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Monday, November 11, 2013

Great Guitar Solos, #6: Neil Young's "Hey Hey, My My"

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My oldest and deepest Neil Young association comes from 'mid-80s television ads (for the local chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters) wh...
Tuesday, November 5, 2013

There must be something in the water: the magic of "Muscle Shoals"

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In the early 19th Century, a tribe of Euchee Indians lived contentedly along the Tennessee River, near Muscle Shoals, Alabama. The Euch...
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Friday, October 18, 2013

"Do not go gentle into that good night"

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The other day at lunch a friend mentioned the imminent passing of a relative who was coming up on 100 years old.  From this unfortunat...
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Sunday, October 13, 2013

"Inequality for All" and the elephant in the room

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I paid $12.50 for my ticket to " Inequality for All ," a new documentary about income inequality in America. The ticket, popcorn...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

On a clear day you can see forever.

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Mark Twain is rumored to have said "the coldest winter I spent was a summer in San Francisco." There's no hard evidence  that ...
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