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  • Australia, So Far

    Australia, So Far

    Catching up on all things Australia. I landed in Australia on Friday, November 13th (it was Thursday back in the States). I didn’t see Thursday at all. If you’re wondering WTF, it goes something like this: I left on Nov 11th and…

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  • #01: “A Pirate Looks at Forty”

    #01: “A Pirate Looks at Forty”

    SONG: “A Pirate Looks at Forty” ARTIST: Jimmy Buffett I wasn’t even alive when the album, A1A was released in 1974 but that didn’t stop me from finding this song. I was 13 or 14 years old and my friend Sarah played…

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  • #02: “Big Western Sky”

    #02: “Big Western Sky”

    SONG: “Big Western Sky” ARTIST: Kik Tracee Going back to the “Music is My God My Best Friend” post again…I wrote: I also read a post from my friend Rob entitled “Hope is Everything” this week. I was so moved by his post. He wrote of…

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  • #03: “Drownin'”

    #03: “Drownin’”

    SONG: “Drownin’” ARTIST: Sponge In a February 5, 2012 post titled “Music is My God My Best Friend”, I wrote In 1994, Rotting Piñata from Sponge was released and it had the radio hits “Molly (16 Candles)” and “Plowed” on there but that…

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  • #04: “Maybe Tomorrow”

    #04: “Maybe Tomorrow”

    SONG: “Maybe Tomorrow ARTIST: Stereophonics For me, this song is that hope we all have…”maybe tomorrow…” Maybe tomorrow will be filled with rainbows and unicorns or of love you never thought you’d find or an opportunity that is once in a life…

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  • #05: “Closer to the Edge”

    #05: “Closer to the Edge”

    SONG: “Closer to the Edge” ARTIST: 30 Seconds to Mars What does this song mean to me? Before my mom passed away, just another song my soul connected with. When she was in the hospital, the song I vowed to play every…

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  • #06: “Comfortable in My Skin”

    #06: “Comfortable in My Skin”

    SONG: “Comfortable in My Skin” ARTIST: Xavier Rudd When I turned 39 last year, I wrote:  I’ll continue to be who am without any regard to the number that’s branded on me. As I stand a few days away from turning that Big…

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  • #07: “11:59”

    #07: “11:59”

    SONG: “11:59” ARTIST: Michael Franti Back on November 11, 2013, I wrote a post titled “The Song that Opened My Soul” and it was about the power of this song. This is what I wrote: Music normally touches one person’s life, but…

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  • #08: “A New Beginning”

    #08: “A New Beginning”

    SONG: “A New Beginning” ARTIST: 26 I stumbled onto this Aussie band via Twitter. A writer I follow tweeted a link to the song/video and I gave it a listen. Hooked. Insta-fan. Bought every album on iTunes that night. What I connected…

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  • #09: “Forget”

    #09: “Forget”

    SONG: “Forget” ARTIST: Stokeswood If you know me and you don’t my love and support of STOKESWOOD, then you might not know really know me at all. I knew their EP 2075 was going to fabulous, but I just didn’t know how damn…

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