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Category Archives: Music
Podcast: If It’s a Zit or a Pimple
Song parody to “It’s a Gift to be Simple Follow Liza Blue on: Share:
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Lists: Bad Christmas Songs
On December 23rd, I set out on a solo drive 360 miles straight north to the shores of Lake Superior with the rest of the family following shortly behind in a second car. I frequently take this drive and look forward … Continue reading
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Podcast: My Life in Song
My frustrations in being the only non-singer in a musical family. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:
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A Whiter Shade of Pale
As I sort through the various missed opportunities and regrets in my life, I keep coming back to two things; the time that I absolutely blew my college interview at Stanford (when asked to describe “who I was” to some … Continue reading
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Hail to Thee Fat Person!
Allan Sherman, of Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh fame, enjoyed an intense but brief popularity, releasing three albums in 1963 and then a rapid decline and premature death at age 49. But it is still easy to identify an Allan Sherman … Continue reading
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Susan Boyle
The first image of Susan Boyle was a frowzy older women quietly sitting eating a sandwich in a room teeming with hopefuls waiting to perform on the British TV reality show, “Britain’s Got Talent.” She came forward for a quick … Continue reading
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My Life in Song
I have inherited many gifts from my father, both genetically and by example – reasonable looks (except for my fleshly earlobes), brown hair that just refuses to go grey, kindness, loyalty and commitment to family. But among my siblings, there … Continue reading
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When Jesus Walks
Sunday our carillon bell choir was scheduled to play during the prelude and the offertory. The prelude is a snap, since this is when the congregation is filing in, and the noise drowns out any mistakes that might be made. … Continue reading
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A Wedding and A Funeral
I have been mistaken for an accomplished musician two times now, with predictably disastrous results. It is perhaps understandable since I became the family custodian of my mother’s two octave set of brass carillon bells, which she used in her … Continue reading
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