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Have been thinking of this song a lot lately.  Maybe because my birthday is coming this week, and everything that comes with being older.  I’m reminded of all that has come before, and all of the people who have gone on.  The lyrics are so filled with meaning.  I don’t know the religious beliefs of DeVotchKa but the words really resonate with me:

Hold your grandmother’s Bible to your breast

Gonna put it to the test

You wanted to be blessed…

 Maybe it also has something to do with how the song was used in the commercial for Gears of War 2.  And that game came out in a really trying period for me.  I thought the song was beautiful.  It has become an anthem in my mind, when I think back to certain things that have happened in my life.

So here it is, one of my ...

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Got word tonight that the new music video for Faye Smith‘s song “Unborn Grace” stars a friend from my college days, the incredibly talented and exceedingly beautiful Candice Irion!

So I hit the link and watched it.

And this is only the second music video to ever make me cry. I’ll let it be an exercise for the reader about what the first one was.

From the album Deeper Still and gorgeously directed by Mark Blitch, here is “Unborn Grace”…

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The past several weeks have seen an exploding amount of interest in the life and art of Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton: the legendary brewer of moonshine. It will be three years next month that he left us… but Popcorn Sutton has gotta be smiling and laughing his butt off in Heaven at how his myth has grown down here on Earth! Ever since his family began legally selling Popcorn Sutton’s Tennessee White Whiskey I’ve seen it going for $150 a jar on eBay. And then a few days ago Kellie Pickler introduced it to Ellen DeGeneres on national television, in a clip that simply must be seen.

Meanwhile, there are things going on behind the scenes that I’ve been sworn to secrecy on that… well, y’all will just have to wait and see how uberawesome this is all gonna be! I can tell you that the third annual Popcorn ...

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From a time of much better music. Here is “November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses…

Yes, I have posted this before. Since it’s November again and we’re looking at a lot more rain in the next few days, it seemed appropriate.

And also because this is one of the greatest songs in the history of anything, to say nothing about the masterpiece of its accompanying video....

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A group of United States soldiers from the 82nd Airborne based in Fort Bragg, currently stationed in Afghanistan, have produced a music video of themselves dancing to Lady Gaga’s hit song “Telephone”. Y’all have to check this out!

Well done guys! All the more praiseworthy given your present location. I just hope that this won’t become an issue when it gets to be time for your next evaluation 😛...

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