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Cheer Down

Does everyone telling you to “cheer up” only make your depression worse?

George Harrison suggests you Cheer Down:

Cheers me up.

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Not Much Time!

Yesterday was my sixty-first birthday.

That means I’m frantically busy now, because today was the start of my sixty-second year — although I must say it already seems to have lasted longer than that.

My theme song for the year:

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R.I.P. Etta James

Etta James has passed away. Yet she is immortal:

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Hallelujah

In keeping with the season, here’s an a capella version of the Hallelujah Chorus:

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Early Rap

An early rap song…

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Happy Birthday, Pete Seeger

Today is Pete Seeger’s 92nd birthday.

Happy birthday, Pete.

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Duet

Last week, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of manned spaceflight, astronaut Cady Coleman played a flute duet with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull.

If you have a high-speed internet connection, try viewing in full-screen mode.

Too brief, but very nice.

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You Can’t Scare Me

For some mysterious reason, this song has been going through my mind for the past couple weeks.

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Concert for George

Today would have been George Harrison’s 68th birthday.

Via email: All day today, you can watch streaming internet video of the Concert for George that was performed at the Royal Albert Hall on the first anniversary of George’s death. It’s an excellent show, and a fine tribute to a great soul.

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Freedom

The Voice of America: Richie Havens sings “Freedom” 40 years after the original Woodstock concert.

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The Battle Cry of Freedom

Today is Abraham Lincoln’s 202nd birthday.

I really should mark the occasion in some way, so here’s Chris Vallillo playing “The Battle Cry of Freedom”.

Thanks, Abe.

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Baker Street

I’ve always liked this song, by Gerry Rafferty, who has just passed away.

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Amazing Grace

Experience your minimum daily bagpipe requirement:

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Why Does Life Got to Be So Hard?

Via TidBITS: Music video about cleaning a laptop fan.

Sadly, I don’t think modern Mac laptop fans are any easier.

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Busindre Reel

Spanish bagpipes.