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    For Music Lovers

    in Open

    Posted

    thanks Waysider....

    I will certainly pass this on to her...

    I would love to tell her that some famous musician wrote this about her song...but I don't know anything about you?

    could i get a short CV on you? (curriculum vitae)

    For Music Lovers

    in Open

    Posted

    Man I had to dig this thread up from down deep in the pages of the open thread... sigh... well i just wanted to post a video of a dear friend's daughter... I particularly like this one by Etta James:This girl is only 16...but mighty fine work I thought.

    monkeyman, monkeyman who's got your back?

    in About The Way

    Posted

    I have found a new life. i am living my dreams again even though i am old.

    greasespot started me on this road back in 2003 and it was a very painful and dangerous journey but worth every hellish mile because i no longer have to be afraid.

    the truth set me free.

    It sounds so heavenly... please share your journey with us....

    Just wondering... why is it you were not able to answer doojable's questions? I thought they were inciteful and sincere?

    Guitar Talk

    in Open

    Posted · Edited by A la prochaine

    Waysider,You are such a connaisseur of the trompette... wow...I don't know much about the instrument but this I do know...that when he got up and played...it was sheer delight.thanks for reading my posts waysider.... it's nice to know you listened to the links.OH and I must add.... this is just ONE side of his playing style.One of the last times I went out to see him, he sang and played the ole' standard Autumn Leaves... it was unbelievably heartfelt! Here's ole' blue eyes... the master of phrasing

    Jeff Healy

    in Famous and other Publicly Notable People

    Posted

    OK... sad sad sad day today in the music world....

    Jeff Healy has passed away at the age of 41... battling cancer.

    sigh.. i can't even speak.

    I used to go and see him in Toronto with this Jazz band called the Jazz Wizards....

    OH my... he will be so sadly missed.

    don't even have the strength to post a video..

    :cryhug_1_:

    (in case you're wondering.. I posted this same post in the guitar thread)

    Guitar Talk

    in Open

    Posted · Edited by A la prochaine

    OK... sad sad sad day today in the music world....

    Jeff Healy has passed away at the age of 41... battling cancer.

    sigh.. i can't even speak.

    I used to go and see him in Toronto with this Jazz band called the Jazz Wizards....

    OH my... he will be so sadly missed.

    don't even have the strength to post a video..

    :cryhug_1_:

    Guitar Talk

    in Open

    Posted

    Ok... I don't have much to say about this video...It's just COOL... with all caps... (besides the fact that I have real live pics of Derek and John that i took in my arsenal... :B) I think they were posted here a few years back... DEREK was Eric Clapton's lead guitarist when I saw him perform... again... NO WORDS...enjoy

    the way international

    in About The Way

    Posted · Edited by A la prochaine

    Hello again,OK... I'm derailing here... I've been thinking about the video i posted of Bussy as LCM...I think Bussy should be used for the AFTER I GOT MY A$$ Kicked outta' OZ" LCM...and this guy... should be LCM during his reign in OZ.Whadda' think??

    The predator and prey

    in About The Way

    Posted

    Jonny,

    I have been recently reading some of Kristen Skedgell's blogs. I'm not sure if you knew this lady ... as she was in the 8th corps. Regardless, she has since spoken about her life in The Way and her sexual abuses.

    I felt her comment about victims was poignant and needed to be heard here.

    VMP. I just learned a new acronym. I always love learning new acronyms. This one sounds like a venereal disease. Actually, it stands for “Victim Mentality Propaganda.”

    Now, what’s interesting about this “condition” is that it connects the word “mentality” with “propaganda.” Of course, there are people who are perpetual victims, who blame the world for their problems and take no responsibility for their lives themselves.

    But those who WERE victims and have moved beyond it, have a story to tell. That is not propaganda – that is the survivor’s story, the cautionary tale. That is what my memoir is.

    Unfortunately VMP comes precariously close to “BVM” or “Blaming the Victim Mentality.” This acronym (I just made it up) came in response to a book called "Blaming the Victim" about women (primarily) who have experienced sexual abuse or domestic violence. It answers the question of “Why didn’t she just leave? No one was putting a gun to her head.” In some cases, there was a gun. In some cases, just the threat of a gun was enough.

    I can recall many times in my cult when I was threatened with death, destruction or maiming if I were to leave. I was convinced the devil would take me if I left and yes, I took it very seriously. I was under the thrall of mind control.

    It takes a great deal of courage (if not desperation) to finally leave any abusive situation. But psychological or spiritual abuse is the most challenging precisely because there IS no gun. One can argue that “it’s all in your head,” like the “gaslight effect.” (If you’ve never seen the movie “Gaslight,” I highly recommend it.) But that is the essence of mind control – that you think it is all in your mind when it is not. There are outside forces at work.

    Healing is a process from victim to survivor to thriver. As a victim, I was stuck in my abusive situation. As a survivor, I excaped. As a thriver, I now live and share what I have learned through VMP -Victim Mentality Freedom. But I am ever mindful of those victims who are still caught in their desctructive webs of abuse and are trying to break free. I pray that my story (not propaganda) may assist them in some small way.

    You can listen to her interview here on GS and read more blogs on the link posted on that thread.

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