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…and suddenly everybody did THIS (see below)?   It happened at Macy’s last weekend, when 600 members of the Opera Company of Philadelphia, mingling with the other shoppers, unexpectedly burst into the “Hallelujah!” chorus. Just watch and try not to smile.   

A friend posted this on her Facebook page. It struck me as particularly apt for November, the month of falling leaves and darkening skies, when we remember in a special way those who have gone before us, and pray that they find their way into heaven. (Hey, whatever happened to Mike and the Mechanics, anyway??)

The musician weighs in on religion and his Catholic upbringing in an interview with the Globe and Mail: There are a number of songs addressing religion on the album, but they don’t seem anti-religious so much as opposed to the abuse of religion. I’m suspicious of people who think they know what God knows. Myself,…

For the last day of the month: what may arguably be Barry Manilow’s best song (or, at least, my own personal favorite), set to a gorgeous lyric by the legendary Johnny Mercer. The Wikipedia entry on this song says: In his last year, as he was dying from brain cancer, Mercer became extremely fond of…
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