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Hey Beamer ...

I hope you and Jerome have a great time jamming together. It's always fun to meet other musicians and trade ideas. Which "Working Man" did you learn? Was it this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LesfYqwqvYo

Or ... perhaps it was RUSH's song of the same name.

Just wondering ...

Again, I'm flattered that anyone would consider this worth putting music to. A couple of you sent me links to your work via email, and I'm extremely pleased.

Many, many thanks!

Mostly Autumn    "Wild Eyed Skies"   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lRsZRfEEOw

Here's a beautiful track from Mostly Autumn's two-disc CD "The Ghost Moon Orchestra" (2012). The original album track had Troy Donockley playing the opening on the Uilleann Pipes, but in his absence guitarist Bryan Josh does an abbreviated bit on guitar, with some cool effects on his Strat. Josh's style reminds me a lot of David Gilmour. Vocalists Olivia Sparnenn and Anne-Marie Helder really shine. I'm not sure where this tour footage was shot.

I'd be honoured / flattered if any of you want to put music to this. Your idea of a Dylan-esque flavor is spot on, KIR, and please feel free to edit anything needed to make it fit.

A belated Happy Birthday, MKM! I hope MKD and the K's made it a great one for you.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ... breathing the fresh air!

Thanks for this post, Bill. I've been enjoying Arkady's music for some time now, and it certainly reminds me of the early days of Tangerine Dream. If his music is any revelation of his soul, then it's a beautiful one, for sure.

Good suggestion, JJJ ... I'd love to find a used Gretsch for under $1,000!

We are a sparsely-populated rural area, and there aren't the pawn shops and flea markets here that you have. We only have one city in the entire Province of Nova Scotia, and it's half the size of Boston, with only a couple of quite scummy pawn shops. So instead, I check the online market called KIJIJI once in awhile, but most of what goes on there for sale isn't worth much.

Amazing ... I've never seen anyone playing piano (and extremely well, like this) while holding a cigarette between their fingers. Those are some lo-n-n-g fingers ... reminds of Jimi Hendrix's hands.

A very Merry Christmas to everyone in the Chordie universe!

Roger's card gets "Card of the Year" award in my books. Thanks for including my Les Paul in Santa's stable. I thought it seemed a bit out of breath when I picked it up this morning ... now I know why.

Good points, both UJB and TIG.

The motivation for the poem was the kooky way the newscast was aligned ... same planet, but different worlds.

I was doing some digging around, to find out how much $$$ has been spent on the various space programs. The numbers (roughly converted to modern dollar values) are mind-boggling:

$700,000,000 --- New Horizons (Pluto) project
$196,000,000,000 --- space shuttle program
$50,000,000,000 --- international space station
$136,000,000,000 --- Apollo program
$7,300,000,000 --- Gemini program
$1,740,000,000 --- Mercury program
$865,000,000 --- Voyager program

It is argued that lots of jobs were created throughout this time, and many technological advances came about because of them. But I have to think that if these $$$ were left in tax-payers hands (here on Earth) they could have and would have done a lot more good for a lot more people. It's a matter of priorities, and this seems kinda screwed up with so much child poverty around, homelessness, etc.

Just saying ...