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July 20th, 2008

My theme song…

Okay, I’m doing a lot of soul-searching and hard work on myself these days. This song has always gotten me through a lot, and I really love it.
I’m feeeeeeelinnnnnnn…….. gooood.

Okay okay… here’s Nina Simone’s version too:

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October 5th, 2007

Michael Buble’ “Feelin’ Good” Video

This is one of my all time favorites - the song, the lyrics, the video… *SWOON!*
I just love the whole “Man of Mystery” thing, and the skinny tie, and just everything about this. Check out the cute little grunty thing he does at 3:05 into the video…

This song became my mantra as soon as […]

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July 13th, 2007

Sid Mark - Legendary Disc Jockey

Nina Simone. Frank Sinatra. Al Stauffer. Duke Ellington. Count Basie. Jack Benny. Milton Berle.
Philadelphia disc jockey Sid Mark’s rubbed elbows with all of them!
In an interview with AllAboutJazz.com, Sid remarked on how he’s actually responsible for Nina Simone’s success.
“She started her career in Philadelphia. In her autobiography, she said the reason for her success […]

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