Another Weekend Tune
Here is a song that a bunch of old farts might miss if their offspring didn’t share a love of music. The band Coldplay was on my radar because of my boys, but I never really sought them out to listen to.
On a road trip to Pittsburgh a DJ announced that the [...]
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Another Weekend Tune.
“Blue on Black” captured my attention the very first time I heard it. I didn’t know who performed it or even the correct title. Eventually I googled the lyrics and discovered who performed it, and was surprised.
Kenny Wayne Sheppard is a fantastic guitar player. Possibly the Clapton of his generation. [...]
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One of the sites I try to visit each day is Every Day Fiction. They publish a single story daily. The story can be from any genre–romance, horror, inspirational–you name it. From the 365 stories published during their first year they have selected 100 of the best and have now made them [...]
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Whilst on a road trip yesterday to return the youngest to Pittsburgh, I stumbled across a radio station that had me laughing at its concept. Most radio stations these days belong to, or run programming by, companies that run syndicated radio shows. Just about anywhere you are in the USA, you can find [...]
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Cloverfiled (2008)
Honestly, I had trepidations about seeing this movie. I had overheard bad reviews, and had also been told good things about it. Surprisingly I was able to avoid any spoilers.
I am glad I did, because as it turns out I really liked the movie. I will do my best not to [...]
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
I enjoyed this move much more than I thought I would. I have a soft spot for musicals, and when in the mood I like a gruesome horror flick. This movie was both, and it was very well done.
I guess I was afraid that it [...]
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I Am Legend
First, I want to be clear that I enjoyed this movie.
Second, I want it understood that I am disappointed in the adaptation of the SF Classic novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson.
I can understand when a movie changes events from a book because of cinematographic or time constraint reasons, but to change [...]
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John Mellencamp played two free concerts at Ohio University-Chillicothe. (December 16, 1987, 7 & 10pm)
(Forgive me if this post is a little long and a little disjointed. I was up half the night killing a trojan-virus in the family computer.)
Back in the mid to late 1980’s I worked as a college administrator at Ohio [...]
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The recent dearth of posts here at Blogtide Rising is partially due to my participation in a comedic dinner theater production–Guess Who’s NOT On Time For Dinner?
Performing in community theater has been wonderful for me. Not only is it fun, but it has been a great outlet for dealing with work related stress. [...]
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Hughie Thomasson, 55, founding member, lead guitarist, vocalist and song writer for the country-rock band “The Outlaws”, died of a heart attack on September 9th, 2007.
It took two and a half months for this news to show up on my radar. There was not a peep from any of the news or entertainment outlets [...]
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