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Ice and snow during the holidays can be romantic, but it can also be ravaging. Such is the case of the chilling frost of 1937 and the great frost of 1990.
Many are facing unspeakable hardship this Thanksgiving/Christmas season. When you listen to the music of the first wave...
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One of my biggest critics in this blog community recently posted a comment something to the effect of me being as far away from an example of a follower of Christ as one could possibly be. Well, I had to reluctantly agree, because, as a follower of Christ, I am constantly missing the...
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I'm going to wait until the dust over the recent escalating emotions surrounding Proposition 8. I'm going to wait until after November 4. But sometime before Christmas, possibly before Thanksgiving, I am planning to meet with Kern High trustee Ken Mettler in a Vegas-styled...
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This song was never released on the original edition of the CD, Right-wingers Need Love Too, but it is now available for free to all who have donated to YES on 8, or who have actively campaigned to support it.
Those who voted No on 8, haven't done any work to support Yes on 8, or...
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When most people think of a star rising in the midst of an election season, they think about a politician like Obama or Palin. They don't (or they didn't, until recently) think of somebody like Joe the Plummer.
Joe the Plummer has become an overnight sensation. He is the topic for...
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Some have said that you are violating the separation of church and state. Is this really what you believe has them up in arms?
People can claim whatever they want. The fact is that the Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court say they are wrong. I would challenge them to...
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Welcome to my blog n roll series, Lyric Today/Hear it Tomorrow, where you're exposed to lyrics to brand new Dr. BLTunes hot off the press, on the day they're penned, and just before the audio is released, God willing, the very next day.
In the game of blog n roll, that I humbly...
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I must give credit where credit is due. Sarah Palin coined the phrase. I'm not trying to make coin out of the phrase she coined, but I wouldn't mind introducing the topic with this tune. It's called (you guessed it) Pallin Around with Terrorists. It's from the album,...
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We need another Bob Dylan. I'm no Bob Dylan, but I have been inspired by his spirit of candid, outspoken protest of late.
If you've hit "play" on the attached play station, you'll discover that I've been tapping in to the anger and angst surrounding corporate greed and abuse...
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Welcome to Lyric Today/Hear it Tomorrow. Blog n roll involves me providing the topic and the tunes, and you, the talk. You'll hear the song tomorrow, God willing, and providing it hasn't been lost in the traffic of the song-crowded freeway I call my brain.
So here's the tune...
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This is material from Bakotopia.com, where all of the action is today:
I regret to have put all of you who commented on the Palin pile-on post in the same category. There was one comment in particular that stood out---one comment that went against the grain of all of the other liberal...
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How many believe that the Taliban are hoping Obama wins this election? I tried to imagine what they might compose if they were to express their sentiments in a shout-out for Obama. I think they might take Billy Joel's Piano Man and turn it into something like this:
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I was doing great in my self-imposed partisan recovery program, but I fear I've fallen off the wagon. When I heard Nancy Pelosi's bitterly partisan diatribe in the midst of the delicate bail-out negotiations last week, it was if she reached out, grabbed me and yanked me off the wagon,...
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Welcome to Beyond Partisanship: The Psychology of Politics Round Table, a brand new blog series in which bloggers and/or blog visitors attempt to transcend their own partisan leanings, and engage in a discussion that goes well beyond the confines of partisan politics....
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It's a bit too early to be talking about Christmas, but we're actually a little late by traditional standards in starting to work on the next Christmas CD.
It's tentatively entitled Flock Watchin'. If you want to learn more about Tommy's role in the creation of this song, and...
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Usually, all you have to do around here is mention Chad Vegas's name, and liberal bloggers begin to line up to launch sharp lines of criticism, the type of scene many conservatives would see as "piling on," or a phenomenon I have called "Hanging Chad."
But today, when...
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Welcome to my Johnny Cash blog series, Blog in Black. Johnny was one of Buck Owen's favorites and one of mine too. Today is Black Friday. I'm spinning Johnny Cash records, vinyl ones on my record player all day today in his honor.
It's the 6th anniversary of...
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To honor Johnny Cash, on the anniversary of the day of his passing, I've begun the internet edition of Blackout, a collection of original songs I've written and recorded about the life and music of Johnny Cash.
If you've been fooled by the title of this blog post, allow me to disabuse you...
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Welcome to the blog n roll series, Hear Today, Here Today! For those who pay attention to its sister series, Lyric Today/Hear it Tomorrow series, you'll notice that the lyrics in this version and that one don't match. No, it's not a bait and switch. I've simply slightly revised...
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Two brand new songs have been added to the 9/11 retrospective CD, One September Mournin'. Check out the details at:
Bakersfield Sound Underground
www.bakersfieldsoundunderground.com
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Are you tired of witnessing nothing but a Hanging Chad? I can't believe the New York Times passed on my interview with Chad Vegas :)
Oh, well, at least the Nothwest Voice was willing to give Chad Vegas a voice, and me an opportunity to present a fair and balanced take on the man...
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As surf the web, and witness the treatment McCain is receiving from some hard-core liberals, you'd think we were flashing back to the days when soldiers once stationed in Viet Nam first returned to American soil. People cursed them, spit at them, and did much worse.
Obama, Biden and...
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Talk about "electrifying the base (NYT)," and silencing her stunned critics (at least for a moment)!
Even Democrats have conceded that Sarah Palin's debut at the Republican convention last night was a big hit, especially among conservatives and women of varying political...
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Welcome to Lyric Today/Hear it Tomorrow, and you will, hear it tomorrow, if the song doesn't get crowded out in the song-filled freeway I call my brain. Today, I'm introducing the lyrics, so that tomorrow, or the next day, or the next week, you can sing along, lending your support to a...
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On 9/11/01, there were no Republicans and no Democrats in Sacramento. No Republicans and Democrats in America. We were all Americans. Shortly thereafter, artists and bands in Sacramento pooled their resources in support of victims and survivors on this CD of mine, One...
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The country is going to wholeheartedly embrace John McCain and Sarah Palin as the winning ticket. They represent real change, and they are prepared to put country before anything else.
I'm proud of the current President of the United States, but let's face it, how good could you do...
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There's a brand new song that's just been written and recorded by yours truly. It's hot off the press, straight from the BuckarooM. It's from the CD, Trout's Tall Tales, found here:
http://www.drblt.net
Hear the song, review the song, do whatever you want with the song after hearing...
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John Edwards seemed to have the world by the tail. Then he self-destructived. What are some of your ideas concerning why people such as Edwards self-destruct? Is there such a phenomenon as fear of success, or is this just a case of selfishness, narcissism, and ego getting...
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Pro-life, pro-wifewords and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008 well, some say I'm anti choiceand anti womenbut I just want more of thembrought into the worldcause when you limit lifeyou limit women'cause half are baby boyshalf baby girls chorus:I'm pro-lifeand I'm pro-wifenow that may...
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When I first learned that Vern Hoover, local owner of Trout's Nightclub and Blackboard Stages, had passed away, I wrote a song called It's Rainin' at this Honky-tonk. I pretty much left that song the way.
But I've been working on a second song, one that focuses specially on Vern's...
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Fearing that the recent rapid narrowing of the gap in the polls between Obama and McCain is a sign McCain's next house will be the Whitehouse, and gleefully jumping at yet another opportunity to engage in "Gotcha! politics," the Democrats have been all over McCain about his...
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So far, I've written two songs about a man I never got a chance to get close to. How can that be, you ask? Well, it's a testimony to what an impact he really had on this community. This latest song, Hard-workin' Honky-tonk Hero has evolved from its original first draft....
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Welcome to Lyric Today, Hear it tomorrow, the blog n roll series where you read original Dr BLT lyrics right after they've been penned, and (provided the song-crowded freeway in my head allows them to survive the traffic jam), hear them the next day.
I've always said the...
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Welcome to Lyric Today, Hear it Tomorrow, where you can read my lyrics right after they've been written, and possibly hear them the next day, if they're not crowded out with other songs in the freeway of my brain.
Hi. My name is Dr. BLT and I have a confession to make. Even...
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It's the people that make up a city, not the buildings. And it's folks like Vern that built Kern. Bakersfield is a city, not made up of stones, but of singers, and of songwriters, and of songs.
That's where the new traditionalists, or, if you prefer, the new romantics, come...
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Welcome to the blog n roll series I call Lyric Today, Hear it Tomorrow, where you can read the lyrics before the songs are recorded. Yes, it's called Lyric Today, Hear it Tomorrow, but that's not always the way it works out.
The songs I come up with are like cars crowding the freeway in my...
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For those of you who have taken an interest in the impact of Chad Vegas, for better, or for worse, on this community, I wish to provide an update on my recent interview with him.
The interview is complete. I have begun to approach prospective sources to see about getting this...
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You may not have a tall tale about a wild night at Trout's Nightclub. You may have a tall of heartbreak that happened there. Or you may have a tale that you told at Trout's after having one too many drinks.
If you can't come up with something, here are the lyrics to the title...
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That's your first question. If you go to
Bakersfield Sound Underground
http://www.bakersfieldsound...
on Wednesday, you'll find question to and you'll get to sample the song inspired by this picture, taken last night at Trout's. The song is called All Dressed Up...
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Welcome to Part I of the very first Edgar Alvises Trivia Quest involving our very first single as Alvis Edgar Wannabes. I'm Dr BLT of the Edgar Alvises and I'll be your host. Today, you're being asked questions about She Don't Even Know how to Dance, the very first...
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Welcome to the BLT in BeaTLes, Riddle me This edition. Here's your 2-part riddle: What are the words uttered at the very end of the song posted here, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds? How do they differ from a very similar phrase uttered by one of the Beatles at the end of another...
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That's right, the fathers of modern science, and even the man who would be president, have all claimed to believe in a creator of the universe. Yet some of the very individuals who plan to vote for Obama are trying to marginalize those who believe in God as "wakos." I would...
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It just doesn't make good horse sense to me. With their latest surprise attack, seemingly out of nowhere, they seem to have learned from the Russians. But this is not Georgia, and this is not the KGB. But when they look deep into my eyes, they see "hostile...
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When you're waiting for important information at the other end of the line, and you're put on hold, isn't it nice to at least have some background music? Well, for those who are sitting at the edges of their chairs in anticipation of the release of my interview with Chad Vegas, I've...
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Here is the question:
What year was it when Chad Vegas traded in the politically correct, "winter" and "spring" breaks in schools for the previously established "Christmas" and "Easter" vacations?
The winner will receive a free mp3 copy of the song posted...
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Welcome to another edition of Lyric today/hear it tomorrow, and you will, if other songs that pop in my head don't overtake this one in the song-crowded freeway in my head.
I'll Die with a half-written song in my Head
words and music by Dr BLT copyright 2008
I'll die with a...
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Welcome to the second round of the new blog n roll lyrical game, Metaphor 4. All you have to do to win a free mp3 copy of the song is to identify what "Miss Nashville" is a metaphor 4 in the following set of lyrics to my brand new song, scheduled to be recorded shorty (stay...
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I call it Hank's Haunted House, but Hank contributed the lion's share of the work on it, so who am I to give it a title? I can't thank Hank Ray enough for allowing me to add my 2-cents worth to what I believe will be another future Hank Ray classic.
It was recorded on August 7, 2008...
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One of the most highly anticipated local interviews is on it's way, and so is the mini-soundtrack to that interview. Where the interview will be published is unclear at this point. But Chad Vegas is a big draw in this community, and he's made an impression on almost everybody in Kern...
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Welcome to Bakersfield sound Underground Trivia Quest: Generation Next Dr BLTrivia Edition. I'm Dr. BLT, and I'll be your host. I call myself a "redneck with an education," but it don't take no education to figure out this Dr. BLTrivia question.
So may the smartest...
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