“Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you but is not defined by your existence alone.” - Sen. John McCain
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John Asher
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John Asher
@johnasher
Churchill Downs & Kentucky Derby guy, proud product of WKU, music-obsessed, known as Pops to a pair of incredible grandsons.
Louisville, KY 加入时间 Kasım 2008
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Sin day evening contemplation with @SturgillSimpson .., | “Turtles All The Way Down”
live on @BBCRadioScot youtu.be/kKQB75OgkRE
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Released 50 years ago today ... | The #Beatles |“Hey Jude” youtu.be/A_MjCqQoLLA
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Mo Elleithee 🇺🇸@MoElleithee
Dear @SenJohnMcCain, At 16, I got to meet my 1st term Sen. Me: “I’m honored 2 meet u even though I disagree w/you.” You: “Well, I’m honored 2 represent u even though u disagree w/me." Even when I worked against u, you were a role model. Just want u to know that. Thank you.
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Terrific piece on KY-born @TTChilders. Put him on your turntable and #TurnItUP at your first opportunity ...
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How Songwriter Tyler Childers Became the 21st Century Voice of Appalachia rol.st/2PAqnvs
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Another one for @ElvisCostello's birthday. This gem from "Get Happy" is on the very short end of my long, long list of Elvis favorites. | Elvis Costello & The Attractions | "New Lace Sleeves" youtu.be/aCGlI--LM5E
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Happy Birthday to @JeffTweedy, born in Belleville, Ill. on this day in 1967. Love this hard-to-find favorite, performed a little while back in an appearance on @LivefromHereAPM ... | "Laminated Cat" 12/16/2017 youtu.be/DIoW_Z4fOns
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A beauty from the ever-growing catalog of Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus, AKA @ElvisCostello, born in Paddington, London, England on this day in 1954. Happy Birthday, Elvis! "All This Useless Beauty" live 1996 | @2MeterSessies #562 youtu.be/wgj4iAPVO8k
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The focus is on Saturday's Grade I Travers Stakes, #Saratoga's famed "Midsummer Derby." Join @DerbyMedia, @HorseRacingKK and me on the podcast of Friday's hour-long dive into Saturday's big races at #Saratoga ...
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Trainer @Romansracing looks at Saturday's #Saratoga bids by King Zarchary in the GI Travers and Promises Fulfilled in the GI H. Allen Jerkens, and @TravisStone analyzes the Travers Day card on the @ESPN689 podcast of Friday's "Inside @ChurchillDowns radio show ...
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The Grade I Travers highlights one of the summer's biggest racing days and Saturday's #Saratoga card is the focus of this evening's "Inside @ChurchillDowns" radio show. Join @DerbyMedia, @HorseRacingKK and me for an hour of Thoroughbred racing talk at 6 p.m (EDT) on @ESPN680.
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Get an inside look at Saturday's "Midsummer Derby" from trainer @Romansracing, who saddles King Zachary in the G! Travers, and thoughts on all the day's big races from @TravisStone on the "Inside @ChurchillDowns" radio show. Catch it on-air or online at 6 p.m. (EDT) on @ESPN680.
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The @ArlingtonPark-based Black Tie AFfair, winner of @ChurchillDowns' Stephen Foster Handicap, had two #KyDerby winners in pursuit when he won the 1991 Classic at @ChurchillDowns. #BC18
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Black Tie Affair goes wire-to-wire in the 1991 @BreedersCup Classic under the Twin Spires of Churchill Downs. #FlashbackFriday
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“If your dream only includes you, it’s too small.” - screenwriter, director and producer Ava DuVernay, born on this day in 1972 ...
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This one by #TomPetty was turned up in daughter Heather's car when she left the house this morning when son Cameron - now two - exclaimed, "I like this song!" He's a very good boy with exceptional early taste. | "Runnin' Down A Dream" youtu.be/Qv4-m-cIZf4
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Got to hear this arrangement, available soon on the "In a Blue Light" LP, at @PaulSimonMusic's wonderful concert in Nashville. Enjoy a rethinking of this song from "The Rhythm of the Saints." |
"Can't Run But" (Audio) youtu.be/34DL0Ai4OZ8
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Heard the version of "Last of My Kind" described here (but minus @amandashires) at the recent @JasonIsbell concert in Cincinnati. I love to hear good songs grow and evolve, and this is one is now something very special ...;
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Exclusive: Take a listen to @JasonIsbell's "Last of My Kind," which was recorded at the fabled Ryman Auditorium esqr.co/tcKgMY1
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Happy Birthday to @SteadyCraig of @TheHoldSteady, who turne d41 yesterday. Here's one from a little while back ... " - "Your Little Hoodrat Friend" (NON-COMM 2014) youtu.be/Wmi1VUoxm2c
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Really like this song from @Lucy Dacus, who stopped in my town last month while touring with @julienrbaker. This performance of a song from her new LP "Historian" came from a recent stop at @TheCurrent. | "Addictions" (Live at The Current) youtu.be/9tbjuV0uTE0
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"I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it." - Oscar Hammerstein II
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