MUSIC OR DIE #19: Marty Robbins, "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" (1959)

Looks like Nicolas Cage got lost on the set of "Three Amigos"

Part 19 of my 1000+ part series.

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In which I listen to an album that puts the 'Western' in 'Country and Western.' Yippee-ki-yay.

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MUSIC OR DIE #18: Ella Fitzgerald, "Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book" (1959)

Eye see you

Part 18 of my 1000+ part series.
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In which I listen to nearly three-and-a-half hours of Ella Fitzgerald music. And then proceed to write about it all.

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So we're clear: She's amazing. But 3+ hours of anything...

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MOVIE OR DEATH #3: "The Birth of a Nation" (1915)

Part 3 of my 1000+ part series.
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Ohhhhh boy.

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MOVIE OR DEATH #2: "The Great Train Robbery" (1903)

Part 2 of my 1000+ part series.
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In which I try to overcome my personal biases against Edison to review perhaps the only Western ever to be filmed in...New Jersey.

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MOVIE OR DEATH #1 – "A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune)" (1902)

Part 1 of my 1000+ part series.
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In which I explore the very beginnings of the Moving Picture, and start a new journey of my own.

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