From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V4 #161 Reply-To: good-noise@smoe.org Sender: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk good-noise-digest Saturday, September 29 2001 Volume 04 : Number 161 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Music of John Gorka web site ["Brian Williamson" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 13:40:55 -0400 From: "Brian Williamson" Subject: Re: Music of John Gorka web site Could you include some links to the sites mentioned here? I've been trying to locate these sites unsuccessfully. Thanks, brian. - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 6:22 PM Subject: Music of John Gorka web site > Well friends, > > It was almost one year ago that Susan and I got the Gypsy Life web site up > and running. JOhn's official site is wonderful and since I go there quite > often now, I hadn't visited our in a while. Then, the week after September 11 > I went there in search of a certain lyric I needed to send on to a friend. > > Personally, I was pretty lost after all that horror and had turned to the > music, sometimes for solace and inspiration and sometimes to just wallow in > my sadness and anger for a while. > > But the land of the bottom line is only good for so long...I found my spirit > again and have been working hard to bring some good music to my community. I > am doing a fund raiser for a local not-for-profit I support. I like that I > have that to look forward to in the near future. > > From those feelings came an essay I wrote, inspired by Mr. Gorka of course, > and Susan has now posted it at the web site. I am asking you to go check it > out and also want you to notice the counter at the site. > > It is nearing 15,000 hits and I thought how wonderful it would be if we could > reach that grand number by October 1. It would be a testament not only to > the love many have for John's music, but honor the community that we have > shared this past year. > > So stop by, leave a comment in the forum, let us know how you are, what songs > are speaking to you right now. > > Wishing you all peace. Bryn, the music junkie > > PS. If you are in the Chicago area and would like to come out to hear > Mustards Retreat in Highland Park on October 20, please email me privately > and I will send you all the details. Please come!! Mustard's Retreat ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V4 #161 ********************************