Haydennet.com - Joseph Andrew Hayden, Juris Doctor » Music http://www.haydennet.com This has been my personal site since 1997. I'm a proud, geeky, opinionated, educated, activist, gay bear parent with polyglot aspirations and diva appreciation, living back in the San Francisco area since 2007 after happily living many years in New York City. As a military brat I was raised in Italy, Spain, NYC and various parts of my home state of California. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:31:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Susan Boyle Unleashed! http://www.haydennet.com/2011/11/susan-boyle-unleashed/ http://www.haydennet.com/2011/11/susan-boyle-unleashed/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:00:06 +0000 jah http://www.haydennet.com/?p=8208 Let me tell you that while the poignant story of her discovery was amazing, the woman is a POWERHOUSE.  Don’t be fooled for a moment that she is not a talent to be reckoned with as she approaches fifty and was only discovered within the last few years.  Her voice is unstoppable and there is absolutely nothing that could be done in a studio that could make her voice do the things that they do on her latest album.  Take a careful listen to “Return” on her latest album called “Someone to Watch Over Me”.  I also find that the song choice in this third full album of hers is quite deliberate and appropriate.  She continues to move people, and I think that’s what makes the difference between her and the fly-by-night dance troop that actually won the reality TV show she first appeared on.

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mykebration part 2 the floodplain from mykmedia on Vimeo.

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]]> http://www.haydennet.com/2010/05/urban/feed/ 0 RIP Lena Horne http://www.haydennet.com/2010/05/rip-lena-horne/ http://www.haydennet.com/2010/05/rip-lena-horne/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 22:39:37 +0000 JHayden http://haydennet.com/?p=5828 I was on one of her email fan lists for years and I remember what an impression she made on me when she appeared on the Cosby Show.  I wasn’t fully familiar with her accomplishments at the time, but talk about a class act and a decent, long life.  I’ve thought about her often in recent years and knew that she was no young whippersnapper.  I listen to her regularly on my Ipod, and I know what an inspiration she was to many.  What a gorgeous, amazing, talented lady.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Pendergrass

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