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It becomes a blues harp when John Popper plays it. 😀

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Nice Daryl! I’m jealous. And props to the spousal unit for the understanding.

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Wow. I didn’t even know he was still making music that recently or hear that he passed. Thanks for sharing that. I think I’ll go put on some April Wine. Think I’ll start with “Harder…Faster”

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Jung! Norwegian Wood has always been my favorite Beatles song. Also “Here Comes the Sun” and “I’ll Follow the Sun”. I guess I like hot things (suns or burning bedrooms). Other than that I’m kind of all over the board so I don’t know that I favor one’s compositions over another’s.

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One day people will look back on some of these places the way they do now at hallowed Beatles sites. People will be making pilgrimages to sit on a bench and take selfies (if those still exist) where Mona and Lisa sat.

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My choices would be for:

Mona: Cry Baby by Janice Joplin
Lisa: Crying by Roy Orbison

Obviously I’m kidding. But yes, while both are amazing on their own, what’s special about them is their harmonies, synergy, and well, “when they’re together…”
I can’t imagine wanting to take that apart.

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OMG Jung, this is freaky! Just a couple days ago I was pondering what I should use the MLT journal for, and I came up with the same idea! Since I have so many fountain pens to keep flowing (thanks to someone else we know :D) I thought that would be perfect. I thought I would also write more “typical” journal entries with reflections of thoughts or feelings after listening to MLT music and record what effect it has on my frame of mind and attitude. Glad you shared this. Now I feel almost like part of a collective consciousness!

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My other favorite sisters are Lily & Madeleine. They built their following on these beautiful harmonies and melodies, but unfortunately have moved away from that the last couple albums. Here are a couple of my favorites:

The Devil We Know: https://youtu.be/aOSrAc-4OZc?si=l6lLGfy7wJGsQjom

In the Middle: https://youtu.be/ptZEKWFHFgk?si=m1KSZIRdC8Pb32Xj

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Fantastic

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Here’s a great example (no offense to Canada of course). But also the solos in things like “Runaround” and “Hook”

https://youtu.be/o4cylgK6iWw?si=o6Y-gdU-YXCA2cqn

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John Popper of Blues Traveler plays the National Anthem on his Harmonica

Our editors came across something special in the footage from the upcoming Blues Traveler episode of Backline. John Popper displays his amazing harmonica ski...

[Roger Penn]

ROFL Daryl! I don’t know if the pun was intended, but people flinging ink are indeed ne’er-do-wells. At least they made sure no one in that school could bring their wells any more.

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“When there’s so many things that need to get done, I’d just rather do none of them instead of doing any of them.” THAT’S ME!!!

But to me, journaling and productivity management are two entirely different things. I do write down my tasks and goals on paper (they’re spot-on about the phone) in a similar way, but just on a notepad on my desk. I save the [often expensive] journals for the creative process.

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The Oxblood is on the top of my list, along with the Diamine Sherwood Green. I also like that the Diamine has 30ml bottles because they’re cheaper and I won’t be using colors all that much. I just can’t afford that kind of thing right now until I get a job, and sample bottles are too small to complete a whole entry with. But I probably won’t get started with the writing until after Christmas anyway, and probably not until I find work, so by that time I can probably order some.

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Oh my! I hadn’t though about different colors! Now I’m going to have to buy some because I only have blacks and near-black purples. That is such a great idea! I hadn’t really explored any of the meanings of anything on the cover; I tend just to enjoy the artwork at face value rather than trying to read anything into it or derive hidden meanings that are most likely all in my imagination. In this case, everything there is clearly purposefully representing something, mostly songs. But I’ll have to take a closer look. I did notice that for the notebook cover they had to narrow it down because it isn’t square, so she chopped about 1/4 of it out on the right side and then slid the individual elements to the left, and also moved the crest/boilerplate up a bit to reveal some additional detail that was covered up on the album cover, which is kinda cool.

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Funny. For me recently, since I’ve been trying to get back to a nice cursive rather than my own brand of hybrid writing (well, not rather than, but in addition to), I find the writing stressful and anxiety-producing, because I still can’t make it come out the way I’d like it to, and I keep having to “stutter” in my writing while I think about the next letter because my brain still hasn’t fully automated the flow. But it’ll get there.