1513-DISCOVERING AMERICA

AS FAR AS THE GREAT DISCOVERERS OF EUROPE OF THE 14TH AND 15TH
CENTURY.IT LOOK'S AS THOUGH THE TWO THAT ACTUALLY SET FOOT ON THE
AMERICAN CONTINENT FIRST WERE PONCE DE LE'ON AND NUNEZ DE BALBOA.LE'ON LANDED IN FLORIDA BUT THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ANOTHER ISLAND IN THE WEST INDIES.BALBOA WAS FINALLY ABLE TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL BY CLIMBING TO THE CREST OF A MOUNTAIN AT THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA AND BEING THE FIRST EUROPEAN TO SEE THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND THUS RELIZING THE VAST DISTANCE OF THE NEW WORLD FROM THE FAR EAST.
COLUMBUS SAILED FOR ALONG TIME ALONG THE COAST OF CENTRAL AMERICA BUT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON NEVER MADE LANDFALL.HOW
BALBOA JUST HAPPENED TO PICK THE BEST SPOT TO SEE THE PACIFIC OCEAN
IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT KNOWN.PERHAPS HE GOT A TIP FROM THE LOCAL
INDIANS.IT HARD TO SAY.
BUT COLUMBUS'S EFFORTS WERE NOT ALL IN VAIN.THE COUNTRY OF COLUMBIA IS NAMED FOR THE INTREPPID SAILOR.P. HOLLY 3/27/2007

LUVER.COM IN BERKELEY PLAYING PETE HOLLY

I RECIEVED A REALLY NICE E-MAIL FROM INTERNET RADIO STATION http://www.luver.com IN BERKELEY CALIFORNIA SAYING HOW MUCH THEY LOVE
MY LATEST CD "THE MORRISON CENTER SESSION" AND THAT THEY ARE GIVING THE
ENTIRE CD ALOT OF AIRPLAY.I'M REALLY GLAD THEY LET ME KNOW-IT'S A REALLY
GOOD FEELING.HOPEFULLY I CAN DO SOMEMORE WORK WITH LUVER THAT THEY
MADE MENTION OF IN THIER E-MAIL.GIVE LUVER RADIO A LISTIN.JUST CLICK ON
THE LINK ABOVE.THEY ARE REALLY GREAT PEOPLE WITH A WONDERFUL RADIO
STATION. P. HOLLY-3/21/2007

BARBER-COCKED FOR THE TREETOPS

THE USE BY FILM DIRECTOR OLIVER STONE OF CLASSICAL COMPOSER SAMUEL BARBER'S COMPOSITION "ADAGIO FOR STRINGS" IN "PLATOON" HAS MADE IT BY FAR
THE MOST FAMILIAR PIECE OF CLASSICAL MUSIC OF THE 20TH CENTURY.THOUGH
MANY MAYNOT EVEN BE AWARE OF BARBER'S NAME-THEY WOULD RECOGNIZE THE MUSIC IMMEDIATLY IF YOU WERE TO PLAY IT FOR THEM-WHAT'S MORE IS THAT I'M SURE THAT THEY WERE VERY MOVED BY THIS AMAZING MUSIC WHEN THEY SAW THE MOVIE "PLATOON".
THAT'S A VERY POWERFUL TESTAMENT TO THE INTENSE POWER OF BARBERS
MUSIC.THAT EVEN WHEN IT IS ONLY BEING USED AS THE BACKGROUND MUSIC IN A
FILM-IT STILL HAS THE POWER TO MOVE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE-IN A VERYSPECIFIC AND MEMORABLE WAY.
SAMUEL BARBER WAS BORN IN WORCHESTER,NEW YORK IN 1910.HE WAS A
CHILD PRODIGY;WRITING HIS FIRST PIANO COMPOSITION AT THE AGE OF EIGHT.
HE STUDIED SINGING,PIANO AND COMPOSITION AT THE CURTIS INSTITUTE AND
HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS A CLASSICAL COMPOSER-AND SPENDING TIME
STUDYING AND COMPOSING IN ROME.HIS WORK WAS CHAMPIONED BY THE GREAT
CONDUCTOR TOSCANINI.THOUGH BARBER HAD FALLEN INTO OBSCURITY TO SOME
DEGREE BY THE TIME OF HIS DEATH IN 1981-THE USE OF HIS MUSIC IN FILM HAS
BROUGHT ABOUT A WELL DESERVED RESURGENCE OF INTEREST IN HIS IMPRESSIVE
BODY OF WORK. P. HOLLY 3/16/2007

BOSTON SINGER MUCH BIGGER THAN KNOWN

THE PASSING OF BOSTON'S LEAD SINGER BRAD DELP HAS BROUGHT ON
QUITE A BIT OF PRESS BUT NONE OF IT HAS MENTIONED HIS MOST AMAZING
ACHIEVMENTS.FIRST AND FOREMOST IS THE FACT THAT BOSTON'S DEBUT
ALBUM IS THE BEST SELLING ALBUM OF ALL TIME OF AN AN AMERICAN HARD
ROCK BAND-OVER 17 MILLION IN THE U.S. ALONE,AND DELP SINGS EVERY
TRACK.BUT DELP'S LEGACY DOESN'T STOP THERE.IT WAS DELP'S VOICE ON
"MORE THAN A FEELING"; A SONG THAT PLAYED A PIVITOL ROLE IN LAUCHING
THE GRUNGE EXPLOSION-WHICH WAS THE MOST REVOLUTIONARY MOVE-
MENT IN POPULAR MUSIC SINCE THE BEATLES AND THE ONLY ONE TOO HAVE
AN EQUIVIANTLY GIGANTIC INPACT ON POP CULTURE.
NIRVANA'S SONG "SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT" HOOK LINE IS SO CLOSE TO
THAT OF BOSTONS "MORE THAN A FEELING" THAT WHEN COBAIN FIRST
BROUGHT THE SONG TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BAND THEY HATED
IT-PROBABLY BECAUSE IT REMINDED THEM OF THE ROCK ESTABLISHMENT
THEY WERE SUPPOSELY REBELING AGAINST.IN REACTION TO HIS BAND
MEMBERS VISERAL REJECTION OF KURT'S PURPOSEFUL ATTEMPT{AND
SUCCESS}AT WRITING "THE PERFECT POP SONG"-{KURT COBAIN-INTERVIEW}
HE MADE THE BAND PLAY THE SONG "100 TIMES" {COBAIN LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY AFTER SAYING THIS IN THE INTERVIEW} SO ALL OF THE MEMBERS
OF NIRVANA WERE MORE THAN AWARE OF "TEEN SPIRITS" HOOK BEING
SO SIMILIAR TO BOSTONS "FEELING" THAT IT WAS ALLMOST IMPOSSIBLE
TO TELL THEM APART.COBAIN WAS AWARE AND THOUGHT IT WAS
HILARIOUS-MOCKING THE ESTABLISMENT.THE OTHER BAND MEMBERS WERE AWARE BUT RELUCTANT TO BE A PART OF COBAINS BIG POKE AT THE ROCK
ESTABLISHMENT.COBAIN KNEW HE HAD WRITTEN THE PERFECT POP SONG.
HE JUST DIDN'T KNOW JUST HOW FAR IT WOULD TAKE HE AND HIS BAND
AND THE ASTONISHINGLY HUGE IMPACT IT WOULD HAVE ON POP CULTURE AND HOW IT WOULD COMPLETELY CHANGE THE MUSIC BUSINESS
FOREVER.
AND SO MY FRIENDS;I THINK BRAD DELPS LEGACY IS SAFE-IN FACT I'M
SURE OF IT-AND THAT IS "MORE THAN A FEELING".P. HOLLY 3/13/2007