A truly unique show request for a special birthday boy. A good friend of mine, Pat Olsen, like me, is turning 50 this year. He wanted me to put together a special show by request to commemorate this achievement. More than happy to, my friend. But then it got interesting: He wanted… Songs that were […]
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Aretha Franklin 1942-2018 (60 mins. of music)
The Queen of Soul is dead. Long live the Queen, and remembering my special connection to her. Photo: Aretha Franklin sings during a recording session at Atlantic Records on January 9, 1969, in New York City. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The following is from one of my first dozen or so podcasts in 2015. I was […]
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Finally Updated My LinkedIn Profile
This is what happens when you don't pay attention… Welcome back one and all. I finally went back, after the numerous site updates to the place you are at now, and cleaned up my LinkedIn profile. My oh my, what an ugly mess it was. Have trimmed down some things, added new items to my […]
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Madonna 60, Rachel 48 (3 hours of music) #madonna60
Celebrating my two favorite Leos today, Madonna and my sister, Rachel. “I’m tough and I’m ambitious and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.” – Madonna “What you leave behind…catches up with you.” – Rachel Brown On the 16th of August, the best known former resident of Bay City, Michigan, […]
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Easy and Free Quick Burn CD Option For Adobe Audition Files
The best part of the solution is that the software to do it is solid, well known, free and you probably already have it. Welcome back one and all. Many of you have probably been in this situation: Something just simply won’t work in a computer program you use that you spent a helluva lot […]
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Tannhauser Live from the Met, 1954 Part 3 of 3 (plus a Bugs Bunny video)
Racism, Hitler, Socialism, Irony, a cast member bio and Act 3 of a rare radio broadcast. “I write music with an exclamation point!” – Richard Wagner Sadly, one of things that has always put me off to going to classical music performances of any kind is the snobbery of some of the fans of the music. […]
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Tannhauser Live from the Met, 1954 Part 2 of 3
A lesson in art history, some info about the venue, a list of the performers and Act 2 of a rare radio broadcast. “Imagination creates reality.” – Richard Wagner The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, commonly known as The Met, has a long history of presenting the works of Wagner to the public. According […]
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Tannhauser Live from the Met, 1954 Part 1 of 3
Some history, recording technical notes, the composer's continuing popularity and Act 1 of a rare radio broadcast. “Joy is not in things; it is in us.” – Richard Wagner For some reason, what I have yet to understand in all my decades of being a Leatherman is the link between Opera and members of our […]
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Rogue’s Gallery Is Finally Up
At long last, the final major missing piece of this website is finally available. Welcome back one and all. As mentioned in a post yesterday, I had a major life upheaval earlier this year which pretty much put a great many things on hold. Well, Travis is improving by huge leaps and bounds, and after […]
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There You Are, Little Star (Free Download) #dogadoption
One idea begets another one with me more often than not… Welcome back one and all. Every month, I like to give something away. Typically, it will be an item that has been out of circulation for a while, and more often than not, it is an item that was created, never used and archived. […]
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