MLT Club Member Daryl Jones
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Thank-you for that Leif. May you and yours enjoy all the love and companionship of family and friends this season.
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Haven’t put up a lot of decorations yet, hung the banner on the garage door Sunday before the livestream…and I did get some lights up today. I’ll try and get a couple shots after dark but it’s certainly not what I’d call Candy Cane Lane. I used to get pretty crazy with the lights and other figures when I was younger. We got a smaller 4′ fiberoptic tree last year (it is still in the attic yet) as we were afraid our two young and adventurous felines would have a heyday climbing a full size tree. Back in the day, it was always a great adventure to head out and harvest a wild tree in the back country. And no, I didn’t fell a large conifer, I learned a long time ago how to “top” a tree so that it would still continue to grow. I actually topped the same tree twice in about 15 years and got two really beautiful Christmas pines. For now we still have our Christmas cactus but not for much longer, as the blooms are starting to decorate the floor in the solarium.
We did get a dusting of snow overnight, but it warmed to above freezing today again so it’s melted off mostly. I don’t do winter sports anymore, but still it’s hard to get really wound up with decorating when there’s no winter wonderland like we normally get. But we had very little snow this time last year and there was a pile of it by mid month.
In the vernacular of my Irish ancestral home “Nollaig Shona Dhuit” and in my namesake Welsh “Nadolig Llawen” one and all.
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Lots of songs and genres can be called silly. But there are some that can be called outright bad. In the Country category, one that comes to mind is Achy Breaky Heart. Of course that is a personal prejudice/belief, but I wouldn’t even dignify that with posting a video of it. Thousands of musicians starve and struggle to record anything and that got a tone of airplay and gained lots of popularity (I don’t really know how but it did) and stuff like this is allowed to proliferate…😂
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Tim, I’m a huge Rush fan. Have been since they first hit the mainstream. While Alex and Geddy are incredible musicians, Neil Peart was an absolute rock soldier. During their final tour before his oh so untimely demise he rode his motorcycle to the gigs instead of riding on the bus with the gang. No weather or his personal hardships stopped him. Sometimes he needed help getting off the bike and also on the stage his feet were so swollen and painful.
Chris, that auditorium is a fantastic venue. I saw the touring stage production (with Yvonne Elliman) of Jesus Christ Superstar there when I was in my very early teens. Practically had to beg my parents to let me go as they considered it sacrilegious at the time. Only way they relented was because it was a school band supervised music trip. God if they only knew what went on a couple short years later at concerts in different venues haha.
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That is one of their great releases to be sure. If I need a bit of an uplift, I’ll sit down and jam with Coulda Been A Lady. Always gets my blood pumping.
I don’t know how many times in my younger days we’d be sitting in the local bar and Ooh Whatta Night would get played multiple times. People really liked that one too. Wasn’t my favorite but so what. -
Haha roger, I never even thought that! My dad used to say he and some of the other boys got in lots of trouble at school for dipping girl’s pony tails in the ink wells. Some people’s kids…🤣
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Very little snow so far. We don’t ride snowmobiles anymore, or ski (never did snowboard) so we don’t really take advantage of winter now. But now that I’m not stuck in a daily grind and plowing isn’t a pain in the backside, I still like the snow. And we usually get plenty of it. this is closer to Christmas time last year; by late February the banks were about 4 times this height. During really heavy years I have to push snow way back onto the yard/lawn areas and have actually had to get a bobcat in to remove some of the piles. I have a good relationship with the removal crew for our village so they don’t mind me pushing out onto the sides of the front lane and then the grader operator moves it. plus I usually open up the neighbor’s drives for them. What goes around…
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It was just kind of a throw together thing this year. I used to have a theme or at least a plan in mind but with things so messed up this year I just got a couple nice days and decided to make the best of it. Lots of my lighted figures suffered the ravages of time and I never replaced them. smart people set mounts and bases before the ground freezes. I said “smart” people haha.
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Not saying I’m ancient or anything, but there were ink wells in the desks when I started school! That was September of ’63 and they were still there when we moved to another town in ’66. More modern desks in that new to me school, no lift-up tops, ink wells or under-seat racks for books or such. Which makes me wonder, do they even have chalkboards in rooms anymore? I haven’t been in a classroom in over 30 years haha. I see white boards in the lobby of the school where we teach martial arts so I reckon they have gone the way of the dodo bird in the rooms long ago. But then we had milk and soda dispensing machines too. Among many other common practices that are forbidden now…(sigh).
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I tried to learn Gaelic before we went to Ireland 12 years ago, but while the local folk where it is the common tongue seemed to appreciate the attempt of conversing, they politely steered me back into English. It’s a very difficult language (at least for me) to master.
I tried to capture some scenes from town with the light displays last night, but time constraints and an impatient spouse prevented that. I hope I can manage some when I’m on my own. It’s a small burg, under 3000 souls so it’s not grandiose like the big cities, and the lack of snow cover sort of spoils the feel, at least for me. There are some really nice residential displays though. Mine is kind of a quick throw-together but it does lighten the spirits right now.
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You and Jung make me smile with fond memories of school when I used almost exclusively fountain and cartridge pens for my writing exercises and classes. Then thanks to some thoughtless n’er do wells that figured it would be funny to use the pens as an ink flinging weapon the school banned their use completely. But they were such a treat to write with!
Now today I use the smooth flowing rollerball type for my music notes. But what a grand idea to chart the lyrics!!! I write down lyrics and draw out my own tabs for memorization purposes when learning new songs, but never even thought about getting more in depth with the songs meanings by doing that (duh). Once again Jung you school me with your wisdom and insight.😉
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Funny, the first time I heard the song I was really getting into it. Then as it got into the later section of the song where she was doing pretty much the vocal track herself, I found it to be getting a bit over the top. At the risk of being a bit harsh, I’m not a fan at all of Lady Gaga. True she is a talent, but like Taylor Swift I really don’t care for all the hype around either of them.
But back on track (no pun intended) I found the focus to be too much on her trying to be like a Pink Floyd vocal backup trio (think of the stage performance of Pulse or Delicate Sound Of Thunder) with the three gals doing such stellar vocal harmonies and fills. I think Mick and crew could have done far better with someone like Rose Stone adding additional vocals as Elton John did. But that’s just me. I might have had a different opinion had they ended the song when it slowed prior to putting Lady Gaga more as a longer highlight/solo vocal in the last minute or so.
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I LOVE their new album! I think it’s absolutely stellar. It’s been decades since I bought (or really had reason to) anything of theirs but I’m thrilled with this.
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That list wasn’t lost on me. The early releases were great, it was easy to see the progression of Elton and Bernie’s collaborations gaining momentum and maturity with time. I remember a documentary where they both talked about the creative processes they used. Often, Bernie would write lyrics at home (by himself) and give them to Elton to put music to. I forget which song it was, but he told Elton that he “might have trouble with this one” as Bernie thought it was deep and difficult. Elton called him up during the drive (somehow) on his way back home only 10 or 15 minutes after getting the lyrics from Bernie and said ” I have it!” Amazing how two musically creative genius’s can work so well. I was dumfounded and crushed when the two of them had their falling out and went separate ways in those difficult middle years. But thankfully they got it back together and wrote some of the best songs ever afterwards.
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I loved Grand Funk back in the day! Still enjoy hearing the Locomotion cover, and of course their big one We’re An American Band. Sure they also had some others, but that one always resonated with me.
One of Procol Harem’s most famous (possibly forgotten famous) live recordings was recorded in the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton back in 1971. It was on their “Live” album (released in 1972) and if I’m not mistaken was the first time ever that a rock band was recorded live with a full symphony orchestra (the Edmonton Symphony). A very classic and notable recording. I still have the LP, and a couple of my friends were fortunate enough to be at that live performance. I wanted so much to be there, but it didn’t work out.
Not sure how many (if any) of you have ever been to the Jubilee, but it is an amazing venue. It is very nearly “acoustically perfect” and it was designed and built for the purpose of live theater and concert sound acuity without the aid of mics, PA’s, and amplifiers. Of course the electronic aids only add to the sound when used. In my high school years I was fortunate enough to play on that stage in concert band and stage band competitions, and it is amazing. We never won anything in the festivals, but we did place a couple times. Being under the flood lights and the footlights is quite the experience. I totally understand why performers are often so drenched in sweat when they play live, it’s bloody hot up there!
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