Category Archives: music
La Marseillaise Sung by Mireille Mathieu (with English subtitles)
I’ve never understood La Marseillaise until now. An anthem so stirring it could churn butter. As all translations differ, the version below differs from what is on the video. La Marseillaise – English lyrics From http://www.marseillaise.org/english/english.html Arise children of the … Continue reading
Posted in free speech, music, Poetry, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, video, Writing by others
Tagged english, French, La Marseillaise, Mireille Mathieu, videoi, YouTube
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No Help Needed
No Help Needed The video of Amy Winehouse that I posted recently (internal link) shows that she didn’t need anybody except a guitarist to bring out her music.Tony Bennet wasn’t needed, an elaborate studio wasn’t needed, a group of musicians … Continue reading
Me and My Uncle
The Grateful Dead performed Me and My Uncle at nearly every performance. They were a great story telling band, either with their own songs, or someone else’s. I remembered the first time I heard this song by the Dead, with … Continue reading
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Tagged cowboy songs, grateful dead, guitar, joni mitchell, me and my uncle, western
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Monty Python’s Cheese Shop
This is the original version from the record Matching Tie and Handkerchief. It has a much superior script that the Pythons wrote for their television sketch after the recording became popular. https://www.instagram.com/tgfarley/ Follow me on Instagram: tgfarley
Posted in comedy, editing writing, music, video
Tagged audio track, cheese shop, matching tie and handkerchief, Monty Python, pythons, record
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We’ll Meet Again
I’m enjoying watching Picard on CBS All Access, the latest installment in the decades old Star Trek franchise. Episode Seven hit me very hard as it featured old friends reunited in a warm, sunny place of great beauty and peace. … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlife, god, heaven, hope, loved ones, music, parents, peace, sunny day, the afterlife, vera lynn, we'll meet again
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A Dead Parrot and a Lumberjack
The Parrot Sketch MR. PRALINE John Cleese SHOP OWNER Michael Palin A customer enters a pet shop. Mr. Praline: ‘Ello, I wish to register a complaint. (The owner does not respond.) Mr. Praline: ‘Ello, Miss? Owner: What do you mean … Continue reading
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Tagged absurd, comedians, dead parrot, humor, lumberjack song, Monty Python, pythons
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Day Two of the PowWow in Quartzsite, Arizona: Thursday, January 16th
Thursday at the QIA PowWow Thursday brought another day of beautiful weather to Quartzsite. A few wisps of clouds appeared from time to time, somewhat relieving the sun’s powerful glare. Temperatures rose into the high 60’s in the afternoon, shirt … Continue reading
Posted in music, rocks and lapidary, southwestrockhounding.com, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020, Arizona, gems, gold, minerals, prospecting, qiappowwow, Quartzsite, rock show, rocks
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To All The Bands Corporate Radio Never Played
Sci-Fi Caper (internal link), a power trio who has a chance at success with the rise of the internet. I can’t express how suffocating it was to go through the 70s and 80s with radio playlists controlling which bands got on … Continue reading
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Tagged broken sleep, corporate radio, garage bands, Mendota, music, playlists, rock music, Sci-Fi Caper, the west, xoxo
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Just Because I Like Bob Dylan
Good writing is captivating and compelling. It rolls off the tongue and imagination as easily as a marble rolling off a glass tabletop. Lewis Carroll had the gift. Dylan, too, in a different way. May all your writing roll. Tombstone … Continue reading
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Tagged beat poetry, Dylan, Highway 61, Highway 61 Revisited, lyrics, Poetry, Tombstone Blues
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May The Road Rise With You
The first line is endlessly argued over its exact translation from the Gaelic, never-the-less, this poem sounds across different languages and strikes at the soul. May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your … Continue reading
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