My daughter recently took up guitar. She plunks around on it just about every day and can now play the Peter Gunn theme and the basic blues riff of Bad to the Bone. It got me thinking of other songs she might start to try or at least listen to to get a feel for [...]

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If you’re like me, you probably get a tune stuck in your head every now and then. Sometimes it makes sense. You heard it on the radio, or wherever and it just stuck with you for the rest of the day. Some songs make less sense. Maybe you haven’t heard them in a while, but [...]

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Book Details: Genre: Paranormal Suspense Publisher: R.J. Buckley Publishing (Oct. 31, 2011) Synopsis: It is bizarre to say in our civilized culture some human beings still act out in a violent primitive manner causing bodily harm and death. For this reason alone incarcerating facilities will always exist. The terror of being thrust into a world [...]

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I’m a huge fan of Motown Music. There are so many great songs and voices, it’s hard to pick a favorite. But not only is Motown’s music some of the best, true American music ever produced, it was also a powerful force in the Civil Rights Movement. Berry Gordy, who started Motown didn’t get directly [...]

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Happy New Year everybody! I hope you all had a fantastic holiday season, no matter what or how you celebrate and am hopeful that this year will be the best one yet. Besides, the holidays, I had a birthday in December. A milestone birthday – the big 35. Somebody asked me, do I feel 35? [...]

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In 1995 I worked with an agency that sent me out on calls for extra work on television shows and movie sets. I enjoyed working as an extra at first.  However, over time, I enjoyed less and less the long hours spent waiting around for scenes to be shot.  I wanted to be a principal [...]

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