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Living the Dream

atomicranch

About Me



Come to the edge, he said.
They said: We are afraid.
Come to the edge, he said.
They came.
He pushed them and they flew.

Guillaume Apollinaire

My Interests



Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.
Ludwig van Beethoven

Music:



The fetishism of the commodity — the domination of society by “intangible as well as tangible things” — attains its ultimate fulfillment in the spectacle, where the real world is replaced by a selection of images which are projected above it, yet which at the same time succeed in making themselves regarded as the epitome of reality. from The Society of the Spectacle

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Heroes:



“Ah, life is a gate, a way, a path to Paradise anyway, why not live for fun and joy and love
or some sort of girl by a fireside, why not go to your desire and LAUGH...”
Jack Kerouac

My Blog

B sides are usually the best.

I still have a big box of 45's in the closet. Can't throw them out. I've thought about clever ways to make door hangers, wall decor, etc. etc., but that would destroy the integrity of the record so ...
Posted by Living the Dream on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 11:32:00 PST

the only one

Robert still makes me giddy. After all these years....
Posted by Living the Dream on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:38:00 PST

Do you want to dance with me?

You KNOW how I love the song.  Now there's a video.  Life's so good. Dance With MeOld 97's...
Posted by Living the Dream on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:45:00 PST

All Summer Long -- Yep, that’s about how it was.

Anyone else old enough to relate? ...
Posted by Living the Dream on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:46:00 PST

Its another Mary song, and I have questions.

I've never been a fan of Bruce Springsteen. Never. There. I said it. He just doesn't send me. However, he was (is?) one of the icons of my generation, so during a lot of the formative partying ju...
Posted by Living the Dream on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:14:00 PST

Three in a Row.

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Posted by Living the Dream on Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:28:00 PST

Go take a step outside and see what’s shaking in the real world.

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Posted by Living the Dream on Sat, 24 May 2008 12:30:00 PST

Don’t bring me down.

Most lyrics searches don't include the last few lines in this vid, but when it's listed as a source, it says it's from the "live version."  Yet it's on video.  Anyway, it's ...Ther...
Posted by Living the Dream on Tue, 13 May 2008 05:11:00 PST

Mel, meet Mike Gravel.

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Posted by Living the Dream on Sat, 10 May 2008 11:15:00 PST

God help us.

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Posted by Living the Dream on Sat, 10 May 2008 07:15:00 PST