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Gone Country

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EEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

I am only a little excited about a movie coming out. You mix movies with country music and Gwyneth Paltrow (LOVE) and you got a winner. COUNTRY STRONG with tagline, It Doesn’t Matter Where You’ve Been, As Long As You Come Back Strong. This is gonna be another one of my complete head-over-heels favorites that I buy and watch over and over and over

and over.

I haven’t been this excited for a movie about a singer since George Strait in Pure Country. I cry my eyes out when Harley gets the tickets to Dusty’s show, but she doesn’t know that Dusty is really Dusty. And then he comes out on stage and sings a personal solo to Harley. J.W. is brimming with tears as Grandma Ivy just smiles at nods at her grandson. If you don’t have a tear in your eye, your heart is made of stone.

Here is Kelly Canter  Gwyneth Paltrow singing Country Strong at the CMAs. And don’t forget, that is Oklahoma native and legend Vince Gill singing with her.

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G-L-O-R-I-A !!

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Last night, at 22h, I saw the legendary Patti Smith perform in front of hundreds at the gardens of the Palau Comtes d’Aiamans in Lloseta, Mallorca. Thank you Patti, or Ms. Smith. The night will stay etched in my memory always.

“Because the night belongs to lovers Because the night belongs to us”

This is a picture of the world’s smallest beer.

Patti and band.

Patti. Impressive.

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Oh when the Saints win a Super Bowl you can thank me

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Yes, you are welcome. It is really all my doing that the Saints won. So, New Orleans, again, you’re welcome! I enjoyed doing it and the best city won. Okay, so all of you think I’ve totally fallen off my rocker. Well, possibly yes.

I struggled to stay awake as long as possible for the game, it started at midnight here. I watched the sweaty men plow into each other and several times said “ouch” outloud. My cats were all curled up around me, so happy that owner lady was staying up late with them, truly a bonding experience.

But after The Who came on and the sound was totally jacked – the words that Pete was singing and what I was hearing were two totally different things, sometimes the music stopped but he was still singing. At first I thought, “Oh no! Pete is lipsyncing but he is so old he can’t hear that the music is that off.” But then my tired brain figured it had to be a major glitch in the long transportation of sound to Mallorca. And so, at 2:30 a.m. I called it a night. The score was Saints 6 Colts 10.

Are you still there with me? crickets

How in the hell does this have anything to do with the entire city of New Orleans thanking me? I WENT TO SLEEP PEOPLE!! It seems if I stay up and watch an entire game, my team ALWAYS loses. BUT I went to sleep, therefore with me not watching, my team WON. How about them apples? So, yes, you’re welcome. Okay, I guess some part of their winning had to do with talent and the entire nation rooting on a city devastated only four years ago. New Orleans is back! Who dat!

Enjoy some of the best the south has to offer.

When the Saints Go Marching In: Louis Armstrong

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Birthday crumpets and the Innocence Mission

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My birthday gift to you before I head off to the land of tea, crumpets and ale. I am head over heels in love with Karen Peris from The Innocence Mission. Her voice is hauntingly beautiful.

 

I love these words:

 

Waiting at the airport on my suitcase,
a girl traveling from Spain became my sudden friend,
though I did not learn her name.
And when the subway dimmed
a stranger lit my way.
This is the brotherhood of man.

 

See you all when I return from England for my birthday celebration. May strangers light your way and I hope you will do the same for them.