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Ted Goff
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Ted Goff

By Tim McCarthy

February 1, 2017

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Cartoon of the Month
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Cartoon of the Month

By Tim McCarthy

October 30, 2016

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I've Got to Use My Imagination
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I've Got to Use My Imagination

By Gladys Knight & The Pips

October 2, 2016

Editor’s Note: Thanks to Joe Hartman, my pal and co-worker at WorkPlace, for bringing this and a few other songs to my attention from the era of last month’s song....
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Article of Interest – “How Music Brings Us Together” by Jill Suttie

By Tim McCarthy

July 31, 2016

Editor’s comments: How amazing that we are now proving music has mental health benefits! Who didn’t know that? My Mom never sang to us or to anyone, she was embarrassed...
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The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys
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The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys

By Traffic

April 27, 2016

Editor’s Note: I was surprised when I searched the 100 songs I’ve made song of the month on this website and this cut wasn’t there. It’s easily one of my...
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Stieg Larrson, Our Days in Stockholm
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Stieg Larrson, Our Days in Stockholm

By Kurdo Bakski

March 30, 2016

Editors Note:  Heading for bed in a hotel in Austin, TX, I asked the front desk if he had any books and the young man gave me this short read...
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Viva La Vida
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Viva La Vida

By Coldplay

October 25, 2015

Editor’s note: I’m not Coldplay’s biggest fan but I like the guy’s voice a ton and enjoy their creative orchestration, particularly their use of strings. While hearing this, one of...
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"Amazing Grace” improvised
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"Amazing Grace” improvised

By Victor Wooten with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones

September 30, 2015

Editor’s note: Take your time getting into the Youtube video, Victor hits the song at about the middle of his bass solo in a Flecktones’ live concert. Wooten is known...
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Everybody’s Had the Blues
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Everybody’s Had the Blues

By B.B. King

July 28, 2015

Editor’s Note: B.B. King died in May just short of his 90th birthday. I had the great pleasure of seeing him live when he was young, when I was a...
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Galileo
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Galileo

By Indigo Girls

June 27, 2015

Editor’s Note: This came on my iPhone while I was running yesterday and I was reminded how funny I think it is. If you don’t like girl bands, don’t listen...
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Graceland
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Graceland

By Paul Simon

September 30, 2014

Editor’s comment: Some forget that this mid-1980’s album and song were “way out there” for the time. It was experimental, really and the collection of songs on the album would...
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Watching the River Run
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Watching the River Run

By Loggins & Messina

June 1, 2014

Editor’s comment: Nice to see this video of two guys I enjoyed in college when I needed a lightener from Cream, Hendrix, Zeppelin and the like. This appears to be...
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Grenade
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Grenade

By Bruno Mars

March 31, 2014

Editor’s note: Time for another funny (to me) song. This one is Bruno Mars’ satirical take on the endless number of songs about unrequited love. He claims he’d take a...
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

By Stephen Chbosky

July 1, 2013

Editor's Note: A poignant read, comparable to A Catcher in the Rye, a book that's so true and raw, a book that all adolescents, and anyone who's ever been an...
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I Wish You Love
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I Wish You Love

By Charles Trenet, Alan Fernie, Cory Band

November 29, 2012

Editor’s Note: Probably one of the most oft-covered songs in history, this was originally a French ballad, by the same name, written in 1942. This version is my favorite, covered...
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The Real Mad Men
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The Real Mad Men

By Seth Andrew Cracknell

July 1, 2012

Editor’s Note: I worked in an Interpublic Group advertising agency from 1979 to 1987. And so I was on Madison Avenue after the period covered by AMC’s hit show, Mad...
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Southern Cross
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Southern Cross

By Crosby, Stills & Nash

March 31, 2012

  Editor’s note:  The Southern Cross is a constellation long loved by sailors.  The song is one of the early, more obscure Crosby Stills and Nash songs but is one...
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Warmth of Other Suns
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Warmth of Other Suns

By Isabel Wilkerson

February 2, 2012

Editor’s note:  First of all, I never considered six million African-Americans relocating from the “Jim Crow” south to the industrial north and west from 1930 to 1960 as one of...
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Turn, Turn, Turn
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Turn, Turn, Turn

By Pete Seeger

August 31, 2011

Editor's note: Such an interesting song, written by folk legend Pete Seeger and made popular by a pioneer folk/rock band The Byrds. (David Crosby's first big band, fronted by Roger...
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Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
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Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

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January 1, 2011

Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief Written by James M. McPherson Preface: I’ve read plenty of history but I am far from a “buff”. This book caught...
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1,000 Places to See Before You Die
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1,000 Places to See Before You Die

By Patricia Shultz

December 1, 2010

1,000 Places to See Before You Die Written by Patricia Shultz Preface: Yes, it's been out a while but I finally bought it and I love it. My first step,...
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