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A retired librarian, music collector, grandfather, political observer, reader, technology geek, Navy veteran, film major, history buff, beer enthusiast, sci-fi fan, brain aneurysm survivor, traveler, obsessive mix maker, former DJ and an artist's spouse.
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Oops... this book is day 48 of the MAGA Dystopia!
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The book clearly details that these price-gouging deceptive companies and their excessive profit motivated promotion of antibiotics and opioids crossed the line into criminal behavior. Especially the Sackler family and the opioid crises. Now it's trump again and his worm man in charge of our health.
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David Bowie's version is on the 1976 album Station to Station. Nina Simone's most famous version is on her 1966 compilation album Wild is the Wind. Johnny Mathis 1957 single was nominated for an Academy Award for best song. The movie starred Anthony Quinn and directed by George Cukor in 1957.
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I read this in early 2019. This was a very fun read about that crazy punk music scene in Los Angeles during the years of 1977 through 1982 written by John Doe of the band X and music journalist Tom DeSavia. Lots of contributions from members of other bands on that scene too.
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Reading this disturbing and essential book gave me some more insights into the first trump election and how the system is failing everybody through the manipulation of the poor and uneducated by the 1% right through to the trump dystopia today. Also includes amazing notes and bibliography.
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I read this at a time when I was listening to a lot of blues on a special weekly blues show on WXPN. I was buying a lot of blues albums. I had been exposed to a lot of this music in my Navy years from the many African-American sailors I served with. We had already bonded over soul music.
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Songs from Wagner's Ballroom in Philly in the early to mid 60's with Jerry Blavat spinning the oldies and the yon teenagers line dancing. I could walk there. Spent many Sunday afternoons on that dance floor as a young teenager before I moved on to the downtown live music rock clubs when I turned 16.