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ROCKOLLECTIONS: BUILDING A HOUSE WITH SONG- ROOMS

The Roof is finished, and we included an Attic while we were up there.

Building A House With Song, now it is time to start filling in this Shell of a Structure with Rooms.

And one Room that at various times is VERY important is a…

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Added by Mike Pell on June 12, 2013 at 1:28am — 14 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BUILDING A HOUSE WITH SONG- ROOF

Well, we have made great progress in the last week with Building A House.

As I said at the top of the show, maybe it's because that NSA Invasion Of Our Privacy has made people cut down on their interfering Phone Calls to me.

I can get some damn work done, lol!

Since you build from the bottom up, we are putting the…

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Added by Mike Pell on June 10, 2013 at 12:18am — 25 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BUILDING A HOUSE WITH SONG- LOCATION

I am attempting to Build A House With Song, and it seems the next logical step would be...well, what is it that Real Estate people say?

It's time for Choosing A Location.

Let's look around- maybe a House In The…

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Added by Mike Pell on June 5, 2013 at 12:47pm — 17 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BUILDING A HOUSE WITH SONG- TOOLS

Now THIS is a challenge!

And one I have been thinking about for years.

To try and take Music and use it to Build A House!

While I always knew how I would begin, and a few stops along the way, with this Series I…

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Added by Mike Pell on June 3, 2013 at 6:35pm — 8 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHNNY CARSON LEAVES TONIGHT SHOW PT.4

To open this 4th and concluding Chapter from 2007, I have a few words to say about my man Steve Allen that I didn't have time for before the break.

Then it's off to perhaps the most famous tongue-twisting bit ever on the Tonight Show.

Did you know that…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 29, 2013 at 2:51am — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHNNY CARSON LEAVES TONIGHT SHOW PT.3

Again I remind you that these shows were originally broadcast in 2007.

And again, add 6 years to whatever I say- for example if I say 20 years, it is now 26 years.

In these final two chapters, you will hear more Johnny Carson.

In 1972 the Tonight Show moved…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 27, 2013 at 6:51am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHNNY CARSON LEAVES TONIGHT SHOW PT.2

Please remember that these shows were originally broadcast in 2007.

That was before Conan O'Brien's brief turn as Host of the Tonight Show

Also add 6 years to whatever I say- for example if I say 15 years, it is now 21…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 22, 2013 at 2:41am — 13 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: JOHNNY CARSON LEAVES TONIGHT SHOW PT.1

This is the first Chapter of two weeks of shows I did back in 2007- so to everything I say, please add 6 years, lol!

It is a significant short Series to ME, because Engineer Ken Stanley and I were increasingly moving away from those Featured Artists shows, where you just bring in a couple of Greatest Hits CD's or albums (anyone can do that!), and…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 20, 2013 at 12:55am — 5 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: NATIONAL TRAIN DAY PT.2 END

I am going to start off the last half of this National Train Day show with a little something that, if you are of a certain age, will have your memory whirring.

And all in keeping technically within our Theme.

After that, as I so often do to get the blood flowing to my…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 15, 2013 at 3:31am — 10 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: NATIONAL TRAIN DAY PT.1

It is understandable if you missed National Train Day this past Saturday, what with Mothers Day being Sunday and far more important.

Hell, I am even late by a few days with this show, lol!

Some background- National Train Day is a holiday…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 12, 2013 at 11:55pm — 16 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: SPRING IN THE GARDEN- FINALE

This is it, the Last Chapter of our big look at Spring and some of the things that come with it.

And of course, it would be incomplete without a nod to those Green Thumb Folks who anxiously wait for Spring to get out into their Garden.

After a brief trip back to my Folk Music…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 8, 2013 at 8:36am — 11 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: HAS SPRING SPRUNG?

Has Spring Sprung?

That is a real question not only here in the still unseasonably cool East, but all across the country- some States are still getting Snow!

But I am not complaining, mind you, lol!

Spring will go on, but I have to stop this Series sometime, so this is the first of the last two Chapters.

We have firmly established a link between Spring and Love, and I will continue with some of that.

I'll have some…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 6, 2013 at 12:06am — 8 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE KENTUCKY DERBY PT.2 END

As we conclude our musical Kentucky Derby, I know a horse I would bet on but he is for a very good reason not on the field, not a contender.

Then I’ll play a couple of songs that are not only about Horses, but RACEhorses!

After that, just for kicks let’s become children again, and go to a place beyond the Derby, where nobody bets on the ponies- into a world of dreams and magic for a ride on and with the Pony Man.…

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Added by Mike Pell on May 1, 2013 at 9:18am — No Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE KENTUCKY DERBY PT.1

Well it only took many years, but I finally realized in time to do something about it!

A show that has been bouncing around in my head for all those years, dedicated to the Kentucky Derby.

Because the only 2 vices I have avoided in my life are gambling and drugs, I never bet the ponies or the Derby, so it always sort of sneaked up on me.

But this…

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Added by Mike Pell on April 28, 2013 at 11:54pm — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: LET'S FALL IN SPRING LOVE

It's Spring, and to borrow from the poem "Locksley Hall" by Alfred Lord Tennyson, that's when a Young Man's and a Young Woman's Fancy Turns to Thoughts Of Love.

That's the Theme Within A Theme for this episode.

Of course, with Love and anything else,…

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Added by Mike Pell on April 24, 2013 at 9:59am — 6 Comments