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Topic: Lift Us Up - music and humor to cheer us up

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More than you may have wanted to know about Memorial Day, but from a reliable source.

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Greetings from Massachusetts:  So Good (The Boston Song)
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Greetings from Alaska:   To the Wild Country        (lyrics)
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I completely forgot to post yesterday!  Here's a funny to make up for that.

Because it's graduation season:  Sumo cum laude - the comments are funny too!  

And for today: 
Greetings from Maryland:  Turnstile's new album was discussed here (from start to 7:10).  Songs mentioned include Never enough, Look out for me, and Dreaming.
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Brian Wilson, a lifelong musician, passed away this week.    Beach Boys documentary  (from 2005, so not the last word)
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Greetings from Nebraska:  Nebraska  (explanation of the song)
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Greetings from Louisiana:  The City of New Orleans
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Some dancing to watch:        Maori haka        Hawaiian men's hula
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Greetings from Florida:      Floridays         (lyrics)
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Unforeseen consequences of travel bans and federal cutbacks on authors, and thereby on readers
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Sorry, forgot to post yesterday after being up all night on the 4th. So today's a double-header.

1.  Greetings from Oregon (this will make more sense if you've ever been to coastal Oregon):      I Must Be in Oregon         (lyrics)

2.  Gregorian voices:    You Raise Me Up 
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