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THE RESURRECTION OF ELVIS

Today marks the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.   Russia currently controls 20% of Ukraine's territory. Nearly half a million have died, with 1.5 million wounded or missing. Volodymyr Zelenskyy is under heavy pressure, from the Trump administration, to cave-in.  Will he? This latest from  Truthout  on the Epstein files: Files relating to allegations of sexual abuse committed by President Donald Trump are being withheld or removed from the public database of files compiled by the Department of Justice (DOJ) relating to Jeffrey Epstein.    Some of these files are related to allegations that Trump sexually abused a minor. They include over 50 pages of an FBI interview with a woman who accused Trump of sexually abusing her when she was a minor decades ago.   According to reporting from   NPR , the DOJ is withholding those files and others that feature Trump’s name from the searchable database of the Epstein files. Tonight...

THE ENIGMATIC ENYA

Have you ever heard of Eithne Pádraigín Ní Bhraonáin?  What about  Enya , that Irish composer/singer of Celtic music? Born in 1961, sixth of nine children.  At the age of 4 to the right. Her father was leader of an Irish showband named the Slieve Foy Band, including her mom, who also taught music. Took up the piano at 4. Left the family at 11 for a convent boarding school. In 1979 several members of her family formed Clannad, a Celtic folk band, which she informally joined in 1980.  Band had six albums. During this period she experimented with layering vocals into a choir of one, inspired by Phil Spector's Wall of Sound. Left the band in 1982 with their manager Nick and his wife Roma, and moved back home.  Lived with them for seven years. She continued performing, but was mostly petrified being on a stage. First gained following for composing the majority of the soundtrack for  The Frog Prince  in 1985.   Rotten Tomatoes  score of 76%. H...