December 2023
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With fringe Christmas songs I mean songs which are not Christmas songs per se, but more Christmas-sy than for example East 17’s- Stay Now. Episode 2 is a short one by the Waterboys. Winter winter on the wayBitter cold she bringWinter winter on the wayHard and deadly thingWinter winter on the wayEverybody singWinter winter on
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“Where Is Christmas Now” is a sweet, nostalgic, unashamedly sentimental carol to Christmas in all its colours, joys, and magic. Evoking the memory of classic Christmas songs of old, and pared back to just straight-from-the-heart vocals, and featuring the wonder of legendary UK jazz pianist Rob Barron, “Where Is Christmas Now” is the perfect musical
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This is Rachel Soesan—her face is filled with so much life and joy, and why wouldn’t it be when she was 4. Her whole life lay before her. Yet there were some who perceived her as a threat to society. She was born on December 20, 1938 in Amsterdam. She would have been 85 today.
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With fringe Christmas songs I mean songs which are not Christmas songs per se, but more Christmas-sy than for example Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s—”Power of Love.” The first one is by All About Eve-“December,” the song comes from their second album “Scarlet and Other Stories,” released in 1989. “There’s a Victorian tin, I keep my
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Every year lasted too longWith Easter bunnies, birthday cards and seaside outings in the summerOnly to break the longGap of time that stretched between the one and the other Christmas Christmas in the sixties was fineWith candles, goodies, presents, and wine“Peace on Earth” was real, it seemedAnd “Love” a word as yet not obscene, no
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Not all heroes wear uniforms or capes. Not all resistance fighters use guns. In fact, the bravest ones don’t. Betsie ten Boom was a Hero and resistance fighter. She and her family saw what was happening with their Jewish neighbours and acted. I wish politicians nowadays would follow Betsie’s example and not do the easy
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This is just a tribute to some of the musicians who died in 2023. It will only be a limited list, because so many died, especially in January there were more deaths then there were days. Jeff Beck, member of The Yardbirds, founder of the Jeff Beck Group and one of the most influential rock
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