The Next Four

55. "Long Tall Sally" – Little Richard
56. "Anarchy in the U.K" – The Sex Pistols
57. "Whiter Shade of Pale" – Procol Harum
58. "Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson

Each week I purchase 4 more songs from the list that I don't already have.  These are the next four.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Judi Grove, was in the insurance industry for over 23 years. In January, 2007 she faced a breast cancer scare. She wanted to make a cast of her breasts in case the diagnosis indicated a mastectomy was necessary. Needing the materials to do this, She contacted Nancy Coryell, owner of Anticipation Ultrasound Studio in Tulsa, OK, who sold "belly casting kits" to pregnant women. When they met they agreed there was a need to raise awareness in their own community and beyond. Together they started Breast Impressions.

Breast Impressions first mission was to offer breast casting kits to women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer and would like to make a "memory" of their own breast prior to surgery. Since their inception well over 200 breast casting kits have been sent free of charge to women across the world.

Now Breast Impressions is working with leagues of the Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association to raise awareness and fund raise for their local breast cancer programs, clinics and support groups in cities across the United States!

Always looking for new ways to reach women and men, Judi welcomes invitations to speak with churches, civic groups, and sports organizations to help save lives through early detection.


http://www.breastimpressions.com/

Bubble Church

When I checked my rearview mirror... I could see the church in the distance.. A large building with large walls... built sturdily to ride the storm like a mighty Ark.  But instead of a rainbow arched over the top (evangelicals no longer believe in rainbows).. I saw a giant transparent sheet of plastic... domed over the roof.  A see-through protective barrier like a  bubble boy.  Except it was a bubble church.... Isolated from the contaminates of the world... disconnected from everything... from life.... from other churches.. from reality.. ...from everything but it's dogmatic doctrines.. conservative cohorts.. and peer pressure politics. As it turns out... there's a whole world that exists out here.. and so Im wondering how it all ever got locked down to (relatively) a few people... inside a few buildings... for a few hours on a Sunday morning.  I needed it all to be bigger.  And what I wanted to know was... is there anything else out here?...anything in the world besides strained bootstraps and disapproving eyes. My eyes scanned the streets and sidewalks for signs of life...  and I rememberd 11th street.. which in Tulsa Oklahoma is route 66... maybe I'd head up North to Chicago or out West to California... Then I turned my head down.. and turned off of 71st street north... down Sheridan Rd. towards 11th street... Waving bye-bye to the church and it's Tulsa sized Bible Belt... all the way singing Walk on the Wild Side... (Lou Reed.. #223 on "the list" ).

Disclaimers:
1).  This is a blog about the journey of life.  It's not about religion.  For me.. it involves religion at times because that's part of my journey.
2).  my church is not off of 71st street.  I changed the street name to protect their identity.
3).  The religious issues I have aren't with a church...  But a movement (primarily evangelical fundamentalism as it exists). 
4).  There are people in this group who've committed their lives to love without condition.  They are a minority but they are persistent.  Im incredibly thankful for these people.  God Bless. 

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Walk on the Wild Side (#223 on the list)

Sugar Plum Fairy Came And Hit The Streets
Looking For Soul Food And A Place To Eat
Went To The..
 Apollo,
You Should Have Seen Him Go Go Go - They Said:
Hey Sugar, Take A Walk On The Wild Side,
Said Hey Honey, Take A Walk On The Wild Side.

Walk on the Wild Side
Lou Reed

In the 2001 documentary Classic Albums: Lou Reed: Transformer, Reed says that it was Nelson Algren's 1956 novel, A Walk on the Wild Side, that was the launching off point for the song, even though the song grew to be inhabited by characters from his own life...

The lyrics tell of a series of individuals and their journeys to New York City, and refers to several of the regular "superstars" at Andy Warhol's New York studio, The Factory, namely Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Joe Dallesandro, Jackie Curtis and Joe Campbell (referred to in the song by his nickname Sugar Plum Fairy). Candy Darling was also the subject of Reed's earlier song for The Velvet Underground, "Candy Says".


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_on_the_Wild_Side_(Lou_Reed_song)

"The List"

There was music playing. It had been there all the time but I recognized it suddenly like someone had just spoken it into existence. Let there be "Lou Reed".... and it was so. Music is the auditory form of art. It speaks to me like something tapping on the other side of the wall. I've found there's 4 ways to appreciate music (or any kind of art).  The first is Hipster-style.. To scorn all popular things... drinking your Pabst Blue Ribbon.. wearing your shaggy hair and your tight vintage pants... I once saw a t-shirt that read..  I listen to bands that haven't even formed yet..... (sarcasm).   The second is to scan Facebook friends (only the "cool" one's) for Music... Book... Film.... "likes".  And then hijack them as your own.   The third is zombie-like... following a group blindly (political... cultural... or religious...) like sheep.  art banning.... book burning... record/CD busting... Mp3 purging... etc. The fourth is to learn to be ok with yourself...  give everybody the finger... and then do what you want (Cartman).   That said...... "I do what I want".  And what I've been into lately are photo's from various friends and artists.  (buying the ones I love....  Check out tab "Photos" above.....SUPPORT LOCAL ART!!!).. I've been into Tattoos: (need more cash for round #2).   The BLUES!!  (always). And the Rolling Stone Magazine top 500 songs of all time.  (What can I say?  I'm a Rock N Roll kid..).     Lots of great music on "the list". (Not that I buy the whole list as it is..  BTW.. but then again who does?). There are some classic songs on that list that'll still be doing something to people long after we're gone. *  (Check out tab "top 500" above for the 2010 updated list.  Check out tab "photos" for photographic art).