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Music is not just a series of notes strung together, it is also a tool that can be used for good and bad. Music evokes deep emotions, a bit of music often remains with you in your mind for the rest of your life. The Nazis used music in the concentration camps, not to make…
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Every good rock band has at least one great epic rock song, For Survivor it is Santa Ana Winds, in my opinion it’s on par with Deep Purple’s Smoke on the Water, Aerosmith’s Dream On and Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir. Ironically Santa Ana Winds was released as a b-side to Caught in the Game, which was…
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We sometimes forget that the White House is not only the residence of the President of the USA , but also the residence of the President’s family. In 1975 Susan Ford, daughter of President Gerald Ford, was in her final year at Holton-Arms School.Her classmates, petitioned headmaster James Lewis to ask Susan if she could arrange…
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The song with the best opening line in Music history. “I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand” “Werewolves of London” began as a joke by Phil Everly of The Everly Brothers, who suggested the idea to Warren Zevon in 1975—more than two years before the recording sessions for Excitable Boy. After…
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Robert Pilatus (Robert “Rob” Pilatus) was a German singer, dancer, and model, best known as one half of the pop duo Milli Vanilli. Drawn to show business from an early age, he began his career as a model and breakdancer. Pilatus was briefly a member of the group Wind before being discovered by producer Frank…
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Dear Anne, You don’t know me, but I know you. In fact, nearly everyone knows you, and yet no one really knows you. We know you through the personal stories you wrote in your diary. We see each word, each letter and each paragraph, but we don’t see your hopes, your fears or your anxiety.…
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This is a bit of a deviation of my usual blogs but Phil Bloom has a significant cultural meaning to the Netherlands .The name Phil Bloom will mean very little to people outside of the Netherlands. She is an artist and actress On July 28,1967 she caused quite some controversy and a scandal. She was…
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