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There are little eyes upon you
Published: Sunday, June 19th, 2022 @ 12:26 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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This is what I call making a difference. If you are or have ever had a teacher like this, say a private or public thank you if they are still around.
Published: Monday, June 6th, 2022 @ 11:26 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I recently heard that Neil Diamond is retiring from touring due to a Parkinson's diagnosis.
Published: Friday, January 21st, 2022 @ 5:27 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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My first exposure to Bob Dylan was in 1963
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 11:15 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Creedence Clearwater Revival released their Cosmo's Factory album in 1970. With all the hard rock and drug culture music on the scene it was nice to get back to some good old rock and roll driving guitar and down home lyrics.
Published: Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 @ 4:22 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Some songs are performance songs and some songs are just there for you to cry in you beer songs. Bob Dylan wrote both types during his pre-mailing it in days.
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 8:12 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Apparently, one of the best ways to start an argument over music is to discuss the inter-personal relationships of the various members of The Band.
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 10:07 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Like many, I first heard this song in 1963 when a popular folk group, Peter Paul and Mary, sang in on their album.
Published: Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 @ 6:23 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Most of us pay no attention to those Warning Signs until it is a bit too late. Then inevitably, we adapt the song as if it was written about us.
Published: Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 @ 10:37 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Back in 1964 a black comedy satire movie about Right Wing unhinged Military commanders starting a nuclear war. Flash forward fifty-three years and we now have unhinged Democratic politicians hating the Russians.
Published: Monday, January 3rd, 2022 @ 12:18 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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A heart warming story about Ann Margret and her Vietnam gentlemen.
Published: Monday, January 3rd, 2022 @ 9:03 am
By: Bobby Tony
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It was a cheap camera with some good qualities. It was cheap
Published: Monday, January 3rd, 2022 @ 8:36 am
By: Bobby Tony
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“Your mission, Stan, should you decide to accept it, is… As usual, should you or any member of your BCN Force be captured or killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your existence. This tape will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Stan.”
Published: Thursday, December 30th, 2021 @ 5:06 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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A restrospective look at one of the great music venues in Atlanta during the 1970's
Published: Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 @ 1:49 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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It may have been a long time ago and probably today seems corny, but how many of you remember trying to sneak down to get a peek at Santa Claus.
Published: Sunday, December 5th, 2021 @ 4:01 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Here is just a short Poem written during a previous Veteran's day reflectoin
Published: Thursday, November 11th, 2021 @ 7:44 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A 1980 Series by Milton Friedman
Published: Saturday, February 13th, 2021 @ 11:54 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Many may have heard of Desmond Doss, Here is another hero's story. I knew him.
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 @ 1:32 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The Unlikely Partnership That Built the Atom Bomb
Published: Saturday, December 19th, 2020 @ 1:55 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I'll start my contribution to this series with one of the most beautiful spiritual songs . A musical version of the Catholic Rosary.
Published: Tuesday, December 15th, 2020 @ 6:47 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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It is not an odd grouping at all; One about home, one about hope and one about peace, that about covers it for me.
Published: Friday, December 11th, 2020 @ 1:36 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I almost hate to offer this edition of Christmas songs, but humor is always a great picker-upper this time of year.
Published: Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 @ 3:16 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I always like the old tunes of my youth, but I also like to see or hear contemporary musicians singing the old standards
Published: Wednesday, December 9th, 2020 @ 3:29 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Jeff Walker has died October 23, 2020 @ 78 years old
Published: Friday, November 6th, 2020 @ 6:08 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Often Wrong, But Never in Doubt
Published: Sunday, October 25th, 2020 @ 3:21 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Just two bad days in a long year
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2020 @ 9:00 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Long goodbyes have a finality that I have avoided most of my life.
Published: Sunday, May 24th, 2020 @ 1:36 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I posted an article about how my dad reacted to the September 1, 2001 attack. He was 93 years old then.
Published: Sunday, May 10th, 2020 @ 8:02 am
By: Bobby Tony
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John Prine passed from complications of COVID19, He was 73 Years old.
Published: Saturday, April 25th, 2020 @ 4:15 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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I will bet you can't watch this without singing along in you head.
Published: Monday, December 16th, 2019 @ 9:02 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Billy Crystal and Bobby Tony review getting old. He is funny, You be the judge on Bobby Tony
Published: Sunday, September 1st, 2019 @ 9:08 am
By: Bobby Tony
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My memory may be a little bit inaccurate on this, but I remember a class grouping in the Auditorium to remember Memorial Day 1963.
Published: Monday, May 27th, 2019 @ 7:13 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Maybe the USA Media and Kim Jong-un should read Trump's 1987 book The Art of The Deal
Published: Thursday, February 28th, 2019 @ 7:51 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Perhaps the best way to start an argument outside of politics is to enter a discussion on which caliber of ammunition is best for any given situation.
Published: Monday, January 28th, 2019 @ 1:39 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Thomas Wolfe is famous in part for a book published posthumously in 1940: You Can't Go Home Again. I am slowly coming to grips with that fact as I watch old friends, acquaintances and companies Fold Up their Tent and go home (or wherever if you wish).
Published: Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019 @ 8:15 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Journalism has changed a bit since 1965.
Published: Tuesday, January 1st, 2019 @ 3:38 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Some people love riding roller coasters while others get sick to the stomach with just the thought of one.Some also have the same fear when it comes to life's ups and downs.
Published: Thursday, December 20th, 2018 @ 5:07 am
By: Bobby Tony
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