The O’Jays have the best version of Bob Dylan’s Emotionally Yours that I have ever heard.
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Guitar and Ukulele Tabs for Octopus’ Garden (Ringo Starr of the Beatles)
The printable PDF tabs below are for Octopus’ Garden, by Ringo Starr of the Beatles. However, they work for two ways of performing the song. The first is the original you know.
Ugly Stamps: A Song by Me
In the handful of times I have performed this song in public, I have jokingly introduced it as the song that might get me kicked out of the Commonwealth one day. That’s because it bemoans the state of the Canadian stamp with Queen Elizabeth II’s face on it on it as she ages. I don’t know why Canada Post decided to have an embossing of the Queen’s profile, like on the back of a coin, for many years during her youth, on its Queenie stamp. Then, sometime in late 80s, as the Queen started nearing seniority, Canada Post decided to put her senior face on the stamp, a face that would only wrinkle away as any other does with age.
Researched Suggestions for Writing the Next Hit Song in America
A new study published in the Journal of Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts suggests that the most popular songs in American culture these days are increasingly about oneself, especially one’s angry or antisocial behaviour (DeWall, C. Nathan; Pond, Richard S., Jr.; Campbell, W. Keith; Twenge, Jean M., Mar 21 2011).
See the more complete and easier to read Miller-McCune article here.
Vietnamese Farmers’ Market in Michoud, Louisiana
The video clip below is not meant to be an edited video. Rather, it is just a little glimpse of a little Vietnamese “Farmers” Market in Michoud, Lousiana, part of the Ninth Ward of New Orleans so badly devastated by Hurricane Katrina. I got to see this little market that opens for just 3 hours Saturday mornings from about dawn to 9 AM, in the style of markets back in North Viet Nam, and wanted to share it with others who might be interested.
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