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100 Essential Albums: #96 — The Doors by The Doors (1967)

100 Essential Albums: #96 — The Doors by The Doors (1967)

Posted by on Aug 10, 2018 in 100 Essential Albums, Blog, Music and Concert Reviews | 1 comment

 

 

“Every time I hear (the song, “The End”), it means something else to me.  It started out as a simple good-bye song.  Probably just to a girl.  But I see how it could be a goodbye to a kind of childhood.  I really don’t know.  I think it’s sufficiently complex and universal in its imagery that it could be almost anything you want it to be.”

— Jim Morrison (an in interview shortly before his death at age 27)

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Conservatives Lose Their Shit Over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Conservatives Lose Their Shit Over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Posted by on Aug 9, 2018 in Blog, Politics | 1 comment

 

 

Conservatives who have been wrong about everything over the course of history are now losing their shit over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  Why do they feel so threatened by a 29-year-old freshman congresswoman?  

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100 Essential Albums: #97 — Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back by Frank Sinatra (1973)

100 Essential Albums: #97 — Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back by Frank Sinatra (1973)

Posted by on Aug 6, 2018 in 100 Essential Albums, Blog, Music and Concert Reviews | 6 comments

 

 

“And the sky has got so cloudy when it used to be so clear…”

Many of Sinatra’s recordings weren’t just songs.  They were vicarious expressions of our very own deeply-subdued emotions, in many cases reflecting loss that Sinatra himself suffered over many decades.  Sinatra’s voice conveyed both an acceptance of defeat and confidence that it was okay to feel sad and then reflect upon it.

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