Posts by jamiebowers

Welcome back! Camping...ugh, I'd rather take an ass whippin', but glad you had fun. I haven't seen Snowbird around in a while and don't know what happened to her.

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Another MUSIC thread - One-Hit Wonders

by sizemik in

there's been plenty over the last five decades .

artists that have come and gone .

and left a single musical legacy behind them.. but a lot of them were great songs .

jamiebowers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-L0NpaErkk

Per Wikipedia, this song made Paper Lace a one hit wonder in the US, but they had another hit in the UK called "Billy Don't be a Hero", which was covered by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods in the US.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97RjuC9YeXg

The worst song in the history of time.

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Another MUSIC thread - One-Hit Wonders

by sizemik in

there's been plenty over the last five decades .

artists that have come and gone .

and left a single musical legacy behind them.. but a lot of them were great songs .

jamiebowers

Cowboy Junkies have made several albums. I have some of them, so I don't think they could be considered a one hit wonder. But I'm not here to argue.

Are you from Canada?

I'm not sure if this was ever hit, but it was featured in the movie "Natural Born Killers". It was originally done by the Velvet Underground in the '60's. The Cowboy Junkies haven't had a lot of commercial success outside of Canada, but I love them!

Or so I've read.

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hello all... from the new guy...

by wearewatchingyouman in

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i've been a lurker on this forum and others like it for a while... it's been a great resource for research... i finally decided to join one and found this one to be the best.... born and raised fourth gen. jw... dad's an elder and missionary... we did special needs work when i was a kid... mom was dfed when i was a young teen... usual story for a born in... half family jw half not on both mom and dad's side... we have some high rankers and some annointed in the family tree... brother is @ bethel... i left when i was 18 never baptised never a publisher... just played the role of respectful son until i could fade away as to not jepardize dad's position... a skeptic privately from a young age...blah blah blah.... .

anyways i'm here mostly just to socialize, debate dogma, learn from others and and give loving support.... 30 yr old dude...as far as my current beliefs i'm what you might call an agnostic theist.... anyways that's enough blabbing for now... just wanted to say hey and give a little intro....

jamiebowers

Welcome! Are you in touch with your df'd mom?

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Looking for some help

by manda-xo in

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hey all :) i'm new to this website, just happened to of stumbled across it and learning lots from all of your posts!

i just need a bit of guidance, not for my self but for my boyfriend.

i myself have never been a jw but he has grown up in "the truth" and recently realized the real truth ;) both his mom, his dad, his step mom, and step dad are all witnesses and try to bring him back continuously, even though he has only gone to the odd meeting or 2 in the past 3 years.

jamiebowers

As has already been stated, there's no way out of being shunned if his family are hardcore jws. Please also listen to Retro's advice...before you marry or have children with your boyfriend, make sure he's done all of the reading that is necessary for exiting jws: Ray Franz's "Crisis of Conscience" and Steven Hassan's "Combatting Cult Mind Control" at the very least. It would also be a real good idea for your boyfriend to go to therapy. Refer him here as well as to freeminds.org and jwfacts.com .

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Coworker and JW's

by sinis in

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so i am talking religion to my coworker and freely admit i used to be a jw.

he said thats interesting my wife grew up with some, and they are a weird set of people.

i agreed, explained about the holidays, which he knew and called it a day.

jamiebowers

This is the kind of story that keeps me active in the exjw community. If that poor woman just could've reached out to anyone of us, she may very well be alive today. How sad!

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Another MUSIC thread - One-Hit Wonders

by sizemik in

there's been plenty over the last five decades .

artists that have come and gone .

and left a single musical legacy behind them.. but a lot of them were great songs .

jamiebowers

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5AaNLyFpoI

Phoebe Snow wrote and sang her only hit and then pretty much ended her career to care for her severely disabled daughter, who lived to be 27. Phoebe learned to sing opera in order to communicate with her daughter, as that was one of the few things that stimulated the disabled girl. After the death of her daughter, Pheobe resumed her career, singing for commercials and the Roseann show. Sadly she died this past April at the age of 60. In a different time and place, Pheobe Snow would've been a mega star.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XucegAHZojc

Although Mazzy Star is still together, Hope Sandoval sings with other alternative bands. As far as I know, this is the only song that became a hit. I love the haunting quality and depth of her voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHRFZFmEq9o

I'm not sure if this was ever hit, but it was featured in the movie "Natural Born Killers". It was originally done by the Velvet Underground in the '60's. The Cowboy Junkies haven't had a lot of commercial success outside of Canada, but I love them!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKXW3ioY1Q

Love, love, love this song! It reminds me of my mom before she got caught up with the jws.

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Warren Jeffs - guilty

by Glander in

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a poster man for creeps, under the guise of religion.

why do we keep seeing religion and sexual abuse of children in the same sentence?.

jamiebowers

Why do we keep seeing religion and sexual abuse of children in the same sentence?

Because bad religion is the ultimate form of mind control. Once an unscrupulous person or group is in charge of the spiritual lives of others, all bets are off for common sense and decency.