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Monica E. Collier

@monaicac

I love all things music, movies, & arts. UNA International Affairs -- @una_intl. Former lifestyles writer, sports page designer, copy editor, @timesdaily.

 Florence, Alabama
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Joined February 2011
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Happy First Gen Day! #FirstGen monaica1.wixsite.com/spinnin… – at Underwood, AL
Happy First Gen Day!

Happy First Gen Day!

Photos: 1998, 1989 As a “smart kid,” it was always assumed I would go to college. It was also assumed that my college choice would be the University of North Alabama, which was within walking...

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Do you wanna be my dog? open.substack.com/pub/monaic… – at Florence, AL
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I'm glad we talked. open.substack.com/pub/monaic… – at Florence, AL
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Walt Aldridge changed my life. open.substack.com/pub/monaic… – at Florence, AL
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I need some kind of kindness. open.substack.com/pub/monaic… – at Florence, AL
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So deep like dirty water. open.substack.com/pub/monaic… – at Florence, AL
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Ahh. One of my favorite performances from Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s. open.substack.com/pub/monaic… – at Florence, AL
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Walk with me. It's time to learn. monaica1.wixsite.com/spinnin… – at Florence, AL
Today's Song of the Day

Today's Song of the Day

We're Going to Be Friends, White Stripes, 2002Well, I didn't see this one coming. Really? Of all the great performances at this weekend's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, one of my least...

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Words to live by. open.substack.com/pub/monaic… – at Florence, AL
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His wicked sense of humor suggests exciting sex. monaica1.wixsite.com/spinnin… – at Florence, AL
Today's Song of the Day

Today's Song of the Day

Venus as a Boy, Bjork, 1993"Venus as a Boy" is playing at full volume inside my head right now. "He believes in beauty." Cool cool cool. Having Bjork and all her dramatic bigness with me this morning...

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I think we're one and the same. monaica1.wixsite.com/spinnin… – at Florence, AL
Today's Song of the Day

Today's Song of the Day

Perfect Pair, Beabadoobee, 2022Well, hey there, Bea. Thank you for the cool, jazzy, shoegazey tune rousing me from my slumber. Perfect Pair is one of my favorite songs in recent memory. It's a dream...

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I'll be your Emmylou. monaica1.wixsite.com/spinnin… – at Florence, AL
Today's Song of the Day

Today's Song of the Day

Emmylou, First Aid Kit, 2012Well, how about that? Thank you, universe, for waking me with the strength of Emmylou looping in my brain. Ahhh, Emmylou ... a song for the ages. Such a brilliant song...

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I am a pioneer. monaica1.wixsite.com/spinnin… – at Florence, AL
Today's Song of the Day

Today's Song of the Day

Today's Song of the Day Faster, Manic Street Preachers, 1994I am ... an architect? I am a pioneer? I am stronger than Mensa, Miller, and Mailer? Whoa. Maybe I am ... I’m thinking I am not quite...

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I think I love you. monaica1.wixsite.com/spinnin… – at Florence, AL
Today's Song of the Day

Today's Song of the Day

I think I Love You, The Partridge Family, 1970So, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's something knocking at my brain. "This morning I woke up with this feeling ... " Oh my goodness, earworm gods, what is...

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Today's Song of the Day rewind: Radiohead's Weird Fishes open.substack.com/pub/monaic… – at Florence, AL
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I think I love you. open.substack.com/pub/monaic… – at Florence, AL
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Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s rewind Night two online.fliphtml5.com/spinnin… – at Florence, AL
MSM 70s rewind night two set one

MSM 70s rewind night two set one

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Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s rewind Night one online.fliphtml5.com/spinnin… – at Florence, AL
MSM 70s rewind night one

MSM 70s rewind night one

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Welcome to the human race. monaica1.wixsite.com/spinnin… – at Florence, AL
Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s rewind

Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s rewind

Finale: Welcome to the human raceThe final performance of the Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s Labor Day weekend stand – ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky” – was the epitome of ending on a high note. What an uplifting...

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Go play those tryouts! monaica1.wixsite.com/spinnin… – at Florence, AL
Today's Song of the Day

Today's Song of the Day

Cold Gin, KISS, 1974Brrrr. The chill in the house this morning forced me from under the covers long enough to sprint to the thermostat and turn on the heat for the first time this season. I'm so glad...

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Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s rewind -- my night one personal lookbook. monaica1.wixsite.com/spinnin… – at Florence, AL
Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s rewind

Muscle Shoals Meets the 70s rewind

Hello, music-loving friends. One of my community's local/regional famous bands, The Fiddleworms, asked me to attend their annual fundraiser concerts Labor Day weekend and review their Muscle Shoals...

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