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Washington Court House, Ohio

Five Blind Boys of Alabama - Sweet Honey In The Rock

Happy Easter

And thanks for sticking by me, those of you who have. I should be back up and running like normal soon.

Kansas City Soul Revivers - Jesus Came At Midnight

Sun

Inniswood Gardens
Westerville, Ohio

Beach Boys - Surfin' Safari

I sure hope you like the Beach Boys. It ain't summer without them, and it's nothing but summer music of one sort or another through at least the end of this month, so you'll be seeing plenty of them.

Happy Independence Day!

Tipp City, Ohio

Boston - Star Spangled Banner-4th of July Reprise

Jimi Hendrix - Star Spangled Banner

John Philip Sousa - Stars and Stripes Forever

Neil Diamond - America

Ray Charles - America The Beautiful

Simon & Garfunkel - America

Windmill

Inniswood Gardens
Columbus, Ohio

Here's the last part of Monkees week. The hit is Heart and Soul from their 1986 reunion album Pool It and the "unhit" is Circle Sky from the soundtrack to their 1969 movie, Head.

"Heart & Soul," though a hit, (and one that really takes me back to my senior year of high school) has not aged gracefully. The tinny '80s production values that I was so used to at the time are horrendous now, and the song (I feel so bad saying this, like I'm throwing my favorite old teddy bear in a bonfire) really is not good on its own. It's cute enough though, and they are, as always, charming.

"Circle Sky" is almost indescribable. It's a Mike song, but rock and roll, not country. It's got some pretty fuzzy production values, at least regarding the vocals, but despite that, it is very good and really stays with you. And I've got to say, for once? Davy's maracas are utterly necessary to the song.

Girl

Inniswood Gardens
Columbus, Ohio

Today's hit is (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone; the nonhit is I Can't Get Her Off My Mind. It's one of Davy's "Tin Pan Alley" songs. It's also an earworm; most of their songs were.

I slacked on posting one day last week, so I'll carry the Monkees over tomorrow as well. Friday's post will of course, be patriotic music, and then I will spend the rest of July posting summery music.

Green & Rust

Plain City, Ohio

Todays' hit is Last Train to Clarksville and the lesser known song is from their fifth album, The Birds, the Bees, and the Monkees. I'll Be Back Upon My Feet is upbeat, bouncy fun. Sadly, it's the only really worthwhile song on the album. They never even came close to achieving the excellence of Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, Ltd. again.

Eastland Mall

Columbus, Ohio

Dionne Warwick - Theme from the Valley of the Dolls

Murphy

Wilmington, Ohio

Songs from movies that surely played here first run (the Murphy opened in 1918! Scroll down a bit on this page for a great history of it):

Gene Kelly - Singing In The Rain
Judy Garland - For Me and My Gal

Hitting the Barr

Lima, Ohio

Frank Sinatra - In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning

O H I O

Ohio State Fairgrounds

Over the Rhine - Ohio

Arnold's

Lima, Ohio

Pratt & McClain - the Happy Days theme

Drive Slowly

Athens, Ohio

Schoolhouse Rock - Lolly, Lolly, Lolly Get Your Adverbs Here

People and Dogs

Hoover Dam (the Westerville, Ohio one, not the awesome one)

Every once in a while I like to confound expectations and shoot something I usually don't.

Also, their dogs were sweet.

Another favorite: Queen - Don't Stop Me Now

Arena Crossing

Arena District
Columbus, Ohio

Motown: The Supremes - Stoned Love

Shawnee Inn

Logan, Ohio

The Motown theme has been held over for a second week.

Four Tops - Keeper of the Castle

Topiary

Old School for The Deaf Park
Columbus, Ohio

The building in the background is the old Ohio School for the Deaf (info here) - the surrounding park features a topiary garden with figures fleshing out an Impressionist painting. From the website linked above:

"Georges Seurat's famous post impressionist painting, A Sunday On The Island Of La Grande Jatte, is created in topiary. It is the only topiary interpretation of a painting in existence. This 'landscape of a painting of a landscape' consists of 54 topiary people, eight boats, three dogs, a monkey, a cat and a real pond."

Expose - Seasons Change

Better Times

I don't remember where or when I took this, but the important thing to remember here is that the weather was better.


Duran Duran - (Reach Up For the) Sunrise