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Chris
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Iong time Plant ecologist, goat farmer, cheesemaker, fig grower, bookworm.
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"There ain't no good guy, there ain't no bad guy"

Dave Mason being whimsical and talking about some fantasyland
December 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Randy Newman with his, of course, satirical, song about ELO

youtu.be/FtbKch8x37o?...
The Story of a Rock and Roll Band
YouTube video by Randy Newman - Topic
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Björk released her first album in December 1977. She was 12 years old, and still several years from the Sugarcubes and her solo career.

Not top40
December 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Mathis just retired at age 90
December 12, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Meatloaf and Steinman, masters of the subtle moment
December 12, 2025 at 3:34 AM
#at40 Patti Smith broke her neck falling off the stage while opening for Bob Seger in 77
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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My thought was that this was the 1st kinda meh song Seger had done after a fantastic streak of great music. I really really really hated against the wind lp which soon followed.
December 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Tonight's dinner- broccoli cheddar soup
December 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Covid vaccines released last fall sharply decreased the risk of ER and urgent care visits in children, according to new data released by the CDC — providing a striking counterpoint to Trump administration rhetoric about the shots

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/h...
Covid Vaccines Reduced Children’s Likelihood of E.R. and Urgent Care Visits, the C.D.C. Reported
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Driving down the fantasy fiction section at the bookstore
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Dec7, stil have one tree producing a few figs. Fighting the cold nights.
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Sly was not listening to Desiderata.

Probably the most sludgey hunk of stuttering noise to hit #1, a druggy treatise on the state of America, 1971
December 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Chi-lites with sonic wonderfulness
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Social justice dressed by Bob Mackie
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Lennon does McCartney and has insomnia.
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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"You're my first love, you're my last"

Well, shit.
December 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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A year after CSNY's "Everybody I love you"
Very DEI
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Cat. Welcome to 2025 where the world soccer organization gives a gold peace prize to a war criminal
December 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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1971, when we could still be innocent and write songs about roller skates....and keys.

nvm.
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Coming from MLK,which also spawned Aretha's natural woman, via Jerry wexler, Carole King and Gerry Griffin
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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I give you one Freddie Hart. The man of 71
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Summer of 42, the condom movie
December 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
#at40 the image of 5 Mormons dressed in black and trying to dance "like a yoyo'" is forever seared into my brain
December 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Does anyone "brush their shoes" anymore?
From Morrison's very very very brief time as a contented human being, married to Janet Planet and writing googly eyed (and excellent) love songs
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM