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hey group,

after experiencing davids' latest blog entry, "don't give up; musical healings for vt," i realized the profound message in this is simply that the "power of music" to up-lift, to inspire, to motivate, or if you flip the coin, to instill anger, to en-rage, to pacify- all these things are coming at us all day long everywhere you turn-on the radio, on the tv, in the commercials, from the ceiling as you walk through k-mart, and the "message in the music" has proven in these turbulent times to have a profound effect.

i can recall another soundbite-massacre that occured back in 1971, or was it 1972, in may of what ever year that was, on the campus of kent state university, where at that time "they" were still utilizing more conventional methods, and the ohio national guard was used to gun down four students.
perhaps the most inspiring song to come out of that was the crosby, stills, nash and young song "four dead in o-hi-o. i know that even now, after all these years, (you wern't born yet david, but we have suffered through all this before), listening to this song, even in my head, which, which is my prefered storage medium, it stirs my soul, and runs me through the gammet of emotions, including "rituous anger." it's time for some more songs.

one of our fellow travelers, who was with us on the good ship zuiderdam, and also on the egyptian experience, janet, as she has become known within this forum community, sent me a gift this morning; a you-tube link of a song that i'm sure y"all will recognize: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqffrcureby , for your enjoyment, and i offer this as a study in the power of music, about an exceptional musical prophet, john lennon.
http://www.heyokamagazine.com/heyoka...johnlennon.htm .

and don't forget that classic rock song, "god gave rock & roll to us" by i forget who...

bob