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John E
@joedraf.bsky.social
Voted #1 dog dad by my dogs🏆
Product of WWII 🇺🇲 🇬🇧 🇧🇻 📎
Pro Democracy 🏛 🗽 🚫 👑
Retired from technical tedium 🪛💻 🧓
Lover of music 🎶 Guitar enthusiast 🎸
Keeping my groove steady 🎵
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True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice. (Jane Addams)
Sue Foley - 'Okie Dokie Stomp'
Okie Dokie Stomp Live in New Orleans 2024
YouTube video by Sue Foley
youtu.be
September 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I wore the grooves off Spirit's "12 Dreams..."
Feels relevant today. 1970 was the first Earth Day.
youtu.be/17YuScyo9v4?...
Prelude - Nothin' to Hide
YouTube video by Spirit - Topic
youtu.be
July 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Zelenskyy Offers to Broker Peace Between Musk and Trump
www.borowitzreport.com/p/zelenskyy-...
Zelenskyy Offers to Broker Peace Between Musk and Trump
“It is time for the fighting to stop,” the Ukrainian president said.
www.borowitzreport.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Raygun is on it 😂
June 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
May 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
40 Fingers
40 FINGERS - Walk This Way - Aerosmith (Official Video)
YouTube video by 40 Fingers
youtu.be
May 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Turn Turn Turn analysis
The Byrds “Turn,Turn,Turn” Breakdown #classicrock #guitar #60smusic #shorts
YouTube video by Rick Beato
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May 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Take Five
Dave Brubeck - Take Five
YouTube video by Tori Chitic
youtu.be
May 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Have a swinging 5/4
May 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Pink Moon by Nick Drake - 1972
Pink Moon
YouTube video by Nick Drake - Topic
youtu.be
April 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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👇🏽”That’s not efficiency, it’s cruelty and chaos”

@ossoff.bsky.social is really good at this
March 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
It takes time to tune the Uilleann pipes, but worth the wait. ☘️
Michael McGoldrick on Uilleann pipes in Christ Church Dublin for Tradfest 2012.
YouTube video by Ceol FM
youtu.be
March 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I love when great musicians dig into the past and put these great tunes back out again. Even if it was a TV theme. Scotty Anderson covers 'The Perry Mason Theme' (TV series, 1957 - 1966 was a staple on American tv)
youtu.be/TmfcNbkI6EI?...
Theme from "Perry Mason"
YouTube video by Scotty Anderson - Topic
youtu.be
March 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.
March 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Guitarist Scotty Anderson covers the classic blues folk tune 'John Henry'
John Henry
YouTube video by Scotty Anderson - Topic
youtu.be
March 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Guitar genius Danny Gatton covers Lex Baxter's 1951 orchestral pop tune "Quiet Village".
Danny Gatton - Quiet Village
YouTube video by TahoeThom
youtu.be
March 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
'Ramble On' is a tune that takes me back to my youth. It's the quintessential Led Zeppelin tune. No one in 1969 was doing what they were doing. That dreamy intro building to the rockin' chorus and back again. It just lifted me then and I recently discovered it again. One of my favorite tunes.
March 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I discovered this musical gem 'A bit of Afters' at the end of the film "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", composed by Thomas Newman. Often when I hear a nice piece of music in a film, Newman was the composer. The video is from the travels of a couple in India not associated with the film.
Thomas Newman - A bit of afters
YouTube video by Julien HAUTE
youtu.be
March 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Vive la France 🇨🇵
❤️ Chez Toots
Sous le ciel de Paris (Live)
YouTube video by Toots Thielemans - Topic
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
March 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Águas de Março - João Bosco com Gonzalo Rubalcaba. ❤️ 🎶
Águas de Março - João Bosco com Gonzalo Rubalcaba
YouTube video by Leandro Oliveira
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention?

www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
February 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
New t-shirt at Raygun. National Parks: Don't Tread On Me. Some proceeds are going to Brian Gibbs himself, and a portion of All RAYGUN sales raise money to organizations they support.
Don't Tread on National Parks
National Parks: Don't Tread On Me. Some proceeds are going to Brian Gibbs himself, and a Portion of All RAYGUN Sales Raise Money For Organizations That We Support. Sienna Brown Screen Print on a Heath...
www.raygunsite.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Van Hollen: "Can you imagine FDR in the middle of WW2 saying to Churchill, 'you know, we're not going to continue to help you until you turn over half of your coal and mineral reserves.' That's not how you behave when you want to support a friend who's under attack by an authoritarian like Putin."
February 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Joe Zawinul - Weather Report "Black Market" - 1976
Black Market
YouTube video by Weather Report - Topic
youtu.be
February 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM