And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda is the best anti-war song I know. Pete Seeger called it “one of the world’s greatest songs.”
Remind yourself that old men of privilege and power like Putin send young men to needless deaths.
Click PLAY or watch the Pogue’s version on YouTube.
It was written by Scottish-Australian Eric Bogle in 1969.
I somehow got hooked on this hit from 2002. I particularly like this LIVE version.
Sophie Ellis Bextor is SO beautiful.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Everyone loves Dolly Parton.
And when James Patterson asked if she’d be interested in working together on a book — she was.
If you get the audio book, know that Dolly reads the character of Ruthanna Ryder, a retired country legend who sounds an awful lot like Dolly Parton today.
That said, if you don’t like audio books with multiple readers, you might find this one annoying.
AnnieLee Keyes is the super talented young woman who runs to Nashville with dreams of being the next star.
And things start falling into place.
However, AnnieLee has a dark and secret past. It’s starting to catch up to her.
Dolly has many young fans. There is some profanity, violence and sex in this novel, but far less than any other Patterson book, I reckon.
In conjunction, Dolly released an album of the same name.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Rockin’ tipped me to Henning May’s band AnnenMayKantereit. (worst name ever?)
What I liked best is May’s vocals. So rough and soulful.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Back in the 1990s I edited a lot of VHS videos — gak 😕 — and the worst aspect was dealing with audio.
Now that video editing is my hobby, I’m finding that sound design is the most interesting part. Many video creators think it’s the most important part in 2022.
That could be true — BUT many folks watch video on their phones with audio muted. So I also edit to be presentable VIDEO ONLY.
Here’s the best introduction to the topic I’ve seen.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Actually, it’s Director Sam Brown and the video editors who created this masterpiece.
For me, the song is only OK.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. It was filmed in one day!
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Click PLAY or listen on YouTube.
Down in the bardo
There was nothing to hold while we let it go
We were empty, we were hollow
Shined with everything we were living for
And you see your soul
Like some picture show
Across Idaho
We were running through the autumn leaves
A couple kids just wearing out their jeans, running
Mary she’s our autumn queen
Watch her smoking cigarettes in the street
And down she goes
Cold she blows
Across Idaho
And down she goes
Cold she blows
Across Idaho
And there’s lights up in the north
And I ain’t wondering where you are
Now it’s white as snow
Watch the evening glow
Across Idaho
And there’s lights up in the north
And I ain’t wondering where you are
There’s lights up in the north
Rick McCharles 