Tag: Music
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September in the Rain
The leaves of brown came tumbling down, Remember, in September in the rain. The sun went out just like a dying ember,That September in the rain. –Rod Stewart, September in the Rain It’s been a wet few days here in Tucson. But not even our Indian summer monsoons could compare to the tears that rained…
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Best Political Use of a Country Music Song
The typically all-business, conservative website Hot Air threw me a bit of a curveball as I perused yesterday’s headlines. In a nondescript article, mulling the Presidential aspirations of Gov. Rick Perry and his, admittedly impressive, record of job creation in Texas, Hot Air titled its piece: Why All Your Exes May Live in Texas [Link]…
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Why I Love America
A prominent Native American law blog I follow posted a tongue-in-cheek message to Americans celebrating the Fourth of July. The headline declared: Happy Fourth from the Merciless Indian Savages [Link] For the confused, the headlined referenced a brief passage from the Declaration of Independence, listing the offenses of King George III. The excerpt appears in…
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Song of the Week: Free the Toronto Nine
This latest song of the week is an unusual one, brought to you courtesy of the Sylvan Street jazz band, titled Free the Toronto Nine. The song is unusual in that I really don’t know much about the Sylvan Street jazz band, and I honestly have no idea who the Toronto Nine are much less any…
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Song of the Week: Bella Notte
I’m only a bit embarrassed to select the following as my song of the week. Taken from Disney’s Lady and the Tramp, and reincarnated this week by the mighty Fox Network’s Glee, our song of the week underscores the inner sappiness of yours truly. Bella Notte first graced audiences ears in the 1955 animated classic Lady…
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