Kick-Start the Weekend

Posts to kick-start the weekend, usually with musical content.

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    Nickel & Brass…

    What’s the traditional symbol for one’s 21st wedding anniversary? Trick question. There isn’t one. Nickel and Brass are contemporary symbols for this celebration. Although maybe not nickel or brass, but certainly metal, these trees at The Public, an interactive art building in West Bromwich, England, suggest a good fill in. I’ll have to remember this place to visit one day. Now I could go off on a tangent about trees and twig art: Or tree bark fashion (floral display): But I think I’ll stick on subject. My husband, Peter, and I our celebrating our 21st wedding anniversary. It’s really hard to believe for it doesn’t seem that long. Now, I…

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  • Kick-Start the Weekend,  Music,  New Orleans

    Theresa Andersson

    Friday the 13th has traditionally not been good for me but the weekend is almost here and a little good music is in order. I am always eager to promote artists who have New Orleans influences. Although Theresa Andersson is from Sweden originally, she arrived in New Orleans at 18 and claims it as her adopted hometown. She was playing at Jammin’ Java in Vienna, VA last Saturday but as one son was leaving to go back to college from his spring break and another due to arrive, plus I was nursing the flu, I didn’t get to see her performance. However, here’s a great video of her work. The…

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