For: TRP, Musically Inspired, and Song of the Day

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Pray For You- By Jaron and the Long Road to Love

I haven't been to church since I don't remember when

Things were going great til they fell apart again

So I listened to the preacher as he told me what to do

He said you can't go hatin' others who have done wrong to you

Sometimes we get angry but we must not condemn

Let the good Lord do his job, you just pray for them

I pray your brakes go out runnin' down a hill

I pray a flower pot falls from a window sill

And knocks you in the head like I'd like to

I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls

I pray you're flyin' high when your engine stalls

I pray all your dreams never come true

Just know wherever you are, honey, I pray for you

I'm really glad I found my way to church

Cause I'm already feelin' better and I thank God for the words

Yeah, I'm gonna take the high road and do what the preacher told me to do

You keep messin' up, and I'll keep prayin' for you

I pray your tire goes out at 110

I pray you pass out drunk with your best friend

And wake up with his and her tattoos

I pray your brakes go out runnin' down a hill

I pray a flower pot falls from a window sill

And knocks you in the head like I'd like to

I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls

I pray you're flyin' high when your engine stalls

I pray all your dreams never come true

Just know wherever you are, near or far

In your house or in your car

Wherever you are, honey, I pray for you

I pray for you

I've wanted to do this song for months, but couldn't decide how- So today I decided I'll start a new series dedicated to this song..I think It would make a cool group- Let me know if you agree... 'Course I've dedicated my life to helping others, so the only person I could hurt is one of my clones (the Dumb one...) but I think this song is screaming for a collaboration ....Let me know if interested in being my next victim...

The Rogue Players

Low key

Musically Challenged

Billy Joel -- The Stranger

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Muse: Stockholm Syndrome

I won't stand in your way

Let your hatred grow

And she'll scream

And she'll shout

And she'll pray

And she had a name

Yeah she had a name

And I won't hold you back

Let your anger rise

And we'll fly

And we'll fall

And we'll burn

No one will recall

No one will recall

This is the last time I'll abandon you

And this is the last time I'll forget you

I wish I could

Look to the stars

Let hope burn in your eyes

And we'll love

And we'll hope

And we'll die

All to no avail

All to no avail

This is the last time I'll abandon you

And this is the last time I'll forget you

I wish I could

This is the last time I'll abandon you

And this is the last time I'll forget you

I wish I could

I wish I could

Song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VAyQZTtJx8&feature=related

Musically painted utility box in Glendale, CA. The artists are Angela Alvarenga and Sophia Roberson. ♫

I'mma do the things that I wanna do

I ain't got a thing to prove to you

I'll eat my candy with the pork and beans

Excuse my manners if I make a scene

I ain't gonna wear the clothes that you like

I'm fine and dandy with the me inside

One look in the mirror and I'm tickled pink

I don't give a hoot about what you think

~ Pork & Beans by Weezer

for Musically Challenged

but I was REALLY listening to this while I took these shots.

:D

Estoy tratando de encontrar esas palabras

Que describen lo que pasa en mi interior

Es como una habitación desordenada

Como un once de septiembre en Nueva York

[Alex Ubago - Cada Día]

I love that song. I love that man. Ahhh :)

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I was so excited when I saw this song on the song list for Musically Challenged. This is one of my favorite summer tunes. It brings back a one of my most fun summer memories of the Jersey Shore. When I was in jr. high, my best friend Lori and I went to Belmar with her older brother. It was one of our first independent jaunts. We had a blast on the beach and then even more fun at the boardwalk. Anthony won this Steve Miller Band 8 track tape. all of a sudden a huge down pour started and within an hour the streets of Belmar were flooded. It felt like hours to get out of town, the whole time we were listening to The Joker. This is my grinner, lover, sinner, joker, smoker and midnight toker ;o)

Space Cowboy by Steve Miller

Some people call me the space cowboy yeah

Some call me the gangster of love

Some people call me Maurice

Cause' I speak of the pompetous of love

People talk about me baby

Say I'm doin' you wrong, doin' you wrong

But don't you worry baby don't worry

Cause' I'm right here at home

Cause' I'm a picker

I'm a grinner

I'm a lover

And I'm a sinner

playin' my music in the sun

I'm a joker

I'm a smoker

I'm a mid-night toker

I get my lovin' on the run

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

You're the cutest thing that I ever did see

I really love your peaches

Want to shake your tree

Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time

Ooh wee baby, I sure show you a good time

Cause' I'm a picker

I'm a grinner

I'm a lover

And I'm a sinner

playin'my music in the sun

I'm a joker

I'm a smoker

I'm a mid-night toker

I sure don’t want to hurt no one

(solo)

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

People keep talkin' about me baby

Say I'm doin' you wrong

Well don't you worry, don't worry, no don't worry mama

Cause' I'm right here at home

You're the cutest thing I ever did see

Really love your peaches want to shake your tree

Lovey dovey, lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time

Come on baby now, I'll show you a good time

More lyrics: www.lyricsfreak.com/s/steve+miller/#share

You just need the right soundtrack.

For Musically Challenged / Lull, by Andrew Bird

(I really wanted to do the "like Jacques Cousteau underneath the Atlantic" part, but the Atlantic is quite far and I don't have a waterproof camera...)

Also for FGR / Vintage Feel (provided by a couple of Pareeerica's textures)

And because I bought this iTunes card as a gift yesterday and it's too cute to give away before using as a prop a couple of times.

Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

For musically talented Barossa Valley local, Sam Brittain, story-telling is exactly that. Since releasing his debut LP ‘Our Shining Skin’ on June 1, 2012, the path to success for the gifted and independent musician has transformed into a never-ending road. First picking up a guitar at the age of three and additionally turning his hand to the piano and drums,

In 2013, Sam is an unstoppable, roots, folk and blues artist, reminiscent of sounds such as Damien Rice, Glen Hansard and Ryan Adams. Sam supported close friend and musical influence, Mike Rosenberg (Passenger) at Adelaide-based Fowlers Live, as an integral part of Mike’s ‘All the Little Lights’ album tour, a highlight of Sam’s career to date.

The recording of ‘Our Shining Skin’ saw Sam and his band work endlessly with the talented Barossa-based Jamie Blechynden of Stella Studios and VJ productions. Supported by BJ Barker (drums), Steve Flemming (bass) and Glen Wagland (engineer), tracking the backbone of all 12 songs took a mere two days to complete. ‘Our Shining Skin’ quickly earned impressive reviews and was labelled as a ‘formidable and wide spreading resume’ for Sam (Timber and Steel, August, 2012).

Kicking off an Australian tour, Sam officially released the highly anticipated album at a sold out show on June 9, 2012, held at the Chateau’s acoustically brilliant ‘Long Room’. In June and July 2012, Sam crossed the country, delighting crowds and building his fan base in Melbourne, Hobart, Darwin and Adelaide, including an unforgettable sold out show with Sam’s full band at the prominent Adelaide venue, the Promethean Theatre on September 27, 2012.

Marking the beginning of what’s set to be a milestone year and following a hugely successful first tour, Sam’s lead single ‘Bruises’ hit #1 on the Triple J Unearthed Roots Chart on New Year’s Eve, 2012/13, where it consolidated its lead for a consecutive four weeks, peaking at #6 in the Overall Top 100.

2013 saw Sam embark on a 16 date tour once again supporting new age folk music legend Mike Rosenberg (Passenger).

NOLA 2017 - Mardi gras - Krewe of Orpheus

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

( Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017 )

Wake up to a sunny day

not a cloud up in the sky,

then it starts to rain

My defenses hit the ground, And they shatter all around.

So open and exposed.

I found strength in the struggle. Face to face with my trouble.

by Lindsey Haun - Broken

I've been going through a tough time with dealing with the fact that Bear needs to be put to sleep. He started grinding his teeth today, a sign of pain.

but there is light at the end of the tunnel and I know he'll go to rainbow bridge soon and be happy.

on a lighter and better note...

I must have a magnetic radar that directs my eye to beautiful lighted areas like this one. you will never guess where i found this beauty...... by the clubhouse in my neighborhood as I was driving home. I was like: OH!

anyways, me and La Salsera ♥ are going to train together via internet. She's going to be my training buddy, She has to train for a 5k feb 13, and I have to look stunning at my sister's wedding in August. my sister more or less said that it was up to me if i wanted to look ugly compared to the other girls in the bridal party. (bridezilla threatened me with the photographer!)

anyways I hope I can start small and work my way up to the crazy stuff. but for now i think I'll start my watching biggest loser re-runs while on the gazelle.

I can't wait to get back to school. I miss classes already. I cant wait to start service learning with my photography teacher. its almost like: Finally! I can do service learning that i like to do instead of i have to do!

anyways I have to begin a "how to use Flickr" tutorial for Mac and PC. if there is one that already exists.... show me! thanks!

project 365: day 216

Musically Challenged: Lindsey Haun - Broken

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Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

Emo teenager Musically, TikTok stuff as well as you know, some cringe :) Let's have some fun! My Patreon: ift.tt/2uwzSBg --- Onision Channel: youtube.com/onision --- Facebook: ift.tt/oBJjyZ --- Twitter: twitter.com/onision --- Tumblr: onision.net #React #Onision #UhOhBro

When I got Claire484.t21 in the tribute challenge I knew exactly what to do. I was taken by her series of 'Musically Challenged' PADs on song lyrics, so I chose an old favourite song of mine, 'Kayleigh' by Marillion, and recruited my beautiful daughter and my friend's cherry tree to create this tribute shot.

"Do you remember, chalk hearts melting on a playground wall?

Do you remember, dawn escapes from moonwashed college halls?

Do you remember, the cherry blossom in the market square?

Do you remember, we thought it was confetti in our hair?

By the way, didn't I break your heart?

Please excuse me, I never meant to break your heart.

So sorry, I never meant to break your heart,

But you broke mine..."

Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

Ben Castro

Puerto Rico-Tech House/Minimalist

DJ/Remixer/Producer

Born in San Juan, P.R. and musically influenced by a Percussionist family. Raised listening to the Puertorican/Cuban Salsa Music and his father’s grooves of Congas & Bongos, Castro developed his percussive taste in Latin Fusions. Ben have played big worlwide events & venues including: Fantasy Island,Back in Business, Club Opera-ATL, Heineken Music Project, Discotecha-NY, The Palace(@ Miami)& Miamis Warm Up Festival, WMC 09’’Pre @Shelborne(Teggno Records), Dreams(South Beach) & Club Cinema. Having the opportunity to perform along side with different and very talented Djs/Producers, Castro have shared decks with: Matt Darey, Marchus Shulchz, Jen Lasher, Marcus Beier, Sultan, Tattoo Detectives, Guti, Shaun Reeves, Afrika Bambata, AK 1200, Dj Dara, Dieselboy, Adam F, Adam Freeland, Mayhem, and Jekill & Hide ‘’to mention a few’‘. Different beats of Ben Castro are played in some P.R.’s & International hottest radio&Online stations including ‘’La X-100.7’‘, ’’La Mega-106.9’’ & Frisky Radio-Detroit. Promoting weekly events and club parties he have worked with almost every DJ & Producer in PR. As owner of 2 production companies(PlayHouse Prod.& PRMinimalMilitia Inc.) he have tried to push the electronic music scene to different artistic levels. Being the second half of a minimal-tech hit Duo-The Hibe he spreads art among people. Ben have worked with different booking agencies including AM Only(Berlin), Teggno Records(US), Physical Booking(E

Nothing feels right when I'm not with you

Sick of this dress and these Jimmy Choos

Taking them off 'cause I feel a fool

Try'na dress up when I'm missing you

Im'ma step out of this lingerie

Curl up in a ball with something Hanes

In bed I lay

With nothing but your T-shirt on

So what has Big Joe to do with the Musically Challenged theme? It seemed appropriate for "Rat Race" by The Specials - partly because of the lines in the Lyrics (see later) & partly because I was at Birmingham University 30 years ago when I met The Specials.

We got special backstage tickets to see them through my mum! She taught at a school where one of her colleagues used to play with The Specials & he invited my mum, my sister & myself along to see them.

Can't remember the venue, but the music was great, and then we went back to their hotel & had a couple of beers with them. I remember one of them roller skating around the hotel bar 'cos he had just been given them for a birthday present. The whole thing seemed somewhat surreal - partly by meeting the band & partly going to a concert with my mother - not her usual scene, but she seemed to revel in it.

More on Big Joe... This is the clock tower at Birmingham University. I took my son Sebe there for a University open day. He wants to study Biochemistry next year & this is one of his potential choices.

Forgot to take my camera, but the camera on the iPhone 4 actually pretty good. Another pic in the comments.

Oh yeah... the lyrics:

You're working at your leisure to learn the things you'll need

The promises you make tomorrow will carry no guarantee

I've seen your qualifications, you've got a Ph.D.

I've got one art O level, it did nothing for me

Working for the rat race

You know you're wasting your time

Working for the rat race

You're no friend of mine

You plan your conversation to impress the college bar

Just talking about your Mother and Daddy's Jaguar

Wear your political T-shirt and sacred college scarf

Discussing the worlds situation but just for a laugh

You'll be working for the rat race

You know you're wasting your time

Working for the rat race

You're no friend of mine

Working for the rat race

You know you're wasting your time

Working for the rat race

You're no friend of mine

Just working at your leisure to learn the things you don't need

The promises you make tomorrow will carry no guarantee

I've seen your qualifications, you've got a Ph.D.

I've got one art O level, it did nothing for me

Working for the rat race

You know you're wasting your time

You're working for the rat race

You're no friend of mine

Jim Shields Photography

Musically Challenged Serendipity

The list this week included the band Drive By Truckers, which happened to be playing this week at the theater two blocks from me.

For Musically Challenged

Drive By Truckers - Outfit

I did not go to the show, but I thought this song was great.

Yes, it is a little tricky standing in the middle of the street sometimes, but luckily the traffic moves slow here.

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A genuine smile. Somewhere along yesterday's evening, I started to just believe again that things will be alright. And today, I truly believed that. I listened to feel good music at work, we had cinco de mayo celebrations at work, and no matter the little things that popped up, a-fuckin'-gain, I didn't let it shake me. B/c sort of like this song, I'll do what I gotta do, when I have to, if I have to, but really until then, I'll be ok. Things will be ok.

I took a knife and cut out her eye

I took it home and watched it wither and die

Well, she's lucky that I didn't slip her a smile

That's why she sleeps with one eye open

That's the price she paid

That's the price you paid

~Girl With One Eye by Florence And The Machine

For Musically Challenged

Got shackles on my words so tight

Fear can make you compromise

Fast enough it's hard to hide

Sometimes I want to disappear

Gain again what they want to steal

Foster The People ~ Houdini

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Glad this turned out exactly the way I imagined and intended it.

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Musically Challenged: Foster The People - Houdini

BAM! Week 2

Roxy Music are an English art rock group formed in 1971 by Bryan Ferry, who became the group's lead vocalist and chief songwriter. The other members are Phil Manzanera (guitar), Andy Mackay (saxophone and oboe) and Paul Thompson (drums and percussion). Former members include Brian Eno (synthesizer and "treatments"), and Eddie Jobson (synthesizer and violin). Although the band took a break from group activities in 1983, they reunited for a concert tour in 2001, and have toured together intermittently since that time.

Roxy Music attained popular and critical success in the UK, Europe and Australia during the 1970s and early 1980s, beginning with their debut album, Roxy Music (1972).[1] The band was highly influential, as leading proponents of the more experimental, musically sophisticated element of glam, as well as a significant influence on early English punk music. They also provided a model for many New Wave acts and the experimental electronic groups of the early 1980s. The group is distinguished by their visual and musical sophistication and their preoccupation with style and glamour.[2] Ferry and co-founding member Eno have also had influential solo careers, the latter becoming one of the most significant record producers and collaborators of the late 20th century.

Rolling Stone magazine ranked Roxy Music #98 on its "The Immortals – 100 The Greatest Artists of All Time" list.[3]

A new studio album, which would have been their ninth, began recording in 2005. It would have been Roxy's first record with Brian Eno since 1973, who wrote two songs for it as well as played keyboards.[4] However, Bryan Ferry eventually confirmed that material from these sessions would be released as a Ferry solo album, with Eno playing on "a couple of tracks,"[5] and that he doesn't think they'll record as Roxy Music again.[6] Subsequently, this was confirmed by the announcement of a solo Bryan Ferry album, entitled Olympia.

NOLA 2017 - Mardi gras - Krewe of Orpheus

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

( Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017 )

sculpture by Sylvia Shaw Judson, Ravinia Festival Park

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Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

Tamara was a musically gifted girl and holder of the Heart Stone. She trained three baby magical animals - Cleo (a unicorn), Sugar (a dragon), and Spike (a panther). In the second season, she got her own zebracorn named Shadowsong.

Thank you John for taking me along!

Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

Two weeks in NOLA for the mardi gras 2017

Founded in 1993, the Krewe of Orpheus takes its name from the musically-inclined son of Zeus and Calliope. Founding members included Harry Connick, both the junior and senior.

In New Orleans, the krewe established themselves as a superkrewe with their first parade in 1994, which rolled with 700 riders. They were the first super Krewe to allow both male and female riders.

The Krewe's throws include a number of popular items including emblem beads, stuffed animals, signature beads, light-up Orpheus medallion beads, cups, three different types of doubloons, and 4-foot-long stuffed dragons.

They have a number of notable floats including the Dolly Trolley, the horse-drawn bus that was used in the opening of Hello Dolly with Barbra Streisand, the Smoking Mary which is a six unit float that looks like a steam locomotive, a Trojan horse and the Orpheus Leviathan Float, which is a three unit, 139-foot float, and the first Carnival float to use extensive fiber optic lighting.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Fats Domino wass the honorary grand marshall for 2014. His eldest son, Antoine Domino III, rode in the parade and perform his 85 year old father's music.

In addition to Fats Domino, Quentin Tarantino reigned as the krewe's celebrity monarch.

Evening, Interior (1896)

Artist: Harriet Backer

Throughout Harriet Backer's 50-year career, women's rights changed radically. Being a woman and an artist became accepted. Backer was talented and determined, inspiring a new generation of women and men in the Norwegian art world.

In Backer’s family, art and culture were part of how the children were raised. Her older sister Agathe was musically gifted and wanted to become a pianist. She had to go abroad to learn, and Harriet became her sister's traveling companion. This gave Harriet the opportunity to visit art museums and get to know the historical masters of the art world at a young age. Agathe eventually became a renowned composer and concert pianist, while Harriet became an important artist.

Backer showed an early talent and interest in art, but embarked on full-time studies rather late in life. In 1874, at 29 years, she decided to travel to Munich. The art community in Norway was small, so one had to go abroad.

The art academies in Europe were reserved for men in those days, but women could receive private tuition or attend "women's classes". During her years in Munich, Backer had several teachers. In 1878 she moved to Paris to continue her studies.

Being accepted for exhibition at the Salon in Paris was an important step on the path to becoming a professional artist. In 1880, Backer was accepted with the painting Solitude. Hundreds of artists exhibited at these exhibitions at the same time, and the paintings hung close together, from floor to ceiling. The jury thought Backer's painting was excellent, and she was honoured with a diploma, known as a Mention honorable.

In Munich, Backer learned to paint in a style characterised by a high level of detail and dark colours. We see this for example in Avskjeden (The Farewell), from 1878. When she came to Paris, she was greatly inspired by impressionism. In one of her best-known paintings, Blått interiør (Blue Interior), painted five years after Avskjeden, the transformation of her painting style is evident. Clear and pure colours dominate the composition. From this point on, the interaction between figure, interior and light effects became a theme that permeated Backer's paintings. How to create contrasts between the light indoors and outdoors? How are colours perceived in lamplight compared to daylight? She approached her subjects with these issues in mind.

Backer started her career with a desire to become a portrait painter. She painted many friends and acquaintances, and also received portrait commissions. But it is her interior scenes she has become best known for. She painted interiors from all walks of life – from farmhouses to bourgeois living rooms. For the most part, Backer's rooms are populated by women.

I think I serve the cause of women best by concentrating like a man – Harriet Backer

In 1888, Backer established herself in Norway, and from 1892 to 1910 ran a painting school in Kristiania. She became a popular teacher. Her openness to new ideas in both art and social development was appreciated. She sympathised with the women's movement, but did not actively participate in political work.

In the women's cause, Backer was recognised more for what she did than what she said – as a renowned artist she was an important role model. Together with friend and fellow artist Kitty Kielland, she was a pioneer who paved the way for women to have the opportunity to choose art as a career path.

About Harriet Backer:

Born 21 January 1845 in Holmestrand.

Lived in Paris in 1878–1888.

Started an art school in Kristiania in the 1890s. Backer’s students included Nikolai Astrup, Halfdan Egedius, Harald Sohlberg, Henrik Lund, Helga Ring Reusch, Astri Welhaven and Sara Fabricius (Cora Sandel).

Died 25 March 1932 in Oslo.

Important works:

Solitude (1878–1880)

Blått interiør (Blue Interior) (1883)

På blekevollen (Bleaching) (1886–1887)

Ved lampelys (By Lamplight) (1890)

Barnedåp i Tanum kirke (Baptism at Tanum Church) (1892)

Inngangskoner (Women in Church) (1892)

Interiør fra Uvdal stavkirke (Interior from Uvdal Stave Church) (1909)

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On 11 June 2022 the new National Museum opened in Oslo. This is the largest museum in the Nordics. The new museum now consists of the collections of the former National Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design.

The new museum has a permanent exhibition of about 6 500 objects. Design, arts and crafts, fine art as well as contemporary art will be exhibited alongside each other. As such, the permanent exhibition highlights interesting connections between different collections that previously have been on show at three different museums. Additionally, audiences will be able to see the most famous paintings by the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, including The Scream (1893) and Madonna (1894).

The building was designed by Kleihues + Schuwerk Gesellschaft von Architekten, with emphasis on dignity and longevity over sensationalist architecture. Great care was given to achieve a balance with the museum’s surroundings and the existing monuments in the area, such as Oslo City Hall and Akershus Fortress.

The most eye-catching feature of the new museum is the large, illuminated exhibition hall on top of the building. It will be used for temporary exhibitions.

The rooftop terrace offers a unique view of the inner Oslo fjord. The square in front of the main entrance has become an urban meeting place, with benches and a café that invites you in to take a rest.

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Bridget Regan plays pretty much every traditional Irish instrument in Flogging Molly - though mostly she plays the fiddle in most of the songs as you can't hear any of her other instrumentation.

This is her breaking out the tin whistle during one of the band's slower interludes.

This was about the only time I could see her with all of the other motion on the stage.

the midnight glancers and the topless dancers

the candid freaks, cars packed with speakers

the G's with the forties and the chicks with beepers

- "Bawitiba" by Kid Rock

for Musically Challenged.

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this guy owns a little store near my favorite coffee shop. he was outside, late afternoon, relaxing on his plastic folding chair, a little over a week ago.

i love talking to strangers. especially ones who look interesting and aren't adverse to having their picture taken. so i smiled and asked him if he minded if i shot some photos. he happily obliged and then proceeded to talk my ear off for the next half hour.

we discussed Brooklyn, mostly the heavy contingent of Polish Jews in Greenpoint. and though i lived right near there for a while and am both half Jewish (my dad is Jewish, my mom Catholic) and sort of Polish (depending on the point in time i'm either half Russian or half Polish. the other half of me is Italian), he still did ninety percent of the talking. so i just kept shooting, happily.

at the end of our time together, he switched subjects somewhat abruptly.

"i should fix you up with my grandson," he said out of nowhere. "now, he's a looker! and only 20 years old!"

and before i could reply, he blurted out with a giant, mischievous smile, "and he hasn't been deflowered yet!!"

For Musically Challenged (Nerboo's List)

Weapon - Mathew Good

Here by my side, an angel

Here by my side, the devil

Never turn your back on me

Never turn your back on me, again

Here by my side, it's Heaven

TOTW - Be negative

Sam the Sham~Li'l Red Ridin Hood

Owoooooooo!

Who's that I see walkin' in these woods?

Why, it's Little Red Riding Hood.

Hey there Little Red Riding Hood,

You sure are looking good.

You're everything a big bad wolf could want.

Listen to me.

Little Red Riding Hood

I don't think little big girls should

Go walking in these spooky old woods alone.

Owoooooooo!

What big eyes you have,

The kind of eyes that drive wolves mad.

So just to see that you don't get chased

I think I ought to walk with you for a ways.

What full lips you have.

They're sure to lure someone bad.

So until you get to grandma's place

I think you ought to walk with me and be safe.

I'm gonna keep my sheep suit on

Until I'm sure that you've been shown

That I can be trusted walking with you alone.

Owoooooooo!

Little Red Riding Hood

I'd like to hold you if I could

But you might think I'm a big bad wolf so I won't.

Owoooooooo!

What a big heart I have-the better to love you with.

Little Red Riding Hood

Even bad wolves can be good.

I'll try to be satisfied just to walk close by your side.

Maybe you'll see things my way before we get to grandma's place.

Little Red Riding Hood

You sure are looking good

You're everything that a big bad wolf could want.

Owoooooooo! I mean baaaaaa! Baaa?

Looking through a glass musically.

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