Death comes in threes
Carnaval ’68
(51 votes, average: 3.10 out of 5)
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Relaxing with Rick Taylor
“Until He Comes” by Rick Taylor on Herald Records. Taylor quickly released his follow-up album, “Rick Comes” which critics called “a mess” and fans dismissed as “over the top.” Unfortunately, his career ended prematurely, though he did make a brief comeback attempt in the early 80’s with the forgettable “The Softer Side of Rick Tayor.”
(48 votes, average: 2.73 out of 5) Loading ...Dream on
“Girls Were Made to Take Care of Boys” Reg Owen and his Orchestra RCA Victor
(40 votes, average: 3.40 out of 5) Loading ...Maxted out!
“SwingaBILLYty” The Versatile Music of Billy Maxted and his Manhattan Jazz Band. K&H Records
(34 votes, average: 2.82 out of 5) Loading ...Will the real Gore Gabor please stand up?
Gore Gabor A Hungarian Soundtrack.
(43 votes, average: 2.67 out of 5) Loading ...Across the universe
“2 Garotos no Espaco” Um “Faz de Conta” Para Pequenos e Grandes.
(51 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5) Loading ...Homo on the range
Bob Joe “Vaqueiro Solitario” Tropicana Records
(58 votes, average: 3.28 out of 5) Loading ...Muskrat Love
Doc Evans and his Dixieland Band “Musckrat Ramble” Audiophile Records
(46 votes, average: 2.93 out of 5) Loading ...Fingers crossed
“Wonderful World, Beautiful People” Jimmy Cliff A&M Records 1969. One of my favorites! Supposedly Bob Dylan said that “Vietnam” was the best protest song he ever heard.
(47 votes, average: 2.89 out of 5) Loading ...Environmentally unsound
“Music To Help Clean Up Stream Pollution By” This record was “created exclusively by” Union Carbide.
Wikipedia notes: Union Carbide is one of the oldest chemical and polymers companies in the United States. It became infamous in popular culture for a major industrial accident that took place in its Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India plant in 1984.”
“The Bhopal Disaster of 1984 was an industrial disaster that was caused by the accidental release of 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate (MIC) from a Union Carbide India, Limited (UCIL, now known as Everready Industries India, Limited) pesticide plant majority (50.9%) owned by Union Carbide located in the heart of the city of Bhopal, in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
The BBC gives the death toll as nearly 3,000 people dead initially and at least 15,000 from related illnesses since, while Greenpeace cites 20,000 total deaths as a conservative estimate.
According to the Bhopal Medical Appeal, around 500,000 people were exposed to the leaking tables. Approximately 20,000, to this date, are believed to have died as a result; on average, roughly one person dies every day from the effects. Over 120,000 continue to suffer from the effects of the disaster, such as breathing difficulties, cancer, serious birth-defects, blindness, gynaecological complications and other related problems.
(Thanks Carl for correcting my irony deficiency)
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