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This week, feels like a week when we need something that we can sing along to. So how about some old familiar favorites to help perk up your week? I hope that things are going well, and hey, let me know if you find something unique or new. am always looking for something to add to my listening library.

Wings : Silly Love Songs

Elton John : Crocodile Rock

Kool & The Gang : Celebration

Gloria Gaynor : I Will Survive

The Weather Girls : It's Raining Men

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So, the kids have gone back to school. College courses are back in session. Fall is on the way. What is not to like? Oh... Right...winter is coming soon. But hey, let's enjoy the fall. Here's to a great Monday!

The Ramones - Palisades Park

Ghoti Hook - Earth Angel

The Misfits - Latest Flame

Ben Kweller - Lollipop

New York Dolls - Stranded in the Jungle

"Spirit of Man"

You know sometimes it's nice to find something different. So here's a little bit of something slightly risque to make your Thursday a little more interesting. Just... be careful since it might not be considered work appropriate by some. But hey... it can still be a little fun.

Strain

This video entitles Strain is not the usual fair I know some of you may expect us to pick. But this was picked and posted today for a reason. Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. Found smack dab in the middle of National Suicide Prevention Week, it's a day to reflect on. I know we've posted about suicide before, but it doesn't hurt to have a reminder that it's not an exclusive answer.

Please watch closely, and reflect on it. Sure they don't talk. But the text says a lot, and let's be honest a lot of teens and young adults today don't really say everything they mean out loud. 

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I really do miss posting steampunk music. So it really is about time for a dose of this fun genre. I hope you're all enjoying you're September so far. Can you believe that Halloween is already merely a few weeks away? I hope you've got your costumes ready.

Frenchy and The Punk : Make Out

Ghostfire : Dance of Fate

The Clockwork Quartet : The Doctor's Wife

Rasputina : 1816, The Year Without A Summer

Emilie Autumn - Gentlemen Aren't Nice

Just Delicious

This video amuses me in some ways. Not because it is funny, but because it animates a story I remember reading in a book when I was younger. Probably you know it as well. But I hope you enjoy the memory refresher as much as I did.

Off the Shelf : The Death of Yorik Mortwell

Am sure that by now you're used to me posting about things that I've read in digital format. This is a change of pace we're looking at a book that I brought home in hard copy format. Nothing is ever going to replace the way turning the  pages in a book feels. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't enjoy digital books. They all have their own types of appeal.

Image from Amazon

The Death of Yorik Mortwell

Stephen Messer

173 pages

Illustrated by Gris Grimly

To be fair, it was the art combined with the first two lines of the book that hooked me. Gris Grimly is a name that I recognize, and I enjoy his art style. So you could say that in truth, this was sort of a guilty pleasure read. It's a young adult, or maybe a juvenile book. So it's aimed at younger readers. But I know that I'm not the only one that has a soft spot for a light enjoyable read.

"Twelve-year-old Yorik Mortwell lay on the hard, cold ground, dead.

            His day had started off rather better than that."

                        Chapter 1, Stephen Messer

Am sure you can see why the first couple of lines hooked me. There's a level of understanding without even getting any further. We all have days like that, where things start out good and just go downhill from there. So I really enjoyed the way the story moved. It had a wonderful pace, and it kept it without really slowing down.

I would classify this almost a steampunk piece. Just because of some of the referencing in the book. There's a dirigible, and a few other elements, such as an almost fairy like creature or three. So it definitely touches on the general imagery you would see in the genre without being so complex as to distract from the plot. Also, if you have a younger reader interested in the supernatural this would be a good book for them. It's not scary, and there are no gory descriptions.

I really enjoyed this book, although I'm sue you've figured that out by now. I would recommend it for all age groups, it's a good read for a male or female audience. If you do read it, I hope you enjoy it. 

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Easy theme this week. It's time to go back to school, so I'm sure you're all seeing money move like water through your fingers preparing all the little ones. But look at it this way, you'll get some free time and you're going to have some fun hearing about their friends and everything they're learning.

Happy Monday! Have a GREAT week!

Eric Church - His Kind of Money (My Kind of Love)

David Bowie - Golden Years

Steve Miller Band - Take The Money And Run

Pink Floyd - Money

ABBA - Money, Money, Money