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ROCKOLLECTIONS: A CELEBRATION OF WINTER PT.2

I have done it!!!
As I look out my window on this Winter’s night, it has been snowing all day- and it is supposed to snow all day tomorrow into tomorrow night.
Here’s one internet report, we have us a blizzard:

A blizzard — perhaps one destined to be talked about for generations — began raking the Northeast and northern Mid-Atlantic region today, affecting millions of residents with a dangerous combination of snow and wind.
Snowfall will end up being measured by the foot, and residents are bracing for airports and road closings, and power outages.

I never knew I had such power, lol!
Looks like no school or work tomorrow…YAY!!!
Gotta hurry up with this and get out there- throw snowballs and walk in the deep snow where no one has walked yet…that’s my thing!
And generally just look at the beautiful white coating that covers everything!
Honestly, I could NEVER live in a place where it doesn’t snow.
I will open this episode with  song about February from a 60’s group called the Rose Garden- where everything is sunny and groovy, lol!
Then the best song EVER about Winter, it is non-negotiable- written by Joni Mitchell but taken to even greater heights by the interpretation of Tom Rush. And from the old vinyl LP.
After that, I will head in a different direction with songs about the Snowman, including one by the mad Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers.
Got a Winter one from the group Renaissance with Annie Haslam.
Finally, a set I played for my own enjoyment. Just for personal giggles.
See if you can figure out where I am going with it.
Why would I play a short reading by a famous poet, a song about poets and an instrumental?
What does that have to do with our Theme?
The answer is out there!
Oh man, you are going to hate me, lol!
We have reached the halfway point of the Winter Carnival Of Song, much more to come.

Mike

Tags: Blizzard, Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, joni mitchell, Renaissance, Rose Garden, Snowman, Tom Rush, Winter Carnival