Home again, home again… as fun as vacations are, it is always wonderful to come home again. This week’s Musical Monday features Sixx A.M.’s 2007 single, Life is Beautiful from the album The Heroin Diaries. Sixx A.M. features Motley Crue’s infamous bassist, Nikki Sixx, James...
This post goes out to my good friend, Kerrie, who was sweet enough to notice that I missed my Monday post (we’ve been on vacation). Kerrie, you, like Kermit and the gang, totally rock. So, this week, I am featuring that most unlikely, but oh,...
Okay, so this is the first time I have repeated groups. I have featured Yes before on a Musical Monday blog (see my blog on Yes’ “We Can Fly”- https://erikagardner.com/2012/03/05/musical-mondays-will-the-real-yes-fan-please-stand-up/), but work with me, people, it was necessary. It was necessary because this last weekend,...
Yes, I know it is not Monday, however… I started to try to get this post out last night, then I decided not to rush it. I knew it needed to be about the late, great Jon Lord, who passed away yesterday from a pulmonary...
Yep, I’m back! Sorry to fall off the planet, but it happens, especially in summer. Soooooo, how’s it going? We are all good. Went to Lake Almanor, I’ve been finishing the copy editing on “The Dragon in the Garden”, reworking “Spells of a Mortal’s Weaving”...
There are times in one’s life when the news is all good. It is graduations, engagements, weddings and babies. There are also times when the news goes the other way: terminal illnesses, deaths and good-byes not said. That is where I am right now. A...
Surprisingly, as I write these Monday posts, I have had yet to include anything by my personal muse, Ronnie James Dio. Time to rectify that oversight right now. Many are familiar with Dio’s snarling, soaring vocal style on the his harder and better known metals...
Hi all, yep, still behind, but slowly wading my way out of the detritus. Still, it has been a happy sort of detritus. When perhaps I might have been writing on my blog I have been spending time with family and dear friends or working...
This week’s song choice may surprise a few of you, though it shouldn’t, at least, not my close friends. I’m sharing The Dance as sung by Garth Brooks. I was surprised to realize that though Brooks is an accomplished songwriter, he did not write this...
First off, a big shout out to my friend Carla for this week’s song, You’ll Be Mine. It’s by a duo of sisters, Allison and Catherine Pierce, simply called The Pierces. It has a light, lyrical sort of pop meets adult contemporary vibe. The harmonies...