American Idol is wending its weary way through our TV screens again. This year, though there are several talented singers, I find it more difficult to be engaged and enthusiastic about any of them. Two who are surely destined for successful careers, whether they win or not are young Jessica Sanchez (16) and Joshua Ledet (19). The first with triple Leo, Moon in Scorpio, the second with Sun and Venus in Aries, Moon in Cancer, both with that prominent mix of Fire and Water.
Here's a recent duet by the two I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) originally sung as a duet by by Aretha Franklin and George Michael.
There's a new version of Evita on Broadway. Surprise casting for the role of Che (the figure who stands as "Everyman" making critically sarcastic comment on the drama before us) - none other than Ricky Martin! He's getting decent reviews - and why not? If David Essex could sing it successfully, long ago, no reason why Ricky Martin shouldn't. Most of us remember him like this:
Sir Peter Blake, the artist who created the iconic cover for The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, has created a new version of the cover to celebrate his 80th birthday. See HERE. Seems like a pointless exercise to me - but there ya go!
I noticed a familiar name in a list of April 9 birthdays: Hal Ketchum. Happy birthday to Mr. Ketchum!
His style is not the twangy old-fashioned kind of country (though there's nothing wrong with that) it's a smoother approach, can be appreciated by an audience wider than the stetson-flaunting, boot- clad masses in Texas and Nashville. He sings of love, the difficulites and fragility of it, our vulnerability, and problems of the workers. I have a couple of his albums, still love them. Some of his songs are self-penned or co-written, others come from some of Nashville's best. He's the 71st member of the Grand Ole Opry and is still singing and playing, in spite of some serious health problems encountered in recent years. He's had problems with addiction, but remains a multi-talented guy: paints and sculpts (has his work exhibited in a Santa Fe gallery), still does carpentry and makes furniture, and writes.
In his natal chart Sun/Venus conjunction in Aries is opposed by a conjunction of Neptune and Saturn in Libra, which I read as balancing and restraining: Sun and arty Venus opposed by creative but addictive Neptune which is in turn modified by restraining Saturn. I'd say that Saturn's position is what has saved Mr Ketchum from addiction spiralling into destruction by placing what could be called an astrological restraining order on him - perhaps even in the form of his MS - that's just my interpretation, the negative and positive sides of it balanced and blended.
Past the Point of Rescue
Here's a recent duet by the two I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) originally sung as a duet by by Aretha Franklin and George Michael.
There's a new version of Evita on Broadway. Surprise casting for the role of Che (the figure who stands as "Everyman" making critically sarcastic comment on the drama before us) - none other than Ricky Martin! He's getting decent reviews - and why not? If David Essex could sing it successfully, long ago, no reason why Ricky Martin shouldn't. Most of us remember him like this:
Sir Peter Blake, the artist who created the iconic cover for The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, has created a new version of the cover to celebrate his 80th birthday. See HERE. Seems like a pointless exercise to me - but there ya go!
I noticed a familiar name in a list of April 9 birthdays: Hal Ketchum. Happy birthday to Mr. Ketchum! His style is not the twangy old-fashioned kind of country (though there's nothing wrong with that) it's a smoother approach, can be appreciated by an audience wider than the stetson-flaunting, boot- clad masses in Texas and Nashville. He sings of love, the difficulites and fragility of it, our vulnerability, and problems of the workers. I have a couple of his albums, still love them. Some of his songs are self-penned or co-written, others come from some of Nashville's best. He's the 71st member of the Grand Ole Opry and is still singing and playing, in spite of some serious health problems encountered in recent years. He's had problems with addiction, but remains a multi-talented guy: paints and sculpts (has his work exhibited in a Santa Fe gallery), still does carpentry and makes furniture, and writes.
In his natal chart Sun/Venus conjunction in Aries is opposed by a conjunction of Neptune and Saturn in Libra, which I read as balancing and restraining: Sun and arty Venus opposed by creative but addictive Neptune which is in turn modified by restraining Saturn. I'd say that Saturn's position is what has saved Mr Ketchum from addiction spiralling into destruction by placing what could be called an astrological restraining order on him - perhaps even in the form of his MS - that's just my interpretation, the negative and positive sides of it balanced and blended.
Past the Point of Rescue
