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MARCHING FOR OUR LIVES IN NYC
March 24 – March For Our Lives – Millions are on the streets in the USA. Here are some impressions from New York City. With appropriate and inappropriate songs that went through my head as Ed and I participated. … Continue reading
Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News
Tagged A Part Hate, AR-15, Central Park West, Cyndi Lauper, Deathly Hallows, Ed Elder, Foster the People, gun control, Happiness is a Warm Gun, Harry Potter, Imagine, John Lennon, March 24, March for our Lives, New York City, Nick Cave, NRA, O Children, Paul McCartney, Protest, Pumped Up Kicks, school shootings, The Beatles
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TOTAL ECLIPSE in PAINTED HILLS, OREGON
The Total Eclipse of August 21, 2017 As Seen from the Magnificent Painted Hills, Oregon With Eclipstastic Music! We left Redmond, Oregon, at 7:15am. Madras, just north of Redmond, would be smack in the path of totality, but we decided … Continue reading
Posted in Melodies Linger On, Notes in the News, Two-fisted Touristing
Tagged 2017, A-Ha, Another Day of Sun, August 21, Black Hole Sun, Blondie, Bonnie Tyler, C Moon, David Bowie, desert, Eclipse, Elton John, Fiddler on the Roof, George Michael, Good Day Sunshine, Good Morning Sarshine, Hair, Here Comes the Sun, In the Sun, Invisible Sun, Kate Bush, La La Land, Lea DeLaria, Let the Sunshine In, Man on the Moon, Moonage Daydream, occlusion, Oregon, Painted Hills, Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd, REM, Shoe Tree, Sole Tree, Soundgarden, Sun King, sunflowers, sunrise, sunset, The Beatles, The Dark Side of the Moon, The Great Gig in the Sky, The Police, The Sun Always Shines On TV, Total Eclipse of the Heart
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BRAZIL – The Big Brazil August Adventure is about to Recommence!
BRAZIL Four years ago Ed and I spent a fantastic August touring Brazil. This month we do it again. Which means Notes from a Composer is going to go all out on a Brazil themed Two-Fisted Touristing series all month … Continue reading
CHASING WATERFALLS – The Flabbergasting Force of Foz do Iguacu
Time for another bout of Two-fisted Touristing with musical accompaniment. Today the amazing Foz do Iguacu waterfalls, which cascade partly in Brazil, where Ed and I first encountered them three years ago, and partly in Argentina, where we saw more … Continue reading
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Tagged Aquarium, Argentina, Beethoven, Brazil, Devil's Mouth, Fidelio, Foz Do Iguacu, Handel, Herrman, Leonore, Overture, Paul McCartney, Psycho, Saint-Saens, TLC, Water Music, Waterfall, Waterfalls
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