I caught the last minute or two of David Letterman’s show Tuesday and they had the cast of Pippin on doing a musical number. The main singer was hooping during the performance, and held the hoop up so other acrobats could jump through the hoop. Very cool performance:
http://www.cbs.com/shows/late_show/video/usEU7t_pcPQjbaKCZH2_Fssi_EfcDqZu/the-late-show-5-14-2013/
Taylor's Life List
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1. make her laugh everyday
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2. take the stairs
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3. live with enthusiasm
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4. be better organized
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5. practice hula hooping
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6. practice earthing
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7. see 6 live comedy shows in 2013
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8. Re-gain my voice
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9. watch 50 movies in 2013
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10. say something
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11. May blossom hooping 30.30 (April 20-May 20)
1 entry . 2 cheers5 people
Maybe it’s just me being a bit over 50, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the older musicians I see on TV now, and the older musicians I saw on TV when I was a kid.
In the 1960s and 1970s I remember seeing Steve and Edie, Peggy Lee, and even some 1950s popular artists and thinking how out-of-touch they were, and there was no good music on TV.
Now, the music landscape on broadcast TV is much more diverse, but when I see the musicians I grew up listening to like Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, David Bowie, Neil Young on TV now, I wonder if the teens and 20-somethings roll their eyes like I did so many years ago.
I thought of this last night listening to Todd Rundgren sitting in with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra (I know the band’s name is sort of ironic, but even that sounds old) on Letterman.
Anybody want to weigh in on this?
A good friend here has been suggesting going barefoot and making sure I have contact with the earth from time to time.
Then yesterday I saw this article from Dr. Mercola:
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/05/05/chronic-disease-are-we-missing-something.aspx
It’s really interesting, and I think there’s a lot to it. I’m hoping this may also be helpful to my wife, who has a number of chronic health issues.
