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Bad Penny, Rory Gallagher

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Bad Penny tribute 1948 - 1994, duration: 4.47 minutes. 1. Intro   Discovering a new song or awesome live performance is always a pleasure, even for this writer at the age of 68. One such discovery occurred in late February 2025. It was Bad Penny , by the late, great Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher (1948-95). How it happened is unclear, but when a live version popped up on YouTube, the writer was intrigued. He looked around and found others, along with an original studio recording. The majority of the live recordings were off video or soundboard and are high quality. Why the interest in this specific song? Because it is a classic, late 70s rock song, with a catchy, though simple and rocking melody, and an awesome lead break and riff in D minor. All versions are linked below, along with a discussion of the song, its music, words and performance variations. Along the way anecdotes of Rory Gallagher are interspersed. The song was obviously a favourite with the band, as it was ...

Salvatore Pais

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ETs & UFOs : | 1971 Australian File | Bibliography | Cate Chassé | Directed Energy Weapons | Elena Danaan | Events, film and books | F.W. Birmingham, Parramatta Park, Australia 1868 | Flying saucer South Korea | Flying Saucers over Australia 1950 | Immaculate Constellation | Martin Sharp, LSD & UFOs | Maria Orsic | Mayan Alien & UFO hieroglyphs | MH370 | Mount Zeil, Australia | Mussolini's UFO 1933 | Origins | Salvatore Pais | Shirley UFO 1952 | Space Force | Stan Deyo 1970s | TR-3B | TR-3B Chronology | UFOs, Aliens and the Vatican + References | Wilson/Davis transcript 2002 | Zero Point Energy | Contents Introduction Pais patents Chronology --------------------- 1. Introduction The following in a compilation of information pertaining to Romanian / American scientist and engineer Salvatore Pais (b.1967) who has been involved in the development of back-en...

Me and the rest, including memory

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Consciousness: Cosmic Consciousness | Death | Dreams | Karma & Nirvana 1895-6 | Life of St Issa - Jesus Christ | Manipulating consciousness | Me & the rest | Organ transplants | Reincarnation & Karma | Taylor Swift's Karma | Telepathy Tapes / Spellers | Theory of Everything | Time & the specious present | Contents Naval gazing Memory God Social Media Rights References ---------------------- Purusha - पुरुष [Sanskrit] - spirit, or immaterial essence of a human (Garcia & Miralles 2022) ---------------------- 1. Navel gazing Human beings can be solitary or societal, terrestrial or extraterrestrial (i.e., universal). We can live alone in a cave, or in a house with others. We can look around at the dirt and the buildings upon it, or at the stars in the night sky and infinity beyond. We can meditate with an empty mind, or fill it with the chaos of everyday life. At any point in time we ...