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ROCKOLLECTIONS: THE RAT RACE PT.1

I lied in here!

I am not yet back from Vacation, rather I recorded this before I left...I'm no dope, I knew it was coming, lol!

But I will be refreshed.

The next topic in these Musical Explorations is The Rat Race, and no better time to do it than Labor Day, right?

Interesting we celebrate Working by NOT Working!

And my definition of The Rat Race differs slightly from the norm.

In this Opening Chapter I will…
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Added by Mike Pell on September 1, 2014 at 1:41pm — 11 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: PSYCHOTHERAPY LEFTOVERS PT.2 END

The Psychotherapy Series begins to end with another Breakdown if you're counting, and some words that Love is a Minefield.

No doubt about it, Love has made all of us a bit Crazy at some point in our lives.

So I decided to take the Crazy route.

And looking at all the choices I had for Crazy songs, I realized they could be a musical Genre of their own!

Several shows could be done on that Theme alone.

So it has been…
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Added by Mike Pell on August 27, 2014 at 2:20pm — 8 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: PSYCHOTHERAPY LEFTOVERS PT.1

Well well, August 25th is the 16th Anniversary of my being at the same station.

16 years...those people there REALLY need Psychotherapy!

These are some of the Psychotherapy Leftovers we never got to in the other chapters, and I must tell you, this is one of the strangest half hours of musical selections I have ever done.

I just went where the Free-Form Muse took me, and that was a weird place.

And I cordially invite…
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Added by Mike Pell on August 25, 2014 at 11:08am — 5 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: PSYCHOTHERAPY PT.6

Psychotherapy in August- the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, lol!

Try and find one.

Now in my role as "Dr. Pell", I have had a great success rate with my patients in Therapy.

But I must admit there have been failures.

And yes, they have had to be Institutionalized!

I'll have their Musical Stories.

Then from the information I have gathered, it will be time for me to write some Prescriptions.

These are…
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Added by Mike Pell on August 20, 2014 at 12:36am — 5 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: PSYCHOTHERAPY PT.5

Continuing on with our Psychotherapy series, I think I detect some smoldering Anger out there.

At any rate, there is no shortage of things to get riled up about.

So a good time for all of us to take an Anger Management Class.

You can do that with music?

Sure can...in the time it takes to get to A Musical Apology!
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Added by Mike Pell on August 18, 2014 at 12:11am — 2 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: PSYCHOTHERAPY PT.4

Well we have been examining some of the reasons people go to Therapy.

So far, there's been Depression and Stress.

Now we come to another major cause that is right up there- Gender Confusion.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...I don't think, lol!
 
Here are the links, and you are…
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Added by Mike Pell on August 12, 2014 at 11:05pm — 12 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: PSYCHOTHERAPY PT.3

The Doctor is back for this week's Therapy session- as yours, if you have one, is probably away on vacation for the month of August.

Making you feel very nervous and anxious.

I got you covered with a 56 to 58 minute session!

And you may not find this at all surprising- the # 1 reason for beginning Therapy is STRESS!

So a musical look at that.

Plus, despite all my training and all the Degrees I have been awarded,…
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Added by Mike Pell on August 10, 2014 at 10:46pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: PSYCHOTHERAPY PT.2

We continue for the month of August, with all the Psychotherapists on vacation- leaving their clients very nervous about that.

So I am filling in.

I promised you a Patient Profile and Diagnosis during your first visit.

Please find a seat, take these forms and fill them out- using blue or black ink ONLY!

Then we will talk a while.

Could be you are suffering from Depression.

Looks that way from here...but I…
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Added by Mike Pell on August 6, 2014 at 1:21am — 7 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: PSYCHOTHERAPY PT.1

This is the beginning of a Series I did in 2010, with a new introduction giving you some background as to how and why the idea came to me.

Some things you do you are proud of, and I never felt this Series got the respect it deserved.

Of course, that's just my opinion, you may feel differently.

But listening to all the Chapters after 4 years, even I was surprised at the things I played!

In short, it occurred to…
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Added by Mike Pell on August 3, 2014 at 9:59pm — 10 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: VOL6- ODDS AND ENDS PT.2 END

I talked about Cocaine a bit in Part One, and that made me think of an old tape I have had for years.

I brought it to the Radio Station one time and played it for Engineer Ken Stanley, and I always knew someday I would find a use for it.

It's a scene from a famous TV show about LSD, another Drug I have never touched.

Hey, I was strictly a beer or a shot guy,…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 30, 2014 at 11:52am — 8 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: VOL6- ODDS AND ENDS PT.1

I haven't done an Odds & Ends show in quite a while, and coming off that long Series it seems due.

And I am finishing off a Vacation, just a few weeks off to relax and do things I mostly didn't get around to doing- hey I am a Professional at Lazy, I have a PHD, lol!

But I am  looking forward to the remaining weeks I have in August to do the Vacation right!

That's…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 27, 2014 at 10:34pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: LOVE AND MARRIAGE PT.10 FINAL

This is it, the Grand Finale to what has been one of the longest Theme Series I've ever done.

I will start with a song I was holding back because the people populating it don't seem all that  happy, it's Marriage by resignation.

But with a quick rebound, two people with a joyous, proper attitude toward Love & Marriage.

I bring…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 23, 2014 at 6:40pm — 9 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: LOVE AND MARRIAGE PT.9

This is the most I have ever talked about Love & Marriage, and shockingly to me I still have a few more things to say...or at least the Music does, lol!

Starting with a song that declares that Rock & Roll itself was the result of a Wedding!

Then some Music for the Collateral Damage that is often the result of Weddings.

I have a true story about what I always did as the Best Man to the Groom before the Wedding.…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 20, 2014 at 11:02pm — 6 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: LOVE AND MARRIAGE PT.8

To open this Love & Marriage Chapter, I have a few familiar characters we know from Rock & Roll Songs who get Married.

Then, as I was browsing through my Asian and Russian Bride Catalogue, it occurred to me I could play a song about that too, lol!

And to close the Episode, I was thinking about how Wedding Couples put so much thought into that First Dance Song, a favorite that means something to them.

So I'll play…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 16, 2014 at 2:52pm — 29 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: LOVE AND MARRIAGE PT.7

I am STILL doing Love & Marriage, and will do so again next week.

Hey, you got a problem with that, lol?

There are times when I tackle a Musical Theme I can't stop the ideas.

This Episode will open with how I envisioned, if I envisioned it at all, the way I would have gotten married back when I was drinking heavily, and how it would be different today.

Certainly today it would NOT be in June, July or…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 15, 2014 at 12:30am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: LOVE AND MARRIAGE PT.6

This is a very different Episode.

Starting with a guy perfectly willing to marry the woman but making a case for at least a Practical Arrangement.

Then that moment of realization that comes sometimes, where I realize I can go anywhere in a Theme Series.

One of the most troublesome things to a Marriage is War- the spouse is deployed, usually overseas, and that can make things very shaky at home.

But there have been…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 9, 2014 at 12:30am — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: LOVE AND MARRIAGE PT.5

After a week off for good behavior, or the 4th Of July, I will continue with our musical exploration of Love and Marriage.

And while June has always been the most popular month for Weddings, more and more people are getting hitched in July and August.

One of the things I long ago realized for this little Rockollections show is that you can tell Stories by playing particular Songs in a particular order!

So the Centerpiece…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 6, 2014 at 11:50pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: 4TH OF JULY PT.2 END

I remind you this show is two years old, so some of what I say may be slightly dated.

Here's a bit of insight into this Rockollections thing- I had a working idea of how I was going to handle this second half of the show, starting with Schooner Fare and their song, We The People...those being the opening words of the U.S. Constitution.

They mention the Declaration Of Independence in there, and as I am listening to Schooner…
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Added by Mike Pell on July 1, 2014 at 11:40pm — 4 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: 4TH OF JULY PT.1

I did this show a couple of years ago, so when you hear me say it is America's 236th Birthday, substitute 238th- on the day the Declaration Of Independence (my favorite document ever!) was approved and ratified.

Older than me, but I'm pretty damned independent too!

I had long had this idea for an opening set for a 4th Of July show, and I finally remembered to do it!

As you well know, it was July 4, 1776 when we declared…
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Added by Mike Pell on June 29, 2014 at 11:45pm — 23 Comments

ROCKOLLECTIONS: LOVE AND MARRIAGE PT.4

I'll open this Episode with a sort of Point/Counterpoint concerning the Wedding Ceremony itself.

One song has the Groom wanting a simple City Hall bonding, while in the next the Bride would like the perfect blue sky, birds singing Nuptials in the Chapel.

Just opposite sides of the same coin!

Then three tunes that share not only beauty but a Title.

And after some modest soul-searching, I will reveal the Real Reason I…
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Added by Mike Pell on June 24, 2014 at 11:39pm — 4 Comments

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