The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that Keeps Giving
September 1st, 2021 – TCS # 744
Happy September, Everyone! This is The First Month of The Fall Foliage Season, so Get Yourself and Cameras Ready! I Love Fall (or Autumn) Foliage Season! It is so Pretty to look at Pictures of Nature’s Pure Beauty that is Fall Foliage! I wish to see it for Myself One Day! Also, for Those of You who are Obsessed with Pumpkin Spice, Go at It! Me, I don’t see it as a Big Deal! I Love Fall (Autumn) more because of The Fall Foliage! On a Personal Note, Happy 1st Year Anniversary to My “Homie Chrome-y". I cannot believe that It has been One Year!
So, on to My Newsletter! So, Let’s Talk about Something that Unites Everyone. Music. Believe It or Not, Music can be The Most Unifying Force for People. Of Course, It can be Dividing in in Some Cases too, think of Someone who likes Rap or Heavy Metal v. Someone who likes Country or Jazz. Big Difference! But, Let’s Focus on The Togetherness. You can have Someone who You meet that You would not Picture liking Your Kind of Music or Even Better, Your Favourite Band! Can I get any 80s/90s American Country Lovers Out There?! Anyway, Music can also bind us, It can help us understand The General Meaning of Them. For Example, The Following Songs, which are Ones that caught My Attention are about Love. All of These Songs I have Discovered this Year!
(I) Amore Twist by Rita Pavone
(I) "Citta Vuota" by Mina. (From Disney/Pixar, "Luca")
(UK/GB) “Loch Lomond” by Tartan Army
(S) “Dover Calais” by Style
For The Record, They are about Different Segments of Love. The Two Italian Songs are about Heartbreak and Missing Someone. The First that is a 60’s Song that sort reminds me of an Italian Version of An American 60’s Song “The Twist”.
The (UK/GB) Song. United Kingdom/Great Britain used Interchangeably is a Scottish Folk is a Rock Version about Prisoners of War that Loved Each Other and Were separated, One to Live and One not to. Hence “High Road” meaning Living and “Low Road meanings Death. Morbid Sounding Meaning. But, It is thought to be The “Party’s Over” Song played at Weddings or Celebration. Added Note here, “Loch” is Scottish Gaelic for a Lake. Think of A More Mountainous Version of Loch Ness! Everyone knows about Luch Ness.
And, Finally The Swedish Song, This Song is actually Romantic! This Song is a Classic 80’s Sounding Swedish Song about Two People who meet and Fall in Love on, at the Time, The Only Way between Dover (UK/GB) and Calais (F), A Ferry. For The Record, It is mentions “Någonstands emellan” many Time. I translated it and It means “Somewhere In between”. So, Now You can say that You have taken a Short Trip to Europe and Back! Anyway, To Talk further about Unifying Music, I am going to rerun a Newsletter about The Time that I travelled The World in Music in One Night! Enjoy!
This Newsletter was written on February 22nd of 2017 (Refer to Newsletter 534)
Bonjour, My Readers! That is One of My Favorite Greetings! In Case, You did not know, It is French for Hello. So, Boy, Do I have an Interesting Story for You! So, Imagine this with Me, Okay Folks? Imagine that You wanted to listen to The Radio but, in a more Expanded Way. You wanted to listen to More than just Radio in The United States. Until The Other Day, I had never done that before, listening to a Radio Station outside of The United States. So, Here is how it happened. I was reading My Facebook Feed over and over and, I saw a Link to an Article on a Site called “Geoawesomeness”. It is basically a Site of Maps and Charts, for those like me that are Very Geography/History/Politics-mixed together minded. So, After reading The First Article, I wanted to see more Articles with Maps and Charts explaining This or That. Then, I found one that Literally Blew My Mind! A Site called Radio Garden and It is in Google Earth format with Green Dots all Over The World. Well, Those “Green Dots” were Live Streams of Radio Stations literally All over The World! Now, The only time I used to do it, If I wanted to, was think of An Area, Find a Station there, and Listen, or Use Apple’s LONG list of what They call “World Music”. After all, It is said that Music connects us all, right? If There is a Language that Everyone speaks It is in Music. hmm, Sounds like That could be One of Popi’s (My Grandpa on My Mom’s Side) Pearls of Wisdom. “The World is connected with Music”, I am pretty sure that He would say that. He did have a Degree in Music after all. Anyway, so I tested this “Radio Garden” Site and Once it started working, I was off and running like a Dog with The Gate left open! So, I started out small, My Local Area of Dallas-Fort Worth, then Atlanta at The Peak of Rush Hour, Washington DC, New York, and Cities in between, then I was ready to Hear The Music of The World. Now, Let’s bear in Mind that When Listening to The Radio anywhere You are, The Word “Music” can mean anything. Now, I know that “Talk Radio” is not always Music, but in The Radio World, Anything does at This Point. So, I went to Many Places around The World, Listened to The Language of The Country, The Tone of Voice, What it might be that They were saying, and The Type of Music that was being played. I went as far as Thailand; to India; to The Middle East; All over Europe (London, Paris, Madrid, Prague, Stockholm, and Oslo; among Many Others); The Caribbean (Puerto Rico, The Dominican Republic, and Jamaica); I took a Short Visit to Costa Rica, and Yes, They even have A Radio Station in of All places; Nuuk, Greenland! It was Interesting to say the least! So, a Few Questions that I’m sure that You are Asking, Why would You do that? What did You find The Most Interesting? What was The Most Unique Experience? and, Finally, Any Favourite Radio Stations that You found? Okay, Here are Your Questions answered!
Why would You do that?: Because I was Curious and Wanted to know what Music around The World sounded like
What did You find The Most Interesting?: Actually, Lots of Things. I noticed that There is a Surprisingly Amount of “American Music” Stations, or at least Stations that played Songs that are Hits in The United States. I even found a Country Music Station in Stockholm, Sweden. Yes, Really. Country Music, like a American Country Music, in Sweden. Yes, I know The Swedes can rock to Country Music as Much as Americans can, I just found it Funny. Other Funny or Interesting Moments, were Thai Rap in Bangkok, Thailand; Trying out Indian Music in Mumbai, India; and, Listening to a Station in Puerto Rico talk about US President, Donald Trump in Spanish. It took the Words El Presidente and Estados Unidos to Convince Me that They were talking about The President. They did get rather Passionate as The Talk rolled on.
Most Unique Experience: It was Interesting to Listen to What People in India refer to as “Traditional Indian Music”. I will tell you though, It is rather catchy and You can dance to It if You want to, In fact They encourage it! And, Can’t forget when I went into The Middle East, There are Some Stations that have Arabic Music and Some that are in The Best and Most Respectful Way of Explaining It, It is like Islam’s Equivalent of Christian Talk Radio.
Any Favorite Radio Stations that I found: Well, I found Two Stations that I liked. Now, One is a American/British Music Station, “Dubai 92” out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates and The Other is an American/British (International is what They called it) and Spanish Music Station, “Cadena 100” out of Madrid, Spain. I actually listened to a Good Spanish Song that I wish I had looked up The Title and Blondie played after that and That is when It got My Attention. Yes, Spanish PTLS Family Members, I did listen to a Spanish Song (Español Musica) and You would be Very Proud!
Anyway, all in all, It really was a Round-The-World Experience to hear The Music (and, Talk) of Different Parts of The World. So, My Advice, Check out that Site and spin The Globe and Listen to The World.
Thanks for Reading The Christianville Spirit. Open Your Mind to Different Types of Music.
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