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Records of Death by Sweet Temptation

Aug 12, 2014

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Today is National Vinyl *Vinyl* Day. We are all different ages so let's hear what was your first vinyl record? If you have never owned a vinyl record what do you know about them. Did someone in your family have vinyl records? How many sizes were there since they were first introduced? Do you ever see them in music stores?


I remember seeing vinyl records when I was a child. My dad had a huge collection of them. He had the regular 78s and the small 45s. The small ones would have a hit song on side A and a little known song on side B. By listening to these records with my d cad, I developed a deep love for classic country music. The ones I listened to the most were Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, and Merle Haggard. He also had some non-country albums. I fell in love with the Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood ones. I also remember two of my dad's 45s that I listened to, and they were both Cal Smith ones with the songs Country Bumpkin and The Lord Knows I'm Drinkin'.

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Today the actor/comedian Robin Williams passed away. What are your feelings about his work? How deeply are you affected by a celebrity death? Is there a particular celebrity whose passing would/has cause(d) significant grief?
If this prompt too depressing for you, tell me about your favorite celebrity, dead or alive.

I've never been a fan of Robin Williams. I can take him or leave him. There was one movie of his that I really loved. It's called Whatever Dreams May Come. It's a beautiful movie about death and the afterlife.

There have been a few celebrity deaths that have cause some grief because I was such a fan (still am).

1. Johnny Cash
2. June Carter Cash
3. Chuck Connors
4. Rory Calhoun
5. Waylon Jennings
6. Lee Hazlewood
7. Barbara Billingsley
8. Jean Simmons

I still have some favorite celebrities who are alive.
1. June Lockhart
2. Angus Scrim
3. Kris Kristofferson
4. Reese Witherspoon
5. Rose McGowan
6. Jared Paldacki
7. Jensen Ackles
8. Leonard Cohen
9. Anne Lockhart

Yeah, I know that I don't like the run of the mill popular ones. I find most of them very cookie cutter and boring. I like very unique individuals.


WDC Sountrackers Barrel of Monkeys

Here is a song that June Carter Cash released in 1953 while she was married to her first husband Carl Smith. It's called Sweet Temptation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVgBIizYsV8


News In My World!

Still missing Maggie and always will! I've lost another pound. That makes 23 pounds lost in all. Not much else is going on in my world right now except for selling Country Gourmet Home products and working my one night a month job as the valet/welcoming area coordinator. The last of my edits will be completed in September. Hopefully, my novel, Bloodshed on the Setting Sun will be released Dec 2014 or March 2015 at the very latest.


Musical Ending

Here's another song by June Carter before the Man in Black entered the picture. This was a duet with her first husband Carl Smith called Love, Oh Crazy Love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj-vDwdhsH0


Bye for now!

Sister of Mercy