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We Seem To Be Losing Our Stars, Left, Right and Centre

Posted on August 10, 2023 by cdsmiller17

Robbie Robertson (July 5, 1943 – August 9, 2023) Another sad day, yesterday: Robbie Robertson died. I guess The Band are reassembling in Heaven. “Look for me somewhere down the crazy river…” His biography lists this birth time. (But, silly … Continue reading →

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South America’s Version of Roswell

Posted on August 17, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Varginha, Brazil UFO Incident (January 20, 1996) I would never have known about this event if I hadn’t been prompted to view a YouTube video preview of a documentary that will be coming out in October. And if you want … Continue reading →

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Today in 1975, a Great Lakes Freighter Sank in Lake Superior

Posted on November 10, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald The disaster is one of the best-known in the history of Great Lakes shipping. Gordon Lightfoot made it the subject of his 1976 hit song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald“ after reading an article, “The … Continue reading →

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Canada’s “New” National Anthem

Posted on May 8, 2020 by cdsmiller17

We’re All in This Together (2013) As this is one of my favourite refrains, I was surprised to find that there exists a song with these words in its title. Now, because of the pandemic lockdown, it has come into … Continue reading →

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The 10 Stages of COVID-19 Quarantine

Posted on April 2, 2020 by cdsmiller17
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When Barbra Met Barry

Posted on June 24, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Guilty It was a matchup made in Heaven. These two giants of the music world made a hit album together. It was the staged Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper “Shallow” moment of the 80’s. See for yourself: And if I had reversed … Continue reading →

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The Sacred Power of Three

Posted on May 12, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Trinity, Again I was watching a video of Don McLean’s “American Pie” and listened to the words: “And the three men I admire most The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost They caught the last train for the coast The … Continue reading →

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The Day the Humour Died

Posted on May 10, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Freddie Starr (1943-2019) This great comic was found dead today in his apartment in Spain. The world of comedy will never see his like again.

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Does Anybody Hear?

Posted on May 9, 2019 by cdsmiller17

If a Tree Falls When this song came out, my second wife was the local president of Friends of the Earth (FoE) in Torquay, so it had a more ecological edge for our family. Of course, that’s exactly what Bruce … Continue reading →

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Something to Pass the Time of Day

Posted on May 4, 2019 by cdsmiller17

Time Passages Al Stewart followed up his smash hit Year of the Cat with this time traveling song. Here are the lyrics: It was late in December, the sky turned to snow All round the day was going down slow … Continue reading →

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