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<gently snipped ::Tell me, what ::genre of music do you listen to the most ? I love "alternative" music. ::Is there music that helps sooth anxiety ? Many believe so. Tell me what ::works for you. I’ll try it. I like instrumental music for frazzled nerves. I highly recommend the "Birth" and "Girl with a Pearl Earring" soundtracks. Jackie ~*~"Strange, isn’t it? "Each man’s life touches so many other lives, and when he isn’t around he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?"~*~ ~ Clarence ~ George Bailey’s Guardian Angel from the film, "It’s a Wonderful Life" — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – <gently snipped ::Tell me, what ::genre of music do you listen to the most ? I love "alternative" music. ::Is there music that helps sooth anxiety ? Many believe so. Tell me what ::works for you. I’ll try it. I like instrumental music for frazzled nerves. I highly recommend the "Birth" and "Girl with a Pearl Earring" soundtracks. Jackie ~*~"Strange, isn’t it?

I like music thats soothing, beautiful and melodic.  I listen to a lot of movie scores and contempory classical stuff.  I like to rock sometimes though too – so I also listen to a lot of heavy metal stuff. — _TJ_ <TJ_IREL at YAHOO dot IE — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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I’m writing this while listening to Delbert Mcclinton

<snip I saw Delbert Mcclinton open for Willie Nelson in Houston in 1981. He does wear those jeans very nicely    Oh, and he also plays the best harmonica I’ve ever heard. <snip Some in Canada and the USA, are trying to change Merry Christmas to Happy Hollidays. Come on now, being politicaly correct has it’s limits. Ramada, Hachuna, etc will remain a secular right. I believe that there was a man named Jesus, therefor I guess I’m a Christrian…..a Xmas tree is still a Xmas tree. I don’t think that should offend anyone’s sensibilities. What the hell is wrong with us ?  LJ

I guess I don’t have a problem with a public display by any religious group, as long as tax revenue isn’t being used to fund any aspect of it.  It’s hard to find where to draw the line when emotions run high. I hope you’re enjoying the holiday season, LJ  :-) Deirdre — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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"We are being taught to be afraid to stand up for anything because it might what they are and display their own symbols instead of being turned into PC mush." amen. Gary  (I was real damn offended by running from the WTC towers as they fell – but they fell anyway, due to people who would be "offended" by the country’s capital having a Christmas Tree?)

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m writing this while listening to Delbert Mcclinton and Roy Buchanan. So of course I’m going to wax poetic. The "Blues", is everyone’s song. Especially ours. Love the blues. I don’t think Hip-Hop addresses anxiety as we know it. Celine Dion is way to happy for us to relate. Carly Simon as many know, quit performing because of Panic Disorder. She therefore knows the blues. I very seldom listen to music. Used to love it. Tell me, what genre of music do you listen to the most ? If you’re over 45, do you believe that the music died with the demise of Ritchie, the Bopper etc. What would Hendrix be playing now if still alive ? Granted, there are some songs today that are refreshing, but very few. Music hit a brick wall in the 80’s and has never recovered. I like a lot of different music but I must admit that RAP to me, is misspelled and is missing a C at the beginning. Is there music that helps sooth anxiety ? Many believe so. Tell me what works for you. I’ll try it. OK., one more shot of Scotch, one more cigarette and I’ll try to get my cat to come in, it’s -6 degrees celsius, for US citizens, very cold. Some in Canada and the USA, are trying to change Merry Christmas to Happy Hollidays. Come on now, being politicaly correct has it’s limits. Ramada, Hachuna, etc will remain a secular right. I believe that there was a man named Jesus, therefor I guess I’m a Christrian…..a Xmas tree is still a Xmas tree. I don’t think that should offend anyone’s sensibilities. I am not religious at all and I find this "Happy Hollidays" stuff totally out of line and disrespectful of the culture of the majority of us in North America. Someone a few years back wished me a "Happy Holliday" and I asked in reply to which holliday he was referring naming a few but he couldn’t answer me….I got a real chuckle out of that. Custom says that here we celebrate Christmas. I have relatives who have a Jewish heritage and they celebrate Hanukkah (sp). Where I worked, there was a real mix of cultures and and greeting were Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a few others that were appropriate for the time of year. What the hell is wrong with us ?  LJ We are being taught to be afraid to stand up for anything because it might of what they are and display their own symbols instead of being turned into PC mush. — Ron P Just remember….if the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off. — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

– The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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Is there music that helps sooth anxiety ? Many believe so. Tell me what works for you. I’ll try it.

Classical music. Especially baroque composers, and composers of the classical era such as Haydn and Mozart. (I’m listening to Mozart piano music right now…..very peaceful and soothing) I believe that there was a man  named Jesus, therefor I guess I’m a

Christrian Not really. Jews, Muslims, and some agnostics and atheists believe there was a man named Jesus. But they don’t accept him as their God and Savior. Chip — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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I’m writing this while listening to Delbert Mcclinton and Roy Buchanan. So of course I’m going to wax poetic. The "Blues", is everyone’s song. Especially ours. Love the blues. I don’t think Hip-Hop addresses anxiety as we know it. Celine Dion is way to happy for us to relate. Carly Simon as many know, quit performing because of Panic Disorder. She therefore knows the blues. I very seldom listen to music. Used to love it. Tell me, what genre of music do you listen to the most ? If you’re over 45, do you believe that the music died with the demise of Ritchie, the Bopper etc. What would Hendrix be playing now if still alive ? Granted, there are some songs today that are refreshing, but very few. Music hit a brick wall in the 80’s and has never recovered.

I like a lot of different music but I must admit that RAP to me, is misspelled and is missing a C at the beginning. Is there music that helps sooth anxiety ? Many believe so. Tell me what works for you. I’ll try it. OK., one more shot of Scotch, one more cigarette and I’ll try to get my cat to come in, it’s -6 degrees celsius, for US citizens, very cold. Some in Canada and the USA, are trying to change Merry Christmas to Happy Hollidays. Come on now, being politicaly correct has it’s limits. Ramada, Hachuna, etc will remain a secular right. I believe that there was a man named Jesus, therefor I guess I’m a Christrian…..a Xmas tree is still a Xmas tree. I don’t think that should offend anyone’s sensibilities.

I am not religious at all and I find this "Happy Hollidays" stuff totally out of line and disrespectful of the culture of the majority of us in North America. Someone a few years back wished me a "Happy Holliday" and I asked in reply to which holliday he was referring naming a few but he couldn’t answer me….I got a real chuckle out of that. Custom says that here we celebrate Christmas. I have relatives who have a Jewish heritage and they celebrate Hanukkah (sp). Where I worked, there was a real mix of cultures and and greeting were Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a few others that were appropriate for the time of year. What the hell is wrong with us ?  LJ

We are being taught to be afraid to stand up for anything because it might what they are and display their own symbols instead of being turned into PC mush. — Ron P Just remember….if the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off. — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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Hi LJ, I’m writing this while listening to Delbert Mcclinton and Roy Buchanan.

God, I love Delbert McClinton. I have LPs of his going back to the early 1980s. Love the blues.

Me too. Discovered the blues in 1969 when I was 18, and have always loved it. If you’re over 45, do you believe that the music died with the demise of Ritchie, the Bopper etc.

Well, I’m 54, and they were a bit before my time. Perhaps substitute "the Beatles" and "Hendrix" and "Jim Morrison," and you’d be closer to my generation’s musical affections. I think music is alive and well; all genres. There are just more genres today because new forms have arisen.  I actually believe our emotional response to music is hardwired in us. What would Hendrix be playing now if still alive ?

I wish we knew the answer to that!   And perhap even more so if you substituted Stevie Ray Vaughan in the question.  I miss his talent so terribly.  :-( Granted, there are some songs today that are refreshing, but very few. Music hit a brick wall in the 80’s and has never recovered.

I thought that too, but if you poke around, you’ll find some good stuff today. I still gravitate to blues-rock-derived popular music. Right now, for me, that means the White Stripes and Los Lonely Boys.  Plus BB King is still making wonderful music (blues) at age 80! Love that guy and have seen him several times live. Is there music that helps sooth anxiety ? Many believe so. Tell me what works for you. I’ll try it.

Norah Jones, Diana Krall,  Eva Cassidy. If you haven’t heard Eva, please try a few of her CD’s — start with Live at Blues Alley, and Songbird. Her stuff is available through Amazon.com. You can read about the amazing Eva at: http://evacassidy.org/eva/ a Xmas tree is still a Xmas tree. I don’t think that should offend anyone’s sensibilities.

I am sympathetic about this, but just want to mention that religious arguments usually come to grief on newsgroups!  I try to avoid them. What is wrong with us? Something about our mind’s chemistry is awry, perhaps exacerbated by live events that have triggered post-traumatic stress, or depression, or habituated fear, or all of the above. That’s my theory, anyway. I am fortunate that meds help me to a large extent, although I still suffer anxiety and panic at times. Hope you have a nice, if cold, Saturday. xxoo Anne — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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I’m writing this while listening to Delbert Mcclinton and Roy Buchanan. So of course I’m going to wax poetic. The "Blues", is everyone’s song. Especially ours. Love the blues. I don’t think Hip-Hop addresses anxiety as we know it. Celine Dion is way to happy for us to relate. Carly Simon as many know, quit performing because of Panic Disorder. She therefore knows the blues. I very seldom listen to music. Used to love it. Tell me, what genre of music do you listen to the most ? If you’re over 45, do you believe that the music died with the demise of Ritchie, the Bopper etc. What would Hendrix be playing now if still alive ? Granted, there are some songs today that are refreshing, but very few. Music hit a brick wall in the 80’s and has never recovered. Is there music that helps sooth anxiety ? Many believe so. Tell me what works for you. I’ll try it. OK., one more shot of Scotch, one more cigarette and I’ll try to get my cat to come in, it’s -6 degrees celsius, for US citizens, very cold. Some in Canada and the USA, are trying to change Merry Christmas to Happy Hollidays. Come on now, being politicaly correct has it’s limits. Ramada, Hachuna, etc will remain a secular right. I believe that there was a man named Jesus, therefor I guess I’m a Christrian…..a Xmas tree is still a Xmas tree. I don’t think that should offend anyone’s sensibilities. What the hell is wrong with us ?  LJ — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm

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