Category: Music

Listen, Watch, Read . . .Repeat – Mike_Reverb

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I saw this great post by at Mike_Reverb.

These are the books, song and movie that over and over again make me feel how I felt the first time I experienced them.

Non Fiction Book – Marriage of the Sun and the Moon – non fiction – I read it in college at a time when college was almost over and I couldn’t get any stimulation from my surroundings any longer. I just couldn’t wait to get out and see what life had in store for me. Every time I need that jolt again, I revisit this book.

Fiction Book – The Regulators by Stephen King – The first book that sucked me completely into the world and life’s of the people in the book. The book still scares me.  One of the only books that I re-read once every couple of years.

Song – Dangerously in Love Part 2 – It is how I hope to feel about someone someday. Love never gets old.

Film – Goodfellas – I own the DVD, and have it on the hard driver of both of my computers. Even when it comes on TV, with commercials, all the dubbed over cuss words and violent scenes deleted I still sit and watch it. I am also 100% into every emotion of the movie even though I know what is coming next.

What does it for you?

Whitney Houston Dead – Saturday, February 11, 2012

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Whitney Houston Dead - Saturday, February 11, 2012

I was debating whether to write anything about her on my blog because honestly in the last few years, she has been as wheels off as they come.  Every body and their grandma are posting and blogging about her on FB and Twitter.  It just seems a little hypocritical that now EVERYONE has something great to say about her.  When she was talking about “crack is whack” no one was talking about what a great influence she was on them then.   And, due to the fact that she died the night before the Grammy’s, if an artist wins, are they obligated to say something about her.   Just because she died yesterday, now she has to be a part of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech.  Forced much!

But, then I though that I do have some favorable Whitney moments that I would like to share because no matter what has happen in her life, doesn’t change these moments for me.
“I Have Nothing” from the Bodyguard Soundtrack is my all time favorite Whitney song. I love to sing that song and am humbled by her ability to hit all the different notes in that song.
“I’m Every Women” her remake of the Chaka Khan hit was my New Orleans Anthem. It was the soundtrack to my life in NOLA and always makes me smile.

One thing I loved about that show, “Being Bobby Brown” was how they would always randomly break out into song. It is how I imagine someone who is addicted to the physical act of of sing would do. I do it too. It is that oral fixation thing working. The difference between her and I is that she could actually sing.
So, RIP Whitney. I will remember you for your great moments.

The biggest mistake . . .

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“The biggest mistake we make as human beings is thinking that everyone sees life the way we see it.”  – Ludacris (Didn’t no realizes he was so prothetic.  This from the man who gave us “Roll Out”. Smile!

I dont usually have this problem, some times, but not all the time.  I know people around me who have this problem big time.  Someone who doesn’t understand why people don’t see what she sees and thinks how they thinks.  She would rather get angry and see people fail instead of teaching them what she knows and what she expects.  Teach someone something and you both are happy.

Another big mistake people make is expecting others to feel like you feel about something.  I care about it so you have to care about it.  How self centered is that kind of thinking?

Another big mistake is putting other down so you feel better or wishing others fail too because of your own failings. How sad is your existence if it can only be bolstered by the failings of others?  And how can you measure your own happiness on the failings of another?

If you can find joy, hope, happiness and peace in others triumphs and listen, learn and grow from someone else’s tragedies, then you are always moving in positive light.

Live life in this way and perhaps your triumphs and tragedies will be the stuff that helps others as well.