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A Warning For Americans – Is Money The Root Of All Evil? Mike Maloney – Atlas Shrugged – YouTube

March 4, 2014

A lot of folks denigrate capitalism, blaming it for all our current (and seemingly intractable) financial problems. I’m inclined to think otherwise. As I…

The Fender Stratocaster Turns 60 – YouTube

February 27, 2014

I was born the same year as the Fender Stratocaster. This in and of itself is of no great import, and yet I’m happy…

Jazz Players’ Brains See Music as Language – NBC News.com

February 25, 2014

Interesting article on how musicians’ brains function during improvisation. I hesitate to use the term think, because as one gets better at improv, “thinking…

▶ John Hartford – Complete Show – 1976-04-01 – YouTube

February 17, 2014

If, like me, you’re a John Hartford fan, then this vid is right up your bailiwick. Just stumbled across it tonight, and have had…

The Master’s Autograph

February 15, 2014

So I get a voicemail last week from my buddy Doug Stoffer, who runs a cool little custom jewelry shop here in Nashville called…

▶ Johnny Hiland – Hot Licks Complete Video – YouTube

January 30, 2014

Back in 2005, I attended the National Association of Music Merchandisers (NAMM) show at a rare appearance in Indianapolis, taking in all the sights…

On butchering

January 26, 2014

A good buddy of mine, Dave Seastrom, a fellow Brown County resident and co-producer of the Brown County Hour radio show, recently posted on…

Django Reinhardt’s Life on Record | The Fretboard Journal

January 24, 2014

The sprawling ‘Intégrale Django Reinhardt, Volumes 1 through 20’ (Frémeaux et Associés) is a massive, amazing tribute to Django Reinhardt’s life. The basic outline…

Sufficient unto the day

January 20, 2014

Sometimes, out of the blue, solutions materialize. Some call it “doing business”, which could be considered accurate. Some call it “dumb luck”, also true…

Habeas Corpus in America – book review

January 18, 2014

OK, it’s a book review, but it does touch on some very pertinent points made by the author of the book. The take-away for…

▶ Surviving The Matrix: Ep2 – YouTube

January 15, 2014

Episode 2 of Surviving The Matrix, narrated by Max Igan (to view the 1st episode, click here). ▶ Surviving The Matrix: Ep2 – YouTube

▶ Surviving The Matrix: Ep1 – YouTube

January 14, 2014

This 49-minute video, the first in a series by author and podcaster Max Igan, goes into the elitist program for depopulation, social control and…

On the big 6-ohhhh

January 13, 2014

It’s unavoidable that when the decade birthdays arrive, you take stock of your life a little more intensely than during the in-betweens. For some…

How to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew – YouTube

January 11, 2014

A handy technique indeed. ▶ Mirabeau Wine // How to open a bottle of wine – without a corkscrew – YouTube.

The Genius of J.S. Bach’s “Crab Canon” Visualized on a Möbius Strip | Open Culture

January 9, 2014

Click the link below to see the video… it’s well worth it. The most impressive of Johann Sebastian Bach’s pieces, musicophiles may have told…

Why The Deliberate Trashing Of Planet Earth? – A Sheep No More

January 6, 2014

This is a question which has vexed me for over 40 years, ever since I read Henry David Thoreau’s Walden in high school. That…

The Deep Blue Green • Fiddle tunes and three-dimensional truth…

January 6, 2014

What exactly is a fiddle tune? Say you want to play a fiddle tune but you don’t know any. So you go out and…

Here’s Why You Should Convert Your Music To 432 Hz | Collective-Evolution

December 31, 2013

Wonder if it works for banjo, too? “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and…

Activist Post: 100th Anniversary Of The Federal Reserve: 100 Reasons To Shut It Down Forever

December 23, 2013

I’ve been waiting for this day a long time. Today is a day to mourn the passing of the veritable heart and lifeblood of…

Activist Post: Is Humanity Declaring Checkmate On The New World Order?

December 7, 2013

Viewed holistically, this battle between freedom and fascism, controlling governments versus the people, good versus evil, and love versus hate seems to be the…

Rick Wakeman on Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
In Jamming In General
May 11, 2025
Antonio Vivaldi’s the Four Seasons is the most popular piece of classical music of all time. There have been over 1000 different recordings, selling tens of millions of copies. It’s become so ubiquitous – in lifts, as phone ring tones or ➤➤➤
The Graystones | The Logical Song
In Jamming In General
May 6, 2025
What happens when a hard-working cover band finally gets tired of the grind and decides to retire and manage their teenagers’ band. Outstanding job, kids! The Graystones – Grayson, Max, and Hope – are an up-and-coming band hailing from ➤➤➤
The Face of the Jesus as revealed by the Shroud of Turin
In AI Music & more, Spirit
May 4, 2025
Happy Day Of Rest! — By now you’ve probably seen one (if not several) AI depictions of Jesus of Nazareth, taking the very moment of His resurrection as captured by the Shroud of Turin as the model. Here’s a couple of the best I’ve ➤➤➤
“Since The Creation Of The World” – another Foster/AI collab
In AI Music & more
May 2, 2025
Listen on Suno Lyrics Adapted from the First Book of Romans 1, chapter 1, verses 19-23 [verse] The wrath of God is revealed to us from heaven. The ungodliness of men suppresses God’s truth. What may be known of God is manifest in the unrighteous, ➤➤➤
🇺🇸 20 American Icons Brought Back to Life with AI
In AI Music & more
April 29, 2025
Love it or fear it, AI is here to stay, so we’d better learn to master it and use it for good. This vid is a fine use of it. ======================= The faces that built a nation—now reborn in breathtaking realism! From George Washington and ➤➤➤
What I’ve been up to on my 5-year retreat from the world – Part 3
In Journal
April 29, 2025
In theory, this should be the easiest (and shortest) entry in this journal series, inasmuch as I remember so little of it. But it probably won’t be as brief as I think, knowing me. NOTE: Most images can be clicked to open a larger view in a new tab. ➤➤➤
Insilico: The Battle for Body and Soul | AI Documentary
In AI Music & more
April 29, 2025
A collaboration between the Truth is stranger than fiction… and The Christian Observer. I’ve been following “the Truth is stranger than fiction… ” channel for a decade or more, enjoying his take on the world immensely. In ➤➤➤
YT • The Dark Truth About Universal’s Takeover – Miss Krystle
In Jamming In General
April 27, 2025
In this episode of the Top Music Attorney Podcast, Entertainment Attorney, Miss Krystle discusses the dark truth behind Universal’s aggressive expansion—and why it’s starting to look less like business as usual and more like the rise of ➤➤➤
“Thanatopsis” – AI Music by Jeff Foster & Suno
In AI Music & more
April 24, 2025
Wanting to see how Suno would handle an historic, well-known, free-form poem, I prompted the AI-bot with a slightly modified version of the final stanza of Thanatopsis by one of the great American poets of the early 19th century, William Cullen Bryant. ➤➤➤
Rick Wakeman in concert – Brown County Music Center, Nashville IN
In Jamming In General
April 22, 2025
Whenever I’m asked “what’s your favorite band”, I usually return with, “What kinda music do ya like?”. After a long life as a guitar player dabbling in virtually every musical style, the topic of favorite bands ➤➤➤

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