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Discover New Songs And Playlists. Norma Miller - The Queen of Swing. Norma Miller's Personal Blog. Erma Franklin. “I guess I'm exactly what Aretha said — I am my own woman.” — Erma Franklin by Amelia Feathers During a recent appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the hostess asked Erma Franklin, "What is it like to be the sister of Aretha?

Erma Franklin

" Before Erma could answer, her sister, Aretha interjected, "Erma is her own woman! " "Her Own Woman" could be the title of Erma Vernice Franklin's biography. It seems that, through the years, the eldest daughter of The Rev. Erma, born in Shelby, Miss., remembers traveling with her famous preacher father where he moved to pastor churches in Tennessee, New York and Michigan. "My musical influences were what we called flat-footed gospel singers," Franklin said. "Naturally I love Aretha and I love Mavis Staples, Shirley Ceasar, the late Jackie Verdell of the Davis Sisters and Inez Andrews of The Caravans. " As a teenager, Erma formed a singing group called the Cleo-Patretts. "Berry and Billy were dynamite as a songwriting team," Erma said. Annie Lennox: Bare. We all age, we all suffer—and as Annie Lennox sings, “People in glass houses shouldn’t throw those stones, but something just flew through my window pane.”

Annie Lennox: Bare

Lennox’s voice anguishes, argues, confides, seduces, and stomps, as it explores the ups and downs of love. Annie Lennox’s Bare is a musical exploration of desire, love, pain, and rage. Lennox, in her solo work (Diva, Medusa) and especially in her work with Dave Stewart as part of Eurythmics, as well as in her tendency to wear black leather, sequins, feathers, plaid, male drag, ball gowns, and Mickey Mouse ears, has long embodied complexity: intelligence and sensitivity, rock and soul music, the technological and the passionate, the cynical and the tender, masculinity and femininity, the blaring and the subtle, the traditional and the new. (BMG)US: 10 Jun 2003UK: 9 Jun 2003 In “Wonderful”, about an infatuation, she condemns herself, “Idiot me, stupid me, how could I be so uncool? The question of age is not inconsequential. Modern Acoustic Magazine and Blog. Shaman Guides. Music Faves. Bluegrass. Traditional Music. St. John of the Cross. Music. Kneeling at the Shrine - Sunday All over the World : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards.

The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe - Dweezil Zappa. ...the particular passage which is being referred to happens on the the end of 'stinkfoot', and takes place in the context of a man having a conversation with his dog. the dog asks the man, what is his conceptual continuity. so the dog is posing a philosophical question to the man about what the man thinks the nature of reality is, or at least his understanding of it. the dog is basically asking, what is reality?

The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe - Dweezil Zappa

Well, what is an apostrophe? An apostrophe is a symbol. its an idea. and what is anything else for that matter? And so, the apostrophe, being a symbol of defined purpose but undefined potential, becomes a more accurate symbol to represent whatever we currently call 'reality'. basically saying that the crux of the 'biscuit', i.e. reality itself, is more accurately represented by a symbol such as an 'apostrophe'. meaning... words are limited, language is limited... ideas and concepts are limitless... the apostrophe is a symbol that represents something that is not clearly defined. Lyrics for the Apostrophe album by Frank Zappa. Bjork - Pagan Poetry. Bjork.fr - Le site francophone sur Björk. Collin Walcott: The Official Website. Songs from the Labyrinth - Sting. Ruu Campbell. Minnie Riperton - Music Biography, Credits and Discography. ADVENTURES IN PARADISE LYRICS - MINNIE RIPERTON. MINNIE RIPERTON - LOVE & IT'S GLORY LYRICS.

Minnie Riperton - Love And Its Glory. YouTube. Peter, Paul and Mary - And When I Die.