Category Archives: music

Uke-Oke SONG BOOKS for Ukulele

Posted on 2019/11/21 by circuskitchen

Treasure troves courtesy of the Strummerville Ukulele Club.     The ”A” Book: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7xq81TuVEJyT1JBQjdYR2hlWjg/view?usp=sharing All My Loving 1 Aloha Oe 2 April Showers 3 Are You Lonesome Tonight 4 Bad Moon Rising 5 Blowing in the Wind 6 Brown Eyed … Continue reading →

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Try Everything (by Shakira)

Posted on 2019/11/18 by circuskitchen

November 2019   This song by Shakira is the story of my life. If I had to choose a swan song or funeral song this would probably be it: TRY EVERYTHING – Shakira C   F  C   G   C  … Continue reading →

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JTJ Halloween Gigs

Posted on 2019/10/30 by circuskitchen

October 30th 2019 Jenny the Juggler at work: Great work if you can get it. #LuckyPerformer

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Impeachment Explained in the Spirit of Schoolhouse Rock

Posted on 2019/10/23 by circuskitchen

October 2019 The Good Fight’s Animated Guide To Impeachment [1:55]:  “How’s impeachment work? This tongue-in-cheek animated video from The Good Fight, created by Jonathan Coulton and appearing at the end of Season 2, Episode 7 (“Day 450″), will tell you … Continue reading →

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My Son’s Existential Taste in Pop Culture

Posted on 2019/10/11 by circuskitchen

October 11th 2019   Compensating for my own upbringing, I vowed to always tell my kids the truth and keep them informed.  (It seemed a cute little game to just B.S. kids in the 70’s, and stay blithely unaware of … Continue reading →

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End of Day Silly Pizza Song

Posted on 2019/09/29 by circuskitchen

Sunday, September 29th 2019   Came home from all day gig and unplanned self-care date with Myself Alone (!) BOY tells me all about epoch BASEBALL outing (!!) MANMEAT brings me wine (!) GIRL tells me all about epoch COUSIN … Continue reading →

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ClaraJane Comedy Camp – Round Two

Posted on 2019/08/30 by circuskitchen

Friday, August 30th 2019 Improv Boston Comedy Camp for CJ – round two!   First Day Back:   Second Day Back:   Friday Student Showcase:     2019-08-30 ClaraJane’s Comedy Camp Showcase [2:02]:   ⇒ SHOW LINK:  https://venue.streamspot.com/video/903148d941   And lo! … Continue reading →

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RollerGirl in a RollerWorld

Posted on 2019/08/02 by circuskitchen

Friday, August 2nd 2019 On this day we had the Privilege of releasing our girl into her natural habitat, apparently, aka: ROLLERWORLD on Route 1 Saugus, people!! 2019-08-02 RollerGirl in a RollerWorld [0:36]: ❤️😻💕

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CJ’s Improv Camp Showcase

Posted on 2019/07/26 by circuskitchen

Friday, July 26th 2019 2019-07-26 CJ’s Boston Improv Showcase [2:07]:

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Shining Light: Flight of the Conchords

Posted on 2019/06/25 by circuskitchen

June 25th 2019 So I am embarrassingly late to the party here, but thanks to my sister & her husband I am now *finally* becoming aware of these two priceless knuckleheads. Flight of the Conchords- Albi (racist dragon) [3:22]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-jVAHAuiS4 … Continue reading →

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