Elephant & Obelisk, Rome Oh when the elephants, come marching in! When the elephants come marrr-ching in! Oh how I want to be in that square, when the elephants come marching in! Elephant and Obelisk really has nothing to do with Louis Armstrong, but when I see this guy, he […]
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Marie Laveau’s Final Resting Place, New Orleans MARIE LAVEAU As sung by Papa Celestin There lived a conjure lady not long ago In New Orleans Lou’siana named Marie Laveau. Believe it or not, strange as it seems, She made a fortune sellin’ voodoo and interpretin’ dreams. She was known throughout […]
I find it funny that some people don’t realize how much I love music – even I miss that about myself occasionally. It has the power to lift me up out of my blues, or sink me farther into them, depending on the mood I’m in when I hit that […]
My mood has been all over the place lately when it comes to my music. Usually I get in a groove for quite a while — immersing myself in the “World” genre (whatever that is), or some Southern rock, or gangsta rap, or what I like to call “chill” music […]
Nothing kicks off the Christmas season like Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer. In the South you’ll hear that song a million times on the radio during the month of December. Outside the South, well, I’m happy iTunes had the song. Which is what got me thinking about the […]
Nicola Conte had the entire house in a trance. Milo’s head bobbed up and down to the music as he stared down the toy squirrel. My icons bounced up and down in the dock. But me — well, I stayed perfectly still, enjoying the moment, legs in lotus and my […]