by Kristin Korb | Dec 21, 2018 | Thoughts
I’m back to Lou Rawls again. He was such a badazz. This song is really a theme from the 1960’s where issues of social justice were at the forefront of people’s minds. I think the message is just as relevant today as it was back then. We need to take...
by Kristin Korb | Dec 21, 2018 | Thoughts
Lou Rawles sang this song in 1967 on his album Merry Christmas. Ho! Ho! Ho! This was right in the middle of the civil rights movement in the United States. There was a lot of social unrest and people weren’t very kind to each other. Thinking about the turmoil...
by Kristin Korb | Dec 19, 2018 | Thoughts
Traveling back to Montana for Christmas 2017 was an adventure. I almost couldn’t get out of the state because there was so much snow. (My flight was delayed by over nine hours waiting for planes to land.) I heard that they even set records for the most snow ever...
by Kristin Korb | Dec 18, 2018 | Thoughts
Honestly, I’ve never really liked this song. I’ve heard it way too many times and it is always done the same way. Booooorrrring! However, my friend Susanne loves, loves, LOVES it. She told me that I should do it. To appease her, I gave it a shot. It was 10:00 in the...
by Kristin Korb | Dec 17, 2018 | Thoughts
As a kid, I had a record player and a special box that held my treasured records. One of the few albums I remember from that time period is “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by the Peppermint Kandy Kids. Looking online to see what was on that album, I’m sure I had at...
