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  • siljan
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    Thank you amarynth for sharing that interesting story. I believe there is a higher power that leads us to meet certain people that changes our lives. What we give to others we will receive back in equal measure…

    “So many gods, so many creeds so many paths that wind and wind, while just the art of being kind is all this sad world needs”.   – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

    siljan
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    THE TEN INDIAN COMMANDMENTS

    – Treat the Earth and all that dwell thereen with Respect
    – Remain close to the Great Spirit
    – Show great respect for your fellow beings
    – Work together for the benefit of all Mankind
    – Give assistance and kindness wherever needed
    – Do what you know to be right
    – Look after the well being of mind and body
    – Dedicate a share of your efforts to the greater good.
    – Be truthful and honest at all times
    – Take full responsibility for your actions

    Apache song Tatanka;

    Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq – You got to Run (Spirit of the Wind);

     

    siljan
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    I see now that I have been going to the wrong salon…förlåt. This is where the poets, storytellers and the musicians hang out…oh man that Harry Nilsson song sure brings back a lot of memories…

    That version of the Russian Anthem had me almost choked up AHH. Powerful

    Interesting Chinese string instrument Sudhi. Never seen one before.

    Jim Byrnes – Cross Road Blues;

    Leave Me Now – Leonid & Friends;

     

     

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon 15/03/2023 … Open Thread #11701
    siljan
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    A good man from the US used to have a website called ‘Fig Trees & Vineyards’ He wrote this poem in 2015.

    As America Falls
    Corrupt and dying empire—
    In which rewards come to the most
    Wicked, while the saintly are locked
    Up in solitary confinement,
    Midnight madness of an empire
    Dying of asphyxiation—
    One 20% off sale too many,
    One AIPAC whore in Congress
    Too many.
    An empire not of extraordinary humanity
    But of extraordinary human rendition,
    Where the kleptocrats
    Pilfered the skin off skeletons;
    An empire whose bomb strikes
    Do not kill but, curiously, set in
    Motion the dancing of severed limbs;
    An empire lost to its ideals,
    Whatever those were.

    An empire smitten
    With self-adoration—

    One pledge of allegiance,
    One singing of the National Anthem
    Too many; one irradiated
    Chicken McNugget, one obese,
    Pinky-ringed televangelist
    Preacher defending Israel and
    Waddling about the Holy Land
    With his wife too many—passing
    The collection plate in church
    And breathing vapidity
    From the pulpit at drowsy,
    Day dreaming congregants;
    One collateralized debt obligation,
    One Wall Street investment bank,
    One worse-than-Hitler
    Terrorist demon lurking
    Under the bed too many.
    Too many,

    An empire…
    An empire…

    I do not see,
    I do not hear,
    I do not speak
    As the flames sprout from
    The horned animal’s head,
    It’s closed jaw snapped open;
    An equatorial dead zone
    Which used to have its own
    Constitution until the case
    Where the document was kept
    Was broken into and the
    Parchment eaten by vultures.
    Empire!!!!!!!
    Where the Christians became
    As the bull constantly confused
    By the waving of the red cape
    Of the Zionist matador—and we know
    What happens to the bull in the end…

    Hollywood surprise ending:

    cid:F8210A14-9C89-4401-96DC-A2FCFAACD883@ed.shawcable.net

    Spanish bullfighter Israel Lancho gored on May 27, 2009

     

     

     

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon 1/03/2023 … Open Thread #11560
    siljan
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    Thank you AHH for those 3 informative articles about Africa. Very interesting. I learned a lot.

    Thank you for the music too…Madagascar Slim has one for you:

    Tri-Continental – Lakalaka; (Madagascar Slim)

    Jeff Beck and Imelda May honors Les Paul;

     

    They come from far away, via byways and trails and across the fields to listen to these tunes:

     

     

    in reply to: The Hearty Salon 1/03/2023 … Open Thread #11357
    siljan
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    The weekend is here. lets pull up a chair, have a cold lager and listen to some good tunes.

    Tommy Emmanuel and David Grisman – Tipsy Gypsy;

    Eric Clapton – Songs for Robert Johnson;

     

     

     

    siljan
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