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To: abuelita who wrote (101160)	4/10/2020 11:50:48 PM
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joser- that was great. it's uncanny how a good play-by-play sportscaster can really make a game exciting... even if it's not. i once saw a similar video on youtube where a creative fellow like your dog-gamecaster guy was describing some footage of sailboat racing (at the olympics maybe?? - the 30th Olymipiad - whatever THAT is?) the footage he was describing was just of sailors positioning themselves for the start of a race but he made it sound exciting -- and FUNNIE. it gave me the idea to use his audio to edit the footage i had from a weekend race we had at heron lake one beautiful summer afternoon in 2012 (Labor Day Weekend). there was too little wind to race but the narrative made it sound exciting and FUN. :-) i DID get to watch eliza's facebook live CD release concert from her living room. it was better done than most of the musical performances we've been seeing while everyone's staying home. great audio also. she had someone helping her at home... i don't know who... but she's a pretty good producer/director herself... so it could have been anyone in her home under her tutelage. her son, cisco, is a percussionist who plays with her often and he's been producing some of her CD's and videos lately. for her last song she was paying tribute to john prine... said some really nice things about him. said we should all strive to be like john. a decent human being with a sense of humor about life and a moral code of "kindness". she said she wanted to pick one of his songs that was particularly prescient for today's world. the song was, "That's How Every Empire Falls". he didn't write it but he DID record it on his "Fair and Square" EP in 2005 which contained four bonus tracks that weren't on the original CD. i found this info on wikipedia. i'd never heard the song before. she did a beautiful performance. here's john (with the lyrics below) a pretty good kumbaya selection for sitting around the virtual campfire on a friday night at home. just imagine eliza singing it instead of john. That's How Every Empire Falls John Prine Caught a train from Alexandria Just a broken man in flight Running scared with his devils Saying prayers all through the night Oh but mercy can't find him Not in the shadows where he calls Forsaking all his better angels That's how every empire falls The bells ring out on Sunday morning Like echoes from another time All our innocence and yearning And sense of wonder left behind Oh gentle hearts remember What was that story? Is it lost? For when religion loses vision That's how every empire falls. He toasts his wife and all his family The providence he brought to bear They raise their glasses in his honor Although this union they don't share A man who lives among them Was still a stranger to them all For when the heart is never open That's how every empire falls Padlock the door and board the windows Put the people in the street "It's just my job, " he says "I'm sorry." And draws a check, goes home to eat But at night he tells his woman "I know I hide behind the laws." She says, "You're only taking orders." That's how every empire falls. A bitter wind blows through the country A hard rain falls on the sea If terror comes without a warning There must be something we don't see What fire begets this fire? Like torches thrown into the straw If no one asks, then no one answers That's how every empire falls. Songwriter: R. B. Morris i've decided to be like john prine for the REST of my LIFE... decent and kind with a sense of humor. that's the REAL me. :-) tanks for the suggestion eliza.

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