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California continues to be a mess, my mother, who is 82, can't even get an appointment on-line or by phone, just keep getting the message that appointments are full. Meanwhile, I get stuff like this:
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Marc Almond: The Stars We Are
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56 minutes ago, Rooster_Ties said:
Gack!! Hate the stuff. My wife loves the spicy variety, her daily juice with breakfast, and she has double on the weekends.
I just can’t do it.
I hear you, V-8 tastes terrible!
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I'm reading Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem The Wreck of the Deutschland tonight, such a great poem! Can you imagine what Hopkins thought when this poem was rejected by a fellow Jesuit? Didn't think it was good enough for some Jesuit journal. Just the opening stanza alone shows the wondrous creativity of Hopkins.
Thou mastering me
God! giver of breath and bread;
World's strand, sway of the sea;
Lord of living and dead;
Thou hast bound bones and veins in me, fastened me flesh,
And after it almost unmade, what with dread,
Thy doing: and dost thou touch me afresh?
Over again I feel thy finger and find thee.
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Thought Forms by Annie Besant & C.W. Leadbeater. Read about this reprint in Dangerous Minds and it is fascinating. A Theosophical work from 1905, and it revolves around the question: what do invisible realities look like? Has fifty-three illustrations and it is a wonderful book to ponder over.
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Ray Price: The Essential Ray Price 1951 - 1962. A confident singer, I'm amazed every time I listen to this.
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David: I've been listening to Strum and Thrum while driving around, and it's great!
Right now, I'm going through videos of the Sadistic Mika Band, wild and creative.
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Vashti Bunyan: Just Another Diamond Day
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Duerme by Tito Puente. This has such a nice, smooth, easy swing to it, a great dance number.
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Tito Puente: Mucho Puente
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8 hours ago, JSngry said:
Yeah, that kind of thng is dis-spiriting. Shame on them, or worse! You're supposed to make a joyous noise, not some infernal hateracket screambeam….
Y'all need to get those bi-lingual tag-team evangelists on your radio, that'll liven thing sup!
Pre-pandemic, I had to drive all over the West, and on Sunday mornings, going through small towns that had an AM radio station, I'd hear some very.... interesting sermons.
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On The Road With St. Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts. by James K. A. Smith.
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1 hour ago, Dmitry said:
Alzheimer's is probably largely a genetic condition...I still wonder if mountains of magic dust he snorted had anything to do with his diagnosis.
2.5 years ago I was at his concert in Providence. He performed with a local group of sidemen that often backs him. It was a thoroughly enjoyable concert, he still had surprisingly reliable chops, and remembered the lyrics. He did sang one tune twice, and that's ok. His daughter, on the other hand, is certainly not a god's gift to singing, she opened up for him. Nature rests on the children of the greats...
The only album of his that I will save forever, is the first Bill Evans collaboration, on Fantasy. I'm sorry to say, I have not heard the follow-up. Some Other Time speaks to me, makes me cry inside.I always loved Astoria - Portrait of the Artist, thought it was a high quality album.
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Buck Privates
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3 hours ago, Dan Gould said:
Seems like a good time to mention that I am more or less or convinced that I will at some point be found to have some form of early stage dementia or communication disorder of some kind.
For a long time - I mean since my early 30s at least - I've struggled with "having the word on 'the tip of my tongue'". (Not a good thing if you're working in radio ... better when doing VO with a script in front of you.)
Over the past several years I have noticed that I will speak in complete sentences while saying the wrong word in the middle of a string of words. Usually a word that starts with the same sound. Or my ability to recall simple words is degraded enough that I am referencing "the thing" rather than standing there without completing my thought.
I will also put words together in the wrong order.
Last year I was forced to switch jobs in the insurance industry and for the first time in five years, had to communicate on the phone with clients. My ability to speak intelligibly was unmistakably degraded.
I will also write words in the wrong order, or write the wrong word.
Please do not tell me to seek medical attention. I am uninterested in being any sort of guinea pig for some new, inevitably worthless experimental drug that's not going to change things.
It is what it is. I'm 55 and hopefully I'll retain enough ability to communicate to work and earn a living for another 5-10 years.
For what it's worth Dan, I have similar symptoms (though my public speaking it still there, which is good since that's basically my job!), and last week underwent an Dementia test, and fully passed. To say I'm relived is an understatement! My father had Dementia (the violent kind), my maternal uncle has it, and I'm very concerned about the present and future -- I'm 62. It can seem to us that we're losing it, but sometimes we're the worst judge of these things. Praying for the best for you.
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Derek Webb: Stockholm Syndrome - Live in Texas
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2 hours ago, Brad said:
I think it’s fascinating; I can’t put it down. I confess to not having read most, if not all, of the books he discusses. The book is a mixture of the discussion of the books and the social background leading to them.
I haven't read most of the listed books / writers either, especially the Israeli one's, they're a blank to me. I'll be buying this one in the next couple of weeks, hopefully, there will a Kindle sale and I can snatch it for $2.99. Thanks.
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Velvet Crush: Teenage Symphonies to God
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On 1/30/2021 at 6:23 AM, Brad said:
How are you finding this? The table of contents looks fascinating.
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Roman Holliday: Cookin' On The Roof. Love it!
I'm getting my haircut tomorrow, not enough frosted tips...
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Tommy Tutone S/T. His debut, not the one with "The Telephone Song". I think it's a very good album, gets a solid 7 from the Matt-O-Meter.
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Bram Tchaikovsky: Strange Man Changed Man. I love all the albums.
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Dr. John: Duke Elegant
What rock music are you listening to? Non-Jazz, Non-Classical.
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Been going down a New Order rabbit hole, now on Power, Corruption and Lies.