Miscellaneous

The Song Remains The Same

Once upon a time I was writing music blogs for a great little site called The Rhythm Section (TRS). Some of you followed my posts there; others were unaware of the site’s existence. As of a few days ago, The Rhythm Section was officially shut down.

I had the dream of starting my own music blog and gave it a great deal of thought; unfortunately, too many things got in the way. In the end I decided I had neither the time nor the ambition to maintain two sites and give both the attention they deserve.

I spent a lot of time working on TRS and thought “what a shame to let everything I wrote simply fade away”. And so I’m moving on, away from forces and people who drag me down and doing more of what makes me happy … like making one site out of two.

With that thought in mind, I have transferred every one of my posts from The Rhythm Section and incorporated them into The Elephantโ€™s Trunk; they are all here in chronological order, tucked away between my stories, poems and other music posts. While looking them over, I have discovered some graphics did not survive the transfer; that’s unfortunate but it’s the chance we take when moving a lot of data around. Fortunately, the text and videos are intact.

I invite you, if you are so inclined, to check out TRS posts; they are dated March 2, 2023 and run through December 31, 2023. You’ll find them.

I hope you enjoy the words I have written and the music I have chosen.

See you on the flip side. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

NARยฉ2024

PS – This is a link to my first TRS post: https://theelephantstrunk.org/2023/03/02/at-the-movies/

This is Led Zeppelin, โ€œThe Song Remains The Sameโ€

All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantโ€™s Trunk and The Rhythm Section and is not for use by anyone without permission. NAR ยฉ 2017-present.

41 thoughts on “The Song Remains The Same”

    1. I’ll continue writing new music blogs but they will not be under the name of The Rhythm Section; I never had full ownership of that domain so it’s a moot point. All music posts will be found in The Elephant’s Trunk, as they have been since January, 2024. I have not decided if I’ll continue using categories such as At The Movies, In The Groove, I’m With The Banned, Motown Memories or Metal Madness;. time will tell.

      Thanks for asking, D; I appreciate your interest. You’ll know where to find me!

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  1. I don’t know how you produce so much for one blog, never mind two!โ€‚

    My husband was a HUGE Led Zep fan.โ€‚He knew every single song by heart and would sing along as he was doing whatever, stopping now and again to do a Robert Plant move with his hands… Sigh…

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            1. OMGosh, Dale. So does Bill! When I hadโ€‚my knee surgery in 2011, he started doing the laundry and making a couple of small trips to the supermarket each week. He still does the laundry (he washes and dries/I fold) and goes shopping 2-3 times each week (easier than 1 big trip). And he’s a very hands-on Grampy, too. I’m pretty lucky!

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              1. Sweet. I remember saying to my sister that I wish I had a self-cleaning oven. She said, but you do! I said, no I don’t. You have Mick! He always cleaned my ovens ๐Ÿ˜‰ Now, dammit… I am doomed to do it myself.

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  2. You have given a lot of thought to this. And probably sighing with relief that the deed is done. We/I may not understand all that you did but will follow along. ๐Ÿ™‚ And like your avatar too.

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    1. Thanks! It was time to come out of hiding. ๐Ÿ˜‚

      Excellent question. Maybe I should have attached one in my posts links. This will take you to the very first one; after that they’re all just mingled among my other posts.

      https://theelephantstrunk.org/2023/03/02/at-the-movies/

      My posts are labeled “At The Movies”, “In The Groove” and “Name That Tune”. I see some posts from other contributors also came through; I’m pretty sure if you click on them, you’ll get an error message. I’ll weed them out eventually.

      Thanks, Clive. Something to look at in your spare time.

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      1. Thanks for that link, which Iโ€™ll follow. Just a thought, but would it be worth combining these under one heading? That would make it easier for us to find them.

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        1. Thanks, Clive!

          That may happen but not just yet. It was imperative for me to transfer my posts before TRS was shut down or else I would have lost everything. I’ll think about your suggestion when the dust settles. I’m trying to avoid creating more work for myself.

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          1. I can understand that, and am glad you managed to make the transfer in time. No pressure, just take it as you feel, but I suspect there will be many who would read them.

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            1. Following WP’s instructions (๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ) I was able to create a Parent Category called The Rhythm Section and very neatly added all the posts from TRS as subcategories. BUT … there’s always a but … all the subcategories are listed (you can see them when you scroll all the way down) BUT The Rhythm Section is not listed as a Parent Category.

              A work in progress! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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