Linda Ronstadt What’s New? / Linda Ronstadt with The Nelson Riddle Orchestra (1983) ___________________________________ What’s New? is a 1939 popular song composed by Bob Haggart , with lyrics by Johny Burke. It was originally an instrumental tune titled “I’m Free” by Haggart in 1938, when Haggart was a member of Bob Crosby and His Orchestra. The […]
Streaming on the Peacock Channel One of the few Good Guys at the Swedish Hospital The Backward Step _____________________________________________ John Fraim After covid and all the questions and problems with the medical industry, many have questions and concerns about medicine today. A story based on medicine is ready. There are other excellent series on the […]
The Front Room Bar at John Ash & Company Man in the Green Suit / Weather Report ____________________________ I lived in Santa Rosa for four years in the early part of this century and heard of the legendary John Ash restaurant but never ate their. Until this current trip to Santa Rosa in December of […]
A Film by David Berry The Vimeo above called Power was created in October 2023 by my cousin David Berry. I sent an email to David asking if he wanted to offer any words to the 6 minute Power. Knowing David and his Eastern spirituality I doubt he will have any words to add. They […]
(Glass Sculpture by Pascal) Three weeks of posts to Midnight Oil From November 16 to December 11, 2023 Red Clay / Freddie Hubbard ________________________________ John Fraim The first post of this amazing month of post started with Pascal on November 16 and continued until the Chalk Hill post of December 11th. There is reason to […]
(Watch first the above short video. Then read the below.) I think we all have the pilgrimages we need to make sometime in our life. Our so-called bucket list of things to do before we die. A place to visit for the first time. Or, an old place of memories to re-visit. It’s like this […]
Certainly one of the most beautiful and powerful songs ever written. But never presented better than by Chris McNulty on her Whispers the Heart album. The song was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David in 1962 for Jerry Butler. But later made popular by the Walker Brothers and many others. It is the ultimate […]
Theme from Route 66 ____________________________ There are destination places like the Golden Lamb in Lebanon, Ohio. Or the Taj Mahal for that matter. And there are also those rare few destination products. Their presence alone attracts people to them with the charm and image of a southern politician.It’s not hard to understand how these might […]
When I lived out in Santa Rosa from 1998 to 2002, the magnificent Annadel Park was right behind my home in the Valley of the Moon and I hiked every trail in the park. The music playing on my car radio when I first saw the Valley of the Moon was Seal’s Human Being. In […]
