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Mark de Vries
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Man of many interests and some talents. Music (most recently getting into blues/americana/country), history, nature, random facts.
6: Gov't Mule - Your Only Friend (2023)
7: Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (1965)
8: Oasis - Headshrinker (1995)
9: Chatham County Lline - Nothing (2020)
10: Albert Cummings - Emmylou (2024)

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January 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I just wrapped up my first 20km. It was rather wet and windy, but the skies cleared as the sun rose. My first stop Annen in Drenthe. Home to some 3600 people, it boasts the largest grass brink, or village square in Europe (and there's also dolmen inside the village)!
January 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Let's see where I would make my stops if I really did bike from my home to Berlin (and let's take the Brandenburger Tor as an easy and familiar destination) over the next fourteen days.
January 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
There are clear security camera images of the robbery, in which the thieves used explosives to force open the museum entrance, and a burnt-out car was found not far from Assen, which is possibly linked to the robbery.

Hopefully these are enough to find the perpetrators and return to items intact.
January 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
... that were also stolen can't be expressed in money, but have immense cultural value for Romania.

The exhibition they were a part of was to end today, with a team from Romania ready to return to items to Bucharest tomorrow.
January 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
... as part of their exbibition on Dacian gold.

It was stolen yesterday, and remains lost.

Sickening to see such invaluable cultural treasure falling to pure greed. Museum director Harry Tupan rightly said the value of the helmet, and the three royal bracelets (also pure gold) ...
January 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
... of what the needs are for garbage disposal in the city. Here's my route, reworked a bit from the last time. Over 14 days this amounts to 560 kilometers, which would get me to Boulogne, Berlin or Århus if done in one go... But I'm not doing that. I'm not silly.

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January 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
In music, especially this broad category called Jazz, there is a stepping stone towards all of these.”

- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [4/4]

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THE READING ROOM: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jazz
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January 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Everybody has the Blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs for faith… [3/4]
January 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Much of the power of our Freedom Movement in the United States has come from this music. It has strengthened us with its sweet rhythms when courage began to fail. It has calmed us with its rich harmonies when spirits were down… [2/4]
January 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
7: Jake Shimabukuro & Pomaika 'i Keawe - Ho 'okahi Akua (2023)
8: Pulp - Party Hard (1998)
9: Della Mae - The Long Game (2020)
10: Boudewijn de Groot - Zonder Vrienden Kan Ik Niet (1966)

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January 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
2: @willienelsonmusic.bsky.social - I'll Break Out Again Tonight (2020)
3: Lindemann - Schlaf Ein (2019)
4: Campbell Brothers - Morning Train (2023)
5: Johnny Ray Daniels - Somewhere To Lay My Head (2024)
6: Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall - We'll Always Have the Blues (2021)
January 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
[2/2] ... language (as well as Spanish and some English). Very bold as they could've just as easily gone for English (with only a few lines spoken in Mohawk to establish the real language used).

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"Probably A Smart Move " Official Clip | Marvel Studios' What if... ? | Disney+
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January 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM