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knowing mom.

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early mother’s day surprise movie present

 courtesy of

my daughters

who remember prince and his music

as a part of their days

growing up with me

and 

we 

watched him on the big screen

and

sang and danced

with 1,000 other people 

of all ages

who remembered him too

and we even

smuggled in food

in a big purse

just like the days 

when we didn’t have a lot of money

but we did have

a lot of dollar movies

a lot of music

and

a whole lot of love.

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happy mother’s day to all who mother

and to those who really know their mothers.

time travel.

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a surprise trip down memory lane.

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my friend of many years posted the following memory on his facebook page last night, triggering my own memory of our personal brush with bowie. many thanks for this, les.

“So, it had to be the mid eighties and I’m at the Metropolitan Music Cafe in Royal Oak at the corner of 4th and Lafayette. It was a beautiful warm sunny day and I’m talking to Beth K( she worked there at the time ).

Lord have mercy ! who comes walking in. Iggy Pop and David Bowie. Turns out Iggy and David were in town on tour together and Iggy was promoting his new album at the cafe.

David and his gorgeous blonde date headed upstairs for a bite to eat  ( Mr. Bowie didn’t want to take away any attention from Iggy while they were there.)
I waited and waited for Bowie to leave, and when he finally did I ran out the door behind him following he and his date to his car.
as they were getting in, he looked at me and said, ” Hi how are you?” I shook his hand and said, ” Thank you for all the countless hours of listening to your music. ” He replied, ” Thank you very much I appreciate that. I love Detroit ” True story folks. RIP David Bowie and thank you for that moment.”

 

 

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to me, music is entertainment – what else can it be? In fact, it’s the only language I know of that’s universal. – ray charles

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it’s just not a real

oktoberfest street festival

until

it happens in september

and

the band wearing lederhosen

plays

“sweet home alabama’

music is only love looking for words. – lawrence durrell

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come sit a spell

drop in

to our

friendly irish pub

everyone is welcome

bring what you like

your

fiddle guitar heart voice spoons steps drum

join our circle

stay a bit

teach

your spoons

and

your magic tunes

to a

future musician

pay it forward

and

the music

will never stop.

music is the movement of sound to reach the soul

for the education of its virtue.

– plato

 

the one thing that can solve most of our problems is dancing. – james brown

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coming home

we happened upon

yet another

surprise festival

downtown

‘dancing in the streets’

with

cellos playing rock and ballads

hot zydeco

jewish youth band

belly dancers

maypole colors

lone violinist

swing

ballroom

the horah

swaying

spinning

circling

hopping

dipping

instruments for kids to touch

drawing people into the street

for

movement

and

dance

creating

eclectic groups

new pairings

unlikely partners

happy faces

and

it was pretty sweet.

i think the universe is pure geometry – basically,

a beautiful shape twisting around

and dancing over space-time.

antony garrett lisi

i’m not confused. i’m just well mixed. – robert frost

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so excited!

we put the food together quickly

packed a picnic

headed out to the arboretum

our sanctuary

right in the heart of the city

on a perfect late summer night

to see live opera

performed by

 university music students

found a parking space

how lucky!

hauled out our gear

hiked in a mile

worth it!

found the amphitheater

saw an open space for a great place to sit

our luck just kept getting better!

didn’t hear any music

wondered if we were too early

didn’t see any signs of a musical set-up

didn’t see any people around

walked on a bit

listened

to see if perhaps

the music was

 in another location in the park

i even said,

(a bit indignantly and dismayed),

“the paper said it was on the 23rd at 5:00!”

at that

mg turned his head

looked at me

and

it was then that i knew

something was wrong

 he calmly mentioned

that it was actually

still the 22nd at the moment

 we were a bit early

24 hours early

but at least we had great seats.

jukebox at your own risk.

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my crown is called content, a crown that seldom kings enjoy. – william shakespeare

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and so it began

another summer

had arrived

and

it was kicked off

in a larger than life way

with

martha reeves and the vandellas

giving a free concert

outisde on the street

and

it brought people of all kinds together

to

dance in the streets

and

sing

and

remember

and

celebrate

the season

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and later

i had the chance to see

my co-worker from school

in a very different role

acting in a

powerful production

of one of my favorites

‘rent’

held in a beautiful old theater

with voices booming and tears flowing

Full Cast for weband i couldn’t have asked for a better way

to be welcomed into summer

but with music and passion.

culture clash is terrific drama.  – ken follett  

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yes, this is a mariachi band playing “my girl”

at a senior living facility in hamtramck (polish/arabic community)

must be national nursing home week!

credit: e.t., my friend and ticket broker, who works hard on behalf of the seniors and is always up to something with them.