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Now that's what I'm talkin' about!

ETA--If you're curious, as I was, what that sign behind him says, it's this:

"No revolutionary movement is complete without its poetic expression. If such a movement has caught hold of the imagination of the masses,they will seek a vent in song for the aspirations, fears, and hopes, the loves and hatreds ( Read more... )

"In life itself, apart from the beliefs in what comes before or after it, there is something magnificent. There is something to be found in life that can give so much to a person that he feels that he could swell up and then just burst. That 'something' is simply the act of living life to the fullest ( Read more... )

( Pictures of the grand reunion behind the cut... )

And, lucky you, I'm going to share...

Don't click unless you're ready to be transported back to 80's era MTV

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Yesterday, I was waxing rhapsodic about the good old days of rock radio, and I mentioned the name of one DJ who has been described as "The King of Philadelphia Radio"--and not without reason. He was without question the most well-known of all the Philly DJ's, and one with whom everyone was familiar ( Read more... )

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When I was a kid, one of the most influential aspects of my cultural life was a series of flimsy, miniature transistor radios. I had one with me at all times, running them until they broke in my hands (and I often repaired them with twister ties and duct tape to keep them going long enough for my allowance to cover the purchase of a new one) and ( Read more... )

...and is more true today than it was the day I married him, when this song played at our wedding.

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and yeah--it still makes me cry....

I heard this yesterday when I was getting my pedicure, and I realized how much I like this song, even if I hadn't heard it in a long time....

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*singing to myself*

This made me cry.

For absolutely all the right reasons.

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Every once in awhile, in this life, we get to witness an event that is so touching, so beautiful, so glorious as to bring tears to our eyes almost in spite of ourselves ( Read more... )