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Hope needs compassionate action. Best to be compassionate anyway.
Many self-avowed 'critical thinkers', especially on Twitter, seem to not think critically.
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"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
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Here is the playlist from my first show in 1980 on UTR (University of Toronto Radio), which was closed-circuit, not air-broadcast, at the time. The original plan was to do a history of rock 'n' roll but it ended up with each show being unrelated to the others. Not sure why I didn't play Little Richard, while having so much Elvis!
The show was on September 30th and within 10 weeks John Lennon was dead, having been shot on Dec. 8th (the date in New York City).
#Radio #CoSoRadio
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Scott Joplin, African-American composer and pianist, known as the "King of Ragtime", was born ca. Nov. 24, 1868 (d. 1917). #ScottJoplin
Chet Atkins - "The Entertainer" (Scott Joplin) (1975)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHtwF-gpluc
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Scott Joplin, African-American composer and pianist, known as the "King of Ragtime", was born ca. Nov. 24, 1868 (d. 1917). #ScottJoplin
Kristen Mosca - "Peacherine Rag" (Scott Joplin) (2015)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU0rk-BK6m0
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Scott Joplin, African-American composer and pianist, known as the "King of Ragtime", was born ca. Nov. 24, 1868 (d. 1917). #ScottJoplin
Dario Ronchi - "Maple Leaf Rag" (Scott Joplin) (2017)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCxLAr_bwpA
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Scott Joplin, African-American composer and pianist, known as the "King of Ragtime", was born ca. Nov. 24, 1868 (d. 1917). #ScottJoplin
Scott Joplin - "The Entertainer" (Scott Joplin) (1902, from piano roll)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT9uOA1rexc
Beware of a party with "<country/region> first", "freedom", or "people's" in its name. Also, a party that has "socialist" or "worker" in its name could be fascist. See Germany 1920-1945: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers' Party).
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Bruce Hornsby, American singer-songwriter and pianist, was born on November 23, 1954. #BruceHornsby
Bruce Hornsby and the Range - "The Way It Is" (Bruce Hornsby) (1986)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlRQjzltaMQ
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Ruth Etting, American singer and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings, was born on Nov. 23, 1896 (d. 1978). #RuthEtting
Ruth Etting - "Ten Cents a Dance" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) (1930)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK4YCwqfGWU
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Ruth Etting, American singer and actress of the 1920s and 1930s, who had over 60 hit recordings and worked in stage, radio, and film, was born on Nov. 23, 1896 (d. 1978). #RuthEtting
Ruth Etting - "Exactly Like You" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) (1930)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9EzyCXOb8Q
"The U.S. Supreme Court ruling left ambiguous whether enforcement requires specific legislation, or whether Congress could refuse to certify Trump’s election on Jan. 6, 2025, legal experts said."
Congress could try barring Trump from office under 14th Amendment, but it likely won’t
(Caleb McCullough, November 7, 2024)
https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/nov/07/congress-could-try-barring-trump-from-office-under/
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Mavis Staples' 2007 album 'We'll Never Turn Back'
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://mavisstaples.bandcamp.com/album/well-never-turn-back
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Appropriate track and album titles for this time: We'll Never Turn Back".
Mavis Staples - "Eyes on the Prize" (based on the traditional song "Gospel Plow," lyrics by various (Alice Wine, Odetta, etc.)) (2007, from the album 'We'll Never Turn Back')
#Music #CoSoMusic
#CivilRights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZWdDI_fkns&rco=1
/nosanitize
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Sign the petition: Bring Back Rent Control https://www.chrisglovermpp.ca/rentcontrolpetition
Writing “Eleanor Rigby”
How one of the Beatles’ greatest songs came to be.
By Paul McCartney
October 18, 2021
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/25/paul-mccartney-writing-eleanor-rigby-beatles
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A beautiful version I didn't hear until 2018:
The Beatles - "Dear Prudence" (Lennon-McCartney) (Esher Demo, 1968, released 2018)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71owuo5tnEk
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A favourite from that album:
The Beatles - "Dear Prudence" (Lennon-McCartney) (1968, Remastered 2009)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQA59IkCF5I
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Released on November 22, 1968, the Beatles album colloquially known as the White Album "is recognised for its fragmentary style and diverse range of genres, including folk, British blues, ska, music hall, pre-heavy metal and the avant-garde. It has since been viewed by some critics ...as one of the greatest albums of all time." (Wikipedia)
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Tina Weymouth, American musician, singer, songwriter, and a founding member and bassist of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, was born on November 22, 1950. #TinaWeymouth
Talking Heads - "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)" (David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth) (1984, Stop Making Sense)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekBt4XllATg
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Tina Weymouth, American musician, singer, songwriter, and a founding member and bassist of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, was born on November 22, 1950. #TinaWeymouth
Talking Heads - "And She Was" (David Byrne) (1985)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl3B_FTDKD0
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Jesse Colin Young [Perry Miller], American singer and songwriter, a founding member and lead singer of the Youngbloods, was born on November 22, 1941. #JesseColinYoung
"You hold the key to love and fear / All in your trembling hand / Just one key unlocks them both / It's there at your command"
The Youngbloods - "Get Together" (Chet Powers) (1969)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xGxQXmu7Os
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Hoagy Carmichael, American songwriter, musician, actor, singer, and attorney, composer of "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind" and "The Nearness of You", was born on Nov. 22, 1899 (d. 1981). #HoagyCarmichael
Harry James w/ Helen Forrest - "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer) (1941)
#Music #CoSoMusic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW_K-flKFgg
neal 🌻🇺🇦🌳⚖️☮📚🎵
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Hope needs compassionate action. Best to be compassionate anyway.
Many self-avowed 'critical thinkers', especially on Twitter, seem to not think critically.
Joined Nov 2022