A song soothes with meadow views, and still heals new, each listen. Blind Melon's "No Rain" gives us layers of talent, forced labor, art, people pushed beyond their means. Addiction, recovery, ending too soon. Strength that still stands. Shannon Hoon. Roger Stevens, Heather DeLoach, Chris Fairbanks, and others too.
#BlindMelon #slavaukrain #LGBTQIA+
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NOTES:
Sherman Alexie, author, " The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (2007)" - grew up in Spokane Indian Reservation in Wellpinit, Washington, by Spokane/Coeur d'Alene:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Alexie
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Impromptu - movie - *Judy* Davis, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Julian Sands, Bernadette Peters. The movie is about a fortnight, with George Sands, Chopin - [PBS broadcast this on Masterpiece Theater]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impromptu_(1991_film)
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Chris Fairbanks - comedian. Eyes wide, present, true -
https://www.chrisfairbanks.com/
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Blind Melon - No Rain [Official Video] = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qVPNONdF58
‘Blind Melon’ Guitarist Rogers Stevens On Shannon Hoon's Death [he was 21 years old. Hoon was 28 when died. Took years to get over, and it is still part of him]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofagukmDgRo
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The American Law Journal = Emmy winning = Trademark. Band The Slants - "re-appropriation" - 2017
"In this feature report, The American Lawyer magazine executive editor Gina Passarella interviews the founding member of Blind Melon and Ballard Spahr attorney Rogers Stevens"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtUrT_3gIQk
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Roger Stevens, musician from Blind Melon, musician, attorney:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rogersstevens
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Heather DeLoach, Bee Girl in "No Rain" video -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_DeLoach
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