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I’m tired of living in interesting times -
Here’s a calming counterpoint to all of the madness that is going on half a world away:
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(“Over The Rainbow” by the incomparable Eva Cassidy – available on CD or MP3)
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"What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass." - Lord Melbourne
"We voted for these people. We should be allowed to taser them." - Mike
"You guys just don’t spend enough time giving yourself cool but limited super-powers. This is the internet." - lauraw
"The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted." - D.H. Lawrence
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke
"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." – Thomas Paine
"God doesn't call the equipped - he equips those he calls." - Barbara Curtis
"Hand-written notes in cursive writing are still the finest personal way of saying thank you. The people who send those after interviews are the ones who get the jobs."
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I heard Eva Cassidy by accident last year (Fields of Gold song) and was a fan right away. I bought her Songbird album and was then stunned to learn she had passed away back in 1996 and only achieved her much deserved recognition posthumously. Such a shame. You picked a great song Teresa and a great artist.
Yeah – I saw the “Nightline” segment that was run in 2001 (it remained one of their highest-viewed programs, and was re-run more than once), and had to go out and find her CDs.
“Songbird” was the first one that I got, too – it still gets played a lot……
Glad you liked it!
Hi Teresa in my home town! I have my own collection of Eva’s wonderful music. I build computers (or re-build them) and the best way to know the sound system is working properly is to play the CD Songbird …