The Winterfaire spreads out as far as the eye can see. Some booths show streamers of red and green, while others sport blue and silver. All of them offer treasure after shining treasure. Music fills the air with lyrics of Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, and Yule. From the Wordsmith's Forge comes the bright chiming of words being hammered ( Read more... )

"Let It Go" in ASL (Amber Zion & Jason Listman) as Elsa & Ellis

This is a music video created in American Sign Language out of love towards Frozen's hit song, “Let It Go." This music video was created with a team consisting of a 100% deaf cast and crew. We believe in supporting deaf people everywhere and allowing the sign language community ( Read more... )

This is the freebie for the March 19, 2024 Bonus Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from rix_scaedu. It also fills the "Music" square in my 8-1-23 card for the New Adventures Bingo fest.

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This poem is spillover from the February 6, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from Dreamwidth users Wyld_dandelyon, Nsfwords, Readera, and See_also_friend. It also fills the "Nonsexual Touch" square in my 2-1-24 card for the Valentines Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by Anthony Barrette. It belongs to the series Polychrome ( Read more... )

The Winterfaire spreads out as far as the eye can see. Some booths show streamers of red and green, while others sport blue and silver. All of them offer treasure after shining treasure. Music fills the air with lyrics of Christmas, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, and Yule. From the Wordsmith's Forge comes the bright chiming of words being hammered ( Read more... )

This is today's freebie. It was inspired by a prompt from kestrels_nest. It also fills the "Protest Songs" square in my 11-1-23 card for the Drabble Bingo fest. This poem belongs to the series Monster House.

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Enjoy some newly freed materials:

All Sound Recordings Prior to 1923 Will Enter the US Public Domain in 2022

Music Sorted by Category

List of Classic Books Entering the Public Domain in 2022

Assorted Works

Michael Lang has passed away.  He was best known for cofounding Woodstock.  Peace out, dude.

Carry on the work:
* Learn to play guitar.
* Let out your inner bohemian.
* Be the peace you want to see in the world.
* Remember Woodstock with movies, books, and music.

 Fun holiday song.

This article lays out sound reasons to listen to an album in its original order rather than shuffling the songs.

Reasons why people do shuffle may include:
* to avoid boredom after listening to the album many times
* to create a playlist of favorite songs because not everything on the album is good
* to provoke new understanding of connections between ( Read more... )