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ROCKOLLECTIONS: VOL.IV- ODDS AND ENDS PT.1

Here's one of those every now and then Odds & Ends Shows I like to do- no Theme!

But every time I sit down and do them, a Theme takes shape.

Apparently I cannot play Music any other way, lol!

In this case, it arose from my being labeled an Oldies…

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Added by Mike Pell on July 8, 2013 at 12:17am — 8 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: 4TH OF JULY 2013 PT.2 END

As the 4th Of July fast approaches, I'll go off on a mini-rant on Patriotism.

What the hell happened to it?

This country has done more good in the world than any other.

And continues to do so.…

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Added by Mike Pell on July 3, 2013 at 8:50am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: 4TH OF JULY 2013 PT.1

We are just days away from Independence Day...or the 4th Of July for those who haven't connected them!

Alright, enough of that- I'll save my rowdy ways for Part Two, in this here Part One I am nice.

This show will be broadcast terrestrially July…

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Added by Mike Pell on June 30, 2013 at 11:29pm — 21 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE HOUSE WE BUILT IS NOW HOME PT.2 END

This is it, the Closer for Building A House With Song.

And I am still blaming that other guy, that Jack guy.

HE did it...I told you...it wasn't me, lol!

The House We Have Built Is Completed And Is Home!

It may have its imperfections, but so do People.

But it is People That Make The House, none of that other small stuff matters.

Plus Home is a place of comfort and safety, a Fortress Of Solitude for us- where we…

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Added by Mike Pell on June 26, 2013 at 1:26am — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE HOUSE WE BUILT IS NOW HOME PT.1

It is time to close it all out, and this is Part One of the last two Episodes.

The House We Have Built Has Become A Home!

There are a couple of things I discovered doing this Building A House With Song Series:

First, this was tougher than I expected;…

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Added by Mike Pell on June 23, 2013 at 11:50pm — 7 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BUILDING A HOUSE WITH SONG- MIXED BAG

While I was listening to the songs I was playing in the first half hour of this show, I thought of a couple of Oldies that might also fit that mini-topic.

So at the break, I ran over and picked out a couple.

They may not be Poets, but they could get their…

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Added by Mike Pell on June 19, 2013 at 1:32am — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: BUILDING A HOUSE WITH SONG- ALONE

I will start this Chapter with a song about something a few people wrote me and suggested we should have.

Hint: it is built to be outside.

Don't really know why we need one, I wouldn't use it, lol!…

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Added by Mike Pell on June 16, 2013 at 11:48pm — 16 Comments

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