Four Walls

@FourWalls (88432)

United States

Joined myLot 11 years ago

Music. Music. And more music. Travel. Travel. And more travel.

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Another One of Those West Virginia Tragedies

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 11h

So many tragedies, and so many of them are related to coal mining. The worst coal mining disaster in American history happened in West Virginia (more on that one later). The worst sports team disaster happened in West Virginia...

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buffalo creek disaster

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Why Don’t You Love Me Like You Used to Do!

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 23h

Hi, everyone. It’s instant update time. Not too far from where I spent the night is where Hank Williams spent his last hours. He was found dead in the back of his Cadillac in Oak Hill, West Virginia in the wee hours of New...

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Gone Hollywood Songs: The French Inhaler

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 5 Oct

Well, will you look who’s showing up on the list? And oh, so many songs to choose from, too! He’ll be back on the L.A. countdown later in the month, but for now let’s go Hollywood with one of my top three...

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L.A. Song: Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 5 Oct

Lots of exploring to do today, but first let’s go to L.A.! In song, of course, because I’m in the middle of West Virginny right now! That’d be a long car ride. Here’s a song I’m sure a couple of people were thinking...

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Exploring and Admiring

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 4 Oct

Today was a day filled with exploring and admiring. The “exploring” dealt with locations of some of the worst coal mining disasters in history, including America’s all-time worst disaster. But I’ll take you there later. The...

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L.A. Songs: Coming Into Los Angeles

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 4 Oct

We’ve gone Hollywood, now let’s head to Los Angeles proper. Today’s song was banned on radio back in the old days. We’ll talk about that as we celebrate the next song on the list. [b]Coming Into Los Angeles - Arlo...

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Gone Hollywood Songs: Down in Hollywood

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 4 Oct

I know where I want to go today, but let’s see if I get there. Before I leave the hotel I’ll give you another pair of songs celebrating Hollywood and L.A. I’m alternating daily, so today, Hollywood goes first. Put...

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Paying Respects to an Old Favorite

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 3 Oct

The last time I was in this general vicinity (east-central Ohio), I stopped by the grave of the great baseball pitcher Cy Young. This time, I went to pay respects to a longtime favorite of mine, Paul Lynde. Paul Lynde was born...

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Gone Hollywood Songs: Cowboys From Hollywood

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 3 Oct

What balances out a classic country song? Oh, I know!! Let’s go to California for a California band celebrating Tinsel Town. Most of you will hate me for this, but as they say, if you know, you know....

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L.A. Songs: California Zephyr

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 3 Oct

Oh, no, it’s more country music! And, hey, if you’re going to use country music, you need to use the big guns. Here’s about as big a gun as I can pull out, given that there are punks and rockers and blues singers and R&B singers...

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A Holy Man

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 2 Oct

You may have heard that the United States has a new “almost-saint.” Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was beatified on September 24 at a service in St. Louis. It was held there because the relatively small city of Peoria, Illinois...

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illinois travel

fulton j sheen museum

bishop fulton j sheen

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The Things You Never Know

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 2 Oct

It’s pretty amazing how you can go someplace so many times that you don’t need your GPS anymore…and still you don’t know anything about the place! Case in point: Richmond, Indiana. Richmond is on the Indiana/Ohio border on...

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indiana travel

richmond indiana explosion

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L.A. Songs: California Dreamin’

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 2 Oct

Hey, look who’s back, and so soon after they were in the New York countdown! One thing you can say about these acts: they made equal opportunity big city references. Here’s another brilliant song from a brilliant...

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Gone Hollywood: Country Boy

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 2 Oct

Wow, my keyboard is haunted. But I’ll soldier through and continue with another song that mentions Hollywood. And hey, what do you know, here’s our first (but not last) country song! You thought you were safe? Ha! Going...

classic country music

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Let’s Talk About That Church Again

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 1 Oct

While I was at another church today (in Peoria, the burial spot of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen), I want to talk some more about that church I went to in Fulton yesterday. As I mentioned, St. Mary the Virgin, Aldermanbury, was one...

winston churchill museum

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Gone Hollywood Songs: Candle in the Wind

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 1 Oct

Hey, wasn’t this guy in yesterday’s countdown? Yeah, but that’s SOOO last month. We’ve gone Hollywood! You can’t go to L.A. without going to Hollywood, so we’re visiting both this month. The only shock here is...

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L.A. Songs: Beach Baby

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 1 Oct

The first of the month takes us off to another place. While I’m doing that in my car, we’ll all make a trip west in song. There are two countdowns this month, one for Los Angeles and one for Hollywood. Let’s get the ball...

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Two For One Special

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 30 Sep

Look at that photo. That’s a two-for-one special. I don’t have a passport; in fact, I’ve never had one. But today I got to see some European history up close: pieces of the Berlin Wall AND a church that was destroyed during...

winston churchill museum

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The Big Apple Top Ten: Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters (#1)

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 30 Sep

Yes, I can surprise. Yes, I can shock. Yes, I can present a top three song that’ll make you wonder where that came from. This is not one of those days. We bid farewell to the Big Apple with not only my...

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Going West, Young Man (Part 2)

Four Walls @FourWalls (88432) • United States 29 Sep

Hollywood is just a suburb of L.A., but it’s a world away in a lot of ways. That’s why it’s getting its own separate celebration next month. After all, you never hear anyone bragging about being in a Los Angeles movie....

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