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

If, like me, you're a John Hartford fan, then this vid is right up your bailiwick. Just stumbled across it...
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The Master’s Autograph
Rants & Raves

The Master’s Autograph

So I get a voicemail last week from my buddy Doug Stoffer, who runs a cool little custom jewelry shop...
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▶ Johnny Hiland – Hot Licks Complete Video – YouTube
Jamming In General

▶ Johnny Hiland – Hot Licks Complete Video – YouTube

Johnny Hiland Back in 2005, I attended the National Association of Music Merchandisers (NAMM) show at a rare appearance in...
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On butchering
Rants & Raves

On butchering

A good buddy of mine, Dave Seastrom, a fellow Brown County resident and co-producer of the Brown County Hour radio...
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Django Reinhardt’s Life on Record | The Fretboard Journal
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Django Reinhardt’s Life on Record | The Fretboard Journal

The Django Guitar above was painted by Robert Armstrong. The sprawling 'Intégrale Django Reinhardt, Volumes 1 through 20' (Frémeaux et...
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Sufficient unto the day
Rants & Raves

Sufficient unto the day

Sometimes, out of the blue, solutions materialize. Some call it "doing business", which could be considered accurate. Some call it...
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Habeas Corpus in America – book review
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Habeas Corpus in America – book review

OK, it's a book review, but it does touch on some very pertinent points made by the author of the...
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Legacy Archive

▶ Surviving The Matrix: Ep2 – YouTube

Episode 2 of Surviving The Matrix, narrated by Max Igan (to view the 1st episode, click here). ▶ Surviving The...
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▶ Surviving The Matrix: Ep1 – YouTube
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▶ Surviving The Matrix: Ep1 – YouTube

This 49-minute video, the first in a series by author and podcaster Max Igan, goes into the elitist program for...
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On the big 6-ohhhh
Rants & Raves

On the big 6-ohhhh

It's unavoidable that when the decade birthdays arrive, you take stock of your life a little more intensely than during...
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How to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew – YouTube

A handy technique indeed. ▶ Mirabeau Wine // How to open a bottle of wine - without a corkscrew -...
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The Genius of J.S. Bach’s “Crab Canon” Visualized on a Möbius Strip | Open Culture

Click the link below to see the video... it's well worth it. The most impressive of Johann Sebastian Bach’s pieces,...
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Why The Deliberate Trashing Of Planet Earth? – A Sheep No More
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Why The Deliberate Trashing Of Planet Earth? – A Sheep No More

This is a question which has vexed me for over 40 years, ever since I read Henry David Thoreau's Walden...
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The Deep Blue Green • Fiddle tunes and three-dimensional truth…

What exactly is a fiddle tune? Say you want to play a fiddle tune but you don’t know any. So...
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Here’s Why You Should Convert Your Music To 432 Hz | Collective-Evolution
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Here’s Why You Should Convert Your Music To 432 Hz | Collective-Evolution

Wonder if it works for banjo, too? “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms...
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Activist Post: 100th Anniversary Of The Federal Reserve: 100 Reasons To Shut It Down Forever
Rants & Raves

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

I've been waiting for this day a long time. Today is a day to mourn the passing of the veritable...
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Activist Post: Is Humanity Declaring Checkmate On The New World Order?
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Activist Post: Is Humanity Declaring Checkmate On The New World Order?

Viewed holistically, this battle between freedom and fascism, controlling governments versus the people, good versus evil, and love versus hate...
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“For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never Worn.” | Collapse of Industrial Civilization
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“For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never Worn.” | Collapse of Industrial Civilization

Is this truly our fate... or can we initiate the change in consciousness necessary to avert it? Despite mounting evidence...
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Chinese Wood Carver Zheng Chunhui Wins Guinness World Record for Giant Carving
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Chinese Wood Carver Zheng Chunhui Wins Guinness World Record for Giant Carving

One tree, four years of work and an indescribable amount of talent: that’s what it took to create this incredible...
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Musical Resources: The Truth About Lessons
Jamming In General

Musical Resources: The Truth About Lessons

Written from the POV of a piano teacher, it could have been written by any teacher dealing with parents who...
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