Previous William Thomas Sherman Info Page postings, quotes, observations, etc.

I'll have to admit, it really irks me sometimes when I can't emded something from YouTube ("embedding disabled by request") -- particularly when the given video is just what I was looking for or is otherwise peculiarly delectable. In fact it happened again just now. However, this time I decided I wasn't going to put up with it; so we will try to get around this problem by giving the regular URL and have it open up on a second page.

["Johnny Mathis ~~ Live ~~ West Side Story Medley"] at 9:19 min.

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A Beatles 2 fer.

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["George Harrisson, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Phil Collins and Elton John" -- "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" 1986?] and ["Paul McCartney - Fool On The Hill Live" -- from "Put It There" DVD]

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Coming up as we are on the eve of Halloween, no tricks here at gunjones.com only a treat; namely and in this instance an offering of Philip Freneau's deservedly memorable but relatively little known "THE HOUSE OF NIGHT" (1779, rev. 1786). Although it is too lengthy to post in the usual way, you can access this poem as a .pdf here.

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(Did you know he is originally from Madras, India?)

["A MAN WITHOUT LOVE Engelbert Humperdinck" -- live at the London Palladium]

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Oh, so now you're the king of demons? And that's why you get to run these brain torture radios, is it? (Of all the nonsense and foolishness...Now that's about enough!)

~~~~~~*~~~~~~ To be honest with you, I never cared aught that much for Sting's style of singing. Yet "Every Breath You Take" is doubtless one of the truly great songs of the 80's. What then to do? Well, it so happened that I came across this rendition of the same song by one Shiori Takei, and who has a quite rich, sonorous, and in fact superb (a adjective I don't resort to very often) voice. I noticed also that even when the songs she does (on YouTube) are not themselves so terribly interesting or tremendous (i.e. unlike "Every Breath"), her singing not inconsiderably improves on them (nor does her being pretty hurt either.)

["Every Breath You Take (見つめていたい) Shiori Takei"]

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Better known to some as the "Benny Hill" theme...

["Chet Atkins - Yakety Axe"]

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If the king of demons attacks humanity over generations and centuries, then humanity must defend itself over generations and centuries, and sooner or later counterattack. This is one reason why tradition, heritage, and long standing continuity are so vital for mankind's very survival, and why, in turn as well, the devil ever seeks to destroy, mock, replace, or make light of them. Religion is important yes, but only if its adherents and practitioners are rational and fundamentally honest; for if they are not, the devil can always usurp the authority of religion by means of the power of fear, violence, and illusion that the use and employment of spirit people makes possible.

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