July 2009

Michael Jackson On Music

July 27, 2009

“I wake up from dreams and go “Wow, put this down on paper.” The whole thing is strange. You hear the words, everything is right there in front of your face . . .” ~ Michael Jackson

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Spin Presents Purplish Rain (2009)

July 23, 2009

I can’t recall exactly how I first heard about this project but I kept checking the bookstore for the July issue of Spin Magazine as soon as I heard. Strange that the only bookstore that carried it was Borders. But luckily I ran across a copy while passing the magazine rack at the Giant Foods [...]

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John Coltrane On Music

July 20, 2009

“The main thing a musician would like to do is to give a picture to the listener of the many wonderful things he knows and senses in the universe.” ~ John Coltrane

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Al Bell Takes Music Foundation Post

July 17, 2009

Posted at “Memphis Flyer” by Chris Herrington on Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:15 AM The Memphis Music Foundation elected former Stax Records executive Al Bell as its new chairman this week. Bell takes over from longtime board chairman Phil Trenary. “Economic empowerment and economic development,” Bell responds when asked what his focus will be. [...]

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“Sailing” Performed By Avant (2008) & Christopher Cross (1980)

July 13, 2009

Lately I have been alternating between listening to Sirius Satellite Radio’s “Heat & Soul” and “Soultown” during my morning commute. I heard this tune played a few times on “Heart and Soul” (soul of the 80s 90s and now) and it has really grown on me. I recall the original Christopher Cross song that oversaturated [...]

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Abraham Maslow On Music

July 13, 2009

“A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.” ~ Abraham Harold Maslow (1908 – 1970) was an American psychologist, Management expert.

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Administration

July 13, 2009

It is after midnight and I STILL haven’t got my Win Vista pc back to working properly. None of the browsers (Firefox or IE) are working. This awful problem started about a week ago and has gotten worse. I am lucky to get 10 minutes at a time of browser time. I spent today reading [...]

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