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FOR THE LOVE OF MUSIC

This is for all the Viners who post links to such wonderful music that so many would never hear.  And also for anyone who loves music.

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What do you have on right now? What turns you on?

So what DO you have on right now?  No, not like that - get your minds out of the gutter!  What are you listening to right now on the radio or on your iPod? Tell me what kind of music is currently revving your engine.  I've discovered some intere …

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Jim Marshall creator of the legendary Marshall Amp dies at age 88

Jim Marshall, the genius behind Rock 'n' Roll amplification and creator of the famed "Marshall Stack" died Thursday morning after losing his year-long battle with cancer. The man dubbed as "The Father of Loud" spent his final days in an English hospice located in southeast Engla …

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The Hurdy Gurdy - a fascinating piece of musical history

I attended a museum exhibit recently which featured the history of automated music.  The exhibit contained 700 historic mechanical musical instruments and mechanical figures, player piano rolls, pinned cylinders, Reginaphones, and other automated instrume …

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Musician Peter Gabriel Withdraws Songs From Rush Limbaugh Show Over Sandra Fluke Attack

Musician Peter Gabriel has moved to withdraw his work from Rush Limbaugh's radio show after discovering that one of his songs was played during the conservative radio host's incendiary comments about Sandra Fluke.

The path of least resistance

Socialism, Communism, Progressiveism (Anything but), Nazism, Fascism, Marxism, Stalinism, Leninism..all failed philosophies of Government but still being tried by those on the left and some on the right as well..we might as well add 2 more to the pile, vegetarianism,env …

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My Top 50 Singles of 2011

I've always enjoyed writing about singles and the singles chart, but this year more than any other I feel like that's been the biggest and most rewarding category of my music writing.

Ask yourself this question..Do I really need the Government to make my decisions for me?

And Watch over me like a mother hen watches over it's chicks..even the Mother hen knows when it is time to let go and fend for themselves against the wolves..But since we are not little chicks, we should have at least the bare minimum of tools to watch out for ourselve..basically …

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Gibson's Guitar Company Harassed by Obama Officials for Something or Other

In my post Graph: Non-Defense Spending Relative to GDP, Color-Coded by Party in Power, or the Obama Hockey Stick, reader Levi commented "Which policies (of Democratic President Barack Obama) are stunting the recovery?"- he doesn't believe that Barack Obama is pushing any sort  …

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