Category: music
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Review: Marc Cohn at the Highline Ballroom
As is my wont whenever Marc Cohn wanders into the New York-Philadelphia corridor, I went to see him perform — this time, at the Highline Ballroom in lower Manhattan. True to form, it was a fantastic show with Marc the consummate showman. The opening act was Amy Correia and this time, Marc played with a…
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“Miles Away” — Marc Cohn
I know there’s always something We have to go through That has some deeper meaning Right now I just can’t say I know there’s a lesson in here somewhere I’m gonna think a lot about it later Right now I’m miles away
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“After the Fire” — Roger Daltrey
After the fire, the fire still burns The heart grows older but never ever learns The memories smoulder and the soul always yearns But after the fire, the fire still burns
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“We Can’t Make It Here” — James McMurtry
Should I hate a people for the shade of their skin? Or the shape of their eyes? Or the shape I’m in? Should I hate them for having our jobs today? No, I hate the men who sent the jobs away.
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“Brothers in Arms” — Dire Straits
There are so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones…
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Nothing But a Dream
One of the things that goes along with advising Student Council at my school is orchestrating the annual Talent Show. For the past four years, that’s included performing as the first act — largely because I badger my fellow faculty into performing, and I feel I shouldn’t ask them to do something I’m not willing.…
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Marc Cohn in Carnegie Hall
I am not really much of a “joiner” and I don’t have many entertainment things about which I get passionate. Long ago, however, I decided that I would pick an artist and follow them closely. I chose Marc Cohn, whom you might remember from a 1991 hit “Walking in Memphis”, which still gets significant airplay,…
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Beyond the poundy drums
I’m a fan of the new, “re-imagined” Battlestar Galactica on the Sci Fi channel. (Shamefaced confession: I am also a fan of the original schlocky BSG from 1978 — in fact I was one of those loudly decrying the new one as yet another unholy exploitation of the greats of my childhood. Oopsie.) I like…