A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

© 2004 BMG Heritage/RCA Great songs never leave us, on a jet plane or otherwise. – David Wild, in "A Fan's Notes," John Denver: Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits On October 4, 2004, BMG Heritage and RCA released John Denver: Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits, a two-disc compilation that presents most of the late singer-songwriter John Denver's best-known and most popular hits (the sole exception being Grandma's Feather Bed ). Produced by Rob Santos and assembled by Gary Pacheco, Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits is a 24-track retrospective of Denver's storied career, including hits from his days as a star in the 1970s and the "twilight" years of the early to mid-1980s. Released to coincide with the 35th anniversary of Denver's first album for RCA Records ( Rhymes & Reasons, 1969), Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits presents 20 songs that were recorded between May of 1969 and April/May of 1983 on one disc, and four previously unreleased...

© 2004 Sony Legacy Hi there! Welcome to another edition of Bloggin' On, the blog-within-a-blog section of A Certain Point of View where I step out of my usual roles of media reviewer and sometimes political commentator. It's almost noon in my corner of Florida as I sit here, and it's a relatively warm and humid day. Right now the temperature outside the house is 80℉ (26℃) under mostly sunny skies. Per the weather app on my PC, the forecast calls for a high of 86℉ (30℃) and more clouds, more humidity. These temperatures don't make the days feel like it's winter; rather, it feels almost as though summer was drawing nigh. Yesterday was a stay-home day for my significant other and me. She spent most of her Saturday doing chores and taking down Christmas decorations, while I spent most of my day either watching Great Voices Sing John Denver and John Denver: The Wildlife Concert  or doing prep work on my upcoming novel. I haven't started writing it yet, mind, bu...

© 2013 Great Voices Film Company and CDK Films/CDK Productions Well, hello and welcome once again to another installment of Bloggin' On. It's Thursday, January 2, 2020, and as I write this it's still morning in my corner of Florida. It's a cool, wintry day here, at least by the standards of the subtropics; the temperature outside is 67℉ (20℃) under sunny skies; the forecast calls for a high of 80℉ (26℃), with the nighttime low expected to drop back down to 67℉ (20℃) again. I recently ordered a few new items from Amazon and another website, all of which are connected to the musical legacy of the late singer/songwriter/activist John Denver. Two are albums: An Evening with John Denver (1975) and John Denver: Definitive All-Time Greatest Hits (2004), one of which is a collection of live performances from two 1970s-era concert gigs, and the other is a "greatest hits" compilation released seven years after his death in October of 1997. ©,℗ 1975, 2001 Sony ...