[Jacki Hopper]

Well Jung, I’m kind of familiar with Thomas Kincade , and you’ve made my day with this “Lilac Cottage ” masterpiece, being the Purple Enthusiast that I am….lol 💜🙃😉👍👌🤘 but in reply, it’s kind of similar approach perspective as to my music take, certain artworks either jump right out at me, immediately involking– reactions of whatever comes out emotional wise, appeals to me outright visually, as I’m a visual person to begin with ….. Andy Warhol certainly spoke volumes with his stuff, and there are others, but you know what is funny , I have yet to go visit tge National Art Gallery downtown Ottawa…. perhaps that big ol Spider sculpture outside of Gallery is partly the reason, and as I’m not much into works of art , lol, , moreso into poetry, music, creativity….. however, I may sonetime get my nerve, go past that Spider Sculpture, and actually go visit the National Art Gallery, in Spring or Summer , when I’m in the area ….🖼🎨🖌🌈

[Jacki Hopper]

Sadly, this is the truth, slowly becoming more and more mundane, as being in my mid 50s, I ‘m truly appreciative of the diversity in the music landscape of pre -2000 when music was diverse, things didn’t sound exactly/similar, focus wasn’t quite on the vanity of an artist outright but rather intertwined, you could recognize who was singing, and know their looks, lol…but it was their vocals, music genre that was the definitive…. also perhaps, it could also relate to the generations below us, with exception of MLT, some others who respect moreso the music aspect essence moreso than trying to vanities their looks in conjunction with music , etc as the record labels they’re with demands/expects from signed artists, etc. , as I was saying the generations below us, were born into tge time of thus music shift and perhaps their parent’s music taste influences at home, plays a role as to what music influences their children will be instilled with, etc…

As I stated in/ on the other thread, ” Absolutely The Best of the Best ” is what I think, and thus why , I’m only liking a rare few in today’s music landscape, as unfortunately , the unique days of once was in music scene has become lost in greed , etc … am Thankful MLT, and others who are like – minded are making sincere efforts to resurrect and restore true musicship-once more….

Again, this is my personal opinion on this, you may respectfully/diplomatically agree/disagree ….☮🤘

[Jacki Hopper]

Likewise , with tge majority here Advent Calendar ends, and ya get missing tge routine, but Thankful it’s kept here all year round to rewatch … I’m definitely not a fan of winter, I hate it, only like it for on Xmas Day, I’m a Summer gal, but prefer no humidity , and enjoy late Spring , I think I suffer too from that Seasonal Disorder thing, and I’m always down in spirits somewhat during Winter and ever since my late Dad passed on my birthday in January 2011, it depresses me a little more at this time of year ….

[Jacki Hopper]

I’m thoroughly enjoying this thread, even with the differing of opinions , respectfully/diplomatically stated , and even introducing new things to be learned and be open-minded to checkout , Ottawa has a lovely Oscar Peterson sculpture that’s embedded into a wall on outside at the NAC , and I’ve taken a few Selfies with Oscar over the years… Her Majesty , The Queen along with Prince Phillip unveiled the statue-sculpture which I believe now was to be their last Canada visit. I was in tge crowd that day …. Another local gal that sings jazz really well, and soul is Gin Bourgeois ( LeMeow Band )…as I’ve said, if the music has an immediate impact on/to/for me , that is what matters to me most … the lyrics, Instrumentation, etc …

On a funny side note, I saw this document on YT, where Bob Dylan’s son was interviewed, and in my own opinion, he can sing better than his Dad, and I can actually handle/tolerate the vocals , without getting physically irritated, anxious, etc , unlike I do with ol man Bob ….lol…. it’s bad when a person ‘s vocals for me, cause me grief physically like Bob Dylan & Willie Nelson thus deeming me to not able to listen to their music but ignore, walk away, shut off so I don’t hear /be aggravated, etc.. I don’t enjoy those feelings.

[Jacki Hopper]

My fave local hometown area fiddle player/stepdancer that I’ve met & watch her grow up since was around 11-13 , April Verch …. she has toured the world, fiddled with some unknown greats/legends in the fiddle world and many years back, also teaches fiddle , began to also songwrite & sing on her more recent stuff over last while, she is wonderful, and her hubby plays banjo and songs just as good …..he’s from the USA . …🤘🏻🎼🎵🎶🔊🎻🪕

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[Jacki Hopper]

Hi Bud.. I see you have quoted my trademark MLT catchphrase that I created/coined eons ago… “MLTBUZZLUVGROOVIFIED ” …lol… I’m glad you like it, to use/borrow it….lol..

[Jacki Hopper]

Okay, here goes my 2 cents worth, now in advance, these are my own personal perspectives-opions of reflection on this and you may Respectfully /Diplomatically Agree/Disagree with what I’m going to say ….

In my life, Music has always been like a poem for/to ne, having grown up in the 70s/80s in particular, I always enjoyed listening to the radio, albums/8 tracks/cassette tapes in our home with whatever influences in music tastes of which my parents, 2 older brothers had and subsequently that I was immediately drawn to or not, sort of …. For the music aspects, of instrumentation, lyrics, vibe , emotional connection, sing along worthy, dance to worthy , etc, if it moves me poetically in those departments …

With that being said, the main music influences and/or genres that I’m drawn to are country, blues, gospel, 20s to 80s stuff …

What I’m clearly NOT keen on is Classical/Rap/Hip-hop [( Rap-HipHop because of the negative connection with Gangster stuff notions, etc, negative lyrics, etc, the whole notion , just a right turn off for me ) Classical, because for me because of no lyrics, the instrumentation , I find it boring , not positive or uplifting for/to me , it just doesn’t cut it for me, I cannot associate myself with it to get anything from it, I know Beethoven, etc were gifted, I agree with that aspect, but it’s the music itself, I don’t and will never feel connection with/for/to it, like I do & can with other genres, that’s the way it is for those 2 genres in particular ….

Now with Heavy Metal, Punk, Alternative, though not overly keen, I can somewhat tolerate to a point with those genres, depending on singing, instrumentation setup, etc.

Also, must note Neil Young’s vocals, just irritates , and anyone else that has similar pitch as he does, truly is intolerable for me, female singer or male, its their pitch, nasal or whatever it is in particular with them that I absolutely cannot listen, it’s that awful for my liking, perhaps also, my hearing issues could be a contributing factor, as I never was keen on Neil or Willie Nelson’s singing growing up , still don’t…

Fast forward to today’s music landscape… while there are some gifted ones out there in whatever genre, and a rare few that I can listen to their music of, I’m in agreement, the bulk of that is from three conglamoracy of record labels manufacturing their ideals of their signed artists to confirm to both vanity/monetary and perhaps age demographic notions to target of/with …

MLT Unequivocally is Unique because of the gift they have, to create intergenerational appealing music, while maintaining both a reminiscent yet modern vibe , without being dolled up, , going all out just to get noticed, etc, they are grounded, not at all going crazy, full of themselves because of big money/fame , etc that all comes with being with record label , etc .

Which is key to why I was immediately drawn to/taken with their interpretation of ” California Dreamin ” when I discovered them with that song on YouTube 16 years ago, it struck an immediate connection music chord with me of them .

Actually, Dusty Springfield once mentioned in an interview about how the music industry changed once the vanity aspect, crossed paths over into music aspect, and to me, she was correct in that prediction/thought …

In Essence , summary, for me, the Music has to uplift me, emotionally, make me want to sing along, dance, toe tap, etc … just reach out and move me in a poetical form, and to which I can resonate and Eminate positively from and /or touches me to the core …

No matter the genre for more part with for the exceptional, I mentioned above that don’t me no justice, no matter who tries to convince me otherwise, etc, those 2 genres, sadly, just won’t ever do for me, but I do be in awe for the creation of the genre, just not in the presentation for me to get anything from them …. 🤘☮🎼🎵🎶🔊📻🎧

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[Jacki Hopper]

I’m going to safely say that we’re all in Agreement Cahoots here and unified on your sentiments , Jung … I know I am , and this year’s edition is the Best One To Date …. Their Best Xmas Gift To/For Us All that they gave us to Embrace , and solidified–WHY and WHAT #MLTLuvBuzzGroovified Impact they have Bestowed Upon Us All Unequivocally to which we each Uniquely are further Enriched, Inspired, Uplifted from/because of them for the further betterment of the RAINBOWSPIRITSOULHEART Kaleidoscopic Odyssey Life Quest That We Are On In Our Own Ways, etc …. 🕊🌞🤘🏻☮️💜

[Jacki Hopper]

Heartfelt Hugs of Luv n Thankyou for this year’s Epic Advent Calendar Livestreams, it is the ultimate one up to date , Such a pleasure to have Michaela and Rudi join in on it, made it all the more Kindred and Groovy-Spirited ….. I immensely enjoyed what all went into these Livestreams, The MLT Kinship Community #MLTBUZZLUVGROOVIFIED Spirit …… Much Laughter , Smiles , Positivity-fied Eminations were cast , The polls, postings, etc on the Off Livestreams Days were a hit, All Around Kudos of Appreciation from me and certainly from everyone else here …… The only other band I know of that has similar effects in my experience with their fans are Glass Tiger …. They sung a private concert in a nursing home for/to their oldest fan ( it was arranged through another lifelong GT fan , that works in the nursing home, that concert of sorts went viral on internet, TV news…..

Again, Thankyou All Ever So Much and Then Some for All That You Do, having come into our lives as we all discovered you at some point online , beautiful friendships created….

My #MLTBUZZLUVGROOVIFIED LUV n GRATI-MLT-ITUDE 🕊☮️💜🤗🤘🏻🫶☺️

[Jacki Hopper]

I grew up with mostly dogs, one demented,demonic cat from Hell, thus my dislike for cats and later on severe allergies to cats to the point, I can’t even be in same room, it’s that bad….a few dog breeds I’m allergic too with but the cats , sorry Cat Lovers, I’m Anti-Cat, don’t mind photos of cats, just not real deal of cats in person,

But Luv dogs, Dogs Luv Me …= Jax is a Dog Person , most definitely

Photos Left to Right : Taffy #1 ( She was around before I was born and apparently there was a cat # 1 but no photo that I’m aware of ) Black Dog is Duke, grew up with him, then we have Demonic/Demented Fluffy the Cat from Hell with Taffy # 2 whom I grew up with both and how this photo was taken of both of them so calmly tolerating one another, have no clue….just a miracle it was photographed for proof sake they could briefly co- exist …lol , then the last 2 dogs we had that I grew up with , Little Wee Corky ( he was my baby, I chose him from the litter where we got him from, while his side kick Buddy , we got Buddy a bit later from a newspaper ad, …. Sadly Taffy # 1 git hit by a snowplough, I think is what happened, it was before I was born, Duke died of old age one winter….he loved being outdoors, never liked being inside while Taffy # 2 enjoyed being bith inside/out, she died one summer during a Thunderstorm outside of old age , Buddy git hit by a car chasing stupid groundhog he saw , succumbed to his injuries at animal hospital and wee Corky was dying of old age, blind and deaf, so at 16 yrs, the traumatic decision but right one to do as heartbreaking as it was , to have him put to sleep at veterinarians , he was so frail, etc by this point, I miss my wee Corky dearly ….

[Jacki Hopper]

Yeppers…read that the other day…. our world slowly eradicating of the best …. RIP Myles …. 🤘🏻☮️😞🇨🇦🍁🎼🎵🎶🔊📻

[Jacki Hopper]

I’m eagerly awaiting for mine to arrive soon, Thanks for sharing Jung , the photo of the arrival of your Tote Bag Haul…. Perhaps in the New Year, if any are left, I can hopefully afford to buy the other notebooks, pens… I just ordered the notebook style that came in calendar/CD/Notebook Bundle…. I know I’m a writer/poet and the Writer Bundle is a perfect thing for me , but all I could afford was the CD/Calendar/Notebook Bundle as I wanted the CD/Calendar and at the Notebook , too many fab things that I want/wish of having if only I was a Gazillionaire to Afford Everything from MLT store….lol….

[Jacki Hopper]

Thankyou Dave 😎

[Jacki Hopper]

Thanks Bud 🤘🏻😎

[Jacki Hopper]

Thankyou Jung 😎🤘🏻✌️