29, 2019:

. . . more : https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article183593086.html https://observer.com/2018/04/uber-background-checks-fingerprinting/ https://www.sandiegocriminallawyersblog.com/lyft-uber-drivers-will-not-need-fingerprint-checks-california-rules/ https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/uber-announces-annual-background-checks-for-drivers-other-safety-upgrades.html

A puppy! [independent.co.uk]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

I read this recently (in another group?)

The Rolling Stones - Cool, Calm, and Collected [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Vocal: Mick Jagger Dulcimer, Banjo, Kazoo & Harmonica: Brian Jones Bass: Bill Wyman Drums: Charlie Watts Guitar: Keith Richards Piano: Nicky Hopkins

The Rolling Stones - Cool, Calm, and Collected [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

A whimsical slice of songwriting,

A seriously cool article! From CNN: The oldest living things on Earth [cnn.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

. . . kinda amazing :)

Makes me want to go out dancing.. Drifters- Save the Last Dance For Me [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

"Save the Last Dance for Me" is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, first recorded in 1960 by the Drifters, with Ben E. King on lead vocals.

Tonight I’ve decided to say goodnight with an instrumental.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

This song, dedicated to guitarist Roy Buchanan, was composed by longtime friend Stevie Wonder as an apology to Jeff for releasing "Superstition" first.

My first video just to say Hello ![youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Written by Walter Earl Brown[1] and notable for its direct quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr.

1 thing I hate while riding on the subways and buses of NYC commuting to and fro and that is ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

. . . I don't mind saying, I don't see how that is Silly, Random, or Fun :P

When Squeeze broke up for a while, Chris & Glenn made an album... [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook were the main songwriters in the new wave band Squeeze until their 1982 breakup.

Split Enz- History Never Repeats [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

The guitar bridge in this song, played by Neil Finn, was originally featured in an old Phil Judd song, "Bergen Aan Zee". The band only played the latter song live.

I think I got pranked this morning. When I answered the door, no one was there. Oh well.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

It was Harvey . . . https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042546/

Elton John and John Lennon - I Saw Her Standing There (live 1974 MSG) [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Originally titled "Seventeen", the song was conceived by McCartney when driving home from a Beatles' concert in Southport, Lancashire [1] as a modern take on the traditional song "As I Roved Out", a version of "Seventeen Come Sunday" that he had heard in Liverpool in 1960

Game Changers, debunked. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

I couldn't find a non 'partisan' source of either side, so, for what it's worth : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Changers

Simply Red - singing a song written by Leon Russell.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Russell not only sings and plays piano on the recording, but also plays the tenor horn that is accompanying

The Pretty Things. - Don’t Bring Me Down. Live in The Netherlands, 1964. [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

David Bowie covered the song on his 1973 album Pin Ups.

Deutsche Bank Exec Who Oversaw Trump Loans Dies by Suicide | Law & Crime

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Perhaps someone (anonymous hacker) could provide us with the bankers' emails :P

We picked up Ex-Wife last night from the airport.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

I got that beat -- I was served on Valentines Day, the divorce became final on Halloween. How bizarre is that :P

John Lennon - Watching the Wheels [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

In "Watching the Wheels" Lennon addresses those who were confounded by his "househusband" years, 1975–1980, during which he retired from the music industry to concentrate on raising his son Sean with Ono

A violent explosion in a distant galaxy breaks the record for the brightest light ever seen | Daily ...

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Interesting cosmologic discovery. The headline from the Daily Mail - 'Biggest explosion since the Big Bang' -- the biggest hyperbole I've seen **in days** :P

Democratic freedoms aside, many nations in the world but particularly the U.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

. . . from the sub-title : Democratic freedoms aside I see no reason why those freedoms should/need be set-aside : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handover_of_Hong_Kong

Johnny Kidd & The Pirates. - Growl (1959) [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Their stage act was theatrical including wearing full pirate costumes (complete with Kidd wearing an eye-patch and wielding a cutlass)

Jack White - Wayfaring Stranger [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

It has been speculated that "Wayfaring Stranger" may have been derived from "The Dowie Dens of Yarrow," a folk song from the Scottish Borders.[2] However, the fact that the two songs differ entirely in subject matter calls the theory into doubt.

Glass Animals-Tokyo Drifting [youtu.be]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Led by singer and songwriter Dave Bayley who wrote and self-produced both of their studio albums

Time for another tune I think.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

Little Mix are a British girl group formed in 2011 during the eighth series of the UK version of The X Factor.

A voice Beyond compare. Rhiannon Giddens - Wayfaring Stranger. [youtube.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

A fretless 5 string banjo -- unusual.

The Rolling Stones - 2000 Light Years from Home (remastered 2017) [youtu.

FearlessFly comments on Nov 28, 2019:

It also appeared as the B-side to the American single "She's a Rainbow"

DID Trump just throw Giuliani under the buys? [facebook.com]

FearlessFly comments on Nov 27, 2019:

IMO, it seems plausible when Giuliani claims to have 'insurance'

Kentucky governor pardons man sentenced to life for sexually abusing stepdaughter, 6

FearlessFly comments on Nov 27, 2019:

While contacting the victim leads to an appearance of impropriety, there is nothing in the article that says he threatened her.

How would you personally define an 'intense person'?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 27, 2019:

Intense is in the eye of the beerholder :P

Is there a difference between a fundamentalist theist and a fundamentalist atheist?

FearlessFly comments on Nov 27, 2019:

. . . again : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_of_theistic_probability