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It is a Musical Look and Listen to Carnivals and Circuses that I have been doing these past weeks.

These next two Chapters will feature Clowns.

It was a revelation just how difficult it is to find Happy Songs about Clowns!…

Continuing with Carnivals and Circuses, and it is somewhat hard to distinguish between them.

It seems to ME that Carnivals are more likely to have Rides, and Circuses Animals- they both have Daredevil Acts.

And this must be Carnivals because it's…

It's a Series on Carnivals and Circuses, and I thought we'd take some Rides this time.

Like the Merry-Go-Round or Carousel- there used to be a difference but now the names are interchangeable.

It's kind of surprising just how many Songs there are…

Continuing with the Circuses, if there is one name that comes to mind regarding the Big Top it is PT Barnum!

He called himself a Showman and was quite the character- doing Circus-like things for decades before actually getting involved in the Circus after he was in his 60's, and being…

Last week it was Carnivals, and this week it's Circuses.

As a kid it sounds like so much fun to Run Away and Join The Circus.

But as you get older you realize it could be just a Sad Escape!

I'll talk a…

I guess Carnivals and Circuses are not allowed during this pandemic, so I will provide them for you.

Which as usual conjures up some snarl in me!

I have seen many others doing soothing shows to get us through the Lockdowns- not ME,…

Well the Weather is warm enough here in the Northeast for Carnivals and Circuses.

I remember as a kid growing up close to the old Madison Square Garden on 49th Street.

And in late March they really did come around the neighborhood and paste…

The selections in this half will be more Kentucky Derby specific.

But it’s still Horses, Ponies and anything else I think of in my Free-Form way.

Related to a couple of Songs in case you didn’t know- a Mare is a Female Horse, and a Quarter Horse…

I sat down to do a Free-Form Show but something was nagging me.

And I remembered, Saturday is the Kentucky Derby.

I did a show for the Derby once before, I think around 10 or 11 years ago, and it was time for an Update!…

Well this is it, at long last the Finale- until I get the itch to do Rain again someday.

By the way, it was pouring outside the morning I did this Chapter.

I knew weeks ago what song I would end this Series with, so it was just a matter of…

For this Episode I thought I would just throw the Kitchen Sink at you with Rain songs as they came into my head.

I think most of these will be known to you, but maybe not.

One was banned by Radio Stations, one by a group that had begun in the…

I decided to go Folk in this Chapter.

Included in this Episode is the urgent thought, during the old Cold War, of Rain As Metaphor for Nuclear War and Radioactive Fallout- hang onto something if you have never heard these- the poetic words will come fast and furious!…

I have a correction to make.

Last time out, I must have thought I was going to tell a story- I incorrectly identified the Rascals album as Once Upon A Time...it is in fact Once Upon A Dream.

For this Chapter, I asked a few friends Why People Walk…

Continuing with our April Showers and Rain Series, I'll get a little serious regarding Farmers.

Too little Rain or too much Rain and you are in a World Of Hurt, it's a tricky balance.

Don't make enough money, you might lose your…

There has been more Rain in these shows than we have actually had in April.

But it will come!

Among other things, I'll take a look at Rainmakers in this episode- those who say they can do it and those who believe in them.…

I was thinking during the break about that somewhat lame Rain sound effect I used in the first half.

That got me to thinking about songs that have the Sound Of Rain in them.

And what was the first one I remember hearing?…

This is another of those Theme Series I long thought about doing.

I like the Rain- of course I like Snow better- but Rain can be very enjoyable, romantic, calming and a whole lot of other things.

I should hit on some songs you have forgotten…

Well, we have been through Birth, Childhood, Adolescence, Marriage, Child Rearing, Middle Age and Old Age.

And we have put it off for as long as possible, just like in Real Life.

But now...now it is Time For Us To Die!

It is part of The Cycle Of Life.

However, you should know me by…

In the last Chapter of the Cycle we hit Middle Age.

This week The Cycle Of Life takes us into Old Age.

And while it has its Joys, it comes with its own Perils too- Loneliness, Senility, the ever present Specter Of The Grim Reaper to name a…

Alright I an going to wrap up the Product Placement In Song, with paper and cardboard boxes.

It's time for some good old Junk Food and Where To Get It!

Candy, Soda, Ice Cream, Pizza, even Cigarettes to close out a meal, lol!…