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Music Notes

By Erik Loomis

In General

On August 26, 2023

It's been a long time since I've done one of these--three weeks I think. Just got busy, lot of traveling, these posts take a lot of time, etc. So let's get back on the wagon here. The main event in my musical life of late...

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Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 890

By Erik Loomis

On August 2, 2021

This is the grave of Joyce Alexander Wein and the future grave of George Wein. Born in 1928 in Boston, Joyce Alexander was not that far removed from slavery, as.

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Music Notes

By Erik Loomis

On July 30, 2021

This week's edition of Music Notes is dominated by my weekend at the Newport Folk Festival. A few initial words. First, LIVE MUSIC! OH MY GOD LIVE MUSIC! I cannot.

Pro Hac Vince Alito don't need no stinkin' facts. He spent much time today trying to generate a hypothetical to justify presidential immunity. Alito had no interest in the facts of the case before him.
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Chris
Steel folding chairs can't cost more than $50.
But what about the cost of the ring, the lights, audience stands all that? Think, man, think!
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Whirrlaway
She continued: [A] state tomorrow could say even if death is around the corner, a state tomorrow could say even if there's an ectopic pregnancy, that still a choice of the state and EMTALA...
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Max Daru They are Neanderthal bones that show growth for more than a decade after a bad break. If the species averaged more than 1 Andressen in a tribe, we would have gone extinct.
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nonextremist The one with the bigger boobs.
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