Category Archives: music

  1. Tomato Screams, Whale Lips, and Civility

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    June 3, 2024 by libroshombre

    Epictetus, that old Greek Stoic, pointed out that “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen …
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    Category: communication, English language, libraries, music, plants, public libraries, speech | Tags: , , , , , , ,

  2. Welkins, Peacocks, and Ferret-Legging

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    December 9, 2023 by libroshombre

                Once a young soccer star named Jimmy from Manchester, England played on a scholarship for UC Santa Barbara.  His …
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    Category: blind, book banning, Christmas, games, holidays, hymns, librarians, libraries, music, religion | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

  3. Holey Moses! The Spasmodics and Rod McKuen

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    November 1, 2022 by libroshombre

    LIBRARIAN COLUMN Contact Greg Hill, 907-479-4344                                                       November 10, 2022             Children of the early 50s were exposed to some awful …
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  4. Bubblegum, Pen Names, and Wild Bill Hickok

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    February 4, 2022 by libroshombre

                It began with “Little Arrows,” Leapy Lee’s 1968 (and only) hit that I heard recently for the first time …
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    Category: music, nicknames, pen names, pseudonyms | Tags: , , , ,

  5. People, Poetry and Powerhouse

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    April 12, 2020 by libroshombre

    The people at People Magazine want you to know that February 20 is National Hoodie-hoo Day, when everyone should “step …
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    Category: communication, composers, magazines, music, musicians, poetry, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , ,

  6. Doodah, Play-Doh, and Art

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    April 28, 2019 by libroshombre

    Here are three art-related questions for you involving music, sculpture, and painting: are smells and paint-by-number paintings really art, and …
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    Category: art, libraries, music, race, racism, Uncategorized | Tags: , , , , ,

  7. Musical Compulsions, Analog Reading, and Smelly Books

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    August 7, 2014 by libroshombre

    “Preference” is defined in Ambrose Bierce’s “The Devil’s Dictionary” as “a sentiment, or frame of mind, induced by the erroneous …
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