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Atlanta Chastain – The Monkees 45th anniversary tour

Atlanta Chastain – The Monkees 45th anniversary tour

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Chastain Park in Atlanta is a perfect venue to see any concert, and I’ve never had a bad experience there. Of course, the concert experience is almost unrecognizable from my early years. On the positive side, it’s a scene that engenders no hesitation whatsoever about allowing children to participate. On the negative side, it’s become completely sanitized. Clothing is casual without being at all transgressive. Concessions are outrageously expensive. It’s a serious hike up to the one small area where…

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And They All Look Just the Same

And They All Look Just the Same

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This one’s for Debbie, and you know why: Little Boxes, by Malvina Reynolds Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky, Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes all the same. There’s a green one and a pink one And a blue one and a yellow one, And they’re all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same. And the people in the houses All went to the university, Where they were put…

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Big Wheel Break Time!

Big Wheel Break Time!

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SING it, honey! “Big Wheel” Tori Amos I’ve been on the other side got my lips smacked now they’re dry then you call me call me in You think I am your possession – You’re messing with a Southern girl But my recipe is on With your stale bread Yeah it’s hot but Baby I don’t need your cash So baby maybe I’ll let your Big wheel turn my fantasy Don’t you throw your shade on me I’ve been drinking…

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Hope You’re Safe and Sound

Hope You’re Safe and Sound

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This song about Persephone is haunting me, seeping into the interstices between all my favorite Christmas music. I think I’ll have to add it to the list. “Persephone” by Kula Shaker Deep below the world Persephone Sings of love forgotten Calling out across the river – Persephone Deep below the world Persephone Waits upon her rescue Mother Nature’s only daughter – Persephone She saw the dawn with the light in her hair Twisted and torn she was taken from there…

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Childhood Music, Take One

Childhood Music, Take One

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I’ve been thinking about narratives, how people create stories about themselves – even (maybe even especially) private stories. I’m not sure whether it’s our culture, or if it’s just me, but music anchors me even more than sight or touch. It rivals smell for the primal whole-self response. I had an idea to free-associate, to simply list the music I strongly recall enjoying. For almost a minute, I had the illusion that that I could make a whole list. I…

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Bring Them Home

Bring Them Home

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Seeing this much love can only bring higher awareness… and tears. What are we fighting for? Why do greed and corruption and needless death still triumph over love and caring and thriving? Have we learned nothing at all? Bring them home. Bring them home. Bring them all home – everywhere.