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My Top 3 Favorite Versions of Danny Boy

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! In celebration of the day, I’d like to take a moment to wish you all the luck of the Irish and I tip my cap to you. May you have warm words on a cold evening, A full moon on a dark night, And the road downhill all the way to your door. There’s nothing I like more in classical/traditional music than a lovely Irish tenor. Tenors in general are the neglected vocal part. It tears me apart when the altos are recruited to sing tenor. The timbre can be so very different. Well, before I have a flashback and lapse into musically technical terms, let me give you what you came here for. Danny Boy: Placido Domingo & Itzhak Perlman Domingo has a pleasant timbre and his phrasing. I feel that this version is a little rushed, as Danny Boy, to… Continued

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Horror Movie Review -The Invitation

Title: The Invitation Genre: Horror, Thriller, Drama Director: Karyn Kusama Writers: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2400463/ NO SPOILERS After seeing this movie on Netflix, I will never say… I no longer want invitations to anyone’s dinner party. Keep your invites, really. Synopsis Will and Eden were once a loving couple. After a tragedy took their son, Eden disappeared. Two years later, out of the blue, she returns with a new husband… and as a different person, eerily changed and eager to reunite with her ex and those she left behind. Over the course of a dinner party in the house that was once his, the haunted Will is gripped by mounting evidence that Eden and her new friends have a mysterious and terrifying agenda. But can we trust Will’s hold on reality? Or will he be the unwitting catalyst of the doom

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Music Monday – Top 5 Elton John Songs

Since I did Billy Joel last week, it’s only fair that I praise my other favorite piano man, Elton John. I first heard of Elton John (to know he was Elton John) during the eighties. Upon further exploration of his discography, I discovered that I had been enjoying his songs for quite a while, even though I hadn’t known who he was. This was back in the olden times of radio and DJs…. Without further ramblings, here’s my top five mix of Elton John songs. As always, they are in no particular order. I’m Still Standing Rollicking upbeat elton. [wpdevart_youtube]ZHwVBirqD2s[/wpdevart_youtube] Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road The vocal riff of “Oh…oh…oh….” is what sells it. [wpdevart_youtube]RZ3Bb4UsXhU[/wpdevart_youtube] The One “All I ever needed was the one……” [wpdevart_youtube]85B_REWeNcM[/wpdevart_youtube] Candle in the Wind His tribute to Marilyn Monroe, and later Princess Diana, still brings a tear to my eye. [wpdevart_youtube]NoOhnrjdYOc[/wpdevart_youtube]

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Horror Movie Review – Grave Encounters 2

Title: Grave Encounters 2 Genre: Horror, Found Footage Director: John Poliquin Writers: The Vicious Brothers IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2231554/ NO SPOILERS PLOT SYNOPSIS: (imdb.com) A film student who is obsessed with the movie Grave Encounters sets out with his friends to visit the psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film. We’re back! After seeing Grave Encounters, I just had to see if there were a Grave Encounters 2. And, lo and behold, it was! I quickly queued it up and sat back, prepared to be as scared as I was with the first one. Alas, this was not the case. Now, this is not to say the movie wasn’t pretty good. It just took a bit of a time to get to the point. Don’t go into this expect a retread of Grave Encounters. The screenwriter and director went in a bit of a different direction, which saved the movie from being a boring retread

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Music Monday – Top 5 Billy Joel Songs

Heidi-ho, it’s music Monday and I’m here once again to thrill and wow you with my musical choices. Today’s list comes from my piano lessons as a youth. I began piano lessons at the age of five. I hated them. But then by the time I was in middle school, I’d discovered Billy Joel, and thought that I, too, could be Piano Man. Alas, that did not work out, thankfully, I think, but that hasn’t tarnished my love for Bill. Take a gander at my favorite songs (at least today) from this artist. The list is in no particular order. Piano Man The song that started it all. For some reason, I was fascinted by the fact that you could sing and play the piano. (Bear with me,I was kinda young at the time.) [wpdevart_youtube]gxEPV4kolz0[/wpdevart_youtube] Downeaster Alexa The music beneath the melody just makes you feel like you’re

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5 Fandom Friday – 5 Films I'm Excited for in 2017

If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time and followed it through all its iterations, then you know how much I love movies. Not just horror movies, but movies in general. Usually these movies are a couple years old, if not older, but today you have a special treat. Since I’m doing Five Fandom Friday, come with me to the future as I discuss the films I’m looking forward to this year. Get Out From Wikipedia: A young African American man visits his white girlfriend’s family estate where he learns that many of its residents, who are black, have gone missing, and he soon learns the horrible truth when another frantic African-American warns him to “get out”. He soon learns this is easier said than done. Written and directed by the Jordan Peele, the shorter half of the comedy duo Key and Peele, this film truly presents