Category Archives: Music

Free High Speed Internet Access

By Frank Paynter | Published: March 28, 2024

Been on the road for the last week or more and I’m home now, reflecting on the hospitality industry’s provision of network access. It was a vacation we needed. I didn’t know how much I needed to get away until, sitting in the Madison airport looking for a wifi signal and waiting for our flight [...]

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Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 11, 2024

William Devereux Zantzinger died January 3, 2024 in Charlotte Hall, Maryland. tacar616 (1 month ago) I thank whoever put this up. I am the great-granddaughter of Hattie Carroll, and I have never heard the song until now William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger At [...]

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Happy Birthday Elvis, wherever you are…

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 8, 2024

Elvis Presley, the King of Bling. Fry yourself up a deelishus peanut butter, bacon, and banana sandwich on white bread, and pause for a moment to contemplate The King. Today he is, or would have been, 74 years old. They served cake today in the Elvis shopping center across US51 from Graceland.

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up all night in the studios

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 7, 2024

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Country Joe

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 30, 2024

Forty years… oh how the time does fly. For No Reason He wants to write words down On pieces of paper Recording them now And recalling them later. It remains a mystery The pages of history Outlasted the passing Of things that were dear to me. Those wonderful children With bright shining faces They waltzed [...]

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