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Diamond Rio's version of You're Gone

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THE BEST WRITTEN SONGS OF ALL-TIME

     Because I have zero innate musical ability, the idea that someone can sit down with a musical instrument, and create an original song out of thin air is magic to me. Songwriting is a craft, but it’s inspiration that makes a good song into a great one. There are songwriters who seem able to turn out high quality songs in perpetuity. There are others who write maybe one or two great songs, and are never heard from again. So, I made a list of what I think are the 50 best written songs I’ve ever heard. These are in no particular order. I’ve listed the title followed by the songwriter or songwriters, and in parentheses is the performer I most enjoy hearing do the song – although most of these songs have been recorded countless times by a variety of artists. You can probably find all of these on YouTube or any of the streaming services. Most have lyrics, but some do not. But, it’s hard for me to imagine any of these songs being recorded by anyone with talent, and not retaining the brilliance with which the song was written.

Claire de Lune by Claude Debussy (Eugene Ormandy & The Philadelphia Orchestra)

Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin (Zubin Mehta & The New York Philharmonic, Gary Graffman, piano)

A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke (Sam Cooke)

Coal Miner’s Daughter by Loretta Lynn (Loretta Lynn)

Hello Walls by Willie Nelson (Faron Young)

I Left My Heart In San Francisco by George Cory and Douglass Cross (Tony Bennett)

God Bless The Child by Arthur Herzog, Jr. and Billie Holiday (Billie Holiday)

Eleanor Rigby by Paul McCartney and John Lennon (The Beatles)

Blind Willie McTell by Bob Dylan (Bob Dylan)

A Remark You Made by Wayne Shorter (Weather Report)

She’s Always a Woman by Billy Joel (Billy Joel)

Roll Me Away by Bob Seger (Bob Seger)

Margie’s At the Lincoln Park Inn by Tom T. Hall (Bobby Bare)

Angel From Montgomery by John Prine (Bonnie Raitt and John Prine)

Rainy Night in Georgia by Tony Joe White (Brook Benton)

You Never Can Tell by Chuck Berry (Chuck Berry)

Where or When by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart (Dion and The Belmonts)

American Pie by Don McLean (Don McLean)

It Was a Very Good Year by Ervin Drake (Frank Sinatra)

Gentle On My Mind by John Hartford (Glen Campbell)

Early Morning Rain by Gordon Lightfoot (Gordon Lightfoot)

Book of Rules by Harry Johnson and Barry Llewellyn (The Heptones)

Highwayman by Jimmy Webb (The Highwaymen)

American Music by Ian Hunter (Ian Hunter & Mick Ronson)

That’s Entertainment by Paul Weller (The Jam)

Song of Bernadette by Leonard Cohen (Jennifer Warnes)

Jazzman by Carole King and David Palmer (Carole King)

Talking Back to The Night by Steve Winwood and Will Jennings (Steve Winwood)

My Favorite Things by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (John Coltrane)

Don’t It Make You Want to Go Home by Joe South (Joe South)

Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down by Kris Kristofferson (Kris Kristofferson)

Heart Like a Wheel by Anna McGarrigle (Linda Ronstadt)

I Am a Town by Mary-Chapin Carpenter (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)

Footprints by Wayne Shorter (Miles Davis Quintet)

Pleasant Valley Sunday by Gerry Goffin and Carole King (The Monkees)

This Old Town by Jon Vezner and Janis Ian (Nanci Griffith)

Brooklyn Roads by Neil Diamond (Neil Diamond)

Thrasher by Neil Young (Neil Young & Crazy Horse)

Box of Rain by Robert Hunter and Phil Lesh (Grateful Dead)

Is That All There Is? By Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (Peggy Lee)

Louisiana 1927 by Randy Newman (Randy Newman)

King of the Road by Roger Miller (Roger Miller)

America by Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)

The Sound of Silence by Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)

Children’s Crusade by Sting (Sting)

My Girl by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White (The Temptations)

Green, Green Grass of Home by Claude “Curly” Putnam, Jr. (Tom Jones)

Downtown Train by Tom Waits (Tom Waits)

The Whole of The Moon by Mike Scott (The Waterboys)

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys by Sharon Vaughn (Willie Nelson)

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RETRO: Quick Q and A with Amy Speace

RETRO: Quick Q and A with Amy Speace

I took the wayback machine to 2008 to when I interviewed Amy Speace.  I had just discovered her music back then and I can say with all sincerity that my admiration for this woman has increased tenfold since then. Not only has she recorded some outstanding records but she has become a mom and has come face to face with past traumas and she is not afraid to tell the world about it. Amy Speace is a…

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A quick shot of our lovely set for “Two Gentlemen of Verona” designed by Andrew Sierszyn in our lovely afternoon dappled sunlight.  The show runs 2 more weekends - June 3, 4, 10, 11 at 4:30 in the Nelson Amphitheatre on the campus of Concordia University

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Hey there! I know I’m a stranger but I was recently admitted to CUI (which I heard you attend?) and I was wondering your personal opinion on it! I think it’s an awesome school but I’m not entirely sure if I want to attend, ya know? Could you offer some advice? Thank you either way!

Oh heck yeah! I’m really curious as to who you are and how you found out I go to CUI, haha.

Personally? I love this school and the time I’ve spent here, and I’ve had moments walking across campus thinking, “I’m so glad I went here,” no joke. There are several reasons for that: small size of basically everything, the faculty, the location, and the cafeteria (mostly). 

Everything is small here. You can walk across campus in 5 minutes. The classes are always under 30 students (except for precious few general classes like the freshman intro class and general physical fitness lecture) and I’ve mostly been in classes of 10 or under in my majors’ classes (Math and Graphic Design). Also kinda on the topic of rooms, the dorm rooms are cushy comparatively to other dorms. The non-quad buildings are suite-style and the quads are apartment-style, with a toilet and shower per 4 students, not a floor of students sharing a stall bathroom. Also, you don’t have those brick walls that a lot of other universities have, you can actually put thumbtacks into these walls. And there are professors in residence! I live in the Uppers Quads, where there are 3 separate families of professors with their kids, and personally? I love it. Uppers has always felt like a big ol’ family to me, especially with hall events.

The small size helps out the faculty, and all the professors I’ve had except for like... one or two have been amazing and passionate about what they’re teaching. I took a look on your profile and it looks like you like history and psychology? I’m not even in those areas and I still have personal experience/positive grapevine talk about those professors. For me, Dr. Armstrong (also highly involved with Honors goings-on) was the professor who got me to finally like history in CHST 201 after high school killed it for me, partially because Ancient Greek and Roman history is his baby. He also takes students on Getty Villa field trips at least once every semester, once to see the play that happens out there, and it’s great. Dr. Cosgrove was my professor for Intro to Psychology, and she was fantastic with a class of 4 students including me! I know about other professors (Flores, Francisco, Karges, Matthews) and that they all have excellent reputations. Word of mouth is swift here, and you *will* get recommendations on whose classes to take. It’s a bit more likely that adjuncts will provide inferior learning, but faculty who care about the students interview them, so it’s not nearly as bad as a large university.

Personally, my experience with the Mathematics and Art faculty has been so amazing. Math (Prof Melberg and Dr.s Croll, Schulteis, Taylor) and Art (Soo, Hayes, Dunham, Kruger) are all so invested in their students’ success, no matter if it’s a GE or a major-specific course. There’s also a bit of group discussion encouraged as a mix with traditional lecture at least for Math.

Additionally, I’m in the string orchestra, and while ensemble directors all have this “Music is the only thing you should be focusing on” attitude to some extent, I really love interacting with them. Also, they’re super helpful in networking with theater and church gigs if you ask (Dr. Held recommended me to one of the theater profs, Dr. Vezner, to play violin, and subsequently got pulled back for nice paying gigs several times). Not as applicable if you’re not in music, but we will have the new music and theology building open for use starting I think in Fall 2019. And even if you’re not in music, we have *so many* great performances for strings, winds, choir, *handbells*, and the mini theater productions. CUI (and our donors) really loves the arts, man. 

The location is excellent, especially if you’re from out-of-state. Irvine is literally ranked the safest city in California, and UCI with all of its amenities (the library!!) and other fun stuff (University Town Center, Woodbridge area) is right next door. You’re a stone’s throw from the beach and the mountains and theme parks and several malls (The Spectrum, South Coast Plaza, Fashion Island, The District). Some of these places are 100% close enough to walk or bike to, and I’ve done so many times. I guarantee at some point you’ll make friends with someone who has a car, or if not, there’s a shuttle service that goes out on weekends.

And finally the cafeteria. It’s comparatively better than other college cafeterias in my opinion. There’s always something you’ll want to eat; just don’t let Senior Preview Day trick you on the daily quality of the food! Also, breakfast is consistently good, since you can order eggs and omelettes how you’d like them. Meal plans work on an allotted x meals a week deal, starting on Monday, at either 19, 14, or 10, or you can appeal to have no meal plan past freshman year in case of dietary stuff. 

Some cons? If you’re not too into Jesus then the required Theology (Old Testament and New Testament) probably won’t be cool. The school *is* affiliated with LCMS Lutheranism, and I’ve had my fair share of Catholic vs Protestant joking around with professors. All Theology and some History profs are Lutheran pastors. As a very personal note for when I turned 21, the campus is a dry campus for the sake of reducing liability issues, and it’s pretty frustrating to me. If you eventually have a car, parking is free but holy crap is it hard to find a parking space sometimes!! I’m not involved in sports, but we apparently do well?? but we don’t have a football team. The bureaucracy has gotten really congested with clubs and orgs over the past 5 years I’ve been here. 

But I mean, in short? Like I said way up there, sometimes I get moments where I’m walking across campus and I think, “I love this place and I’m so glad I came here of all places.” I met my rock-solid group of close friends and my boyfriend (long story) here, I have professors who I really do consider friends (and for the end-of-the-year math dept. dinner? Almost like family! Three of them are moms!) and who are so invested in my and other students’ success, and I believe I can truly say I've grown tremendously as a person while going to CUI because of these people. 

That, uh... mini-essay kinda encapsulates my personal experience with and feelings about CUI. I definitely recommend campus visits to each college you’re accepted to if you’re undecided and able to, though. Good luck picking where you want to go, and I hope this helped you understand CUI better!

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Talking about the NHL awards with people from Queens is very funny bc when they say Vezina you think it’s the “Vezner” but no. It’s really pronounced like that.

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4. The Patron Saint of 2SLGBTQ+: Conflict, Understanding, and Sin

Trying to navigate the Catholic Church, the 2SLGBTQ+ community, and saints is a difficult task. Although some saints have been connected with the 2SLGBTQ+ community, there is no patron saint for queer people. As of right now, the Catholic church stands that homosexuality should not be involved in Christian society (Gutterman, 2011), and even with the more tolerant views from Pope Francis, homosexuality is still classified as a sin.

However, the opinions of the Church does not stop queer people from engaging within it. Some queer people are Catholics, and some desire to model their lives after Christ. Though, for those that are in the Church and queer, they can often feel at times isolated and removed from the Church. So I pose the question, should there be a Catholic saint for queer people, and would this be successful?

For the purpose of this question, I will be using Joan as the model for a possible queer Catholic saint. As previously mentioned, Joan is already a saint with a very successful following. However, she has also been central in several conversations about being transgender and possibly queer. Following the publishing of Saint Joan or Arc by Vita Sackville-West, several plays depicting Joan as queer, and several books examining the possibility of her queerness, Joan is now connected with queer people within and outside of the Church (Dolgin, 1951). 

In the United States, a Catholic Church with Joan’s namesake often participates in pride events. There is the undeniable connection that queer people impose on Joan within that local community, as they connect with her and depict her as a queer person (Vezner, 2008). Naturally, it can be assumed that individuals pray to Joan about their queer experiences currently, which means that making her a patron saint for queer people would not be unfounded.

Though, it is important to address why there is not a queer saint. As previously mentioned, it is considered a sin by the Catholic Church. They do not wish to give space, or a platform for individuals who are queer. By making a saint who is queer, they are not expressing a model that they wish to put forward (Gutterman, 2011). As well, in regards to sexuality when modelling Christ, there is no answer in the bible for Jesus’s sexuality. Though he may not have been straight himself, it is not addressed and therefore cannot be an exemplar of Jesus.

However, there is still a purpose to exploring a queer saint. During the colonization of what will become Canada, the Catholic Church used St. Kateri Tekakwitha as an exemplar for other Indigenous people (Shoemaker, 1995). By sharing her story, and showing her connection with Christ, they were able to spread Catholicism throughout Canada. Perhaps, by designating a queer saint, or platforming a queer Catholic, this would have a similar effect.

In conclusion, although Joan would possibly make the perfect queer saint, it will likely never happen. The Catholic Church does not wish to engage with the lives of the 2SLGBTQ+ community in a way that celebrates or accepts their existence. Although it may be beneficial in the further spreading of Catholicism, it is not something the Church would do. The inclusion of a queer saint, although beneficial for those who are queer within the Church, would not benefit the universal church and its mission. 

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Tom Paxton, Don Henry and Jon Vezner: stars of our screen and stage. #mountainstage #almostheaven http://ift.tt/2w1mLv8

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Languard Locations: Beyond the Walls

Publisher: Raging Swan Press

A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Compatible GM’s Resource by Christopher Bunge, Sam Cameron-McKee, Kim Frandsen, Christopher Hunt, Aaron King, Ben Martin, Rebecca McLaren, Hilary Moon Murphy, Adam Ness, Treyson Sanders, Kris Vezner and John Whyte

Storied Languard— the capital of Ashlar and its greatest city—stands hard against Hard Bay’s turbulent, stormy waters. To the north lies the Mottled Spire’s brooding spray-drenched mass, the curse-haunted ruins of Greystone and Gloamhold’s doom-wreathed halls. Ashlar’s greatest—indeed only—city, Languard is a noisy, dirty place. Here, amid broad, muddy streets teeming with life and shadow-mantled, danger-filled alleyways there is little beneath the sun that cannot be had somewhere—for a price.

Languard Locations: Beyond the Walls presents twelve additional locations designed for use with City Backdrop: Languard. While the locales within are designed with Languard in mind, they are easily convertible for use in your campaign.

This product is a Dual Format PDF. It comes in two different versions: one optimised for printing and use on a normal computer and one optimised for use on a mobile device such as an iPad.

For a free sample, please visit Raging Swan Press's website.

Price: $3.45 Languard Locations: Beyond the Walls published first on https://supergalaxyrom.tumblr.com

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Languard Locations: Beyond the Walls

Languard Locations: Beyond the Walls

Languard Locations: Beyond the Walls

This installment of the Languard Locations-series clocks in at 16 pages, 1 page front cover, 2 pages of advertisement, 1 page editorial/ToC, 1 page SRD, 1 page back cover, leaving us with 10 pages of content, so let’s take a look!

  Well, first things first: This pdf does contain a list of author biographies in the back that spans 1.5 pages – and this is a…

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Music Icon Rodney Crowell To Lead 2nd Annual “Heal The Music Day”

Music Icon Rodney Crowell To Lead 2nd Annual “Heal The Music Day”

Music icons Rodney Crowell and Jon Vezner are joining forces with Music Health Alliance to help Heal The Music. The 2nd annual “Heal The Music Day” will take place on Friday, October 19, 2018 as a day of nationwide music industry fundraising and awareness to support the critical and life-saving free services provided by Music Health Alliance.

Since founding in 2013, Nashville-based non-profit…

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Music Icon Rodney Crowell To Lead 2nd Annual “Heal The Music Day”

Music Icon Rodney Crowell To Lead 2nd Annual “Heal The Music Day”

Music icons Rodney Crowell and Jon Vezner are joining forces with Music Health Alliance to help Heal The Music. The 2nd annual “Heal The Music Day” will take place on Friday, October 19, 2018 as a day of nationwide music industry fundraising and awareness to support the critical and life-saving free services provided by Music Health Alliance.

Since founding in 2013, Nashville-based non-profit…

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I heard a siren late last night You must have felt me shiver Shaken by a wave of fright That you calmed with a whisper And fear gave way to better things And sweeter dreams Like a warm spring rain On the roof above The way you call my name When we make love While the world outside my window goes insane You’re here to remind me a few good things remain

Jon Vezner/Pat Alger, “A Few Good Things Remain”

Recorded by Kathy Mattea

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(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX46M0rB2NQ)                                                                                            Vezner                                                                          20 hours ago                                                                                                      Dejavu. The Dimocrats told us the same thing in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and etc. This is the same BS but from new moronic mouths.

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Raccoon scales Minnesota skyscraper, captivating anxious viewers

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A raccoon’s journey up the side of a St. Paul, Minnesota, skyscraper Tuesday caught the interest of onlookers and many others on social media.

Dubbed #mprraccoon by Minnesota Public Radio, the animal was first spotted Tuesday morning just a few stories off the ground – then it started to climb.

I don't know if I can watch this much longer. The #mprraccoon is scaling the UBS Tower. Now 12 stories up. pic.twitter.com/MaP35MLo9j

— Tim Nelson (@timnelson_mpr) June 12, 2018

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The furry critter’s ascent up the UBS Tower, as it clung only to the building’s rough exterior more than 20 stories above the ground, started to stress people out on Twitter.

I’m going to need one of you to tell me when it’s safe to look at Twitter again.

And by “safe” I mean “sometime after #mprraccoon is rescued, swaddled with a fluffy towel and given some milk and a cookie.” https://t.co/Yhp7H05YTU

— Jennifer Brooks (@stribrooks) June 12, 2018

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Stop what you doing and follow the #mprraccoon story! It’s 12am in #SouthAfrica and doesn’t look like I’m going to get to sleep tonight

— Kelvin Alston (@Kelvinalston) June 12, 2018

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Mary Lucia is deeply concerned about the #mprraccoon pic.twitter.com/rcRkHMzauo

— Tim Nelson (@timnelson_mpr) June 12, 2018

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I’m pregnant. I’m emotional. I’m heavily invested in the welfare of a juvenile raccoon. #mprraccoon

— Summer is the worst. (@lindseymoon) June 12, 2018

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It took me all of about 30 seconds to become fully invested in the #mprraccoon

— Emily O'Rourke (@emuhlee_13) June 12, 2018

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As it continued it’s journey skyward, people began posting images of the raccoon’s progress:

Can you see him? He's waaaaaay up there pic.twitter.com/ZnRZGr2qH4

— Tad Vezner (@SPnoir) June 12, 2018

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He is on the ledge on our floor. He seems to be doing well. We’ve been told that the building has live traps on the roof and are trying to get him to go up there. We all just have to keep our fingers crossed.. #mprraccoon pic.twitter.com/HY1PkuFKz0

— Paige Donnelly law (@donnelly_law) June 12, 2018

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The #mprraccoon is doing a little grooming now that he's a social media star. You know, on a 23rd floor window ledge. @MPRnews pic.twitter.com/pGcwh7OJ6L

— Tim Nelson (@timnelson_mpr) June 12, 2018

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The #mprraccoon has arisen from his nap and is climbing again. pic.twitter.com/K1popKu2bF

— Tim Nelson (@timnelson_mpr) June 12, 2018

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According to Minnesota Public Radio, the raccoon was first spotted on a small ledge of a nearby building, where it huddled all day and night. A maintenance crew tried to offer it an escape route, but the creature – that likely hasn’t had water or food for two days – fled to another building and finally to the UBS skyscraper.

The windows of the UBS Tower don’t open, so at this point animal control authorities hope it keeps going to the roof where it can be rescued in a live trap, according to WCCO.

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from FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports http://fox4kc.com/2018/06/12/raccoon-scales-minnesota-skyscraper-captivating-anxious-viewers/

from Kansas City Happenings https://kansascityhappenings.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/raccoon-scales-minnesota-skyscraper-captivating-anxious-viewers/