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Musical entertainment

Saturday entertainment, one more time …

November 7, 2009

And … one final visit by The Boss …
For the naysayers … I've been going to Springsteen concerts longer than you've been insulting me on this mog, or since before Born to Run came out. If you think he's coming to town and I'm not going to pump it up … well you don't [...]

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Saturday entertainment continued …

November 7, 2009

And … still because it's Bruce … yet one more …

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For your Saturday entertainment, part II …

November 7, 2009

And … because it's Bruce … another entertaining moment …

Murder Incorporated (Live) bruce springsteen
by runawaydream

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For your Saturday entertainment …

November 7, 2009

There's a certain concert in town Tuesday night, and I will be there …

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For your Saturday entertainment …

October 31, 2009

In the spirit of the season …

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For your Saturday entertainment …

October 24, 2009

Another fine musician.

Dave Matthews Band – Alligator Pie – Live @ Outside Lands- Watch more Music Videos at Vodpod.

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For your musical entertainment …

October 17, 2009

John Hiatt started these musical posts. Seems appropriate to return to him at some point.
Besides, I've got two kids with the flu and I've got to go to Pittsburgh, so I'm in a bit of a hurry …
And I don't care if Alan doesn't like him.

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For your weekend entertainment …

October 10, 2009

She's from up somewhere near Buffalo and I like her. A lot. Wonder remains one of the great songs of our generation. (Though some of the dancing could go.)

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In the interest of being more positive

October 9, 2009

Folks, I post links just because they're interesting. Some interest me more than others, some I think will spur discussion.  I hope nobody takes them personally.
But … in the interest of being more positive I present the real reason Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize today (though the woman in the front does not [...]

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For your Saturday entertainment …

October 3, 2009
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For your Saturday entertainment

September 26, 2009

Some great guitar playing …

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For your Saturday entertainment …

September 19, 2009

We took a break last week. This week we offer a small change of pace … from an American original:

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For your Saturday entertainment …

September 5, 2009

In honor of the late, great one, who once urged people to "give peace a chance" and said nobody had really truly tried it: "Gandhi tried it. Martin Luther King tried it. But they were shot." Prophetic?

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For your weekend entertainment, part II

August 30, 2009

Say what you will about Bono, his glasses, his eccentricities … the man has used his fame and wealth to help people. And for that I salute him.

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For your Saturday entertainment, part I

August 29, 2009

This post is for my daughters, Janie and Elizabeth, who asked me to honor Michael Jackson on his birthday. Girls, this is for you … because your Dad loves you.

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For your Saturday entertainment …

August 22, 2009

Two points …
1) Tbomb … I just can't find enough good Van Morrison stuff.
2) It was tempting to include The End … but better taste prevailed.
3) Love The Doors … and loved the movie too.

The Doors – Light my fire – Live – Ed Sullivan Show @ Yahoo! Video

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For your Saturday entertainment …

August 1, 2009

Well … since I leave for Ireland on Tuesday with my daughters … these seem appropriate.
Please … give a good listen to the second one … it's a song taken from actual letters written by a father to his son who had emigrated to America.

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For your Saturday entertainment …

July 25, 2009

A near-total change of pace (as T-Bomb still gets no love for Van Morrison) …

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For your Saturday entertainment …

July 18, 2009

Sometimes I wonder what Lance Armstrong was thinking. This woman (with long hair) could easily be the babe of the blog …

Sheryl Crow – All I wanna do – live
Uploaded by chantalounette. – Explore more music videos.

Sheryl Crow – Out of our heads [Live@The Tonight Show 2008]
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Anyone see Letterman last night?

July 16, 2009

Paul McCartney was Dave's guest, and it was really cool (great writing there!). Come on, Paul McCartney.
OK, the hair dye job is pretty awful. And he’s not John Lennon, but he’s still an original Beatle, and he did the interview in the same theater where he first appeared in the U-S-of-A in 1964: The Ed Sullivan [...]

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For your Saturday entertainment …

July 11, 2009

Enjoy every sandwich.

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For your Saturday entertainment …

July 4, 2009

Last I looked it is a certain holiday, right?

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Just for the heck of it

June 30, 2009

Another great old Jackson Five tune:

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For your Saturday entertainment …

June 27, 2009

He sure could make music … check out the early Bill Cosby too …

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For your Saturday entertainment …

June 20, 2009

A trip down memory lane … (or perhaps we should say Penny Lane?)

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