Music Monday: The Byrds and Mr Tambourine Man from 1965
RichC | May 22, 2017
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Music Monday: License to Chill, Carolinas and reminiscing
RichC | May 15, 2017
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Music Monday: Whenever I see your smiling face
RichC | May 8, 2017
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Mellow Music Monday: Down in Belize with Jerry Jeff Walker
RichC | April 24, 2017
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Music Monday: Another year and more Van Morrison
RichC | April 17, 2017
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Music Monday: Shambala, 1 of the top 10 Three Dog Night tunes
RichC | April 10, 2017
While listening to background music this past weekend (working on taxes), it became an easy decision post something on music. Next … decide which group and song to include without repeating something mentioned before on My Desultory Blog? How about Three Dog Night??? The rock band was not necessarily in my record (or cassette tape) […]
Music Monday: A lesser heard Israel Kamakawiwoʻole recording
RichC | April 3, 2017
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Music Monday: Rocket Man recorded in the bluegrass sound
RichC | March 27, 2017
What do you get when you mix 1960s space history, some classic 1972 Elton John music and a twist of Bluegrass flair? Rocket Man with banjos and country harmony! Good stuff.
A Music Monday Two-fer – but still out of the 1970s
RichC | March 20, 2017
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Music Monday: Escaping from my 1970s rut with Yo La Tengo
RichC | March 6, 2017
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Music Monday: Ketchup, Anticipation and Carly Simon
RichC | February 27, 2017
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Music Monday: Shocker not to have mentioned American Pie yet?
RichC | February 20, 2017
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Tech gadgets add a new wrinkle to Cat’s in the Cradle message
RichC | February 13, 2017
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Nicki Bluhm and an appropriate song for our political state
RichC | February 8, 2017
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Remembering a couple musicians and the song Drift Away
RichC | January 30, 2017
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Demographics and Interests of those visiting MyDesultoryBlog
RichC | January 21, 2017
Those who have been blogging for a while learn to monitor their viewership. We’d like to know what kind of traffic is hitting the servers and often looking at the breakdown as to what generates interest and ad clicks. In the early days, a "hit counter" was sufficient, but as country music artist Loretta Lynn […]
Music Monday and thankful I can still hear things
RichC | January 9, 2017
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Thumbprint Radio, Pandora and a friendly, but snidely jab
RichC | January 8, 2017
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Music Monday: Starting 2017 with a favorite song by The Carpenters
RichC | January 2, 2017
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Generator, Curtain, Solar and overheating diesel on Encore
RichC | December 11, 2016
Wrapping up a weekend trip with a few photos tinkering aboard Encore. Some needed cleaning and a few improvements were the items on the agenda. First up, I semi-fitted the new generator cage for the Honda EU2000i. I welded the aluminum up in the summer/fall and hope that once bolted in place it will keep […]
Music: A forgotten (by me) hit from the past – Rock Me Gently
RichC | October 31, 2016
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A little more music from Gregg Allman please …
RichC | October 14, 2016
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Hanging on to summer with the band Sugar Ray and Fly
RichC | September 17, 2016
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Appreciating the Summer of 2016 before it is gone
RichC | August 23, 2016
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Relaxing weekend with Mom Howard and music reminiscing
RichC | August 15, 2016
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The Pretender from 1976 by Jackson Browne never gets old
RichC | August 8, 2016
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Who really was paying attention in school way back when?
RichC | July 29, 2016
It has been a while since I’ve seen one of these, but once I figured out what it was, the memory of Jerusalem Elementary School and Mrs. Fell came rushing back. I still remember her taped up wooden paddle as it slammed intimidatingly on the the desks at the front of the class in order […]
Music: Where has all the good harmony gone?
RichC | July 24, 2016
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A naval architect and bagpipe accompanied ruckus music
RichC | July 19, 2016
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Music: Who was Kent LaVoie? Look at that hair!
RichC | July 9, 2016
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Celebrating Independence Day with a bit of trivia
RichC | July 4, 2016
Most people know that Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner, which would become our National Anthem, as he watched the shelling of Fort McHenry. Few people know that his poem had additional verses (link – verses below)… or that the music it was eventually set to is from a 1771 English drinking song […]
Blue Sky from 1972 – an Allman Brother classic for #TBT
RichC | June 30, 2016
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Summer Breeze, makes me feel fine …
RichC | June 29, 2016
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Short montage of songs Jimmy Buffett has not played in 10 years
RichC | June 15, 2016
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A day early … but Happy Birthday to my son Taylor #TBT
RichC | June 9, 2016
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Music: Going Home from 1975 by Barry McGuire
RichC | May 22, 2016
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How to get out of a common-cold, runny nose induced funk
RichC | May 17, 2016
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Thoughts of war, a nuclear exchange and our human condition
RichC | May 16, 2016
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Music, mood, memories … Incommunicado.
RichC | April 26, 2016
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Replacing parts on Encore and a couple spring break photos
RichC | April 3, 2016
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Pianobar — a favorite Raspberry Pi Linux app
RichC | March 24, 2016
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Replaced a Keurig One-Cup coffeemaker with a Hamilton Beach
RichC | March 5, 2016
I replaced my one-cup Keurig coffee maker last weekend after attempting to take it apart to find a leak. Unfortunately these plastic parts are made in such a way that getting to the internal tubing are impossible. Last year I considered a Hamilton Beach Flexbrew machine for the boat (never did buy one) and decided […]
Jimmy Buffett made a cameo in Jurassic World – who knew?
RichC | February 17, 2016
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Suite: Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills and Nash from 1969
RichC | December 31, 2015
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Ready holiday music? Not me, but Joni Mitchell maybe?
RichC | December 4, 2015
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Music: Another day, another song. All for You – Sister Hazel
RichC | October 8, 2015
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Music: Run-Around from the 90s by Blues Traveler
RichC | October 7, 2015
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Music: Put a little sugar on it honey, put a little sugar on it baby
RichC | September 27, 2015
My brother-in-law Gary is in the hospital in Atlanta recovering from surgery this past Friday … and while we were thinking about him, Brenda and I laughed at the few odd things that Gary says and does (some funny and some just odd … I smile just thinking about it!) At one of our family […]
Video: A new Van Session from Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers
RichC | July 20, 2015
Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers – Mr. Saturday Night – Loved Wild Lost – Van Session 29
Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers Waiting on Love music video
RichC | May 24, 2015
Once upon a time I use to listened to music records, tapes and CDs. Now with hearing loss, I usually prefer silence or just “voice/talk/news” coming from speakers or the occasional online ditty … but there are a few exceptions. I still enjoy old favorites — from the best music decade, aka: 1970s, usually on […]
Happy 29th Birthday to my daughter Katelyn #TBT
RichC | May 14, 2015
Since my daughter’s birthday falls on a Thursday this year it offers me a perfect excuse (as if I need one) to reminisce a little and post a Throw Back Thursday (#TBT) video … this one from 1996. Love you Katelyn — Happy Birthday!
Celebrating my birthday with some great #TBT memories
RichC | May 7, 2015
Another year older and hopefully wiser (birthdays seems to happen too often) and am still trying to live and love life to the fullest. On this ThrowBack Thursday (TBT) I’ll include a couple photos and even an Elton John YouTube song from “just” a few years ago (cough, cough). The Brenich photos were from […]
Follow-up on Periscope and Meerkat live broadcasting
RichC | April 4, 2015
I watched several broadcasts from the new iOS app introduced this past week called Periscope. It enables iPhone/iPad users to broadcast live video to other “socially networked” viewers (Twitter) just as with the early competitor app MeerKat. Periscope differs slightly as it saves an archive for 24 hours or until deleted (not possible with MeerKat) […]
The Head and the Heart – Let’s Be Still and Another Story
RichC | March 16, 2015
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Music and weather: Dave Loggins 1974 – Please Come to Boston
RichC | February 20, 2015
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New music and events for Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers
RichC | February 18, 2015
I’ve posted, and have been following, Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers for the last couple of years ever since hearing their first Van Session. I’ll keep updating since the new music continues to appeal to me … and might even check with Brenda to see if we should plan a night out on April 29th […]
Still making great music – Van Morrison
RichC | February 11, 2015
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Music: Listening to something old but something new to me
RichC | January 16, 2015
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Favorite new-found music in 2014: Counting Crows
RichC | December 31, 2014
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Tech Friday: What about free streaming music from T-Mobile?
RichC | December 5, 2014
While traveling to northeast Ohio this past week, I finally tested the “free streaming music” available from T-Mobile on my 4G/LTE connected iPad Air 2. I streamed it for an hour driving on the interstate without a hiccup and glanced at my recently reset 200MB free data “meter” (screen shot left) and didn’t show any […]
Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee
- lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.