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Spring??

It looks as though we have some chilly days and nights for a short time but it definitely looks as though Spring is arriving. Here’s the music for it.

Posted by Tom in classical, Music

For Your Relaxation

Here is Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight Sonata’ played by the beautiful and talented Anastasia Huppmann.

Posted by Tom in classical, Music

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Today is Greek Independence Day commemorating the start of the war of Greek independence in 1821.

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Infrastructure work

Today is the birthday, in 1947, of Reginald Kenneth Dwight, better known as Sir Elton John. Elton and Bernie Taupin wrote this song under the pseudonyms Ann Orson and Carte Blanche. Enjoy this fun video.

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies

DAY of THURS

Today is Commonwealth Covenant Day in the Northern Marianas Islands. This day commemorates the establishment of a commonwealth union with the USA in 1976.

Salary Negotiation

Today is the birthday, in 1938, of Don Covay, singer and songwriter. He wrote this grammy-winning song for Aretha Franklin.

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies

DAY of WEDNES

Today is Day of the Sea in Bolivia – a landlocked country. It commemorates the lost of its coastal province in the War of the Pacific. On March 23, 1879, Chilean forces attacked and defeated some 100 Bolivian and Peruvian soldiers at the Battle of Calama. The Bolivian commander, Eduardo Abaroa was defending a small bridge when the Chileans demanded his surrender. His response was “Que se rinda tu abuela!” which means, “Me, surrender? Tell your grandmother to surrender!” after which he was promptly shot dead.

Not only can he type fast, he can also type many other words.

Here’s a bit of CCR!

Posted by Tom in Humor, Music, sixties and seventies