tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1492247571837566602024-03-19T02:31:33.813-07:00Tossing It OutArlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comBlogger1869125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-29587011575424934202024-03-15T02:00:00.003-07:002024-03-15T02:00:00.132-07:00Como Te Extraño (BOTB) <i><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> St. Patrick's Day is upon us once again, so why not celebrate music with a popular song in Spanish. Yeah, that's what I'm going to do. <br /></span></b>
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<a data-ved="2ahUKEwiQztKKoO-EAxVgLkQIHTUIDa4QFnoECDIQAQ" href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B3mo_te_extra%C3%B1o_mi_amor" jsname="UWckNb" ping="/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%25C3%25B3mo_te_extra%25C3%25B1o_mi_amor&ved=2ahUKEwiQztKKoO-EAxVgLkQIHTUIDa4QFnoECDIQAQ" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; outline: 0px;"><h3 class="LC20lb MBeuO DKV0Md" style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.3; margin: 18px 0px 3px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: x-large;">Cómo Te Extraño Mi Amor</span></h3></a><div> </div><div> Back in the nineties when I started to listen to a lot of Rock in Espa<span style="background-color: white; color: #5f6368; font-family: Roboto, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;">ñ</span>ol (Rock in Spanish) music, I started hearing this song by the Mexican group Cafe Tacuba played often on the radio. My wife Betty told me that the song had been a big hit when she was a young girl in her native Ecuador and she had been a fan of the original singer Leo Dan. Naturally I looked for a recording of that original version and found it to be quite enjoyable in that sixties style. I like either version, but I do have my favorite.</div><div> </div><div> Hope you'll give this an honest listen so you can tell us which version you like best--feeling nostalgic for the sixties or do you prefer the more modern sound...<br />
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<br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Leo Dan "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HrpraXeppU" target="_blank">Como Te Extrano</a>" (1964)</span></b><br />
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<br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cafe Tacuba "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vExohgAKGE" target="_blank">Como Te Extrano</a>" (1996)</span></b><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Time to Vote!</span></b></span></span><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Don't think that this music is too strange for you. C'mon! It's just music. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> In other words, which song version do you like best? </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind. You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.<span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:</span></b><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b><br style="line-height: 20.79px;" /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"> <b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</span></a></b></u><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://curiousasacathy.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">'Curious as a Cathy'</a></u><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><u><br /></u></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://thesoundofonehandtyping.wordpress.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sound of One Hand Typing</a></u><br /><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.jinglejanglejungle.net/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jingle, Jangle, Jungle</a> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://landmarksounds.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Landmark Sounds</a><b><a href="https://streampebbles.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> (Diedre Knight)</a><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://botb-by-debbie-d.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D</a></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://christinebialczak.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stine Writing</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://trivialmusicsilliness.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Trivial Music Silliness</a></span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://mikespainwrites.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mike's Ramblings</a></span></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Results coming on Friday March 22</b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><b style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"> </b><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The</span><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"> <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/" target="_blank">Blogging from A to Z April Challenge</a></span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is upon us. I've got to get busy! How about you? Do you have an April blogging plan?</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div>
<br /></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-2810667716351597502024-03-10T15:27:00.000-07:002024-03-10T16:22:33.532-07:00And Now!.....What Am I Going to Do? ( #AtoZChallenge Theme Reveal )<p> </p><p><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Can you believe it's that time again! Is this really my 15th year of doing this <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/" target="_blank">A to Z Blog Challenge</a> in April? I guess it is. Now it's become a tradition for many of us. And now here is what has become another tradition of the A to Z Community...</span></i></b></p><p><br /></p>
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<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">This year my theme will be:</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #ff00fe; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">I COULDA BEEN</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Yes, I'll be looking at many of the things I could have been in life as well as things I have done. Mostly I'll be exploring the realms of jobs, occupations, and careers that I could have done in my lifetime--and at times even did for a while. You've probably done some of these same things in your own life journey or are doing them now in your own life. Hopefully I'll be sharing stories and ideas that are relatable and interesting.</div><div><br /></div><div> Sure, I could have done other themes, but this is one that's been on my mind for a few years now. I guess it has something to do with the reflections on my own life as I get older, but I also wonder about those in the job market now. Things have changed in many ways since my working days, but the bottom line has not: Making a living or fulfilling some aspect of ones life.</div><div><br /></div><div> Hope you'll join me through these April thoughts and have some of your own thoughts to add.</div><div><br /></div><div> Now, I'd better get started on this project. Sounds like work to me...</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">How about you? Got any April plans? Did your life plans of youth turn out the way you thought?</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-23294962317578853892024-03-08T09:23:00.000-08:002024-03-08T09:23:41.523-08:00Better Late Than Not at All ( #IWSG & #BOTB Results )<p> </p><p> <b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sorry, though not really sorry, that I'm a bit late with my blog posting this week. The intention was certainly there until unforeseen circumstances interfered. But we know about what happens to best intentions sometimes and that was the case for me this week.</span></i></b></p><p> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> I had planned on doing my<b> <a href="https://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank">Insecure Writer's Support Group</a></b><a href="https://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" target="_blank"> </a>post on Tuesday March 5 and then compiling my <b>Battle of the Bands</b> results post on Thursday to appear Friday March 8. Then my plans went awry. After a routine follow-up visit to my physician on Tuesday morning I had planned on going home to put my Wednesday post together. Then the kink. My doctor became concerned about some things I had told them about a physical event that had occurred the previous weekend. He sent me next door to the hospital for some observations. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Even though I told him I felt good enough to walk through the parking garage to the hospital next door to the clinic, he insisted on having me transported. I thought someone would just roll me over in a wheelchair, but no-o-o-o. He had an ambulance come to drive around the block to the emergency room door. Aside from his concern that I might have (or had already had) a heart attack, I was informed that doing this way would cost me much less money in the end. Okay, I was fine. The ambulance part was a bit weird, but fun in some strangely perverted way. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Then came that interminable wait in the ER with nurses and doctors coming and going. They decided that since there were a number of tests to be run, they would have to admit me to the hospital and keep me overnight. Not my favorite thing to do by any means, but everyone there was so darn nice it was difficult to be too upset. And my wife was there much of the time and spent the night in a recliner in the room. After a night of being repeatedly awakened for this test or that observation, I was prepared for more tests lasting throughout the day Wednesday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> In the end the doctors determined that there had been no cardiac event and they saw no real problems that caused them concern. I was released Wednesday evening and too tired to be thinking about any blogging activity. I wanted to actually get a good night's sleep after my ordeal.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Thursday morn I had to get up to go to another previously scheduled medical observation unrelated to my heart at the same hospital. That all went just fine, but after I got home I totally forgot about my blogging duties and instead watched that absurd State of the Union address by our fraudulently installed doofus puppet President. As I was about to go to bed I remembered my Friday post, but decided it could wait.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> So I did it Friday morning and it probably doesn't really matter that much. I'm alive and I feel fine and that's what matters most. So here is that post I had planned...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Insecure Writer's Support Group</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bHN0n694tptHiVJ1yHxDICfN0Bzc0FESppEFzMPRuHivOtIt-x2XsvXCMYcm9FHZUM9RQCFutIaKKusX8Qwvbj8J3XRM4MzC7EH87NJsikQshXczUs_scZH11_zjBZh0N_hENJLcXrKM/s1600/Insecure+Writers+Support+Group+Badge+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="932" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bHN0n694tptHiVJ1yHxDICfN0Bzc0FESppEFzMPRuHivOtIt-x2XsvXCMYcm9FHZUM9RQCFutIaKKusX8Qwvbj8J3XRM4MzC7EH87NJsikQshXczUs_scZH11_zjBZh0N_hENJLcXrKM/s200/Insecure+Writers+Support+Group+Badge+%25281%2529.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><b><i style="line-height: 20.79px;">Join us on the first Wednesday of each month in Alex J. Cavanaugh's<a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;"> </a><a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;">Insecure Writer's Support Group</a>--a forum of writers who gather to talk about writing and the writer's life. For a complete list of participants visit <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;">Alex's Blog</a>. </i></b></span><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="text-align: center;"> The </span></b></span><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">co-hosts for </b><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">the March 6 posting of the IWSG are <a href="http://kristinaseyes.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Kristina Kelly,</a> <a href="https://miffieseideman.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Miffie Seideman,</a> <a href="http://jeanddavis.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jean Davis,</a> and <a href="http://middlepassages-lcs.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Liza @ Middle Passages.</a></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">Have you "played" with AI to write those nasty synopses, or do you refuse to go that route? How do you feel about AI's impact on creative writing?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> No I haven't played with AI yet, but if I get a chance I might. I would not go that route for any writing that was supposed to be "creative" as I think AI would defeat the purpose of creative writing. I might use it for some utilitarian purpose, but otherwise it is the tool of the lazy person who has no real interest in creating written work that is original and perceptive. AI can fake it, but if AI ever understands it then we are probably in trouble as humans.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Battle of the Bands Results</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: start;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: start;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: start;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="color: #e16a12; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/w320-h240/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> <a href="https://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2020/10/trouble-of-world-3-botb.html" target="_blank">My previous Battle</a> was two groups doing the Negro spiritual "Trouble of the World". I liked both pretty well (which is why I chose these two to go against each other), but in the end I went with the Crosscurrents crowd. </span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Final Vote Tally</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>13th Amendment 3 votes</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Crosscurrents 10 votes</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Now I'm outta here. Got things to do. </span><a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">A to Z</span></b></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> is coming up and I have to prepare for that. And other things too. Lots of other things.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-32068456245161353762024-03-01T02:00:00.003-08:002024-03-01T02:00:00.137-08:00Trouble of the World #3 (BOTB)<br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> I guess I've been pretty lax of late in respect to blogging and other internet activities. What can I say? Not much. I'm doing fine and keeping busy with other things. But here I am with another Battle. And I'll even report the results of my previous Battle. Yeah--I know...</span></i></b><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Crazy Love Battle</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div> In <a href="https://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2021/01/crazy-love-english-edition-botb.html" target="_blank">my February Battle</a>, Freddie Falcon ran away with the thing. I liked both versions so whatever I liked best doesn't matter much because Freddie won no matter what. And that's all I have to say about that.<br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Time to Vote!</span></b></span></span><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: inherit;"> </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The only trouble I'm seeing at the moment is if you don't vote. C'mon! Let's play! </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> In other words, which song version do you like best? </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind. You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.<span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:</span></b><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="line-height: 20.79px;"><b><br style="line-height: 20.79px;" /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"> <b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</span></a></b></u><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://curiousasacathy.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">'Curious as a Cathy'</a></u><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><u><br /></u></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://thesoundofonehandtyping.wordpress.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sound of One Hand Typing</a></u><br /><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.jinglejanglejungle.net/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jingle, Jangle, Jungle</a> </span></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://landmarksounds.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Landmark Sounds</a><b><a href="https://streampebbles.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> (Diedre Knight)</a><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://botb-by-debbie-d.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D</a></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://christinebialczak.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stine Writing</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Results coming on Friday March 8</b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> They'll be coming after my #IWSG post next Wednesday. If I think it's worth doing and I feel like it. And if I don't get too distracted. That can happen as some of you well know.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div>
<br /></div></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-91657434192048022922024-02-07T04:00:00.000-08:002024-02-07T04:00:00.448-08:00 No Muddled Mess for Me ( #IWSG )<p> </p><p> <b><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: verdana;">AllMusic</span></a><i style="font-family: georgia;"> has long been a site that I've enjoyed going to for information on recorded music. Lately though it seems more confusing and cluttered. I really don't think it's me, but I think they changed the site in a way detrimental to my perception. I hate going to sites for information and leaving frustrated and uninformed. That's what I'm talking about...</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Insecure Writer's Support Group</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bHN0n694tptHiVJ1yHxDICfN0Bzc0FESppEFzMPRuHivOtIt-x2XsvXCMYcm9FHZUM9RQCFutIaKKusX8Qwvbj8J3XRM4MzC7EH87NJsikQshXczUs_scZH11_zjBZh0N_hENJLcXrKM/s1600/Insecure+Writers+Support+Group+Badge+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="932" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bHN0n694tptHiVJ1yHxDICfN0Bzc0FESppEFzMPRuHivOtIt-x2XsvXCMYcm9FHZUM9RQCFutIaKKusX8Qwvbj8J3XRM4MzC7EH87NJsikQshXczUs_scZH11_zjBZh0N_hENJLcXrKM/s200/Insecure+Writers+Support+Group+Badge+%25281%2529.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><b><i style="line-height: 20.79px;">Join us on the first Wednesday of each month in Alex J. Cavanaugh's<a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;"> </a><a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;">Insecure Writer's Support Group</a>--a forum of writers who gather to talk about writing and the writer's life. For a complete list of participants visit <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;">Alex's Blog</a>. </i></b></span><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="text-align: center;"> The </span></b></span><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">co-hosts for the </b><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">February 7 posting of the IWSG are <a href="https://janetalcorn.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Janet Alcorn,</a> <a href="https://sewhitebooks.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">SE White,</a> <a href="https://www.victoriamarielees.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Victoria Marie Lees,</a> and <a href="http://cathrinaconstantine.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Cathrina Constantine!</a></b></p><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">February 7 question: What turns you off when visiting an author's website/blog? Lack of information? A drone of negativity? Little mention of author's books? Constant mention of books?</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #191919; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I have to be honest. Though I have dropped by several author websites, I don't visit them regularly. Blogs are a bit different since I visit several each month at least for things like #ISWG hops or other times like </span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/" target="_blank">Blogging from A to Z April Challenge</a></span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (COMING SOON!). Either way though, I want clarity when I visit any site. Please don't make things pop up or move around with too much distraction. I don't want to search for whatever should be obvious and make the deeper searches more attractive and easier to access.</span></span></div><div style="color: #191919; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #191919; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> In other words, keep it simple and obvious. If a site has lured me with accessibility to what I need immediately then maybe I'll feel more comfortable to explore further. But if the site hits me with too much confusion and complexity then forget about it. There's always something else to move on to.</span></div><div style="color: #191919; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #191919; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="color: #191919; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b><i> What's you own pet peeve about websites/blogs? What changes have you made to your own site that you feel greatly improved it? Did you ever make a change that was so poorly received that you had to reverse it? </i></b></span></div><div style="color: #191919; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: georgia;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="color: #191919; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Are you ready for Blogging from A to Z? </i></b></span></div><div style="color: #191919; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #191919; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #191919; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #191919; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-56375502264955664092024-02-01T02:00:00.000-08:002024-02-01T02:00:00.127-08:00Crazy Love (English Edition) (#BOTB) <b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Well, I just had a birthday in which I made it to 73 years. Now that seems pretty crazy to me. And I'm not especially loving it. But I don't hate it either--as long as I keep feeling as good as I have been lately. How the heck did I get here! Here I am at 73, feeling physically more like 30 (to a certain degree) and mentally like 17. Yeah, it's all crazy, but life is a bit crazy, especially in our crazy times...</span></i></b><div><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Crazy Love</span></b></div><div> </div><div> I've used the Paul Anka penned song "Crazy Love" in<a href="https://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2017/03/crazy-love-botb.html" target="_blank"> a past Battle</a>. That time I used two foreign language versions, but I always intended to do another Battle with English versions. That intended Battle sat in my queue for the past 7 years and now seems like a good time to bring it back. Here we are: Are you ready to go crazy?<br />
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It's just time to have some fun.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> In other words, which song version do you like best? </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind. You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.<span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:</span></b><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="line-height: 20.79px;"><b><br style="line-height: 20.79px;" /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"> <b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</span></a></b></u><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://curiousasacathy.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">'Curious as a Cathy'</a></u><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><u><br /></u></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://thesoundofonehandtyping.wordpress.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sound of One Hand Typing</a></u><br /><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.jinglejanglejungle.net/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jingle, Jangle, Jungle</a> </span></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://landmarksounds.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Landmark Sounds</a><b><a href="https://streampebbles.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> (Diedre Knight)</a><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://botb-by-debbie-d.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D</a></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://christinebialczak.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stine Writing</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Results coming on Friday February 9th</b></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> There will be another #IWSG post in the interim, but I'll have some results after that. Hope you stop back by for both. Happy February!</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-38029315038569067572024-01-22T02:00:00.000-08:002024-01-22T02:00:00.129-08:00 A Battle to the Rosewood Bitter End ( #BOTB Results)<p> </p><p> Do you sometimes feel like we're in a calm before a storm? So much going on throughout the world that it seems like things are going to explode. And in the U.S. it's another presidential election so we're probably going to have a sort of a repeat of 2020 except bigger and more disruptive.</p><p> Oh well, whatever. Perhaps I'm delving into the realms of conspiracy so why don't I get back on track to the reality at hand, the thing that means the most to this blog at this time and place. Let me tell you the outcome of <a href="https://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2024/01/rosewood-bitters-botb.html" target="_blank">my most recent Battle.</a></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Battle of the Bands Results</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="color: #e16a12; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/w320-h240/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Rosewood Bitters </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> ...was the name of the song as performed by the songwriter Michael Stanley alongside Joe Walsh's fine cover. I think the song fit Walsh's style perfectly, but like many of you my own preference was for Michael Stanley. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Final Vote Tally</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Michael Stanley Band 7 votes</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Joe Walsh 3 votes</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-25395637640966389682024-01-15T02:00:00.010-08:002024-01-15T02:00:00.152-08:00Rosewood Bitters ( #BOTB )<p> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i> <b>Okay, music lovers and all others--time for that fan favorite--->>>></b></i></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Battle of the Bands</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s1600/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> Battle of the Bands</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">is</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">the blogging event started by</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><a href="http://farawayeyes1.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Far Away Series</b></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">and</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> now hosted by</span><u style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.48px;"><i> </i><b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</a></b></u><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> This event happens each month on the 15th and on some there is also a Battle on the 1st of the month. My blog is one of those with a second Battle excepting over these summer months. The premise is simple: Listen to the songs presented below and then in the comments vote for your favorite and tell us why you liked it. Then visit the links listed near the bottom of this post for more Battle action.</span></p><div><br /></div><div> </div><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Battle of the Booze</span></b></p><p> Thinking about joining in on this current alcohol themed band battle thing, a song long in my queue of someday songs immediately came to mind. I added "Rosewood Bitters" a couple years ago after hearing that its writer Michael Stanley Gee had died. The story I heard and song clip intrigued me because I really liked this song that I didn't recall ever having heard before from an artist I don't recollect. The only decent cover of the song was by Joe Walsh. For me that's a good enough Battle.</p><p> And I wanted to share the song if you'd never heard it before. So I hope you enjoy it. I did.</p><p> Now, which version do you like best?</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Michael Stanley "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSDbFe3VdOQ" target="_blank">Rosewood Bitters</a>" (1972)</span></b></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/LSDbFe3VdOQ?si=XgQvDsl9fL4ecP5u" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Joe Walsh "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhicyLcmFP4" target="_blank">Rosewood Bitters</a>" (1985)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NhicyLcmFP4?si=PvM_015knWjBj1pV" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Time to Vote!</span></b></span></span><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: inherit;"> </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">I won't be bitter if you don't vote, but I do wish you would. In other words, which song version do you like best? </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind. You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.<span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:</span></b><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="line-height: 20.79px;"><b><br style="line-height: 20.79px;" /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"> <b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</span></a></b></u><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://curiousasacathy.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">'Curious as a Cathy'</a></u><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><u><br /></u></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://thesoundofonehandtyping.wordpress.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sound of One Hand Typing</a></u><br /><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.jinglejanglejungle.net/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jingle, Jangle, Jungle</a> </span></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://landmarksounds.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Landmark Sounds</a><b><a href="https://streampebbles.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> (Diedre Knight)</a><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://botb-by-debbie-d.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D</a></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://christinebialczak.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stine Writing</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Results coming on Monday January 22</b></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I have every intention of posting on that day. Unless no one votes. Surely you won't let that happen! Will you?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-57802014699520649672024-01-08T02:00:00.001-08:002024-01-08T02:00:00.140-08:00 Off to a Start ( #BOTB Results )<p> <b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> Yeah, we're off to a start, my wife and I. Not a bad beginning to a new year and maybe totally appropriate..</span></i></b>.</p><p> Betty was already nursing a positive COVID reading prior to the Big Eve. On that celebrative evening I don't think my wife was drinking any alcohol. For lack of anything else, I filled a tall glass tumbler one third gin and the rest root beer. After my initial surprise as to how good it tasted, I reflected on the nature of the two drinks--juniper berries and some kind of aromatic roots--and it made sense that they would work well together.</p><p> At about 9 PM Betty headed up to bed and I was right behind her. The drink had really done me in. I was asleep before 9:30. However we didn't miss the arrival of the new year thanks to all those assholes around our neighborhood who shoot off car-alarm triggering big boom fireworks at regular intervals for a long time. I probably dozed off again by 12:30.</p><p> After a fitful sleep I awoke at daylight burning up. My wife checked my temperature. It was normal so she administered a COVID test (we had some on hand so might as well use them). I tested positive and did so for the next three days. I wasn't like dying sick, but it was more like I need a longer nap sick. Then it passed and now it's like maybe it didn't really happen.</p><p> Maybe it didn't...</p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Battle of the Bands Results</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="color: #e16a12; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/w320-h240/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>High and Low Low</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Rather than being a lulu, my first Battle of the year was a rather lackluster event. No one seemed particularly enthused about either of my song picks. I liked them both but my favorite was definitely "Mt Whitney" which is the one that inspired the Battle in the first place. I think it's a lovely song and Palmyra does an excellent job with the back up vocals and instrumental backing. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Final Vote Tally</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Palmyra 3 votes</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My Jerusalem 7 votes</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Next Battle on Monday January 15</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white;"> Since Stephen T McCarthy and some others indicated that they were doing a mid-month Battle then so will I. Well, I probably would have done one anyway. See you then.</p><p style="background-color: white;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white;"><br /></p>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-10499897168020707112024-01-01T02:00:00.007-08:002024-01-01T02:00:00.132-08:00Highs and Lows ( #BOTB & #IWSG )<p> </p><p><b style="color: #545454;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><i> Greetings to 2024! What does your year ahead look like? Will you sink to new lows or reach your highest heights? I'm going to be a realistic optimist as always...</i></span></b></p><p><span style="color: #545454;"><span><i style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"> </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">As for 2023 mine was a pretty good year<span style="font-family: inherit;">. There was no sickness in our household and life went pretty smoothly for the most part. No major expenses and no devastating calamities. Calm before a storm? I hope not, but I'm ready for whatever gets dumped on us. Or whatever blesses us if that could be a thing in these times.</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> One of my highest highs of the preceding year was a wonderful vacation trip back east to visit family in Florida, New Jersey, and Tennessee. Everything went so smoothly and my wife and I had a great time everyplace we went. Since that trip started in mid-May and our return was in the second week of June, it was a nice way to kick off our summer which turned out to be a very pleasant and peaceful season. The year wrapped up with visits from family and good times in general. It was the kind of year that I wish every year could be like. </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I can't say what the year 2024 will hold for us, but I hope it treats us all well. As of now I don't have any specific plans, but hopefully I will attack some of my dream projects with greater fervor. There is much that I need to finish as well as so much that I yet need to start. Hope the craziness that this year could be doesn't get in your way or mine. We've got things to do! Right?</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> So with all this in mind let me continue with my first blog post of this New Year...</span></span></span></span></p><p><b style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Insecure Writer's Support Group</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bHN0n694tptHiVJ1yHxDICfN0Bzc0FESppEFzMPRuHivOtIt-x2XsvXCMYcm9FHZUM9RQCFutIaKKusX8Qwvbj8J3XRM4MzC7EH87NJsikQshXczUs_scZH11_zjBZh0N_hENJLcXrKM/s1600/Insecure+Writers+Support+Group+Badge+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="932" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bHN0n694tptHiVJ1yHxDICfN0Bzc0FESppEFzMPRuHivOtIt-x2XsvXCMYcm9FHZUM9RQCFutIaKKusX8Qwvbj8J3XRM4MzC7EH87NJsikQshXczUs_scZH11_zjBZh0N_hENJLcXrKM/s200/Insecure+Writers+Support+Group+Badge+%25281%2529.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><b><i style="line-height: 20.79px;">Join us on the first Wednesday of each month in Alex J. Cavanaugh's<a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;"> </a><a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;">Insecure Writer's Support Group</a>--a forum of writers who gather to talk about writing and the writer's life. For a complete list of participants visit <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;">Alex's Blog</a>. </i></b></span><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="text-align: center;"> The </span></b></span><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">co-hosts for the </b><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">January 3 posting of the IWSG are <a href="https://joylenebutler.com/blog" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Joylene Nowell Butler,</a> <a href="https://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/olgagodim.wordpress.com" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Olga Godim,</a> <a href="https://pensivepenspost.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Diedre Knight,</a> and <a href="http://www.literaryrambles.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Natalie Aguirre</a>.</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></b></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b>January 3 question: Do you follow back your readers on BookBub or do you only follow back other authors?</b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><b style="color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"> </b><span style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can answer this question on your own if you want to, but as for me I've got nothing regarding this. I'd never heard of BookBub until now and don't feel any great draw to look into it. I can't even keep up with posting on GoodReads or reading reviews others have put up. Life is too full!</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Instead, I'm going to look at some of my own writing highs</span></span><span style="color: #191919; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> and lows of the past year and my hopes for the coming year. As I mentioned, on a personal level my year was pretty darn good, but not so much true for my writing and blogging.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="color: #191919; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> My year started off with computer problems which greatly hindered my blogging activity. I still have not solved those problems, partly due to financial issues, but also a lack of initiative to do anything about this matter. I get by just using my wife's computer for the time being and finding other activities to occupy my time. To the detriment of my writerly life, those activities haven't so much involved blogging or writing.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> However, on the up side, I've written some (what I think are) pretty good songs and have come up with some ideas that might have some real potential if I continue to pursue them. I completed another </span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/" target="_blank">Blogging from A to Z</a></span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> this past April and plan to do it again this coming April. Hope you'll join us for that. While we're waiting for that April event to come, we've got some time for another...</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b>Battle of the Bands</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s1600/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> Battle of the Bands</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">is</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">the blogging event started by</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><a href="http://farawayeyes1.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Far Away Series</b></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">and</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> now hosted by</span><u style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.48px;"><i> </i><b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</a></b></u><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> This event happens each month on the 15th and on some there is also a Battle on the 1st of the month. My blog is one of those with a second Battle excepting over these summer months. The premise is simple: Listen to the songs presented below and then in the comments vote for your favorite and tell us why you liked it. Then visit the links listed near the bottom of this post for more Battle action.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>Highs and Lows</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> In my state of California we have plenty of highs and lows that we could bring up, but for this Battle I'm going to just stick with geography. When I was in elementary school in San Diego we were often reminded that Mt. Whitney was the highest point of the state. I've lived in California for near forty years now (between my childhood in San Diego and the past thirty plus years here in L.A.) and I've never been to Mt. Whitney. Nor have I been to the lowest point of Death Valley. Been kind of nearby, but always opted for Vegas instead. To be sure, my wife was having none of anything like Death Valley so that curtails any trip I'd be taking there with her. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Oh well, maybe I won't go to either place, but at least I've got a couple of songs about them. The first is by a prog folk trio I heard on the PBS show </span><b><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><a href="https://www.songofthemountains.org/" target="_blank">Song of the Mountains</a> , </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">which has inspired a few of my other Battles. The second was chosen from other songs with the same name that after listening to all of them I decided on the one that I enjoyed the most. Since both videos are live performances I think it also provides a nice contrast in similar formats. Please listen and decide on your favorite...</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL41RNJJ-j0" target="_blank">Palmyra</a> "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL41RNJJ-j0" target="_blank">Mt Whitney</a>" (2021)</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BL41RNJJ-j0?si=OefCwOMrg9agADPn" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDhvic0iajI" target="_blank"> <b><span style="font-size: large;">My Jerusalem </span></b></a><b><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDhvic0iajI" target="_blank">Death Valley</a> (2012)</span></b></p><p><br /></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rDhvic0iajI?si=VDZCgISylFvqod2Y" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Time to Vote!</span></b></span></span><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </b><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of these songs, for you, which is the high and the low. In other words, which song version do you like best? </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind. You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.<span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:</span></b><b style="font-size: large;"><br /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b><br style="line-height: 20.79px;" /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"> <b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</span></a></b></u><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://curiousasacathy.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">'Curious as a Cathy'</a></u><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><u><br /></u></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://thesoundofonehandtyping.wordpress.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sound of One Hand Typing</a></u><br /><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.jinglejanglejungle.net/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jingle, Jangle, Jungle</a> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://landmarksounds.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Landmark Sounds</a><b><a href="https://streampebbles.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> (Diedre Knight)</a><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://botb-by-debbie-d.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D</a></span></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://christinebialczak.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stine Writing</a></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Results coming on Monday January 8</b></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Hope your year starts off well and gets even better as it goes on. I'm not going to worry about what's going on. I'm just going to try to enjoy the ride as best as I can. What's the worst that could happen?</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-57203793043850644642023-12-22T02:00:00.000-08:002023-12-22T02:00:00.141-08:00A Little Pot of Pepper (or Who Won the Battle?) ( #BOTB )<p> </p><p> It's been raining off and on all day, but didn't matter much to me because I just stayed in the house all day. I had a lovely time. And part of what I did with that time is come up with my results post.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Battle of the Bands Results</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="color: #e16a12; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/w320-h240/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p> No need to spend much time on this. If you missed this one you can scroll back to my previous blog post. In brief it was a showdown between a wild Latin sound and honky-tonk bluegrass. For sentimental and musical excitement factor I went with The Pepper Pots, but I give a nod of admiration to the Jeff Little Trio who sparked the inspiration for this Battle.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Final Vote Tally</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Pepper Pots 6 votes</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jeff Little Trio 3 votes</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Merry Christmas! See you on January 1!</span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></b></p>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-74367686338950939882023-12-15T02:00:00.005-08:002023-12-15T02:00:00.137-08:00El Cumbanchero ( #BOTB )<p> <span style="font-size: medium;"> <b><i><span style="background-color: #6aa84f; color: red; font-family: georgia;"> </span><span style="background-color: #04ff00; color: red; font-family: georgia;"> It's Christmas time and that means time for favorite Christmas songs and that provides another opportunity for sharing that music fun in what we call...</span></i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">Battle of the Bands</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s1600/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> Battle of the Bands</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">is</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">the blogging event started by</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><a href="http://farawayeyes1.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Far Away Series</b></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">and</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> now hosted by</span><u style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.48px;"><i> </i><b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</a></b></u><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> This event happens each month on the 15th and on some there is also a Battle on the 1st of the month. My blog is one of those with a second Battle excepting over these summer months. The premise is simple: Listen to the songs presented below and then in the comments vote for your favorite and tell us why you liked it. Then visit the links listed near the bottom of this post for more Battle action.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Favorite Christmas Song</span></b></p><p> What song most evokes the Christmas season for you? So many to choose from! And so many that you might wish would go away. I have many favorites among traditional as well as pop Christmas songs, but one song takes me back to many Christmas events in my younger days. </p><p> You might remember "El Cumbanchero" from my earlier Battle "<b><a href="https://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-real-juggling-music-botb.html" target="_blank">The Real Juggling Music</a></b>" where Xavier Cugat's version of the song ran away with the victory. This Battle consisted of two songs my family used in our juggling act. So why, you might wonder, does this song have any particular significance for me during the Christmas season? Naturally I'm going to explain it to you now.</p><p> Since my father always worked at a regular job in all his years as head of a household, our juggling performances were mostly relegated to two times of the year: summer vacation and Christmastime. Back in the fifties and sixties it was fairly common for companies and organizations to host Christmas parties for their employees. Often a part of the festivities would include some kind of variety show or entertainment. From November to Christmas we would be booked on many of these shows and since "El Cumbachero" was the back-up for our act's exciting finale, we would hear that song repeatedly throughout the holiday season. It was a song we probably heard as much as any Christmas song. So now if I hear it, my thoughts will take me back to those days juggling with my family and the many Christmas shows we would do.</p><p> For this Battle I am offering a version of "El Cumbanchero" that we actually used from 1966 and after up against a very different version that I recently heard on the PBS television show <b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Song of the Mountains</span></b>.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Pepper Pots <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvuCZbKMJbA" target="_blank">"El Cumbanchero"</a> (1958)</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qvuCZbKMJbA?si=2Ma-9lXKj_ObTIxD" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jeff Little Trio <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX4M2OzLnV0" target="_blank">"El Cumbanchero" </a> (2022)</span></b></p><p><br /></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EX4M2OzLnV0?si=cCdQdrNGYTYx7ZNE" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Time to Vote!</span></b></span></span><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: inherit;"> </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Don't be a Scrooge! Have fun and play along. Which song version do you like best? </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind. You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.<span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:</b><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="line-height: 20.79px;"><b><br style="line-height: 20.79px;" /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"> <b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</span></a></b></u><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://curiousasacathy.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">'Curious as a Cathy'</a></u><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><u><br /></u></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://thesoundofonehandtyping.wordpress.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sound of One Hand Typing</a></u><br /><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.jinglejanglejungle.net/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jingle, Jangle, Jungle</a> </span></span></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://landmarksounds.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Landmark Sounds</a><b><a href="https://streampebbles.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> (Diedre Knight)</a><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://botb-by-debbie-d.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D</a></span></b></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://christinebialczak.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stine Writing</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Results coming on Friday December 22</b></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b>It's a busy time I know, but I'll try to do this in a timely manner. No matter what--Have a Wonderful Christmas. Hope your 2024 is pretty good too.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-46286656717746697012023-12-08T02:00:00.000-08:002023-12-08T02:00:00.140-08:00Who Did the Best Message Song? ( #BOTB Results )<p> </p><p><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">The anxiety has been mounting as the countdown continues. For what? Christmas? New Year? </span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">No...it's the...</span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Battle of the Bands Results</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="color: #e16a12; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/w320-h240/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Who Delivered Their Message Best?</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> My recent Battle between pop/punk powerhouse The Police and Karl Wallinger's cool nineties band World Party was a neck and neck race to the end. As much as I've always liked The Police and this big hit of theirs, a recent rediscovery of World Party has been putting a smile on my face.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> Over the past month I've been doing some housecleaning and room rearranging. Having a nice compact entertainment system in my home office has tempted my opportunity to listen to some of my old cassette tapes. These are 30 or more years old so it's kind of surprising they all still play so well--or at least the ones I've listened to so far.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> After I put on my World Party cassette I was pleasantly reminded of their jaunty hit "Put the Message in the Box" and it's been an earworm since hearing it. I'm a sucker for finely crafted pop songs and this song certainly is a winner. That's why I voted for World Party and put them over the top. My apologies to The Police. Still great music.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Final Vote Tally</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Police 7 votes </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">World Party 8 votes</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> Next BOTB?</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> Let me think on that a while. Not much time I know, but the week-end has just begun.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-74356613335729695872023-12-06T04:00:00.000-08:002023-12-06T04:00:00.143-08:00Book Reviews--Opinions and Observations or Vendettas? ( #IWSG )<p> </p><p><b><i style="font-family: georgia;">I have a real close competition in </i><a href="https://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2023/12/messages-botb.html" target="_blank"><i style="font-family: georgia;">my current </i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Battle of the Bands</span></a><i style="font-family: georgia;">. If you have a moment, please stop over and cast a vote for your favorite of the two songs I've presented. Votes needed now! Your vote would be nice...</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Insecure Writer's Support Group</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bHN0n694tptHiVJ1yHxDICfN0Bzc0FESppEFzMPRuHivOtIt-x2XsvXCMYcm9FHZUM9RQCFutIaKKusX8Qwvbj8J3XRM4MzC7EH87NJsikQshXczUs_scZH11_zjBZh0N_hENJLcXrKM/s1600/Insecure+Writers+Support+Group+Badge+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="932" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bHN0n694tptHiVJ1yHxDICfN0Bzc0FESppEFzMPRuHivOtIt-x2XsvXCMYcm9FHZUM9RQCFutIaKKusX8Qwvbj8J3XRM4MzC7EH87NJsikQshXczUs_scZH11_zjBZh0N_hENJLcXrKM/s200/Insecure+Writers+Support+Group+Badge+%25281%2529.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><b><i style="line-height: 20.79px;">Join us on the first Wednesday of each month in Alex J. Cavanaugh's<a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;"> </a><a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;">Insecure Writer's Support Group</a>--a forum of writers who gather to talk about writing and the writer's life. For a complete list of participants visit <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;">Alex's Blog</a>. </i></b></span><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="text-align: center;"> The </span></b></span><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">co-hosts for the </b><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">December 6 posting of the IWSG are <a href="http://www.cleemckenziebooks.com/blog/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">C. Lee McKenzie,</a> <a href="http://www.jqrose.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">JQ Rose,</a> <a href="http://jenniferlanebooks.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jennifer Lane,</a> and </b><a href="https://worddreams.wordpress.com/" style="color: #990000; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Jacqui Murray.</b></a></p><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: 400;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">December 6 question: Book reviews are for the readers. When you leave a book review do you review for the Reader or the Author? Is it about what you liked and enjoyed about your reading experience, or do you critique the author?</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I haven't been doing much in the way of book reviews in recent years, though I did go on a reading binge a few months back and kept intending on posting some reviews. Well, that didn't happen and that's pretty much par for my course these days. A few years back I was somewhat diligent about posting reviews on my blog as well as Amazon and Goodreads so I'll answer the question reflecting those reviews.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Whenever I've posted a review I've done so for any potential readers. My mission was either to recommend a decent book to read or advise readers on my opinion as to why they might want to avoid a book. And from another perspective, I do it for myself--my own expression and entertainment.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Critiquing an author is part of the review approach in most cases I would think. Some observations about the way a work reads and the editing or other such details might be important. However, it seems ludicrous to write a review specifically to address the author. I've seen such vendettas in print and they have usually turned me off except when they were actually entertaining.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> No, for me, a review is my thoughts on what I have read and whether I think it's worth reading. If an author reads my review and gains insight or gets pissed, either way I'd be somewhat flattered that they read my review and were emotionally moved by it. Just please don't get too mad at me if you don't like what I said.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div></span></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-30214785669561361422023-12-01T02:00:00.016-08:002023-12-01T02:00:00.131-08:00Messages ( #BOTB )<p> </p><p> <b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">We had a great Thanksgiving. Big gathering and had some family for a week including my oldest granddaughter Marley. I've been so busy that I didn't have time to do a careful job with this post, but here it is, whipped together in a busy time.</span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Battle of the Bands</span></b><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><b><br /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s1600/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> Battle of the Bands</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">is</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">the blogging event started by</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><a href="http://farawayeyes1.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Far Away Series</b></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">and</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> now hosted by</span><u style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.48px;"><i> </i><b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</a></b></u><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> This event happens each month on the 15th and on some there is also a Battle on the 1st of the month. My blog is one of those with a second Battle excepting over these summer months. The premise is simple: Listen to the songs presented below and then in the comments vote for your favorite and tell us why you liked it. Then visit the links listed near the bottom of this post for more Battle action.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Message Songs</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tis the season for messages with one in particular being dominant. How would you prefer your message be delivered? Vote for your favorite of these two random songs about messages...</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Police "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbXWrmQW-OE" target="_blank">Message in a Bottle</a>" (1979)</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/MbXWrmQW-OE?si=FDnRyotjvVe0MO_d" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">World Party "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udCaa-Ju3dk" target="_blank">Put the Message in the Box</a>" (1990)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DXDJbqws3MY?si=ixEKEbk3wPRzFxhR" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Time to Vote!</span></b></span></span><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: inherit;"> </b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Here's my message to you: Vote! Which do you like best?. Just listen and have fun.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind. You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /> Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.<span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:</b><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b><br style="line-height: 20.79px;" /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"> <b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</span></a></b></u><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://curiousasacathy.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">'Curious as a Cathy'</a></u><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><u><br /></u></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://thesoundofonehandtyping.wordpress.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sound of One Hand Typing</a></u><br /><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.jinglejanglejungle.net/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jingle, Jangle, Jungle</a> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://landmarksounds.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Landmark Sounds</a><b><a href="https://streampebbles.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> (Diedre Knight)</a><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://botb-by-debbie-d.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D</a></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://christinebialczak.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stine Writing</a></span></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Results coming on Friday December 8</b></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b>Now I'm outta here...</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-80555050081135201832023-11-08T02:00:00.045-08:002023-11-08T02:00:00.130-08:00Oh Baby! Who Won the Battle? ( #BOTB Results )<p> </p><p> <b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Tuesday: The trash trucks came by today. For a while I watered my lawn. I had a Stouffers frozen dinner for supper. All in all it was a decent day. I'm glad I lived it. And now for the news...</span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Battle of the Bands Results</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="color: #e16a12; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/w320-h240/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span>Here's the results of <a href="https://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2023/11/you-baby-iwsg-botb.html" target="_blank">my most recent "You Baby" Battle</a>:</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Final Vote Tally</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Lovin Spoonful 6 votes</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Turtles 10 votes</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Next Battle on Friday December 1</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #545454;"> </span>My November schedule is pretty busy in the coming weeks. I probably won't be doing much in the way of blogging activity, but I'll try to visit any midmonth Battles that I see. Have a nice Thanksgiving!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-79798867608793985732023-11-01T02:00:00.169-07:002023-11-01T06:48:32.077-07:00You Baby ( #IWSG & #BOTB )<p> <b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> So NANO is here and that means it's November which means it's almost Thanksgiving which precedes Christmas and New Year--seems like it was just April a minute ago...</span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Insecure Writer's Support Group</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bHN0n694tptHiVJ1yHxDICfN0Bzc0FESppEFzMPRuHivOtIt-x2XsvXCMYcm9FHZUM9RQCFutIaKKusX8Qwvbj8J3XRM4MzC7EH87NJsikQshXczUs_scZH11_zjBZh0N_hENJLcXrKM/s1600/Insecure+Writers+Support+Group+Badge+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="932" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bHN0n694tptHiVJ1yHxDICfN0Bzc0FESppEFzMPRuHivOtIt-x2XsvXCMYcm9FHZUM9RQCFutIaKKusX8Qwvbj8J3XRM4MzC7EH87NJsikQshXczUs_scZH11_zjBZh0N_hENJLcXrKM/s200/Insecure+Writers+Support+Group+Badge+%25281%2529.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><b><i style="line-height: 20.79px;">Join us on the first Wednesday of each month in Alex J. Cavanaugh's<a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;"> </a><a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;">Insecure Writer's Support Group</a>--a forum of writers who gather to talk about writing and the writer's life. For a complete list of participants visit <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;">Alex's Blog</a>. </i></b></span><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="text-align: center;"> The </span></b></span><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">co-hosts for the</b><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"> November 1 posting of the IWSG are <a href="http://www.pjcolando.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">PJ Colando,</a> <a href="http://jeanddavis.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jean Davis,</a> <a href="http://www.lisabuiecollard.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Lisa Buie Collard,</a> and <a href="https://pensivepenspost.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Diedre Knight</a>.</b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;"><br /></b></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">November 1 question: November is National Novel Writing Month. Have you ever participated? If not, why not?</span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> Soon after I first began to blog and had gotten caught up in the fever of it all, I ran across National Novel Writing Month and quickly jumped on board. At the time I was trying to build up an online following so I'd join along with anything that might expand my community relations. That was 2009.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> I had a great experience that first year as I was attempting to post daily on my blog and visit other blogs while working on my first real attempt at writing a novel. It was a crazy time for a number of reasons as you might well imagine, but I'm glad I did it.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> When 2010 came I delved into NANO like an old hand. This time I felt more organized and had cut back on daily blogging (although I was now posting on three different blogs). This next novel project went much better than the first and I think I had more fun with it.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> In 2011 I started to write, but dropped out after the first week. My heart wasn't in it like in the beginning. Since then I've thought about doing the write a novel in a month thing, but it's not a thought I dwell on for long.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> Do I recommend doing NANO? If writing a novel or some other book appeals to you and you can dedicate the time then, sure, I'd say do it. If you stick to the commitment then you'll produce something that you might be able to do something else with later, or at least prove that you can do it.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> But like anything, it's about you, baby! And that reminds me of a couple of songs...</span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Battle of the Bands</b><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s1600/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> Battle of the Bands</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">is</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">the blogging event started by</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><a href="http://farawayeyes1.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Far Away Series</b></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">and</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> now hosted by</span><u style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.48px;"><i> </i><b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</a></b></u><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> This event happens each month on the 15th and on some there is also a Battle on the 1st of the month. My blog is one of those with a second Battle excepting over these summer months. The premise is simple: Listen to the songs presented below and then in the comments vote for your favorite and tell us why you liked it. Then visit the links listed near the bottom of this post for more Battle action.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>You Baby</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I have an album in my collection that has the title </span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Battle of the Bands</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">. It's a double package with greatest hits by two popular bands from the late sixties and on--The Turtles and The Lovin Spoonful. Seems like a natural for this blog feature that I do here. And it just so happens that each group has a song in their set called "You Baby"--different songs, same title. Take a listen and tell us which you like best...</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>The Lovin' Spoonful "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN-OuKi1lj8" target="_blank">You Baby</a>" (1965) </b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit;"> This song was written by the well-known songwriters Barry </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mann, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Spector" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: rgb(51, 102, 204); overflow-wrap: break-word;" title="">Phil Spector</a>, and Cynthia Weill. It was originally recorded by The Ronnettes. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PN-OuKi1lj8?si=An083k8-FuqETtyv" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Turtles "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6naxkCQJsE" target="_blank">You Baby</a>" (1966) </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> Written by P.F. Sloan and Steve Barri, this song was first recorded by the Vogues, but was released first by The Turtles. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/z6naxkCQJsE?si=I8zc4wAgp5vL4yOd" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></p><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif"><b>Time to Vote!</b></span></span><br /></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </b><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span> </span><span> And now it's up to you to help decide the winner here. Which do you like best?. Just listen and have fun.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind. You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.<span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:</b><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b><br style="line-height: 20.79px;" /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"> <b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</span></a></b></u><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://curiousasacathy.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">'Curious as a Cathy'</a></u><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><u><br /></u></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://thesoundofonehandtyping.wordpress.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sound of One Hand Typing</a></u><br /><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.jinglejanglejungle.net/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jingle, Jangle, Jungle</a> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://landmarksounds.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Landmark Sounds</a><b><a href="https://streampebbles.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> (Diedre Knight)</a><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://botb-by-debbie-d.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D</a></span></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://christinebialczak.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stine Writing</a></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Results coming on Wednesday November 8</b></div></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-29909142823595093102023-10-22T21:22:00.000-07:002023-10-22T21:22:06.881-07:00Autumn Waft ( #BOTB Results ) <p> <i><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Not much of a breeze on this fall evening. Just cool autumn air wafting through the windows. But even when summer is gone, we can still sing summer songs...</span></b></i></p><p><i><b><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></b></i></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Battle of the Bands Results</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="color: #e16a12; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/w320-h240/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Summer Showdown</span></b></p><p> <a href="https://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2023/10/summer-breeze-botb.html" target="_blank">The most recent Battle </a>found two contrasting renditions of the Seals and Crofts classic hit "Summer Breeze" which all voters seemed to agree on it being a fine summer song. </p><p> The somewhat ominous sound of Dark Side of Light I did enjoy quite a bit. I even liked the weird electronic sounds and such. But it was the mellow delivery of the duo that won me over. Guess it just fit my mood better. I gave my vote to The Running Mates.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Final Vote Tally</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Running Mates 5 votes</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Dark Side of Light 6 votes</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">An unpleasant sounding write-in 1 vote</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Next Battle on Wednesday November 1</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> Did I really say that? Time to think about Christmas. Happy Halloween!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-5553134565876231622023-10-15T02:00:00.082-07:002023-10-15T02:00:00.142-07:00Summer Breeze ( #BOTB )<p> <b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> It's the middle of the month when I guess I am among the few with a Battle of the Bands post. Be sure to check the other BOTB participant sites listed below in case there are others. Lots going on as I watch another summer disappear in the rearview mirror. Still I've been getting some of those October reminders of the summer breeze. Can you feel it?</span></i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Battle of the Bands</b><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s1600/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> Battle of the Bands</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">is</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">the blogging event started by</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><a href="http://farawayeyes1.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Far Away Series</b></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">and</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> now hosted by</span><u style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.48px;"><i> </i><b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</a></b></u><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> This event happens each month on the 15th and on some there is also a Battle on the 1st of the month. My blog is one of those with a second Battle excepting over these summer months. The premise is simple: Listen to the songs presented below and then in the comments vote for your favorite and tell us why you liked it. Then visit the links listed near the bottom of this post for more Battle action.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Ultimate Summer Song?</span></b></p><p> There might be a bit of a debate as to the most iconic of all summer songs, but I think many of us will agree that Seals & Crofts' "Summer Breeze" is one of the best of the best. The Seals & Crofts duo is not something we'd listen to in my basement back in the seventies, but still their music was frequently heard on our car stereos or wherever our 8-track players were. In the basement I only had a turntable and I didn't have any Seals & Crofts on vinyl. </p><p> The other day I was looking for a different Seals & Crofts song on YouTube and the following choices appeared. As I listened to the singer of the Running Mates I could clearly understand the lyrics that for the most part I had never actually listened to before. Then, the DSOL video had the lyrics for me to read which further clarified what the song was saying. It really is a wonderful summer song! Such visual images portrayed. Is this among your favorite summer songs?</p><p> How about these two versions that inspired me to do this match today? Which do you prefer?...</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">The Running Mates "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXeWnFEnzmw" target="_blank">Summer Breeze</a>" (2022)</span></b></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wXeWnFEnzmw?si=P31mMBQIYMV-kf-B" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe> <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Dark Side of Light "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMdfXaeAneA" target="_blank">Summer Breeze</a>" (2020)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UMdfXaeAneA?si=OB3gMIesoxzoMaDM" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif"><b>Time to Vote!</b></span></span><br /></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span>Hang on to summer for a bit longer as you enjoy these two song versions. Which do you like best?. Just listen and have fun.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind. You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.<span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:</b><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b><br style="line-height: 20.79px;" /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14.85px;"><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"> <b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</span></a></b></u><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://curiousasacathy.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">'Curious as a Cathy'</a></u><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><u><br /></u></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://thesoundofonehandtyping.wordpress.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sound of One Hand Typing</a></u><br /><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.jinglejanglejungle.net/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jingle, Jangle, Jungle</a> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://landmarksounds.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Landmark Sounds</a><b><a href="https://streampebbles.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> (Diedre Knight)</a><br /></b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://botb-by-debbie-d.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D</a></span></b></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://christinebialczak.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stine Writing</a></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Results coming on Monday October 23</b></div></div><div> </div><div> Sure, I'll post the results. I think I can fit that into my schedule.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-62075401289542591852023-10-08T14:48:00.000-07:002023-10-08T14:48:51.699-07:00Who Was on Top & Who Got Just a Little Amount of Votes? ( #BOTB Results )<p> <b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> The title of this blog post gives the answer to the question asked albeit in a somewhat cryptic fashion. If you are interested in knowing which artist won my previous Battle then read on. If you're not interested in knowing then go ahead and read on anyway...</span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Battle of the Bands Results</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="color: #e16a12; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/w320-h240/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Soul of the Soundtrack of My Life</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> During my high school and college years I spent many hours in the retreat of the basement of my family's house. There was a stereo record player there that was usually playing when I was down in that favorite room. The musical styles were widely varied so one might hear just about anything playing while I was in my lair. During the late 60's I'd mostly play rock and pop with a heavy emphasis on The Beatles, but I had some excellent Soul and R & B records as well that spent a fair amount of time spinning on the turntable.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> My most recent Battle featured popular songs from two popular groups of the era--The Four Tops and Little Anthony & the Imperials. In those days my preference would have been with The Four Tops while Little Anthony was more to my sister's liking, though I also enjoyed their music. Now in my mellowing older age of my life have my tastes changed that much. In regard to these two songs I would have to say no. Between Little Anthony's "Hurt So Bad" and The Tops "Reach Out", I still prefer the latter so The Four Tops captured my vote in this contest. And in the final tally, The Four Tops turned out to be the predominate favorite, though most voters also approved of Little Anthony's hit. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Final Vote Tally</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Little Anthony & the Imperials 5 votes</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Four Tops 11 vote</span></b><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">s</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Next Battle on Sunday October 15th</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> At least that's my plan for now. If I decide not to do this then that will become my plan. Come back and see what happens.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-38283841825576852012023-10-04T03:00:00.065-07:002023-10-04T03:00:00.136-07:00Superficial Intelligence ( #IWSG )<p> </p><p> <b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> If computers ever take over the realms of creativity then hopefully they will provide programs that will just inject info into our brains so that we don't have to actually read what the machines write--the machines will just tell us what we would have read if we had actually read it. Why bother to think if someone or something else can think for us? I don't think I like where this could go...</span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Insecure Writer's Support Group</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bHN0n694tptHiVJ1yHxDICfN0Bzc0FESppEFzMPRuHivOtIt-x2XsvXCMYcm9FHZUM9RQCFutIaKKusX8Qwvbj8J3XRM4MzC7EH87NJsikQshXczUs_scZH11_zjBZh0N_hENJLcXrKM/s1600/Insecure+Writers+Support+Group+Badge+%25281%2529.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="932" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5bHN0n694tptHiVJ1yHxDICfN0Bzc0FESppEFzMPRuHivOtIt-x2XsvXCMYcm9FHZUM9RQCFutIaKKusX8Qwvbj8J3XRM4MzC7EH87NJsikQshXczUs_scZH11_zjBZh0N_hENJLcXrKM/s200/Insecure+Writers+Support+Group+Badge+%25281%2529.jpg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif"><b><i style="line-height: 20.79px;">Join us on the first Wednesday of each month in Alex J. Cavanaugh's<a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;"> </a><a href="http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;">Insecure Writer's Support Group</a>--a forum of writers who gather to talk about writing and the writer's life. For a complete list of participants visit <a href="http://www.alexjcavanaugh.com/p/the-insecure-writers-support-group.html" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;">Alex's Blog</a>. </i></b></span><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><span style="text-align: center;"> The </span></b></span><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">co-hosts for the </b><b style="color: #191919; text-align: center;">October 4 posting of the IWSG are <a href="http://www.literaryrambles.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Natalie Aguirre,</a> <a href="http://kimlajevardi.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Kim Lajevardi,</a> <a href="https://fictioncanbefun.wordpress.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Debs Carey,</a> <a href="http://gwengardner.blogspot.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Gwen Gardner,</a> <a href="https://twistingmyths.substack.com/" style="color: #e50000;" target="_blank">Patricia Josephine,</a> and <a href="https://www.rebecca-douglass.com/" style="color: #990000; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Rebecca Douglass!</a></b></p><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><br /></b></div><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #191919; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">October 4 question: The topic of AI writing has been heavily debated across the world. According to various sources, generative AI will assist writers, not replace them. What are your thoughts?</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"> I don't know much about this topic of AI and considering my computer limitations of this past year I'm not sure I care too much. There are advantages to AI as far creativity I would say, but once the human component of creativity has been replaced by AI would the various arts using it tend to become stale and highly formulaic? Then again, maybe that has happened to a great extent with human writers. A great many of the books, films, or other media that become a series have to rely on formula and sameness because that's probably what the audience wants.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> But who am I to say since I don't have enough experience with anything in regard to AI? If the future means reading a lot of stories, seeing a lot of films, or hearing a lot of music that basically sound like something else we've already experienced repeatedly then is that really a good thing? Or has this happened already?</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> I'll admit that I'm pretty much in the dark about AI, but maybe we all are. Maybe only AI knows for sure...</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b> If you haven't done so already, I hope you'll stop by to vote on <a href="https://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2023/10/soul-of-lees-basement-botb.html" target="_blank">my current </a></b></span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2023/10/soul-of-lees-basement-botb.html" target="_blank">Battle of the Bands</a>.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> This one has songs that you probably know and like. And I don't think they were composed using AI, but I couldn't confirm that.</span></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br /></span></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-32522166038691324782023-10-01T02:00:00.207-07:002023-10-01T14:01:25.939-07:00Soul of Lee's Basement ( #BOTB )<p> When my family first went to Maryville Tennessee I figured it was more like a vacation except that my father had to go to work every day. It was a vacation for the rest of us though. My parents and four siblings were staying in our travel trailer parked at a mobile home park. Each day after my father went to work, my mother took the rest of us to some nearby tourist attraction--and there were many! We all fell in love with the area. By mid-August it was decided that we would move here. My parents put our Indiana house up for sale and by September we were settled in our new home in East Tennessee.</p><p> The house we decided on was a nice sized recently built brick house on a very large lot. Of particular appeal to all of us was the large finished half basement that had a large open area with a fireplace, a sort of alcove with small closet, and a laundry room with a bathroom. My father saw a good space for practicing our juggling act. I envisioned a retreat where I could listen to music. There was something for everyone, but I felt like it was mostly my domain. Eventually those in my circle of friends would call it Lee's Basement.</p><p> When our family made the move to Maryville, my record collection was likely not much more than 20 records if that many. I treasured each and every one of them and played them often. My sister also had her records, but she didn't take collecting as serious as I did. My records were usually in better shape than hers and always inside their proper dustcovers. I occasionally listened to her records and enjoyed them, but we had distinct inclinations to like different types of music.</p><p> Each Christmas my mother would take an album wish list from each of us and that would be another 20 or so albums in the house. There would be my Kinks album versus her Bobby Vinton or my Beach Boys against her Diane Renay (anyone remember her? "Navy Blue"?). When she got over Beatlemania and stopped being interested in Beatles records is when they caught my attention an I started listening.</p><p> My sister had her music and I had mine even though I really did like a lot of what she was listening to. I like music and that's why I do this thing...</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Battle of the Bands</b><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s1600/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> Battle of the Bands</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">is</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">the blogging event started by</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><a href="http://farawayeyes1.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Far Away Series</b></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">and</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> now hosted by</span><u style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.48px;"><i> </i><b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</a></b></u><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> This event happens each month on the 15th and on some there is also a Battle on the 1st of the month. My blog is one of those with a second Battle excepting over these summer months. The premise is simple: Listen to the songs presented below and then in the comments vote for your favorite and tell us why you liked it. Then visit the links listed near the bottom of this post for more Battle action.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A Little Bit of Soul</span></b></p><p> Both my sister and I leaned heavily in the direction of the rock or pop genres, but some of the R & B groups caught our attention. We both started listening to the Motown artists, but Joy had already been a fan of the NYC group Little Anthony and the Imperials for a couple years. I also liked their hits that were often played on the Chicago station we listened to when we were still in Northern Indiana. Joy probably liked having their songs as a background to young teenage angst. I just liked their sound, but I could understand how some of their songs could set a mood for reflection or whatever.</p><p> The Four Tops had released several hits before they really registered with me, but soon they caught my attention with their edgier sound. They seemed more like a group for action rather than reflection and being moody. Of course Joy liked those Four Tops songs, but I'm pretty sure she would have rather listened to Little Anthony if the choice were hers for music to set her mood and I think that would be the case even now. </p><p> Has my musical tasted changed over the years as I've become older and more reflective? Back in the late sixties in my basement, my go to music would have been Four Tops over Little Anthony. Where am I now? That's not only for you to find out when I post my results for this Battle, but also for you to decide which you prefer. Listen and remember. And then, please vote...</p><p> </p><p><b><span style="font-size: large;">Little Anthony & the Imperials "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B32fMlmffdo" target="_blank">Hurt So Bad</a>" (1964)</span></b></p><p><br /></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B32fMlmffdo?si=SaPMEmED1xSCA_eR" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Four Tops "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v4twH9KbnU" target="_blank">Reach Out I'll Be There</a>" (1966)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
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</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif"><b>Time to Vote!</b></span></span><br /></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </b><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #545454;"> </span><span>Do these songs bring back memories for you? Which do you like best?. Just listen and have fun.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind. You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /> Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.</span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:</b><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b><br style="line-height: 20.79px;" /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454;"><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</span></a></b></u><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://curiousasacathy.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">'Curious as a Cathy'</a></u><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><u><br /></u></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://thesoundofonehandtyping.wordpress.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sound of One Hand Typing</a></u><br /><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.jinglejanglejungle.net/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jingle, Jangle, Jungle</a> </span></span></b></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://landmarksounds.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Landmark Sounds</a><b><a href="https://streampebbles.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> (Diedre Knight)</a><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://botb-by-debbie-d.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D</a></span></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://christinebialczak.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: 700;" target="_blank">Stine Writing</a></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Results coming on Monday October 9th</b></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-78817112995353127642023-09-22T03:00:00.133-07:002023-09-22T03:00:00.140-07:00Time to Face the Juggling Music ( #BOTB Results )<p><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Sitting on the edge of your seat, the music starts to play. Let the juggling begin! Or at least the blogging. Let the blogging about juggling begin! Yay!...</span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Battle of the Bands Results</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="color: #e16a12; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/w320-h240/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>The Real Juggling Music</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><b style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2023/09/the-real-juggling-music-botb.html" target="_blank">My most recent post </a></b><span style="font-family: inherit;">featured a </span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Battle of the Bands</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> segment with Xavier Cugat's "El Cumbanchero" going head to head with "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" by Les Brown and his Band Renown. These were both songs that my father had chosen as part of the music backing our family juggling act and for this Battle I used two of the actual recordings we often used. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Let me set the scenario up with a description of how the songs were used in the act. Sometimes my family did a whole show where my father did some comedy, my mother or sister would do an acrobatic dance specialty, and then we closed the show with the entire family doing a fast paced juggling routine. That latter portion was what my father called "The Big Act" and often we were hired to perform that act in a show that included other acts.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> We opened the Big Act with the entire family entering the stage while juggling to the song "This Could Be the Start of Something Big" as played by Les Brown & His Band Renown. Only recently did the significance of this song choice occur to me. My father probably purposely used a song with this title to open the Big Act, or maybe he just used it because it was popular at the time.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Our closing used various recorded versions of "El Cumbanchero" that was Cugat's version for a few years until we discovered a version by </span><b><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvuCZbKMJbA" target="_blank">The Pepper Pots</a></span></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> which had a lengthy percussion part that made for an exciting climax to the act.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> As many agreed in the post comments, "El Cumbanchero" is the better juggling song. In fact, it's among the most commonly used songs by jugglers and other performers--or at least back in our day it was. My parents had been using "El Cumbanchero" in their act even before my sister and I joined. "Something Big" was added when we joined after 1960. The song is not the greatest for juggling, but it made for a nice opening. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> "Something Big" was written by the great Steve Allen who has written a ton of songs over the years. Allen was one of my childhood heroes--a likeable personality who did some creative stuff on his TV shows. That's pretty much why I'm going to give my vote to Allen's song in this Battle, but if I were picking out music for juggling then I'd probably cede to that Latin sound.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>Final Vote Tally</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Xavier Cugat 7 votes</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Les Brown 4 votes</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>Next Battle on Sunday October 1st</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-75296248708612944472023-09-15T02:00:00.093-07:002023-09-15T02:00:00.135-07:00The Real Juggling Music ( #BOTB )
<div> <i><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">The basement at my parents' Maryville TN house was, to me, my music room. But it was very likely that my father saw the basement as a space to practice our juggling act. Either way, the music was there...</span></b></i></div><div><br /></div><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Battle of the Bands</b><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b><br /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s1600/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="clear: left; color: #b03300; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLALcgEk9-h-fcnpewIdv2iOKny5VItT9OAStJkvg6bA5KB7Rrgv1PFDaDfmYCkBSYqMexypOPpTEDn1XT9SEp3qQiE6ozJRv_bW-6tNm3dl6wA8m1oUdGWq8-YnLnj4izXsvCs9VXgLlv/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; line-height: 20.79px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> Battle of the Bands</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">is</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">the blogging event started by</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><a href="http://farawayeyes1.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; font-family: inherit; line-height: 20.79px; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><b>Far Away Series</b></a><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">and</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> now hosted by</span><u style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.48px;"><i> </i><b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</a></b></u><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;">.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"> This event happens each month on the 15th and on some there is also a Battle on the 1st of the month. My blog is one of those with a second Battle excepting over these summer months. The premise is simple: Listen to the songs presented below and then in the comments vote for your favorite and tell us why you liked it. Then visit the links listed near the bottom of this post for more Battle action.</span></p></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Juggling Music</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div> My previous Battle centered around my attempt to introduce some rock music into the practice session. My father wanted the same music we used for performance. If we didn't have an actual band to back us up then we had prerecorded music on reel-to-reel. Here are a couple of the actual recordings we used during our act. Which one do you like best?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Xavier Cugat "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0APYyGXMts" target="_blank">El Cumbanchero</a>" (1961)</span></b></div><div><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K0APYyGXMts?si=V-9hrqY1feN6-EmV" title="YouTube video player" width="420"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: large;">Les Brown "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywsNCnUcfb8" target="_blank">This Could Be the Start of Something Big</a>" (1956)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
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</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="background-color: white;"><div><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif"><b>Time to Vote!</b></span></span><br /></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </b><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">At least you don't have to juggle while listening to these. Just listen and have fun.</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> Hopefully you have an opinion of some kind. You don't have to know about music to have an opinion since it all comes down to your own personal taste.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /> Please vote on your favorite by letting us know your choice in the comment section and tell us why you prefer the version you chose. Then after you've finished here, please visit the other blogs listed below who may or may not be participating this time around. And if you've put up your own BOTB contest let us know that as well so we can vote on yours. I don't know if anyone else will be doing a Battle this time around, but you can still check out these sites.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Here are some other places where you might find BOTB posts:</b><b><br /></b></span></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: 20.79px;"><b><br style="line-height: 20.79px;" /></b></span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"> <b><a href="http://stmccpresentsbattleofthebands.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">StMcC Presents Battle of the Bands</a></b></u><b><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"> '</span><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://mikespainwrites.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><u>MIKE'S</u> <u>RAMBLINGS</u>'</a></span><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><br /></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://curiousasacathy.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">'Curious as a Cathy'</a></u><br /><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 18.48px;"><u><br /></u></span></span><u style="color: #666666; line-height: 18.48px;"><a href="http://thesoundofonehandtyping.wordpress.com/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Sound of One Hand Typing</a></u><br /><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 20.79px;"><a href="http://www.jinglejanglejungle.net/" style="color: #b03300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Jingle, Jangle, Jungle</a> </span></b></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><a href="https://landmarksounds.blogspot.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Landmark Sounds</a><b><a href="https://streampebbles.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> (Diedre Knight)</a><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://botb-by-debbie-d.blogspot.com/" style="color: #b84114; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">BATTLE OF THE BANDS BY DEBBIE D</a></span></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration-line: underline;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium; text-decoration-line: underline;"><a href="https://christinebialczak.com/" style="color: #ff32a9; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Stine Writing</a></span></span></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic; line-height: 20.79px;"></span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><b style="font-size: x-large;">Results coming on Friday September 22</b></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149224757183756660.post-89411382223555152912023-09-08T03:00:00.113-07:002023-09-08T03:00:00.143-07:00A Well-Deserved Outcome ( #BOTB Results )<p> <b><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">There are some things I want that I might not get and there are some things that I don't particularly want but end up getting anyway. And then there are some things that I usually don't want but I'm happy to get because it just seems like the way things should be...</span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Battle of the Bands Results</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/s200/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="color: #e16a12; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpyNpXcj1DRqhaBnfKR9ZJbeohND4_S4fDtEQhuI09cTt2y_pmhF1-3QNndJvRgft1XhHmTrBVOJX0W7Ted08OhaJfhlWJTP4B4hH7WDCabJp-j5cIm9UuvztIyqSYFIeBknTasy_LaSan/w320-h240/BATTLE+OF+THE+BANDS%2521+%2528BOTB+Top+Photo%2529+%25281%2529.jpeg" style="border: none; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>The Notorious Record Toss</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="https://tossingitout.blogspot.com/2023/09/basement-juggling-rehearsal-hall-botb.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">My recent Battle</span></b></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> centered around an incident from my early college years when I was still working with my family's juggling act. We would have regular practice sessions where we would run through our routine several times to keep in shape. One evening I put on a cut from one of my favorite rock albums to switch things up. My father was infuriated with my song choice and ripped the LP off the turntable and sail</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">ed it across the room like a frisbee. The mission of the Battle was to figure out which cuts from albums by Santana and Cream angered him so and which was--well, kind of--okay.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Usually our goal is to avoid a complete shut out, but in the case of this Battle an obliteration of the opponent proves a point. My father could not tolerate the Cream song "Rollin' and Tumlin'". I never liked it much either, but I was not happy about my father throwing my record. It survived and I still have it in my vinyl collection. But I still don't like that particular song. And it seems that the majority of voters agreed. A few of you did like it, but not enough to vote for it.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> The consensus among all voters including me is that Santana's "Soul Sacrifice" was the superior recording. With the drumming and fast-paced rhythms the song makes for outstanding juggling music. It was similar to some of the Latin music that we already used in our act so Santana was a natural for our practice session for at least one run through. My father wasn't going to be updating the act with any rock music.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> At least I tried to contribute. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Final Vote Tally</span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cream 0</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Santana 13</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;">Yay!</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;">???????</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"> Maybe I'll do another Battle on Friday the 15th There is more to the juggling rehearsal story.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #545454;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p>Arlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.com5