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Posted on Sun Feb 20, 2011 at 12:35:01 PM EST
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    once more w/the Mick Jagger Grammy rehearsal vid (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by Dadler on Sun Feb 20, 2011 at 12:46:09 PM EST
    so i can give a little shout-out to my sister's boyfriend, Scott Mayo, who is the tenor sax man with the dreads in Rafael Saadiq's band. I like this rehearsal footage almost more than the actual performance.  The stripped down factor.

    "Everybody Needs Somebody" rehearsal link.

    Scott Mayo link.

    Saw this last night when you posted it, (none / 0) (#2)
    by Anne on Sun Feb 20, 2011 at 01:03:17 PM EST
    and really enjoyed it.

    I think what I liked most was realizing how fortunate people are to be able to do what they love, and stay with it, even when there are the inevitable sacrifices that have to be made along the way.  

    I've told my kids for years that they will be much better off - even if that's not measured in monetary terms - if they can find work they are happy to get up and do every day - that it is too easy to get trapped in a soul-killing job just because the money's good.

    I know it isn't always possible to do this, but it's so worth the effort; at least one doesn't get to the end of his or her life and regret not exploring the possibilities.

    Hat's off to Scott and all the other people out there doing what they love - and allowing all of us to enjoy it, too!

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    Homeowner "Forecloses" on Wells Fargo (5.00 / 3) (#4)
    by sumac on Sun Feb 20, 2011 at 01:21:47 PM EST
    With all the dirty dealings by the big banks regarding the mortgage crisis and foreclosures, this article is a tiny ray of hope. It shows that the little person can fight back. It also shows that in all their greed the bank are making big mistakes.

    Home Owner Foreclosed on Wells Fargo

    Of course, Wells Fargo is the bank that sued itself, so maybe it's not too hard to take them on.

    Doggone it, BTD (none / 0) (#3)
    by Zorba on Sun Feb 20, 2011 at 01:06:39 PM EST
    Now that you've formed a Discussing the Law group over on DailyKos, you're going to force me to surf over there much more often than I've done in ages (the frequency of my visits had pretty much dropped to maybe once or twice a month at most, and that usually involved following a link on another site).   ;-)

    Think of it as the TalkLLeft corner (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Sun Feb 20, 2011 at 01:41:47 PM EST
    of daily kos.

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    Will I have to get used to (none / 0) (#7)
    by Zorba on Sun Feb 20, 2011 at 02:05:00 PM EST
    calling you Armando again?  Come to think of it, I started to reduce my visits to The Big Orange back when you left, and they got progressively fewer over time as the Kossacks became more.....oh, I guess I'd say "politically correct" in their own way and less tolerant of dissent.  (BTW, my nom de blog over there is "Zorba the Greek," a name I shortened when I joined other sites over time.)