The Songbook Highway

Kodak bankruptcy: Photographers mourn
By Maura Judkis

When a brand whose name is nearly synonymous with photography prepares to file for bankruptcy, photographers, naturally, are a bit upset.

Photographers mourn Kodak bankruptcy http://t.co/zVuiUdNp

Julie Bradlow

Here is my top 5 list, namely Julie’s Top 5 Roadtrips of 2011:

1. Phoenix and Tucson, AZ
2. Pioneertown and Redlands, CA
3. Crockett and Corte Madera, CA
4. Hilton Head Island, SC
5. Jekyll Island, GA

Honorable mention:

1. New York, NY (So nice, I went there twice!)
2. San Diego, CA (Ditto; [...]

FIVE BOOKS I Need to Return to Smiley Library (before I am tossed in the pokey)

LIFE ITSELF: Roger Ebert- A memoir that catches his indomitable spirit
THE CROWS WERE LAUGHING IN THEIR TREES: Peter Connors – Dense prose poetry teaming with human animals.  Connected to many of my new songs.
THE SHADOW OF A GREAT ROCK-A Literary [...]

Maria Baglien shared this link…

http://christmas.soundopinions.org/

Essential jazz drummer Paul Motian was a big reason I found my way back to rock music with a sense of purpose, all via the beautiful and driving music of the Keith Jarrett Trio, and then in free fall to the earlier even more seminal work of the Bill Evan Trio.

Tired of rock by the [...]

Before and After MEDITATION

What think you?  CL

FROM JOHNNY—From two years ago…..
On to my other reason for blogging: I want to thank Chris and Maria for the wonderful podcast regarding the history of my song “Harvest Queen”. A big thank you to Morst too. Well done! I feel compelled to fill in a few blanks though…..the music for the [...]

Why Do We Bob for Apples on Halloween?
Halloween History & Customs
By David Emery, About.com Guide
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/halloween/a/Bobbing-For-Apples-On-Halloween.htm
SOME SAY the custom of bobbing for apples dates all the way back to pre-Christian Ireland and the festival of Samhain, though there’s little documentary evidence to support this. Apple bobbing also been popularly associated with Pomona, the ancient Roman goddess of fruits, trees, and [...]

from GLEN CAMPBELL L.A. NOKIA Review

“The magic was in the way Campbell, his family, and the crowd, many of whom had grown up with the singer, respected the muse despite its decaying state. How they defiantly, beautifully kept that conduit to the sublime open wide enough to deliver a clear, honest message about both the [...]