Category: MUSIC
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MAKING MY PEACE … with a memoir of madness
Making My Peace … with a memoir of madness It was an impulse purchase, bought in a hurry, without even looking at what I grabbed. I was early, on my way to meet a girlfriend for lunch, and I raced into a second-hand English-language bookstore. All I knew was that it was small,…
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MAKING MY PEACE … with listening to sad songs
Making My Peace … with listening to sad songs Elton John, the English musician, sang about sad songs. Remember his 1984 Sad Songs (Say So Much)? He wrote, “If someone else is suffering enough, oh, to write it down, when every single word makes sense, then it’s easier to have those songs around.”…