Tag: Song of the Week
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Song of the Week: The Streets of Bakersfield
The Pax Plena Song of the Week comes to you courtesy of country music, and the the late 1980s. Doubtless, few will remember what they were doing during the hot and dusty summer of 1988. Yours truly was roughly five years old (almost six!). President Reagan appointed Judge Anthony M. Kennedy to the United States…
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Song of the Week: When the Saints Go Marching In
The long week is over, and below is a Song of the Week to suit the occasion – particularly on this gorgeous Saturday morning. Of the stars in this performance, Louis Armstrong needs no introduction. Danny Kaye, though, may be a bit more obscure. In case it jogs the memory, Danny Kaye was an actor/singer/comedian…
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Song of the Week: Mack the Knife
Last night the wife and I watched Kevin Spacey’s “Beyond the Sea.” I’ve yet to see a truly terrible Kevin Spacey film, and his performance in “21” has only heightened my curiosity since seeing it last spring. Being a passive fan of Bobby Darin’s the movie looked like a slam-dunk Netflix order for the middle…
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Song of the Week: Jingle Bells
With finals beginning tomorrow morning, now seems the perfect time to resurrect the Pax Plena Song of the Week! The tune this week will be a familiar one to most. Written in 1857 by Boston’s own James Lord Pierpont, the tune was featured prominently atop Diana Krall’s creatively titled Christmas album, “Christmas Songs” in 2005.…
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Song of the Week: Beat It
In honor of the King of Pop, the resurrected Pax Plena Song of the week goes out to the newly late Michael Jackson. From a child of the 80s, to the man who defined the decade, RIP. Beat Itby Michael Jackson They told him don’t you ever come around hereDon’t wanna see your face, you…
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