Sober Musicians: Treating Life Well

the yankees win!!!!

blizzardm17 — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:19:43 GMT

http://ny1.com/1-all-boroughs-news-c...ip/?ap=1&Flash

:Chick3:

New Band

Unregistered — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:24:48 GMT

My son is an alcoholic who has fallen off the wagon recently, but is seeking professional help. He is a gifted drummer and has been in and out of many bands...all that played in bars, of course. Can anyone out there offer encouragement about forming a new band of recovering/recovered alcoholics? Where are the best places to play? He lives in Central Ohio. Thanks much.....Mom

Catfish

catfish — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:57:53 GMT

I found this song by Bob Dylan I just started this blog called Catfish Sez I am making this the theme song of the blog

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

Izzy!!!

Gabe — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:28:39 GMT

Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen!

The Time Of Short Days

Gabe — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:31:56 GMT

Suddenly,
there is more light earlier in the day,
and less light late in the day.
It is the time of short days.
Everything I have read about this time of year says that it is the time when Mother Nature...
coaxes us within.
Within our homes,
and within ourselves.
To reflect,
to be still,
and to consider our own personal light.
And how that personal light can guide us through this time of short days.
I found myself glad for the early morning light today.
I've been driving to work in semi-darkness for the past few weeks.
Watching the sun rise as I did that.
Now I am watching the sun set as I come home.
It's a combination of Mother Nature's balance and that weird "re-dialing" of the clocks thing that mortals inserted into this time of year.
I'm going to try and make it a habit to spend some time outside,
on these nights that get dark early.
Perhaps light a candle out there.
Tonight, it will be our Halloween pumpkins.
When they are gone, a small fire in the chiminea.
Just a reminder to myself that the time of short days has it's purpose,
and that there are many ways to enjoy that.
And to remember that we can go within,
to find our light.

Thoughts on life

Mr J — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:12:17 GMT

Some people are a lot like slinkies.
Not really good for anything.
But they bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
:toothy2:

World's Largest Cruise Ship

Gabe — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:50:31 GMT

Things like this perplex me.

It's five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater.

So HOW DOES SOMETHING THAT HUGE FLOAT??? :huhuh:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/eu...st_cruise_ship

Happy Halloween

Gabe — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:29:54 GMT

Whatever your plans, have fun and wishing you lots of "treats".

Pagan New Year

Gabe — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:05:32 GMT

Samhain (pronounced "sow-in") is a time when the wheel of the year has come full turn, signifying the end of the harvest that will ensure survival during the coming time of darkness, Winter.
An ending of the old and a beginning of the new.
It is also at this time that the separation between the physical and the spiritual world is at its most tenuous,
hence a time for paying homage to the spirits of our ancestors, who may walk among us.
It is a time to perform rituals that free ourselves from negative things that occurred in our lives in the past year - and welcome into our lives the positive things that we want to see happen in the coming year.

Rock Hall Of Fame Concert

Gabe — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:39:07 GMT

From Yahoo...

NEW YORK � The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honors music's most treasured acts, but this time it was the hall's turn to be feted, as Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and more celebrated the hall's 25th birthday with a concert that included all-star collaborations, spellbinding guitars, plenty of high notes � and even tears.

Thursday's extravaganza at Madison Square Garden, the first of two concerts, ran more than five hours, and was a reunion of past inductees: Among the performers were Simon & Garfunkel (1990), Crosby, Stills and Nash (1997), Jeff Beck (2009), James Taylor (2000), Bonnie Raitt (2000) and Sting (with the Police, 2003).

"It's been incredible being in a room with musicians ... who put music in your head," Springsteen said during his rollicking set, which ran nearly two hours and featured the Boss collaborating with the Piano Man, singing Joel hits like "New York State of Mind" and "Only the Good Die Young."

The night's emotional highlight came courtesy of Wonder, who sang Michael Jackson's upbeat "The Way You Make Me Feel," in tribute to the fallen King of Pop. During one part in the chorus, Wonder stopped singing, bent his head and started to sob, but he quickly gathered his composure to finish the song, ending it joyously by leading the crowd with chants of "We Love Michael Jackson" and "Long Live Michael Jackson."

Soul crooner John Legend shared the stage with Wonder during the song. He said while backstage that Wonder's emotion for Jackson "is very heartfelt, and you can see it, you can feel it."

"I was just honored to be with him to celebrate Michael's legacy," Legend said.

It wasn't the night's only bittersweet moment. Earlier, during Paul Simon's performance, he performed the Beatles "Here Comes the Sun" for the late George Harrison, whom he called "a man who I truly loved and admired greatly."

But the mood of the night was hardly somber. Instead, it was an endless jam session of rock gods playing some of the most cherished songs in pop music's catalog. Performers like Wonder and Springsteen didn't just use their sets to sing their own songs, but to give homage to their influences and celebrate the newer generation's music stars.

Simon brought out Dion and also Little Anthony and the Imperials, and Springsteen showcased inductee Sam Moore and John Forgerty, as well as veteran Darlene Love and guitarist Tom Morello, whom he called a "future member of the Hall of Fame."

Wonder performed hits he made famous, like "Living for the City" and "Superstitious," but also gave the spotlight to blues legend B.B. King, who performed "The Thrill Is Gone," while Smokey Robinson sang the Miracles classic "The Tracks of My Tears." Soul crooner Legend also performed, and Jeff Beck electrified Wonder's "Superstitious" with his guitar.

Raitt performed the songs "Love Has No Pride" and "Midnight Rider" with Crosby, Stills & Nash � she and Love were the only two female acts featured on the male-dominated bill.

The capacity crowd was on its feet most of the night, giving one of its biggest ovations at the sight of Art Garfunkel with Simon; the crowd sustained a roar after the two gave a poignant rendition of "Bridge Over Troubled Water."

But Springsteen was clearly the night's biggest draw, and even though he went on close to midnight, there weren't many empty seats as he went through a set that included songs like "Born to Run," the Clash's "London Calling," Roy Orbison's "Pretty Woman" and "The Ghost of Tom Joad." He used that song as a bellwether of today's troubled times: "High times on Wall Street and hard times on Main Street," Springsteen told the crowd.

The evening closed with Springsteen and his guest stars performing a spirited rendition of Jackie Wilson's "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher" � ending on a musical high note.

Friday's concert promised to provide even more, with a lineup including U2, Aretha Franklin and Metallica.

the golden key

blizzardm17 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:10:40 GMT

this is worth a read--

SCIENTIFIC PRAYER will enable you, sooner or later, to get yourself, or anyone else, out of any difficulty on the face of the earth. It is the Golden Key to harmony and happiness.
To those who have no acquaintance with the mightiest power in existence, this may appear to be a rash claim, but it needs only a fair trial to prove that, without a shadow of doubt, it is a just one. You need take no one's word for it, and you should not. Simply try it for your. self, and see.
God is omnipotent, and man is His image and likeness, and has dominion over all things. This is the inspired teaching, and it is intended to be taken literally, at its face value. Man means every man, and so the ability to draw on this power is not the special prerogative of the Mystic or the Saint, as is so often supposed, or even of the highly trained practitioner. Whoever you are, wherever you may be, the Golden Key to harmony is in your hand now. This is because in Scientific Prayer it is God who works, and not you, and so your particular limitations or weaknesses are of no account in the process. You are only the channel through which the Divine action takes place, and your treatment will really be just the getting of yourself out of the way. Beginners often get

startling results at the first time of trying, for all that is absolutely essential is to have an open mind, and sufficient faith to try the experiment. Apart from that, you may hold any views on religion, or none.
As for the actual method of working, like all fundamental things, it is simplicity itself. All that you have to do is this: Stop thinking about the difficulty, whatever it is, and think about God instead. This is the complete rule, and if only you will do this, the trouble, whatever it is, will presently disappear. It makes no difference what kind of trouble it is. It may be a big thing or a little thing; it may concern health, finance, a law-suit, a quarrel, an accident, or anything else conceivable; but whatever it is, just stop thinking about it, and think of God instead-that is all you have to do. The thing could not be simpler, could it? God Himself could scarcely have made it simpler, and yet it never fails to work when given a fair trial.
Do not try to form a picture of God, which is, of course, impossible. Work by rehearsing anything or everything that you know about God. God is Wisdom, Truth, inconceivable Love. God is present everywhere; has infinite power; knows everything; and so on. It matters not how well you may think you understand these things; go over them repeatedly.
But you must stop thinking of the trouble, whatever it is. The rule is to think about God, and if you are thinking about your difficulty you are not thinking about God. To be continually glancing over your shoulder, as it were, in order to see how matters are progressing, is fatal, because that is thinking of the trouble, and you must

think of God, and of nothing else. Your object is to drive the thought of the difficulty right out of your consciousness, for a few moments at least, substituting for it the thought of God. This is the crux of the whole thing. If you can become so absorbed in this consideration of the spiritual world that you really forget for a while all about the trouble concerning which you began to pray, you will presently find that you are safely and comfortably out of your difficulty-that your demonstration is made.
In order to "Golden Key" a troublesome person or a difficult situation, think, "Now I am going to 'Golden Key' John, or Mary, or that threatened danger"; then proceed to drive all thought of John, or Mary, or the danger right out of your mind, replacing it by the thought of God.
By working in this way about a person, you are not seeking to influence his conduct in any way, except that you prevent him from injuring or annoying you, and you do him nothing but good. Thereafter he is certain to be in some degree a better, wiser, and more spiritual person, just because you have "Golden Keyed" him. A pending law-suit or other difficulty would probably fade out harmlessly without coming to a crisis, justice being done to all parties concerned.
If you find that you can do this very quickly, you may repeat the operation several times a day with intervals between. Be sure, however, each time you have done it, that you drop all thought of the matter until the next time. This is important.
We have said that the Golden Key is simple, and so it

is, but, of course, it is not always easy to turn. If you are very frightened or worried it may be difficult, at first, to get your thoughts away from material things. But by constantly repeating some statement of absolute Truth that appeals to you, such as There is no power but God, or I am the child of God, filled and surrounded by the perfect peace of God, or God is Love, or God is guiding me now, or, perhaps best and simplest of all, just God is with me-however mechanical or dead it may seem at first-you will soon find that the treatment has begun to "take," and that your mind is clearing.
Do not struggle violently; be quiet but insistent. Each time that you find your attention wandering, just switch it straight back to God. Do not try to think out in advance what the solution of your difficulty will probably turn out to be. This is technically called "outlining," and will only delay the demonstration. Leave the question of ways and means strictly to God. You want to get out of your difficulty that is sufficient. You do your half, and God will never fail to do His.
Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Hopi Elders Speak

Gabe — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:38:38 GMT

You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.
Now you must go back and tell the people that this is The Hour.
There are things to be considered.

Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.

It is time to speak your Truth.

Create your community.
Be good to each other,
and do not look outside yourself for the leader.

This could be a good time!

There is a river flowing now very fast.
It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid.
They will try to hold on to the shore.
They will feel they are being torn apart, and they will suffer greatly.

Know the river has its destination.
The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of
the river, keep our eyes open, and our heads above the water.

See who is in the water with you and celebrate.

At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally...
Least of all, ourselves.
For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes
to a halt.

The time of the lone wolf is over.
Gather yourselves!

Banish the word struggle from your attitude and vocabulary...
All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.

We are the ones we've been waiting for.

The Elders
Oraibi, Arizona
Hopi Nation

Happy Sober Birthday Sugah!

Gabe — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:11:43 GMT

This deserved it's own thread.
Congratulations on seven years in the light.

good but different

blizzardm17 — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:21:52 GMT

YouTube Video
ERROR: If you can see this, then YouTube is down or you don't have Flash installed.

some time there is a version i have never heard and end up liking very much

GUITAR FOR HIRE (for free)

melody maker — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:49:25 GMT

I'm a guitarist in Philly looking for same-minded musicians for fun and group therapy (of the musical type) Blues, Jazz, Classic Rock, Prog Rock, WXPN-type music. I've been playing since I was 9 and now I'm 50 playing karaoke guitar alone in my basement studio...any takers? pm me or j.meiers@hotmail.com
:horn66: