Friday night music thread, Dylan, Byrds, Whitmark tapes,Donovan,Dandy Warhols, Frank Sinatra, Elvis
The “Oldies But Goodies” Friday night at PPOV post last week got me recollecting about a neat thing that happened this summer. It was something that showed me how music can speak through the generations – when you least...
Image by Getty Images via @daylife The Planet has had an outstanding week of posts, visits and all around good work by all.
Let’s first congratulate the magnificent job from our fearless leader,AdLib, for his post:
EXCLUSIVE: Republican Tea...
Submitted for your entertainment is an adaptation of their classic, "Bridge Over Troubled Waters", dedicated to New Jersey's current governor and future convict.
Your rich uncle gives you a beautiful, warm, but isolated tropical island but you have to promise to stay there for 5 years and you can take a limited amount of possessions. Items you can take? Just 3 albums/CD’s . What are your picks
My bad. I've gone and done it this time I simply forgot to do a music night post. In that vane please post videos that you have not remembered in a long time. Let's start our with Memories from Cats. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-L6rEm0rnY
"Elvis Presley is the undisputed King of Rock and Roll. He rose from humble circumstances to launch the rock and roll revolution with his commanding voice and charismatic stage presence. In the words of the historical marker that stands...
Nelson Mandela was a truly remarkable man. Remarkable was his inner strength, remarkable was his humility, remarkable were his struggles and remarkable were his triumphs. Imprisoned for 27 years by a racist regime, for the crime of trying to...
"In Nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences." Robert Ingersoll There is deep concern about how we are treating our beautiful home, planet Earth. A once pristine and pure creation
by Mother Nature. For the love of money,...
I thought I'd tackle the very serious issue of climate change by penning a Hank Williamsy, cry-in-your-beer c&w love song about it. As for the quality, you've heard of The Basement Tapes, right? Well, think of this as a...
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