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1 week ago1w

Posted by SeaGreenEyez

LINKEarth is suddenly spinning faster, making June 29 the shortest day in history - Deseret News

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World Music

2 weeks ago2w

Posted by Marionville

Today we’re in Scotland with the Fergus McCreadie Jazz Trio performing a track from their latest album Forest Floor - titled “Law Hill”. This album has just been named as one of the nominees for The Mercury Prize, a prize awarded for the ...

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Music Fans

3 weeks ago3w

Posted by puff

Jazz lives. Ed Have to click on link to watch through youtube, dunno why.

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Libertarians Worldwide

3 weeks ago3w

Posted by SpikeTalon

Jazz Shaw makes a good point there. From the article- "Are we really about to watch the Senate GOP make this issue into the hill they want to die on? When the Democrats are making wild claims about all of your evil plots, including banning ...

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News & Links

1 month ago1m

Posted by snytiger6

LINKCreflo Dollar Who Once Asked Congregants to Help Buy $65M Jet, Now Admits He Misled Them About Tithing

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World Music

1 month ago1m

Posted by Marionville

Live-streamed from The Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland on Friday night…1st July 2022 a-ha In Concert. Tonight they will be performing at Scarborough in Yorkshire, England and on Tuesday at Cardiff Castle in Wales. This new song, which will ...

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CLASSIC ROCK RULES

1 month ago1m

Posted by Marionville

As most of you probably know, I was disappointed last month when the a-ha concert I’d travelled to Oslo to attend was cancelled at very short notice, due to lead singer Morten Harket losing his voice with laryngitis. Subsequently it was confirmed ...

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Music Fans

1 month ago1m

Posted by Marionville

I’ve just finished listening to a-ha - live-streamed, performing in concert from Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland tonight, so feel I just have to post as my bedtime post this song which they included on tonight’s set-list. The one I’m ...

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World Music

Jul 1Jul 1

Posted by Marionville

We’re off to the Caribbean today…with some Cuban music from Musica Cubana Salsa Jazz Funk….with PALO! “Al Monte”….

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World Music

Jun 30Jun 30

Posted by Marionville

The Montreux Jazz Festival…an annual event since 1967, is currently on in Switzerland at the present …tonight’s line-up includes my favourites a-ha…but have no fear Roger, it’s not them I’m posting here today. No, It is in fact from ...

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World Music

Jun 29Jun 29

Posted by Marionville

Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg’s ‘Peer Gynt’ Suite is a favourite of mine…so today I’m posting Solveig’s Song performed in concert by Bel Canto Choir, Vilnius, Lithuania…soloists Lina Dambrauskite and jazz pianist Arturas Anusauskas. ...

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Music Fans

Jun 15Jun 15

Posted by Ray13

To celebrate what would have been his 101st birthday: jazz pianist and composer Erroll Garner, born in Pittsburg on June 15, 1921. Here he is playing his own composition in 1955...Misty, lyrics were added later by Johnny Burke. What amazing dexterity...

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Music Fans

Jun 13Jun 13

Posted by Marionville

Time to say goodnight…so here is one last song…from Lisa Stansfield. - All Woman….live at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London.

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Religion & Spirituality

Jun 1Jun 1

Posted by St-Sinner

Bill Maher attacks Noah's story savagely

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Instrumentals

May 28May 28

Posted by chalupacabre

DJENT JAZZ FUNK Quite the range of sound. 8-string. That's different!

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Online Dating: The Reality

May 26May 26

Posted by LiterateHiker

On Fitness Singles, I replied to a man (62) in Portland, OR. Called him last evening. An extrovert, I enjoy talking with people. “What’s that background noise?” I asked. “I’m playing guitar. Is it bothering you?” It’s distracting, I ...

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Music of the Movies

May 23May 23

Posted by Ray13

From the 1947 film The Man I Love: I'm posting a video with the opening credits (you can see the film's music is by some famous composers of the day), plus the opening performance by real jazz musicians lead by American guitarist-singer Tony Romano ...

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Music Fans

May 14May 14

Posted by Marionville

After a great day out I am home now and going to bed with a nightcap and a song from Nina Simone….her classic - Ain’t Got No, I Got Life….

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Broken Hearts Club

May 12May 12

Posted by Mooolah

LINKI Will Survive - Vintage '40s Jazz / Latin Ballroom Style Cover ft. Sara Niemietz - YouTube

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

May 5May 5

Posted by Marionville

QUINTESSENCE. - Noun…1) the most perfect embodiment of something; the most typical example of a quality or class “he was the quintessence of political professionalism”. Synonyms; epitome, stereotype, exemplar, essence, spirit, ethos. 2)...

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Apr 17Apr 17

Posted by Marionville

VAMP. - Noun…1) (in jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed “the title track has an overlong vamp”. 2) the upper front part of a boot or shoe “stylish ...

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Jazz, Blues, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Dance, Punk, Alternative, Rock and Roll.

Apr 16Apr 16

Posted by Secretguy

Generally, if i have to listen to a singer, it will be a jazz singer. Here is the exception. I've adored Angie since I first heard her. I still put her records on the tabe...esp. the first two, before she went so commercial. ...

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Music Fans

Apr 11Apr 11

Posted by Marionville

Good morning…it’s Monday and the start of a new week which I hope will be a good one for everyone. Let’s get it started with Talk Talk - it’s My Life.

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50s +

Apr 7Apr 7

Posted by glennlab

Darwin took his toll on the dumb ones.

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Music Fans

Apr 2Apr 2

Posted by Marionville

At bedtime tonight I’m posting this Jazz standard - How High The Moon, which was written in 1940 by Morgan Lewis for the Broadway revue Two For The Show…here it’s sung by Mel Torme…of the velvet tonsils

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General & Hellos

Mar 15Mar 15

Posted by Ryo1

A Member Of The Harlem Hellfighters (369th Infantry Regiment) Poses For The Camera While Holding A Puppy He Saved During World War 1, 1918 The Harlem Hellfighters was a regiment made up of decorated black soldiers who fought as part of the French ...

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Foreign Film Fans

Mar 14Mar 14

Posted by Ray13

Il Bidone (The Swindle) : a 1955 Italian Language film by Federico Fellini, with Broderick Crawford leading the cast as a con man often posing as a priest to swindle money. Has an excellent jazz score by Italian composer Nino Rota.

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Posts

Mar 11Mar 11

Posted by prestonw1243

THE MODERN JAZZ SEXTET JOHN LEWIS, DIZZY GILLESPIE, SONNY STITT, SKEETER BEST, PERCY HEATH, CHARLIE PERSIP BLUES FOR BIRD>

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Jazz, Blues, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Dance, Punk, Alternative, Rock and Roll.

Mar 7Mar 7

Posted by creative51

Popular jazz song from the 1930's "If you are a Viper"

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World Music

Mar 7Mar 7

Posted by Marionville

Today I’m bringing you another one from Brazil, from Antonio Carlos Jobim. This time he’s performing his composition - Wave - with Herbie Hancock at the São Paulo Jazz Festival in 1993.

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World Music

Mar 6Mar 6

Posted by Marionville

Tatiana Eva-Marie is a Swiss born singer now based in Brooklyn in New York, where she moved to from Paris. In Brooklyn she formed the Avalon Jazz Band with violinist Adrien Chevalier, and performs with them as vocalist. Here they are with Besame ...

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Cheesy Jokes

Mar 5Mar 5

Posted by Zealandia

Just found two lumps on my car battery. Got them tested, one came back positive. I hope it's not terminal.

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Libertarians Worldwide

Mar 4Mar 4

Posted by SpikeTalon

A new problem arises as Russians capture Ukrainian nuclear power plant-

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Silly, Random & Fun

Feb 26Feb 26

Posted by MichaelSanchuk

Teaching Shiquana how to know when to clean the restroom.

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Music of the Movies

Feb 14Feb 14

Posted by Ray13

Here is a clip in which the choreography is more the subject than the music: an early 2-process color sequence in the 1930 musical King of Jazz.

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Music Fans

Feb 9Feb 9

Posted by RhondaShotwell

Love these older videos! The Four Seasons--Sherry

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News & Links

Feb 8Feb 8

Posted by snytiger6

LINKA Second Defendant In The Michigan Kidnapping Case Has Flipped

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Music Fans

Jan 22Jan 22

Posted by Lilac-JadeCanada

Canada Post unveils stamp honouring jazz legend Eleanor Collins Canada Post has revealed its new stamp honouring trailblazing jazz singer Eleanor Collins. The stamp depicting the "Canadian First Lady of Jazz" was unveiled at a virtual...

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Music Fans

Jan 17Jan 17

Posted by Marionville

As it’s my bedtime again…I’ll leave you tonight with another 80s Classic, but still sounding great live in 2017…...Shattered Dreams. - Johnny Hates Jazz.

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World Music

Jan 13Jan 13

Posted by Mitch07102

From the Japanese turntable-ist DJ Krush, master of Trip Hop. Here are the notes from YouTube: enre: Trip Hop / Jazz Hop Artist: DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo Album: Ki Oku Release Date: August 8, 1996 (Japan) January 26, 1998 (Overseas) What can be ...

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World Music

Jan 10Jan 10

Posted by Marionville

Silje Nergaard is a very successful jazz vocalist and songwriter from Norway, who enjoys a big following in the jazz metier around Europe and the world. She travels extensively to perform and here she sits on an Italian beach and sings of the ...

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World Music

Jan 8Jan 8

Posted by Marionville

It’s David Bowie’s birthday today...he’d be 75 now. He was a remarkably talented artist…a singer and songwriter who will go down in the annals of the Rock n’ Roll generation of the latter half of the 20th century as one of the genre’s ...

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World Music

Jan 3Jan 3

Posted by RhondaShotwell

French jazz pianist, Michele Petrucciani, was here and gone before I ever knew he existed, but he made some great music in his short life. This is September Second.

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Health & Happiness

Dec 12, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by LiterateHiker

My father died at Christmas at age 51.

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Instrumentals

Dec 9, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by chalupacabre

Sofiane Pamart - SOLITUDE Solo ft. Montreux Jazz Festival

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Jazz, Blues, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Dance, Punk, Alternative, Rock and Roll.

Dec 8, 2021Dec 2021

Posted by prestonw1243

Count Basie, Zoot Sims, Cleveland Eaton, Duffy Jackson, and Roy Eldrige. From a Special in 1979. The video quality is not the greatest, but man can these cats swing!! Have you ever seen a drummer enjoy playing as much as Duffy ...

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Posts

Nov 26, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by Killtheskyfairy

Totally random?

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Feline Fanatics

Nov 23, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by bobwjr

Giving in to pressure

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Politics

Nov 20, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by Willow_Wisp

Today I realized what I hear when someone starts ranting against "Black Lives Matter", what I hear is "White Lies Matter." Remember, cruelty is the point for these people.

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Jazz, Blues, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Dance, Punk, Alternative, Rock and Roll.

Nov 1, 2021Nov 2021

Posted by Secretguy

Just heard of the passing of Jazz Guitar great Pat Martino. RIP

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This Day In History

Oct 6, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by Marionville

6th October 1927…🇺🇸 The First “Talkie”: The Jazz Singer, directed by Alan Crosland, starring Al Jolson and May McAvoy, is released; first film with a soundtrack (Honorary Academy Award 1928).

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Music Fans

Oct 5, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by Spinliesel

From: The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle: Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis, the funk music pioneer and formative musical director for James Brown who grew up in Rochester, died Sept. 23 at age 80. Mr. Ellis, a saxophonist, co-wrote two of Brown's signature ...

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Music Fans

Oct 5, 2021Oct 2021

Posted by Spinliesel

Today I read the obituary for PeeWee Ellis in the Rochester newspaper. I had no idea he grew up here. I hope the city will honor him with a plaque or memorial somewhere in the city. Come to think of it, we have a lot of musicians, Son House, PeeWee ...

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Music Fans

Sep 24, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by Appleriver

Feelin' Alright - Joe Cocker

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Music of the Movies

Sep 20, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by Ray13

A jazz soundtrack from the opening titles of the 1959 crime-drama Anatomy of a Murder composed by Duke Ellington.

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Posts

Sep 11, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by bobwjr

Nice picture

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Memes R Us

Sep 2, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by glennlab

My understanding is that there is not penalty for false or misleading "tips"

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World Music

Sep 2, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by FrayedBear

THE GLOBAL UNDERGROUND SHOW 82 BROADCAST 29 AUG 2021

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World Music

Sep 2, 2021Sep 2021

Posted by Marionville

Can’t keep away…yet another Norwegian artist, this time Oystein Sunde, one of Norway’s best known folk-singers who is also a very accomplished high speed banjo and guitar player, performing with many jazz combos and Dixieland bands over the ...

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Music of the Movies

Aug 29, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Marionville

Another post I’m making due to something I’ve just watched on TV…this time it was an old Albert Finney interview which discussed the genre of B & W British films of the 1960s called “kitchen sink dramas”..including the 1961 movie A Taste Of...

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Jazz, Blues, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Dance, Punk, Alternative, Rock and Roll.

Aug 26, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by prestonw1243

CHARLIE WATTS' JAZZ CHOPS.

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World Music

Aug 18, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Marionville

Astor Piazolla is probably one of the best known 20th century composers and proponents of music for the Argentine Tango. He composed Libertango, here being performed by The Russian Philharmonic & Moscow City Symphony’s Phonograph Jazz Band - ...

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Memes R Us

Aug 8, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by Heffster

He really is a good actor though

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COVID-19

Aug 3, 2021Aug 2021

Posted by UrsiMajor

I'm amazed we have any health care workers left.

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News & Links

Jul 30, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by xenoview

Donald Trump's tax records to be released, damaging memo disclosed on DOJ's orders

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The Best of Late Night & News

Jul 26, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

Farron Balanced - Here's Proof Trump's Election Challenges Were A Grift From The Start

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Photography

Jul 16, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by Boomtarat03

Discovery Bay, Hong Kong 🦋 📍 the white " triangle thing" is a church but I don't have any idea what kind of church is that.🙃😅 📍 Tilt your phone for better pictures 📍 Tilt your head if you are using computers 😅🥰

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News & Links

Jul 16, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKWhy Trump's response to Gen. Milley makes an awful story worse

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Music Fans

Jul 11, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

(I did this combo as a Response to a Meme a few days ago. I thought it would work here just as well & get more appreciation!) Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years (Audio) Ray Charles - Still Crazy After All These Years - ...

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Music Fans

Jul 10, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by kmaz

I can't figure out from looking around for a few minutes if there is a guideline or rule for this group as to which genre to go for on which days, but this song came to mind as part of another conversation and I wanted to share. It's a favorite ...

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Posts

Jul 8, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by bobwjr

From Neil Degrass Tyson a little humor

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COVID-19

Jul 8, 2021Jul 2021

Posted by UrsiMajor

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Instrumentals

Jun 28, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Lilac-JadeCanada

When You Touch Me · Jazz 4

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World Music

Jun 18, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Mitch07102

A jazz festival I've always wanted to attend.

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Music Fans

Jun 17, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Marionville

For my teatime treat today I’m posting something that was ahead of it’s time in the 1970’s …the experimental fusion of rock and jazz that was Mahavushnu Orchestra ..and such a line-up of talent…John McGlaughlin, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, ...

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Posts

Jun 12, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by UrsiMajor

Interesting.

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Jazz, Blues, Funk, Soul, Reggae, Dance, Punk, Alternative, Rock and Roll.

Jun 12, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by Spinliesel

Happy birthday, Chick Corea Some jazz in Burghausen

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Posts

Jun 11, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by mistymoon77

Can't forget about that floppy disk..

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Posts

Jun 5, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by SnowyOwl

Respect for yourself comes before respect for others and learning to love yourself allows you to love others in a healthy and respectful manner. That's how the Staple Singers put it in their song from 71'.

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Conservative Atheists

Jun 1, 2021Jun 2021

Posted by granny

This just about explains the reason those stupid sheep voted for an incompetent nitwit.

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News & Links

May 29, 2021May 2021

Posted by barjoe

LINKCalifornia cafe owner charges customers $5 fee for wearing masks

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News & Links

May 27, 2021May 2021

Posted by Dyl1983

Ooooh!!! Big man!!! Gov. Greg Abbott says he'll fight Joe Biden's energy and climate agenda

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Music Fans

May 26, 2021May 2021

Posted by Marionville

Tonight at bedtime I bring you ....The Boy From Portmanteau. - Beautiful tribute to acclaimed Jazz Saxophonist Bendik Hosfeth by Morten Harket (vocals) with Hakon Kornstad (saxophone)...absolutely wonderful!

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Science, Health & History Tidbits

May 25, 2021May 2021

Posted by gsiamne

Sharks use Earth’s magnetic field like GPS, study suggests:

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World Music

May 24, 2021May 2021

Posted by GipsyOfNewSpain

From Japan "UFO", short for "United Future Organization". With Guest Singer: American Jon Hendricks. The Jazz Classic "I bet you thought I never find you". Of all versions my Favorite. And since My EX wife is My Landlord.... I play it every time ...

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News & Links

May 18, 2021May 2021

Posted by snytiger6

LINKIn England, COVID Death Rates Were Much Lower for People With “No Religion” | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

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Michiganders

May 17, 2021May 2021

Posted by creative51

Detroit Jazz - Yusef Lateef - "Russell and Eliot" (streets in Detroit)

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Music Fans

May 8, 2021May 2021

Posted by GeorgeRocheleau

Take On Me (A-Ha Jazz Piano Cover) - Scott Bradlee

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News & Links

May 4, 2021May 2021

Posted by barjoe

LINKDerek Chauvin Legal Files For New Trial Alleging Juror Misconduct

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World Music

Apr 30, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Marionville

Im sure most of us already know that the origin of American Gospel, Jazz, Blues and Rock n Roll music is rooted in the “Negro” Spiritual or African American Slave music. I found this to be very interesting, it’s an excerpt from a PBS ...

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Music Fans

Apr 20, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Marionville

Hello and good morning on this Tuesday a.m.....I thought we could do with something optimistic and uplifting....so here’s Johnny Hates Jazz, with....Spirit Of Love.

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Music Fans

Apr 19, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by nicestuff

The Grand Wazoo Frank Zappa

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Music Fans

Apr 15, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Sierra4

Angela by jazz artist Bob James was used in the opening sequence for one of the best TV sitcoms ever. TAXI

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World Music

Apr 14, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by Marionville

As a natural thought extension of my Spanish guitar post of yesterday and @Frayedbear’s one of the European Travellers or “Gipsies”.....today I’m posting The Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra performing Shalom Alechem , live. They are a ...

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Posts

Apr 9, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by AlanCliffe

Revolutionary Road. An ironic title if there ever was one. Paris? Shoot, the unhappy couple should have just moved to the Village. (Although to be fair, or realistic, I'm not sure how or where two or three young children would have fit into Village...

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Music, Movies & Books

Apr 9, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by AlanCliffe

Revolutionary Road. An ironic title if there ever was one. Paris? Shoot, the unhappy couple should have just moved to the Village. (Although to be fair, or realistic, I'm not sure how or where two or three young children would have fit into Village...

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Music Fans

Apr 5, 2021Apr 2021

Posted by phxbillcee

(There was a "Paint It Black" cover over on that other Music Group {it's ok, that one is @Marionville 's, too!}, so I figured I'd do another here...original first, then cover. Enjoy (hopefully!) Cage The Elephant - Ain't No Rest For The Wicked ...

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