LOVE đź’• SONGS
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Folks have been singing love songs for as long as we can remember and isn’t going away any time soon. Not for us, anyway.
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THE ANIMALS & WAR
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The British Rock band that would become The Animals formed in the early 1960s was led by their young vocalist Eric Burdon.
Burdon is an English singer and songwriter. He was previously the lead vocalist of the R&B and rock band The Animals and the funk band War. He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. He is also known for his aggressive stage performances.
CHEAT THE BEATLES?
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The Beatles may soon be releasing their very last recording with assistance from the late John Lennon and artificial intelligence.
The Fab Four, but only two are still with us are releasing their final song in late 2023, using AI technology to extract John Lennon’s vocals for the record.
QUEENS JAZZ SCENE
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All the major jazz clubs were located in Manhattan. However, Queens is where many, like Louis Armstrong, settled down for good.
Satchmo (a truncation of “Satchel Mouth”) lived inside a wood-frame house with a small, second-floor study where he created countless scrapbooks and filled journals chronicling a remarkable life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOAYACB7c6Y https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/
WHERE'S THE SUNSHINE?
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The world could use more sunshine in our lives. The sun grows lovely lower in the sky but brighter, a return of spring flowers.
PURPLE HAZE?
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Climate change grabs the USA by the throat. The mog hampered our lives throughout Asia. Now it’s followed us to America.
Some experts and elected officials say our leaders responded very slowly to the wildfire smoke that pushed air quality to historically unhealthy levels.
THE RAINBOW
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Remember that civil rights are human rights and vice versa. We must all practice tolerance towards everyone in the world.
Today, there are thousands of LGBTQ groups on college campuses on earth that celebrate #Pride.
SUMMERTIME
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My wife and I spent most of yesterday inside. The city’s air quality hasn’t been this bad in five decades.
NYC was the worst of any major city in the world. But while the Canadian wildfires behind this apocalyptic-feeling turn will eventually pass, these summer doldrums be only the beginning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI-BMDnti4c
If the smoke-filled skies are any indication of climate change, please bring us back to the good old
ADAGIO US
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The time today calls for the following musical movement that is in adagio tempo. A ballet displaying difficult feats of balance.
ALL JAZZED UP
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Since it is difficult to quickly come up with a definitive list of the best jazz musicians, here's a short selection I support.
Many famous artists' names appear whenever we try to profile those who’ve shaped the development of good music.
Recently I was in the hospital for a medical procedure. The outstanding operating room doctor asked which was my favorite music. As my wife was leaving, she replied JAZZ.
The doctor played Miles in the background as I recalled meeting him, Dizzy, Mongo, Blakey, and others during my career.