Bob and Terry Andrews are facebook friends of mine. But more importantly they’ve been friends in real life for over 50 years. They are successful entrepreneurs, faithful Christians, and some of the most positive people I know.
Bob regularly posts Bible verses, encouraging quotes, and thought-provoking memes on facebook that challenge us to improve our lives.
The other day Bob posted this graphic…
Harlem (Langston Hughes)
"The short poem poses questions about the aspirations of a people and the consequences that might arise if those dreams and hopes don't come to fruition. The speaker is suggesting that this dream is already delayed and frustrated and that time is of the essence—this dream has to be fulfilled or else. The repeated food metaphors suggest that the dream is sustaining, but has diminished after so long waiting. Full text and analysis"
Hot Time in the Old Town (Edward P. Kohn)
"One of the worst natural disasters in American history, the 1896 New York heat wave killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days. The heat coincided with a pitched presidential contest between William McKinley and the upstart Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who arrived in New York City at the height of the catastrophe. As historian Edward P. Kohn shows, Bryan's hopes for the presidency began to flag amidst the abhorrent heat just as a bright young police commissioner named Theodore Roosevelt was scrambling to mitigate the dangerously high temperatures by hosing down streets and handing out ice to the poor. A vivid narrative that captures the birth of the progressive era, Hot Time in the Old Town revives the forgotten disaster that almost destroyed a great American city."
In addition to the heat wave itself, elements of the Desolation contained in this account include the terrible, inhumane conditions of the New York City tenements and the abrupt decline of Bryant's presidential chances and political future.
I recently saw the play with music, Inherit The Wind, at the Asolo/ U of South Fl theatre. It was fantastic. I want to share why I think it is still relevant. First some background. It is a play written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee that opened on Broadway in 1955.It was based on the Scopes monkey trial in Tennessee in 1925. Tenn. had passed a law preventing the teaching of evolution to high school students. The ACLU wanted to challenge the law in court and arranged for a teacher to confess to teaching evolution. The trial lawyers were 2 of the most famous attorneys in the nation. William Jennings Bryant, who ran for and lost the Presidency three times and Clarence Darrow. Lawrence and Lee had something more in mind than Biblical creation versus Darwin’s theories of evolution. They were responding to the McCarthy attacks on artists because of their alleged communists’ views. The play attacks the idea of disavowing critical thinking. The authors wanted us to question why children or anyone could not be exposed to many, diverse ideas and then use their own minds and power to think to determine the truth for them. They also wanted us to consider that rural America with its’ rigid views was passing away with the increase of urban living. They expressed that more open views were a healthier way of life. The play has caught the imagination of so many as it has been made into motion pictures four times and the starring roles have been played by every important actor of the 20th century.
Now, in 2023, it is being staged in Florida. In my opinion, its’ relevance is even more important, especially in FL. Laws passed in Florida prevent the teaching of sexual and other topics to students in state schools. An even more restrictive law is being considered that would limit social media to people over the age of 18. Like the people in Tenn. in 1925, the legislature in Florida does not believe students can think for themselves. They want to prevent them from receiving information about various topics, including LBGTQA related topics in a school. And they also want to keep them from using social media. The censorship is scary. The magnificent play Inherit the Wind shows the stark contrast between forcing people to accept what some group wants them to accept versus allowing children and all people to hear and read various points of view and using critical thinking to come to their own decisions. I applaud Asolo Rep for their production and doing it at a time when Floridians need a reminder of what a fascist state really looks like.
USS Christmas (2020)
Starring Jen Lilley, Trevor Donovan, and Barbara Niven
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Hailey Dean Mysteries: A Prescription for Murder (2019)
Starring Kellie Martin, Viv Leacock, Matthew MacCaull, Caitlin Stryker, Lauren Holly, Lucia Walters, Gabrielle Miller, Bruce Dawson, Johannah Newmarch, Nathan Witte, Sarah Smyth, and Nancy Grace
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Home for Christmas Day (2017)
Starring Catherine Bell and Victor Webster
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Falling for Vermont (2017)
Starring Julie Gonzalo and Benjamin Ayres
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Return to Christmas Creek (2018)
Starring Tori Anderson, Stephen Huszar, Steven Weber, and Kari Matchett
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Mystery 101: Killer Timing (2021)
Starring Jill Wagner, Kristoffer Polaha, Robin Thomas, and Erin Cahill
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / Movie 6 of 7
Christmas at the Palace (2018)
Starring Merritt Patterson, Andrew Cooper, and Brittany Bristow
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Enchanted Christmas (2017)
Starring Alex and Carlos PenaVega
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Our Christmas Journey (2021)
Starring Holly Robins Peete, Lyriq Bent, Aloma Wright, and Nik Sanchez
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The Angel Tree (2020)
Starring Jill Wagner and Lucas Bryant
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Jingle Bell Bride (2020)
Starring Julie Gonzalo and Ronnie Rowe
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Christmas Scavenger Hunt (2019)
Starring Kim Shaw, Kevin McGarry, and Tom Arnold
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Autumn Dreams (2015)
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Murder She Baked: Just Desserts (2017)
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Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / Movie 5 of 5
A Christmas for the Books (2019)
Starring Chelsea Kane, Drew Seeley, and Chad Connell
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December 1
Christmas in Vienna (2020)
Starring Sarah Drew and Brennan Elliott
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Boyfriends for Christmas Past (2021)
Starring Catherine Haena Kim, Raymond Ablack, and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee
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Hailey Dean Mysteries: Killer Sentence (2019)
Starring Kellie Martin, Viv Leacock, Matthew MacCaull, Lauren Holly, Lucia Walters, and Matty Finochio
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries / Movie 9 of 9
December 2
A December Bride (2016)
Starring Jessica Lowndes and Daniel Lissing
Hallmark Channel / Countdown to Christmas
Christmas in Evergreen (2017)
Starring Ashley Williams, Teddy Sears, Holly Robinson Peete, Jaeda Lily Miller, Marcus Rosner, Barbara Niven, Malcolm Stewart, and Rukiya Bernard
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Falling For You (2018)
Starring Taylor Cole and Tyler Hynes
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December 15
Sister Swap: Christmas in the City (2021)
Starring Ashely Williams, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Kevin Nealon, Keith D. Robinson, Anna Hollbrook, and Jim Byrnes
December 22
Christmas in Evergreen: Bells Are Ringing (2020)
Starring Rukiya Bernard, Antonio Cayonne, Holly Robinson Pete, Barbara Niven, Malcom Stewart, Marci T. House, Marlon Kazadi, Colin Lawrence, Ashley Williams, ad Jaeda Lily Miller
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Starring Inbar Lavi and Jake Epstein
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Adam Dance
Al Pinkerton
Alex Brewer
Alison Bennett
Andrew George
Anna Sabine
Ben Maguire
Bobby Dean
Brian Mathew
Calum Miller
Cameron Thomas
Caroline Voaden
Charlie Maynard
Charlotte Cane
Chris Coghlan
Christine Jardine
Claire Young
Clive Jones
Daisy Cooper
Danny Chambers
Ed Davey
Edward Morello
Freddie van Mierlo
Gideon Amos
Helen Maguire
Ian Roome
Ian Sollom
James MacCleary
Jess Brown-Fuller
John Milne
Josh Babarinde
Joshua Reynolds
Layla Moran
Lee Dillon
Lisa Smart
Liz Jarvis
Luke Taylor
Manuela Perteghella
Marie Goldman
Martin Wrigley
Max Wilkinson
Mike Martin
Monica Harding
Olly Glover
Paul Kohler
Pippa Heylings
Rachel Gilmour
Richard Foord
Roz Savage
Sarah Dyke
Sarah Gibson
Sarah Green
Sarah Olney
Steff Aquarone
Steve Darling
Susan Murray
Tessa Munt
Tom Gordon
Tom Morrison
Victoria Collins
Wera Hobhouse
Will Forster
Zöe Franklin
Independent (5 votes)
Adnan Hussain
Ayoub Khan
Iqbal Mohamed
Jeremy Corbyn
Shockat Adam
Reform UK (5 votes)
James McMurdock
Lee Anderson
Nigel Farage
Richard Tice
Rupert Lowe
Plaid Cymru (4 votes)
Ann Davies
Ben Lake
Liz Saville Roberts
Llinos Medi
Green Party (4 votes)
Adrian Ramsay
Carla Denyer
Ellie Chowns
Siân Berry
Social Democratic & Labour Party (2 votes)
Claire Hanna
Colum Eastwood
Alliance (1 vote)
Sorcha Eastwood
Noes
Labour (373 votes)
Abena Oppong-Asare
Abtisam Mohamed
Adam Jogee
Adam Thompson
Afzal Khan
Alan Campbell
Alan Gemmell
Alan Strickland
Alex Baker
Alex Ballinger
Alex Barros-Curtis
Alex Davies-Jones
Alex Mayer
Alex McIntyre
Alex Norris
Alice Macdonald
Alison Hume
Alison McGovern
Alison Taylor
Alistair Strathern
Allison Gardner
Amanda Hack
Amanda Martin
Andrew Cooper
Andrew Gwynne
Andrew Lewin
Andrew Pakes
Andrew Ranger
Andrew Western
Andy MacNae
Andy Slaughter
Angela Eagle
Angela Rayner
Anna Dixon
Anna Gelderd
Anna McMorrin
Anna Turley
Anneliese Midgley
Apsana Begum
Baggy Shanker
Bambos Charalambous
Barry Gardiner
Bayo Alaba
Beccy Cooper
Becky Gittins
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Ben Coleman
Ben Goldsborough
Bill Esterson
Blair McDougall
Brian Leishman
Bridget Phillipson
Callum Anderson
Calvin Bailey
Carolyn Harris
Cat Eccles
Cat Smith
Catherine Atkinson
Catherine Fookes
Catherine McKinnell
Catherine West
Charlotte Nichols
Chi Onwurah
Chris Bloore
Chris Bryant
Chris Curtis
Chris Elmore
Chris Evans
Chris Hinchliff
Chris Kane
Chris McDonald
Chris Murray
Chris Vince
Chris Webb
Claire Hazelgrove
Claire Hughes
Clive Betts
Clive Lewis
Connor Naismith
Connor Rand
Damien Egan
Dan Aldridge
Dan Jarvis
Dan Tomlinson
Daniel Francis
Daniel Zeichner
Danny Beales
Darren Jones
Darren Paffey
Dave Robertson
David Baines
David Burton-Sampson
David Pinto-Duschinsky
David Smith
David Taylor
David Williams
Dawn Butler
Debbie Abrahams
Deirdre Costigan
Derek Twigg
Diana Johnson
Douglas Alexander
Douglas McAllister
Ed Miliband
Elaine Stewart
Ellie Reeves
Elsie Blundell
Emily Darlington
Emily Thornberry
Emma Foody
Emma Hardy
Emma Lewell-Buck
Emma Reynolds
Euan Stainbank
Feryal Clark
Fleur Anderson
Florence Eshalomi
Frank McNally
Gareth Snell
Gen Kitchen
Georgia Gould
Gerald Jones
Gill German
Gordon McKee
Graeme Downie
Graham Stringer
Grahame Morris
Gregor Poynton
Gurinder Josan
Hamish Falconer
Harpreet Uppal
Heidi Alexander
Helen Hayes
Helena Dollimore
Henry Tufnell
Hilary Benn
Ian Byrne
Ian Lavery
Ian Murray
Imogen Walker
Imran Hussain
Irene Campbell
Jack Abbott
Jacob Collier
Jade Botterill
Jake Richards
James Asser
James Frith
James Murray
James Naish
Janet Daby
Jas Athwal
Jayne Kirkham
Jeevun Sandher
Jeff Smith
Jen Craft
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Jess Asato
Jess Phillips
Jessica Morden
Jessica Toale
Jim Dickson
Jim McMahon
Jo Platt
Jo Stevens
Jo White
Joani Reid
Jodie Gosling
Joe Morris
Joe Powell
Johanna Baxter
John Grady
John McDonnell
John Slinger
John Whitby
Jon Pearce
Jon Trickett
Jonathan Brash
Jonathan Davies
Jonathan Hinder
Jonathan Reynolds
Josh Dean
Josh Fenton-Glynn
Josh MacAlister
Josh Newbury
Josh Simons
Julia Buckley
Julie Minns
Juliet Campbell
Justin Madders
Kanishka Narayan
Karin Smyth
Karl Turner
Kate Dearden
Kate Osamor
Kate Osborne
Katie White
Keir Mather
Kenneth Stevenson
Kerry McCarthy
Kevin Bonavia
Kevin McKenna
Kim Johnson
Kim Leadbeater
Kirith Entwistle
Kirsteen Sullivan
Kirsty McNeill
Laura Kyrke-Smith
Lauren Edwards
Lauren Sullivan
Lee Barron
Lee Pitcher
Leigh Ingham
Lewis Atkinson
Liam Byrne
Liam Conlon
Lilian Greenwood
Lillian Jones
Linsey Farnsworth
Lisa Nandy
Liz Kendall
Liz Twist
Lizzi Collinge
Lloyd Hatton
Lola McEvoy
Lorraine Beavers
Louise Haigh
Louise Jones
Lucy Powell
Lucy Rigby
Luke Akehurst
Luke Charters
Luke Murphy
Luke Myer
Luke Pollard
Margaret Mullane
Maria Eagle
Marie Rimmer
Marie Tidball
Mark Ferguson
Mark Hendrick
Mark Sewards
Mark Tami
Markus Campbell-Savours
Marsha De Cordova
Martin McCluskey
Martin Rhodes
Mary Creagh
Mary Glindon
Matt Bishop
Matt Rodda
Matt Turmaine
Matt Western
Matthew Patrick
Matthew Pennycook
Maureen Burke
Maya Ellis
Meg Hillier
Melanie Onn
Melanie Ward
Miatta Fahnbulleh
Michael Payne
Michael Shanks
Michael Wheeler
Michelle Welsh
Mike Amesbury
Mike Kane
Mike Reader
Mike Tapp
Mohammad Yasin
Nadia Whittome
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Natasha Irons
Naushabah Khan
Naz Shah
Neil Coyle
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Nicholas Dakin
Nick Smith
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Noah Law
Oliver Ryan
Olivia Bailey
Olivia Blake
Pam Cox
Pamela Nash
Pat McFadden
Patricia Ferguson
Patrick Hurley
Paul Foster
Paul Waugh
Paula Barker
Paulette Hamilton
Perran Moon
Peter Dowd
Peter Kyle
Peter Lamb
Peter Prinsley
Peter Swallow
Phil Brickell
Polly Billington
Preet Kaur Gill
Rachael Maskell
Rachel Blake
Rachel Hopkins
Rachel Taylor
Rebecca Long Bailey
Richard Baker
Richard Burgon
Richard Quigley
Rupa Huq
Rushanara Ali
Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Jones
Sadik Al-Hassan
Sally Jameson
Sam Carling
Sam Rushworth
Samantha Dixon
Samantha Niblett
Sarah Champion
Sarah Coombes
Sarah Edwards
Sarah Hall
Sarah Russell
Sarah Sackman
Sarah Smith
Satvir Kaur
Scott Arthur
Sean Woodcock
Seema Malhotra
Shabana Mahmood
Sharon Hodgson
Shaun Davies
Simon Lightwood
Simon Opher
Sojan Joseph
Sonia Kumar
Stella Creasy
Stephanie Peacock
Stephen Doughty
Stephen Morgan
Stephen Timms
Steve Race
Steve Reed
Steve Witherden
Steve Yemm
Sureena Brackenridge
Tahir Ali
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
Terry Jermy
Tim Roca
Toby Perkins
Tom Collins
Tom Hayes
Tom Rutland
Tonia Antoniazzi
Tony Vaughan
Torcuil Crichton
Torsten Bell
Tracy Gilbert
Tristan Osborne
Tulip Siddiq
Uma Kumaran
Valerie Vaz
Vicky Foxcroft
Warinder Juss
Wes Streeting
Will Stone
Yuan Yang
Yvette Cooper
Zarah Sultana
Zubir Ahmed
Democratic Unionist Party (4 votes)
Carla Lockhart
Gavin Robinson
Jim Shannon
Sammy Wilson
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house’s dark past.
Credits: TheMovieDb.
Film Cast:
Caroline Ellis: Kate Hudson
Violet Devereaux: Gena Rowlands
Luke Marshall: Peter Sarsgaard
Ben Devereaux: John Hurt
Jill: Joy Bryant
Bayou Woman: Marion Zinser
Mama Cynthia: Maxine Barnett
Hallie: Fahnlohnee R. Harris
Desk Nurse: Deneen Tyler
C.N.A.: Ann Dalrymple
Nurse Trula: Trula M. Marcus
Madeleine Thorpe: Jen Apgar
Robertson Thorpe: Thomas Uskali
Grace Thorpe: Jamie Lee Redmon
Martin Thorpe: Forrest Landis
Nurse Audrey: Tonya Staten
Creole Gas Station Owner: Isaach De Bankolé
Creole Mother: Christa Thorne
Papa Justify: Ronald McCall
Mama Cecile: Jeryl Prescott
Frail Customer: Lakrishi Kindred
Luke’s Secretary: Sabah
Paramedic: Joe Chrest
Party Guest: David J. Curtis
Party Guest: Tiffany Helland
Party Guest: Brian Ruppert
Film Crew:
Producer: Stacey Sher
Set Decoration: Beauchamp Fontaine
Original Music Composer: Ed Shearmur
Costume Design: Louise Frogley
Producer: Iain Softley
Director of Photography: Dan Mindel
Art Direction: Drew Boughton
Producer: Michael Shamberg
Unit Production Manager: Clayton Townsend
Casting: Ronna Kress
Production Design: John Beard
Producer: Daniel Bobker
Editor: Joe Hutshing
Writer: Ehren Kruger
Costume Supervisor: Joyce Kogut
Producer: Lorenzo P. Lampthwait
Steadicam Operator: Colin Anderson
Carpenter: Leo Lauricella
Sound Mixer: Peter J. Devlin
Set Production Intern: Hiro Taniguchi
Key Hair Stylist: Susan Germaine
Gaffer: Adam Harrison
Sound Designer: Harry Cohen
Standby Painter: Andrew P. Flores
Location Manager: M. Gerard Sellers
Production Supervisor: Gary R. Wordham
Visual Effects Coordinator: Stephanie Pollard
Greensman: Ronald S. Baratie
Key Grip: Thomas Gibson
Craft Service: Chris Winn
Stunt Coordinator: Buddy Joe Hooker
Lighting Technician: Greg Etheredge
Supervising Sound Editor: Wylie Stateman
Construction Foreman: Chuck Stringer
Painter: Andrew M. Casbon III
Stunts: Liisa Cohen
Transportation Captain: Louis Dinson
Scoring Mixer: Chris Fogel
Video Assist Operator: Greg Mitchell
Special Effects Supervisor: Jason Hamer
Thanks: Michelle Guish
Post Production Supervisor: Tania Blunden
Stand In: Lexi Shoemaker
Digital Compositors: Sean McPherson
Art Department Coordinator: Stephanie Higgins Frey
Makeup Artist: June Brickman
Set Costumer: Laurel Frushour
Set Dressing Artist: Dale E. Anderson
Propmaker: William Davidson
Rigging Gaffer: Martin Bosworth
Production Manager: Kimberly Sylvester
Music Supervisor: Sara Lord
Leadman: Jason Bedig
Leadman: Brad Bell
Grip: Gordon Ard
Production Intern: William Jackson
Transportation Coordinator: Ed Arter
Set Designer: Mick Cukurs
First Assistant Camera: John T. Connor
Visual Effects Supervisor: Karl Herbst
Script Supervisor: Elizabeth Ludwick-Bax
Best Boy Electric: Larry Cottrill
Production Coordinator: Zoila Gomez
Still Photographer: Merrick Morton
Special Effects Coordinator: Bob Stoker
Editorial Production Assistant: Jen Woodhouse
Foley: Craig S. Jaeger
Dolby Consultant: Thom ‘Coach’ Ehle
Art Department Assistant: Amanda Fernald Jones
Sculptor: Fred Arbegast
Aerial Director of Photography: Phil Pastuhov
Orchestrator: Robert Elhai
Visual Effects Supervisor: Dan DeLeeuw
Construction Coordinator: Dave DeGaetano
Seamstress: Giselle Spence
Driver: Bill C. Dawson
Property Master: Peter C. Clarke
Publicist: Patti Hawn
ADR Supervisor: Hugh Waddell
Sound Effects Editor: Christopher Assells
Assistant Art Director: Jann K. Engel
Hairstylist: Kathryn Blondell
First Assistant Director: Gary Marcus
First Assistant Editor: Davis Reynolds
Electrician: Jimmy Ellis
Production Accountant: Gregory D. Hemstreet
I/O Supervisor: Ryan Beadle
Set Medic: John Lavis
Visual Effects Producer: Gary Nolin
Rigging Grip: Mike Nami Jr.
Boom Operator: Kevin Cerchiai
Casting Associate: Courtney Bright
Stunt Coordinator: Tom Bahr
Stunts: Conrade Gamble
Stunts: Annie Ellis
ADR Mixer: Jeff Gomillion
Camera Production Assistant: Alex Scott
Storyboard Artist: Richard K. Buoen
Assistant Location Manager...
Jesus here's my May birthdays edit for those who passed away and Madeleine McCann who went missing in 2007 at 3 years old Vera S. Barton, Amerie Jo Garza, Maranda Gail Mathis, Merka Ulmann Barkan, Abram Aba Barkan, Helen B. Antin, Szyfra “Stefi” Fiszbaum Altman, Hershel “Harry” Altman, Francie Waligora Alpert, Anne V. Berend Allen, Reghina Gottesman Adler, Ludwig “Lou” Adler, My grandma Margaret Downs, Erna “Edna” Grunebaum Adler, Judith Kallus Abrahamer, Otto Heinrich Frank, Hana Brady, Bob Saget, Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant, Bojana Asović, John F. Kennedy, Kyle Albert Velasquez, Joanna Caroline “JoJo” Ross, Kayla Renee Rolland, Diana Duff-Smith Wanstrath, Cuong Huy “Tony” Trinh, Ashley Tomchesson Ochoa, SFC Charleston V. “Chucky” Hartfield, Jared Alan Lee Conard Black, Bennie Jewkes Bushnell, Gene Olan “Bubba” Allen II, Brendan Neal Abernathy, Natalie Danielle Brooks, Stephanie Dawn Johnson, Jessica Adrienne “Jess” Rekos, Jack Armistead Pinto, Emilie Alice “Em” Parker, Abigail Joanne “Abbie” McLennan, Randy Michael Gordon, Robert Nicholas “Nick” Creson, Ryan Christopher “Stack” Clark, Pauline “Paultje” Adelaar, Manfred “The Red Baron” von Richthofen, Catherine II the Great, SGT Frederick William Mausert III, Ichiyo Higuchi, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Paycheck, Hank Snow, War Admiral, Hedda Hooper, Eddy Arnold, Ariya Jennings, Indy Llew, Kylie Rowand, Alyssa Miriam Alhadeff, Shana Lorraine Fisher, Caitlin Millar Hammaren, Reginald Hezeriah Harding, John Thomas Henry, Roy Huskey, Trinity Hope Jackson, Jessica Klymchuk, Dean Harold Meyers, Stephanie Michelle Neiman, Daniel Patrick O'Neil, Rachael Angelica Raver, Willie Banks, Lisa Romero-Muniz, Rose Martin Rutledge, Laura Anne Shipp, Scott Keith Sorrell, Cynthia Olinde Tisdale, Maybelle Addington Carter, Johnny Gimble, Gene Tunney, Gary Stewart, James Arness, James Brown, Pinky Lee, Peggy Mount, Gates Brown, Saint Catherine Labouré, Van Alexander, Dee Hardison, Paton Price, Connie Crothers, Jane Connelly, Orange Jacobs, Stan C. Wilson, Harold Allen Drake, Goldy McJohn, Rev. William J. Seymour, Jean-Baptiste Barrier, Lynn Hargate Evans, Bennie Jewkes Bushnell, Florence Kopleff, Roger Robinson, Gerald Irons, & More Angel
REVIEW: Andrew Bryant “Prodigal” #andrewbryant #prodigal #americanahighways #chrisarmes #newmusic2023 #americanamusic
Andrew Bryant – ProdigalSentimental Noises
Review by Chris Armes
Backed by Memphis music greats Will Sexton (Waylon Jennings), Rick Steff (Lucero, Cat Power, Hank Williams Jr.), Alex Greene (Reigning Sound), Jim Spake (Al Green, Levon Helm, Jerry Lee Lewis), Mark Edgar Stuart and Will McCarley, with Bruce Watson (Fat Possum Records) producing and mixing the album in his Memphis, TN studio Delta…
Sagittarius Stars (November 22 - December 21) 1: Janelle Monae, Zoe Kravitz, Reign Edwards 2: Lesley Ann Brandt, Celeste O’Connor 4: Ashley Blaine Featherson-Jenkins, Nafessa Williams 5: Lauren London 6: Ashley Madekwe 7: Idara Victor, Patricia Allison 8: Nikki Minaj, Teala Dunn 9: Jaida Essence Hall 10: Kiki Layne, Raven Symone, Kyliegh Curran 11: Chloe Coleman, Condola Rashad, Joi Harris, Xosha Roquemore 12: Regina Hall 16: Kiara Muhammad, Gretchen Palmer 17: Kiersey Clemons, Izabela Rose 18: Adelayo Adedayo 19: Cicely Tyson, Jen Harper 21: Quinta Brunson, Michelle Hurd, Rutina Wesley
Capricorn Stars (Dec 22-Jan 19) 22: Alexis Floyd, BernNadette Stanis 23: Brooke Singleton, Jessabelle Thunder, Ruby Barker 25: Bethany Antonia, CCH Pounder 26: Sofia Bryant, Trina Parks 27: AmandaMaryanna, Faithe Herman 28: Nichelle Nichols, LovelyOverdose 30: Sheryl Lee Ralph, Aesha Ash, Akosua Busia 31: Susan Wokoma, Donna Summer, Rosalind Cash, Denee Benton
December Events:
1: World AIDS Day | 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities | 5: Disney Day | 8: Pansexual Pride Day | 10: Human Rights Day | 21: Negro Solstice, Winter Solstice | 28: Marvel Day | 31: New Year’s Eve, Karamu Ya Imani (Feast of Faith) Yule: Dec 21 - Jan 1
Kwanzaa 26 - Jan 1
26: Umoja (Unity), 27: Kujichagulia (Self Determination), 28: Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility), 29: Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics), 30: Nia (Purpose), 31: Kuumba (Creativity), 1: Imani (Faith)
The other day Norma Jean and I discovered a quaint little breakfast spot on North Redington Beach, The Sweet Sage Café. It’s a combination café, gift shop, and boutique with a beautiful outdoor garden.
After a delicious breakfast, we began browsing through the gift shop reading some of the clever plaques. Many were inspirational. Others were funny. And a few slightly risqué. However, this one…
Hot Time in the Old Town (Edward P. Kohn)
"One of the worst natural disasters in American history, the 1896 New York heat wave killed almost 1,500 people in ten oppressively hot days. The heat coincided with a pitched presidential contest between William McKinley and the upstart Democrat William Jennings Bryan, who arrived in New York City at the height of the catastrophe. As historian Edward P. Kohn shows, Bryan's hopes for the presidency began to flag amidst the abhorrent heat just as a bright young police commissioner named Theodore Roosevelt was scrambling to mitigate the dangerously high temperatures by hosing down streets and handing out ice to the poor. A vivid narrative that captures the birth of the progressive era, Hot Time in the Old Town revives the forgotten disaster that almost destroyed a great American city."
In addition to the heat wave itself, elements of the Desolation contained in this account include the terrible, inhumane conditions of the New York City tenements and the abrupt decline of Bryant's presidential chances and political future.
Dark Horizons (Jenny T. Colgan)
Synopsis: "Now, you may or may not have noticed, but we appear to be on fire…"
On a windswept Northern shore, at the very tip of what will one day become Scotland, the islanders believe the worst they have to fear is a Viking attack. Then the burning comes. They cannot run from it. Water will not stop it. It consumes everything in its path — yet the burned still speak.
The Doctor is just looking for a game on the famous Lewis chess set. Instead he encounters a people under attack from a power they cannot possibly understand. They have no weapons, no strategy and no protection against a fire sent to engulf them all.
Add in some marauding Vikings with very bad timing, a kidnapped princess with a secret of her own and a TARDIS that seems to have developed an inexplicable fear of water, and they all have a battle on their hands. The islanders must take on a ruthless alien force in a world without technology; without communications; without tea that isn't made out of bark. Still at least they have the Doctor on their side… Don't they?"
Why it's Desolation: Living fire that kills people to turn them into fire zombies! Illusions of their dead loved ones to lure them into the fire's embrace! PAIN!
johnny cash, jessie mae hemphill, woody guthrie, leadbelly, dolly parton, sanford clark, june carter cash, waylon jennings, hank williams, precious bryant, pete seeger, orville peck, algia mae hinton, & many more
This is the list I have accumulated from Pastor Bob Joyce as Elvis. He has told us quite a few who are alive. There are supposed to be over 900 so this list is still short.
I’m going to Memphis!
This is the mighty Tennessee - Memphis & Nashville playlist.
You can’t tell the story of rock n roll without mentioning Memphis.
Mississippi and Nashville, such a great history of music in this region.
Chuck D hits things off with the ultimate introduction.
Hit play here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-iHPcxymC1_X9nesbW37-9FNLiJWOQ1f
This playlist has it all. Soul, blues and rock n roll. We take a journey back to the beginning of country as well, with Nashville and finish up at Dollywood.
Hope you dig it.
Tennessee - Mississippi - Arkansas
001 Henry Rollins & Chuck D - Rise Above
002 Clutch - Devil & Me
003 Paul Simon - Graceland
004 Isaac Hayes - Memphis Trax
005 Scott Walker - Thats How I Got to Memphis
006 AC/DC - let there be rock
007 Johnny Cash - Country Boy
008 Chuck Berry - Back To Memphis
009 Jay Reatard - Gree, Money, Useless Children
010 Lukah - Black Dragon
011 King Curtis - Memphis Soul Stew
012 Rosetta Howard & the Harlem Hamfats - Delta Bound
013 Nots - In Glass
014 Pere Ubu - Memphis
015 Loretta Lynn - The Pill
016 Howlin Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin
017 Rory Gallagher - The Mississippi Sheiks
018 Crime and the City Solution - Streets Of West Memphis
019 River City Tanlines - Met You Before
020 Johnny Cash - Going To Memphis
021 Al Green - Get Back Baby
022 Kim Salmon & The Surrealists - The Zipper
023 Booker T & the MG - Melting Pot
024 Pussycat - Mississippi
025 Boswell Sisters - Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On
026 Aretha Franklin - Muddy Water
027 The Cramps - Garbageman
028 HASH REDACTOR - Good Sense
029 Optic Sink - Personified
030 Angry Angles - Blockhead
031 Big Star - Thirteen
032 Memphis Jug Band - Going Back to Memphis
033 North Mississippi AllStars - K.C. Jones (On The Road Again)
034 Bass Drum Of Death - Bad Reputation
035 Today Is the Day - The Devil's Blood
036 Walk the Line Soundtrack- Get Rhythm
037 Jack White - Temporary Ground
038 Jerry Lee Lewis - A Damn Good Country Song
039 The Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Rumors
040 Saving Abel - Pine Mountain (The Dance of the Poor Proud Man)
041 The Oxford Circle - Foolish Woman
042 Bobbie Gentry - Greyhound Goin' Somewhere
043 Reigning Sound - A Little More Time
044 NINA SIMONE - MISSISSIPPI GODDAM!
045 Laurie Anderson - Hiawatha
046 Glen Campbell - Burning Bridges
047 Dolly Parton - Hillbilly Willy
048 Elvis Presley - Guitar Man
049 Blue Oyster Cult - Divine Wind
050 Sammy Hagar - Halfway To Memphis
051 Izzy Stradlin - Memphis
052 Johnny Cash - Run Softly, Blue River
053 Iron Horse - Unchained
054 The Cramps - Human Fly
055 Faces - Memphis
056 Jack Oblivian - Rat City
057 The Cooters - Bustin' Loose
058 Mott the Hoople - All The Way From Memphis
059 Dusty Springfield - Breakfast in Bed
060 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Tupelo
061 Chicago - Blues In The Night
062 Crossin Dixon - Guitar Slinger
063 Strummin' With The Devil - And the Cradle Will Rock
064 Stray Cats - Can't Go Back to Memphis
065 Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
066 Suzi Quatro - Can't Trust Love
067 Lost Sounds - There's Nothing
068 Ike & Tina Turner ~ River Deep, Mountain High
069 Neil Diamond - Memphis Flyer
070 Julien Baker - hardline
071 The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Memphis Soul Typecast
072 Isaac Hayes - Groove-A-Thon
073 Otis Clay - Trying To Live My Life Without You
074 Tim McGraw - Don't Mention Memphis
075 Eric Burdon & War - Blues For Memphis Slim
076 Homemade Jamz Blues Band - Blues Train
077 Sweet Knives - I DON'T WANNA DIE
078 Cream - Four Until Late
079 Grateful Dead - Golden Road
080 Huey Lewis and the NEWS - Function At The Junction
081 The Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf
082 Jesse Winchester_ The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
083 Dorsey Burnette - Tall Oak Tree
084 Field Music - Time In Joy
085 Jay Reatard - Blood Visions
086 The Rolling Stones - Honky Tonk Women
087 Quintron & Miss Pussycat - Block the comet
088 Al Green - Let's Stay Together
089 The Mountain Goats - Getting Into Knives
090 Johnny Cash - Tennessee Flat Top Box
091 Robert Pete Williams & Robert “Guitar" J. Welch - Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
092 MARY JAMES - MAKE THE DEVIL LEAVE ME ALONE
093 Ministry - Mississippi Queen
094 U.S. Bombs - Rocks in Memphis
095 Nazareth - Jet Lag
096 The Bar-Kays - Holy Ghost
097 Ty Segall - Despoiler Of Cadaver
098 His Hero Is Gone - Like Weeds
099 Jerry Lee Lewis - Memphis Beat
100 Generation X = King Rocker
101 The Doobie Brothers - Wild Ride
102 Bad Company - Whiskey Bottle
103 Black Stone Cherry - When The Weight Comes Down
104 Buddy Miles - Memphis Train
105 Memphis Slim - Rockin' The House (Beer Drinkin' Woman)
106 David Clayton Thomas - Wish The World Would Come to Memphis
107 Lost Sounds - Better Than Somethings
108 Alice Cooper - Ubangi Stomp
109 Tom Waits - Don't Go Into The Barn
110 Hank Snow - Music Makin' Mama From Memphis
111 Phil Ochs - Heres to the State of Misssippi
112 Reigning Sound - Your Love Is A Fine Thing
113 Pixies - Letter to Memphis
114 Bob Dylan - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
115 The Colorblind James Experience - Considering A Move To Memphis
116 B.B.King - Rock Me Baby
117 Carla Thomas - B-A-B-Y
118 Aquarian Blood - A Love That Leads To War
119 Nights Like These - Scavenger's Daughter
120 Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog
121 Clutch - The House That Peterbilt
122 Lyal Strickland - O Arkansas
123 Don Bryant - How Do I Get There
124 The Sensational Barnes Brothers - Trying To Go Home
125 Squirrel Nut Zippers - Memphis Exorcism
126 Faster Pussycat - Tattoo
127 The Rolling Stones - Memphis Tennessee
128 Alcatrazz - Sons And Lovers
129 Evil Army - Violence And War
130 Deep Purple - Somebody Stole My Guitar (Purpendicular 11)
131 Dwight Yoakam - Guitars, Cadillacs
132 UFO - Natural Thing
133 Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys - Tennessee
134 Confederate Railroad - Queen of Memphis
135 The Box Tops - The Letter
136 Jerry Lee Lewis - Night Train To Memphis
137 Reverend John Wilkins - Trouble
138 Phil Lynott - Kings Call (feat. Mark Knopfler)
139 Old Crow Medicine Show - Motel in Memphis
140 Candy Lee- Here in Arkansas
141 Pharoah Sanders - You've Got To Have Freedom
142 Molly Hatchet - Mississippi Moon Dog
143 Rwake - Crooked Rivers
144 CARL PERKINS & PAUL SIMON - A Mile Out Of Memphis
145 Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood
146 Al Green - Talk to me
147 Mush - Eat the Etiquette
148 PJ Harvey - Memphis
149 EX-CULT - Clinical Study
150 Isaac Hayes - Mans Temptation
151 Lil’ Jon & Eastside Boyz - Rep Yo City
152 Rufus Wainwright - Memphis Skyline
153 Stray Cats - 18 Miles to Memphis
154 Amasa Hines - Earth and Sky
155 Joe Henderson - Back Road
156 Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash - Memphis Woman
157 Norma Jean - Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste
158 Fess Parker - Ballad of Davy Crockett
159 Assjack - Redneck Ride
160 Brother Andy & His Big Damn Mouth - Social Lube
161 The Replacements - Alex Chilton
162 Ann Peebles - The handwriting is on the wall
163 The Highwaymen - Big River
164 The Cult - Memphis Hip Shake
165 STEVE EARLE - Hillbilly Highway
166 The BO-KEYS featuring OTIS CLAY -Got To Get Back
167 Rush - Tom Sawyer
168 Class Of '55: Memphis Rock & Roll Homecoming - Birth Of Rock And Roll
169 Hank Williams Jr - Memphis Belle
170 Sam Moore & Dave Prater - Soul Man
171 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Bloc Bloc Bloc
172 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Just Dropped In
173 Linda Heck - pictures of dead people
174 Carla Thomas - Sugar
175 Three Mafia 6 - Mystic Stylez
176 Osborne Brothers- Rocky Top
177 The Beverly Hillbillies Theme Song
178 Wilson Pickett - Barefootin'
179 Dolly Parton - Jolene
180 Charlie Daniels - long haired country boy
181 The Civil Wars - From This Valley
182 Jill Jack - Gettin' On In Memphis (The Elvis Song)
183 Huckleberry Finn and His Friends - Opening title
184 Dead Cross - Skin of a Redneck
185 Johnny Cash - I Never Picked Cotton
186 Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
187 Isaac Hayes - That love feeling
188 Aretha Franklin - I say a little prayer
189 Little Milton - What Do You Do When You Love Somebody
190 Howlin' Wolf - Spoonful
191 Weird Al" Yankovic - Money For Nothing / Beverly Hillbillies
192 The Oblivians - I'll Be Gone
193 OT Sykes - Stone crush on you
194 The Mad Lads - Come closer to me
195 The Box Tops - Choo Choo train
196 Bobby Blue Bland - dreamer
197 Wanda Jackson - Rip It Up
198 Junior Parker - Love Ain't Nothin' but a Business Goin' On
199 The Nightingales ft. Tommy Tate - Just a Little Overcome
200 The Louvin Brothers - Satan is real
201 Overture "Big River" - (1985 Original Broadway Cast)
202 Ike & Tina Turner - Shake
203 Playa Fly - fly shit
204 Adia Victoria - Different Kind Of Love
205 Grateful Dead - Tennessee Jed
206 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Backwoods
207 Otis Redding - Tennessee Waltz
208 Nashville Pussy - The Late Great USA
209 The Paperhead - The true poet
210 Tomahawk - South Paw
211 Night Beats - Her Cold Cold Heart
212 Forest of Tygers - human monster
213 LOSS - All Grows on Tears
214 Charlie McCoy - Wayfaring Stranger
215 Dick Stusso - Modern Music
216 Eddie Noack - Aint the Reaping Ever Done
217 Jason & the Scorchers - Greetings From Nashville
218 Jasmin Kaset and Quichenight - A Single Right Word
219 Gospel Keynotes - Give Me My Flowers
220 WEEN - Scrape the Mucus off My Brain
221 Shannon Shaw - Broke My Own
222 The Jesus Lizard - Blue Shot
223 Eddy Arnold - Tennessee Stud
224 Clutch - Pure Rock Fury
225 Today Is The Day - Who Is The Black Angel?
226 Hank Williams Jnr - Tennessee River
227 The Dead Weather - Bone House
228 Every Mother's Nightmare - Long Haired Country Boy
229 Motley Crue - She goes down
230 Waylon Jennings - Tennessee
231 Dolly Parton - Down On Music Row
232 Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Lets Go Burn Ole Nashville Down
233 The Byrds - Nashville West
234 Sharon Van Etten - Every Time the Sun Comes Up
235 Bill Anderson ~ More Than A Bedroom Thing
236 Dottie West - Route 65 To Nashville
237 Intruder - The Martyr
238 Johnny Cash - Smiling Bill McCall
239 Lynard Skynyrd - Workin For MCA
240 The Everly Brothers - Nashville Blues
241 Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Elusive Dreams
242 Nashville Bluegrass Band - Im Gonna Love You
243 Ringo Starr - No-No Song
244 Hank Williams - Hey, Good Lookin'
245 The Lovin Spoonful - Nashville Cats
246 They Might Be Giants - James K. Polk
247 Commander Cody - Back To Tennessee
248 Wanda Jackson - Shakin' All Over
249 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Grand Ole Opry Song
250 Tomahawk - Flashback
251 Megadeth - Dystopia
252 Dolly Parton - Train, Train
253 The Clovers - One Mint Julep
254 Trampled By Turtles - Whiskey
255 Tom T. Hall - Nashville is a Groovy Little Town
256 Muddy Waters - I am the blues
257 Foo Fighters - Congregation
258 Pavement - Strings Of Nashville
259 Joe Ely - Tennessees Not The State Im In
260 Waylon Jennings - Nashville Bum
261 The Charmels - As Long As I Got You
262 Eve Maret - Do my thing
263 SABATON - 82nd All the Way
264 Halfway To Hazard - Welcome To Nashville
265 Nashville Pussy - Go Motherfucker Go
266 Indigo Girls - Nashville
267 Snarls - Walk In The Woods
268 Steeler - Cold Day in Hell
269 Strummin' With The Devil - Jamies Cryin'
270 spazz gummo love theme
271 The Cramps - Cornfed Dames
272 Saxon - Solid Ball Of Rock
273 Al Green - Tired of Being Alone
274 Soul Friction - It's Out Of My Hands
275 Today Is the Day - Wheelin'
276 Jackie Lynn - Odessa
277 The Jesus Lizard - Nub
278 Bully - Where To Start
279 Sonny Boy Williamson II - Lonesome Cabin
280 Tomahawk - God hates a coward
281 The Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl
282 Tom Waits - Jitterbug Boys
283 The Evil Dead Soundtrack - Bridge Out
284 Wanda Jackson - Thunder On The Mountain
285 Elvis Presley - Where Do I Go From Here
286 Booker T & the MGs - Back Home
287 Ezra Furman & the Harpoons - American Highway
288 Joe Ely - dream camera
289 Assjack - Tennessee Driver
290 Nashville Pussy - We Want A War
291 Dwight Yoakam - A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
292 Hank Williams, Jr. - Knoxville Courthouse Blues
293 ZZ Top - My Head's in Mississippi
294 Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Honky Tonkin'
295 Dead Weather - Die by the Drop
296 The Black Belles - What can I do
297 Dolly Parton - Cowgirl And The Dandy
298 The Secret Sisters - I've Got a Feeling
299 Justin Townes Earle - Aint Got No Money
300 Tomahawk - M.E.A.T
301 Jex Thoth - The Places You Walk
302 Bill Carter - Road To Nowhere
303 Bill Dees (Roy Orbison back vocals) - Tennesse Owns My Soul
304 Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks
305 The Who - Whiskey Man
306 Hank Williams III - Crazed Country Rebel
307 The Lost Sounds - I Get Nervous
308 Big Star - September Gurls
309 ZZ Top - Whiskey n Mama
310 Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down
666 Isaac Hayes - Hyperbolicsyllablecsesquedalymistic
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