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Joy to the World (Bruce Cockburn)

December 22, 2008

Bruce Cockburn’s Christmas is a tradition around here. Thanks to Quercus126 for providing this rendition. If you want to hear it played by the man himself, it’s here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3YF8nH7J0o

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Tagged With: Bruce Cockburn, Christmas, Guitar, Holidays, Music, Video
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When Jesus Christ Was Born (Michelle Shocked)

November 28, 2008

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwjeEZvdhO0 It’s time for Christmas music, right? Michelle Shocked sings with her whole soul, ’cause she knows what its all about. Visit her on the web at MichelleShocked.com.

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Tagged With: Video, Christmas, Holidays, Michelle Shocked, Music, Worship
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Intermission Music

November 4, 2008

“I have to admit, it’s getting better…”

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Tagged With: Beatles, Change, Music, Politics
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Independence Day

July 4, 2008

O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war’s desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: ‘In God is our trust.’
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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Shelved with: Mind & Society|| Visual Arts|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: 4th of July, France, Holidays, Independence Day, Music, National Anthem, Pangea Day, USA
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A Thanksgiving Tale from Alice’s Restaurant

November 21, 2007

There were people singing this song together who, politically, had nothing in common and probably wouldn’t have talked to each other…. It’s just the story of a little guy against a big world. It’s not so much an anti-war song as a song against stupidity…

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Tagged With: Alice's Restaurant, Arlo Guthrie, History, Holidays, Music, Pepper Soup, Politics, Thanksgiving, War & Peace
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