Listening to the Voices in My Head

Un-son, Robin is heading to Germany to audition to continue his music studies. This has been his dream for years, and as happy as I am for him, I "haz a sad" that he is going away.

I will miss hearing his singing while I am puddling around in the back yard weeding and hanging out clothes. I will miss hearing his singing as he is coming up the street. And the conversations.. he has a great sense of humor. His assistance, and help (he was the one that went over the neighbors fence, down the drop to hand me Loki when Loki fell off neighbors roof and broke his leg). Yes, I will miss Robin.



I wish him the best, and really hopes he lands his dreams. And when he does, I will be able to say "I knew him when..."

Black Sabbath singer Ronnie James Dio dead at 67

RONNIE James Dio, solo artist and former vocalist for Black Sabbath, died yesterday following a battle with stomach cancer at the age of 67.
In a statement on Dio’s official website, his wife Wendy Dio wrote that her heart was broken.
“Today my heart is broken," she wrote.

"Ronnie passed away at 7:45am [on Sunday] 16th May. Many, many friends and family were able to say their private goodbyes before he peacefully passed away.”
“Ronnie knew how much he was loved by all," the statement continued.

"We so appreciate the love and support that you all have given us.

"Please give us a few days of privacy to deal with this terrible loss. Please know he loved you all and his music will live on forever."

Dio began his career in rockabilly and doo-wop bands before performing with the hard rock bands Elf and Rainbow. In 1979, after leaving Rainbow, Dio replaced original vocalist Ozzy Osbourne in the pioneering U.K. heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Dio formed his eponymous solo project in 1982, scoring a big hit and popular MTV video with Rainbow in the Dark. Dio returned to Black Sabbath temporarily in 1992 to record the album Dehumanizer.

In 2006, Dio and his former Sabbath bandmates recorded an album and toured under the moniker Heaven and Hell, also the title of Black Sabbath’s first album with Dio.

Wendy Dio announced Dio’s stomach cancer diagnosis in November 2009.

I stand by my original opinion. The New I Voci Singers were the best of the lot last night.
I listened to all of the choirs again, and Voce wasn't shrill, muddy or off key at all. The others.. well, one was so shrill I winced a few times. The one that did "I Say A little Prayer for You", I wondered what mad them select Miss I can't hold a note as their lead singer.

Voci's rendition of Xanadu was excellent, even nailed that high note without an iota of quavering. Crystal clear.

Un-son, Robin knows if his group goof up, I say so. (Last year I asked him who was strangling their soprano. He agreed).

The judges with their rather idiotic criteria.. "Not entertaining enough." Were they supposed to do more than sing, harmonise, gently dance while singing? I noticed the other groups when they very active dancing, their musicality went right out the window (Ashlee Simspon Syndrome).

Oh, but that was ok with the judges. :p

And then suddenly the name of it popped into my head. *sighing happily* Thank you, iTunes.