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Hey,
I've been very disorganized being cooped up all the time. I haven't quite adapted to this "new normal". I've been watching too much news, and reading a lot about the viruss, the immune system, natural approaches to optimizing health, and reaching out to family and friends a bit too.
I'm going to get myself in gear tomorrow and Friday, and finally post some music. I may post new solo video too. I have been practicing some originals that you may not have heard before.
One of those I plan on video taping is called The End Of The World. I wrote it in 2012 when everybody was talking about 12/12/12. Originally the song was supposed to be funny because very few people really believed that the world was going to actually end on December 12, 2012. And the world had "dodged a bullet" on 12/31/1999 with Y2K, Chernobyl, Fukushima, World War II, and numerous other times. Anyway, I worried that my song might be too dark in light of the present dire circumstances. I still think it is entertaining. You be the judge.
There are other songs too that will be posted, if ,as I say, I get myself in gear.
I had quite a number of responses to my last email. I guess people have more time now to read, write, and think. A lot of people reacted to the films I listed and suggested adding some great ones I left out. I added a few new movies myself too. So here is the new list. Feel free to email me your suggestions. A lot of movies really don't fall into just one category anymore than a band does, or a book does. Actually don't you think that the most interesting art usually touches on more than one category with the whole spectrum of emotions on display?
Pandemics: The Andromeda Strain, The Seventh Seal, 12 Monkeys, Contagion, On The Beach, The World The Flesh & The Devil
Comedies: A Night At The Opera, Bringing Up Baby, Harvey, Doctor Strangelove, Modern Times, Young Frankenstein, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Big Lebowski
Monster Movies: Frankenstein (Boris Karloff 1932), Dracula (Bela Lagosi 1931), The Wolf Man (Lon Chaney)
Holiday Flicks: A Wonderul Life, Meet John Doe, The Ten Commandments, Ground Hog Day (okay, Ground Hog Day isn't exactly a "holiday")
Sci-Fi: The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951 or 1994 version, both great), The Thing From Another World (1951 version only), 2001 Space Odyssey (how could I forget that??), Forbidden Planet
Westerns: Once Upon A Time In The West, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, The Searchers, White Buffalo (mystical western with Charles Bronson), High Noon, The Naked Spur, Hombre, Dead Man (Jim Jarmoush, Johnny Depp, Neil Young film score), The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre
Film Noir: Maltese Falcon, The Big Sleep, The Third Man (with a GREAT film score), D.O.A., Night And The City (1950 version), Key Largo,
Political Films: Casablanca, Bulworth (very funny too), The Front (Woody Allen & Zero Mostel, very funny too), The Grapes Of Wrath, The Man In The White Suit (Alec Guiness)
I'm gonna stop there. Your turn
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