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Silent Night
Read more: Silent NightI love Christmas music. Not that there aren’t plenty of reprehensible Christmas songs, and terrible versions of wonderful songs, but music has the power to transcend time and Christmas is the only time that some of us get to hear Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Joseph Mohr, and Franz Gruber. If you haven’t heard of…
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Winter Wonderland
Read more: Winter WonderlandThere is something a little Lawrence Welk-ish about Pentatonix. Even when they’re not singing holiday songs. The question is never if they’re doing drugs, it’s which ones. Caffeine, definitely. Probably some booze, at least one of them has to be a boozebag. I would hope, for their sake, that there are some less proper distractions…
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The Yawning
Read more: The YawningThe one action that irked him most, above all the many and multiplying ones in his irksome life: he is talking with her and she yawns. He, with just enough vanity to believe he is fascinating. It is not always out of boredom, it could be the crushing weariness of her life. Then he yawns…
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The Merch Store Is Now Open
Read more: The Merch Store Is Now Openhttps://mike-power-music.myshopify.com/ It’s Black Friday – and just in time for your holiday shopping, my merch store is ready to take your orders. T-shirts, mugs, facemasks, and all kinds of items are emblazoned with my logo of peace, love, and music. Coming up with a logo is a tricky thing: trying to find a solitary image…
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Turkey Day 2020
Read more: Turkey Day 202045 years ago today, I ate my last traditional Thanksgiving dinner. The day on our calendar that is most closely associated with killing other species of animals, and of enjoying the consumption of its flesh, seemed the perfect day to become a vegetarian. I have nothing against carnivores. Some of my best friends, and so…
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