October 2009
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Top 5: Voices of Blue-Eyed Soul
Here’s a list of my favorite blue-eyed soul singers. I love music that’s boiled down to the simplest form while still retaining the essence of emotion and soul.
1. The Spencer Davis Group (Steve Winwood)
2. Paul Weller
3. The Animals (Eric Burdon)
4. Dusty Springfield
5. The Yardbirds (Keith Relf)
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“At the same time, the very vastness of space acts as a strong discouragement;...”
– James Muirden, from Stars & Planets: An Introduction to the Wonders of Modern Astronomy (1964). I found this book at a thrift store this weekend. The style of writing is very much like Bill Bryson’s A Short History of Nearly Everything.
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“The paradox and contradiction that is made apparent by these anecdotes defines...”
– from “‘This is Not By Me’: Andy Warhol and the Question of Authorship” by Andrew Wilson
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“Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody;...”
– Flannery O’Connor
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