Tag: woodstock
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November 21, 2008 07:44 AM EST --
America is still Numero Uno as a nation. And this guy is still Numero Uno in my book. One of the greatest guitarists that ever lived. So have yourself a rockin good day America, Land of the free and home . . .
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March 05, 2008 06:07 PM EST --
"There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings."
"Hey, what about this one for the . . .
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March 05, 2008 11:28 PM EST --
One thing about Sam, he wanted everyone to know he had been to Woodstock and would always start his spiel with: "There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, . . .
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June 27, 2006 06:15 AM EDT --
Good Grief, Charlie Brown, Snoopy's writing another mystery. Look at his typewriter, perched atop his doghouse.
Clack-clacking away.
"It was a dark and stormy night." Can't Snoopy . . .
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March 11, 2007 11:05 AM EDT --
It was the summer of '69 and I had flown home to Massachusetts from Alaska where I had been a Jesuit Volunteer. The previous winter I had spent at St. Mary's Mission as a high school . . .
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September 27, 2008 08:59 PM EDT --
Rock legend Jimi Hendrix died on September 18, 1970. It's hard to believe that it's been 38 years! So i wrote this song to the tune of one of my favorite Hendrix hits "Foxy Lady"
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July 26, 2008 11:06 AM EDT --
Though several bands refused to play at Woodstock for various
reasons, one very popular band, perhaps one of the most
popular at the time flatly refused because they got a "better
paying gig" . . .
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March 02, 2007 03:19 PM EST --
By Gary Geyer
The year was 1969... Howie and I felt old
We had gone to Woodstock as adults, not hippie kids. We had planned for the concert weeks in advance; we had tickets and a place . . .
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December 04, 2007 08:01 PM EST --
Today I received an email from Jennifer Hodge at Gather asking me to post my article, "Alaska Bound" to the new group Boom. So I thought to myself, hey if she likes that one, perhaps . . .
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May 03, 2008 04:57 PM EDT --
Coming to a venue near you, and I would strongly advise going to see this.
Barry MaGuire of "Eve of Destruction" fame and John York, most notably from The Byrds second incarnation. Also played . . .
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January 15, 2008 10:33 PM EST --
The ole Colonel received the most wonderful New Year's Day present from mona d. when he arrived home from a recent trip to the Eureka OHC, Nevada. On the porch was a UPS box and inside a Portable . . .
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July 24, 2008 10:29 PM EDT --
Country Joe and the Fish came about as part political device, part necessity, and part entertainment. In the Fall of 1965, the remnants of the FSM (Free Speech Movement) on the Berkeley Campus were organizing . . .
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November 21, 2006 10:55 PM EST --
Swinging bridges use to be all over the county here in Virginia. One use to be within walking distance of the house. I use to love to walk down there when I was young. And just hang out there, enjoying . . .
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March 19, 2006 01:52 AM EST --
I looked down on the girl I was demonstrating my golden private part with and she started to melt. I couldn???t believe my eyes! Her bones dissolved first, then her flesh turned into a liquid, . . .
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December 11, 2007 05:50 PM EST --
The 1960's were a time of change.
In that decade, perhaps nothing changed more than music.
In 1960, Rock and Roll was on, well, a roll.
All types of music was going strong, and the words . . .
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October 02, 2007 12:03 PM EDT --
Please read and reflect on this poem and give us your take on it's interpretation.
HUMAN CONDITION
Salubrious slime thinly coated.
Through foul excrement trudgingly devoted.
Insatiable . . .
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December 15, 2007 03:10 AM EST --
Aside from JFK's assassination, there are any number of ways a person can interpret the question:
" Aside from Kennedy's assassination, what do you think were the three most pivotal . . .
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April 17, 2007 03:52 PM EDT --
The other day, someone at "Let Life In" asked me who my best friend is (was). I thought for a second and said:
My best friend’s name is Howie. We have been friends for more than . . .
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November 29, 2007 07:23 PM EST --
Life in a small town can get a little dull. So thank goodness we have more than our share of "characters" in Woodstock, VT. Even our local hardware store gets in on the act. Every few weeks, . . .
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October 20, 2007 06:31 PM EDT --
I actually hadn't heard of this one until it was pretty much over. New York Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton, both Democrats, had inserted a $1 million earmark into a health and . . .
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