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[25 Jun 2009|12:52pm] |
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JD has become one of my favorite singers of all time! His music is nothing but pure beauty....
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| JD on a stamp |
[04 Jan 2009|05:44pm] |
Gang, some friends have asked that I forward this around -- it's a letter petitioning the stamps advisory committee to put John on a stamp. He's now eligible. Would you consider signing (or writing your own letter, if you'd prefer), printing and sending this on? Thanks in advance.
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USPS Stamp Development
Attn: Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee
1735 N Lynn St. Ste 5013
Arlington, VA 22209-6432
Dear Sir or Madam:
Please consider issuing a commemorative stamp honoring the singer-songwriter John Denver (born in Roswell, NM on 12/31/43; died Monterey Bay, CA 10/12/97). He was a great American environmentalist, conservationist, and humanitarian who strived endlessly to create peace, end hunger, save our natural resources, protect wildlife, and support the US Citizen in Space Program. His music and message is known worldwide, plus he was one of the top 5 recording artists in music history.
Many dedications in John's honor through tributes, concerts, books, newsletters and websites created and contributed to by his millions of fans and followers are still in existence today, 11 years after his tragic demise.
John Denver is embedded in our American culture, and his message and legacy still live on - and will forever.
Thank you for your consideration for this deserving and worthy pursuit.
Sincerely,
NAME (Signature)
ADDRESS
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| Remembering John - Dec 31, 1943 - Oct 12, 1997 |
[12 Oct 2008|11:35am] |
John Denver was one of the greatest advocates for nature, wildlife, and the planet. John, we so miss you...we could really use your voice for the planet now!
I'm with you in singing skies and dancing waters
Laughing children growing old
And in the heart and in the spirit
And in the truth when it is told
--Singing Skies and Dancing Waters
Now some say he was crazy and some are glad he's gone
But some of us miss him and well try to carry on
Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on
--Wild Montana Skies
From the life to the light
From the dark of the night to the dawn
He is so in my heart
He is here he could never be gone
Though the singer is silent
There still is the truth of the song
--On the Wings of a Dream
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| "This Old Guitar" |
[16 May 2008|12:27am] |
I was listening to "This Old Guitar" by John Denver today. I guess I never really listened to the lyrics that closely for like my whole life until just today. And the song is really beautiful... but there's a part in it that severely bugs me!
"All the things you know I love to do
To serenade the stars that shine
From a sunny mountainside
Most of all to sing my songs for you"
....What?
I guess JD must have missed that... I don't know. Maybe, is there something behind it..?
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[14 Mar 2008|01:55pm] |
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They had a lovely special about John Denver on two nights ago, I think on KET... unfortunately, I was barely able to enjoy even a few minutes of it because I was very sick, but I had a moment in between sickness where his singing made me cry.
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[10 Jan 2008|09:07pm] |
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For those of you who know Rory Y. of the John Denver World Family, his young son lost his battle for life today :( For more info and to read or post condolences, visit the World Family of John Denver Gathering Page.
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| Belated. |
[30 Dec 2007|02:28pm] |
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I come to give a belated wishing of good holidays. I apologise for the timing.
Something that I've given a fair bit of thought to is that even though I think John would be bewildered (vast understatement) by the state of the world, he would still have hope. As long as there would be a creature breathing, he wouldn't give up.
I think that is expressed in so many songs.
Him, his music brings an inability to articulate what is felt, what is desired to be expressed. What wants to be said, to be done feels so expansive that it doesn't know where to begin. The sense of passion and wonder is so strong, it becomes overwhelming.
( In where I ramble slightly. )
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| John Denver Radio Show from Italy on right now! |
[12 Oct 2007|12:50pm] |
Unfortunately all the talking is in Italian but you can still hear John's music :)
Here's the info:
THE JOHN DENVER 10th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL RADIO SHOW
Make sure you will join us and remember John Denver in the day of the 10th Anniversary of his passing.
WHEN ?
The show will be On-Air TODAY 12th October 2007, from 9,30 pm (ITALY TIME).
Please make sure about your time zone: you can find a very good time zone interactive map here : http://www.timezonecheck.com
Alaska: 11,30 am
Los Angeles: 12,30 am
Aspen, CO: 1,30 pm
Chicago, Dallas: 2,30 pm
New York, Miami: 3,30 pm
Augusta- MAINE: 4,30 pm
England/Ireland: 8,30 pm
Italy: 9,30 pm
Helsinki, Athens: 10,30 pm
Tokyo: 4,30 am - 13th Oct.
Sidney: 5,30 am - 13th Oct.
HOW TO LISTEN to the show ?
Go to T.R.S. The Radio Station website - www.trsradio.net - : on the right side of your screen hit the FLASHING SPEAKER - Radio On-line.
A small window will open and you can select your Operating System.
If you click the WINDOWS logo you will listen via Windows Media Player
If you click the APPLE logo you will listen via Winamp Player or I-tunes Player (this link works under Windows OS, as well).
HOW TO CONTACT US during the show:
We will really appreciate if you would like to give us a call or send us a text message telling your name and where you are listening from.
We will say HEY on-air.
Telephone Number: (39) 06 414 00 962 - please dial your code for overseas calls.
SMS - mobile text message: (39) 339 84 16 395 - please dial your code for overseas calls.
I wish to hear from you and I wish you will enjoy the JOHN DENVER 10th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL RADIO SHOW
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| Remembering John.... |
[12 Oct 2007|10:28am] |
It has been ten years since that tragic day when your plane went down in Pacific Grove :( I remember it oh so well...John, your songs bring us peace, connect us with nature, touch our hearts, and move us to action....may your legacy live on forever....you will always live in our hearts...
Good things came from that day....a renewed appreciation of your old songs and a discovery of your newer ones...and most of all, many treasured friends...
( In memory of John )
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| About to travel in CO Rockies, need tips |
[17 Aug 2007|12:33pm] |
Hello! Shh, don't tell my punk rock or goth friends, but I do own John Denver music and even had "Annie's Song" as the solo for my wedding. :-)
But I am posting here today to see if anyone can give me a little travel advice? (x-posted in LJ Travel)
Don't laugh at me, but I'm 36 and Durango/Silverton is all I have ever seen of the Rockies, one time, 11 years ago. HOWEVER, my husband and I are very excited to be heading to SW CO in a few weeks!
Is there anyone who loves this area and can make recomendations? (or give warnings, like, what is up with "elevation sickness"?? for real?) Places to stay have already been booked.
We are flying into Denver, renting a convertible, and mostly plan to drive around and enjoy the mountains (and other places) and the aspens turning to yellow. We'll go west on 70, turn south at Glenwood Springs, and go to Snowmass for a bit, not staying. Going back around to Marble. Then, out to the Black Canyon, turning south again at Montrose, and down to Ouray. About 3 days in the Ouray area. Then, over to Telluride (but not staying) and down to Cortez. Skipping Mesa Verde (done that) but going to Durango (skipping the train, we've done that, too). Staying north of there at Cascade Village. At end of trip, going back up north to Delta for the Council Powwow. Then, over to Gunnison, and finally back to Denver to leave. Whew.
We especially need restaurant recommendations, and hiking tips.
Thanks for any info you can share!
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May I ask if anyone knows off-hand of a legal site where I could get John Denver MP3 downloads for free? Don't bother to inconvenience yourself by searching the web and such. But if you happen to already know of such a place online that would allow me to do this, I would appreciate your sharing it immensely! :)
Thanks for your time!
-Katie
PS. It's a 90 degree day over here and I'd love to put John's "Sticky Summer Weather" onto my iPod. :) I listened to it on Rhapsody but I'd like to be able to download it, if possible.
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| "Rocky Mountain High" is not about drugs.... |
[09 May 2007|07:49pm] |
Whoever is debating this, please stop this very moment! All you have to do is watch John's Wildlife Concert and see what he says about this song. "Rocky Mountain High" is expressing how great he felt in the mountains....he says so himself. And he wouldn't say that if he didn't mean it. Did you know that Colorado used to be called "The Highest State?" But that was before all this drug-business started and they decided they couldn't keep the name. Now it is the Centennial State.
But my point is, for anyone who wishes to say that the song is about drugs....watch the Wildlife Concert! See what the man who actually wrote the song has to say about it! :D
Best to you all!
-Katie
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| Just a tribute to John Denver |
[04 May 2007|04:52am] |
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To the music of "Looking for space." One of the best tunes I've ever heard. Comments loved and appreciated.
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| Truly sorry... |
[27 Apr 2007|07:26pm] |
For anyone who may have read my last entry (which I just finished deleting, BTW) about free John Denver song downloads, I want to apologize for posting it. I didn't know at the time that it was illegal to share my songs with you. I am sorry if I got any of your hopes up and I truly did not want to disappoint any one of you. Exactly the opposite, in fact, was intended! I wanted to share all of my John Denver songs with you for free but as it turns out, I am not able to do that. My friend, Ann, enlightened me on a few things concerning that and once again, I apologize if I have caused any letdowns to any of you.
I would be sharing all of my songs with you now if it was not for the fact that it is against the law to do so.
However, I can give you some directions, which I find very useful, for getting videos on You Tube converted into MP3's. I am sorry that that is all I can do. If you would like the directions, please contact me at katiedecastro@yahoo.com and I will be more than happy to send you them via e-mail. :)
The best of wishes to all of you and have a wonderful night! :D
Always,
Katie
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[27 Apr 2007|04:53pm] |
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Hey, everybody! Wanna reduce gas cost? Help pass this e-mail along.....Together we can make a world of difference! :D And I guess this is just one of 'em ways....! ;) > Subject: Gas War - Please Read!
>
> GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work
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> This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came
from
> one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It ' s
worth
> your consideration.
>
>
> Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a
> gallon by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices
to
> come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip
> Hollsworth offered this good idea.
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>
> This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day"
> campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies
just
> laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt"
> ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to
us
> than it was a problem for them.
>
>
> BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can
> really work. Please read on and join with us! By now you're probably
> thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It
is
> currently $2.79 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that the oil
> companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the
> cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to take
> aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control
themarketplace....
> not sellers.
> With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need
to
> take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come
down
> is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas!
And,
> we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. How? Since we all rely on
our
> cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas
> prices if we all act together to force a price war.
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>
>
> Here's the idea:
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> For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two
> biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are
not
> selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If
they
> reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.
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>
> But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon
and
> Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp out at
this
> point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach
> millions of people.
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> I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us sends it to at
least
> ten more (30 x 10 =3D 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten
> more (300 x 10 =3D 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message
reaches
> the sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION
> consumers. If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten
> friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it
> goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE
>
>
>>>>>HUNDRED MILLION >>>>PEOPLE!!!
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> Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. (If
you
> don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do
is
> send this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you just aren't a
> mathematician. But I am, so trust me on this one.)
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> How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to
ten
> more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could
> conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!
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> I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you?
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> Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you,
> please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from
EXXON/MOBIL
> UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
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> THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
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>PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG!
THANKS!
-Katie
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