Rick Henry Christopher
Bio
Writing is a distraction to fulfill my need for intellectual stimulus, emotional release, and soothing the bruises of the day.
The shattered pieces of life will not discourage me.
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Stories (262/0)
It's My Dead Man's Party and I'll Die If I Want To!
This Masquerade It's this lonely game I play every year on the night of October 31st. I sit here all alone in my darkened studio in front of the mirror getting ready for fright night. Carefully I paint my face and wear a wig to transform myself into someone unrecognizable. I'm ready for the masquerade a celebration where nobody recognizes each other. Halloween is the one time of year that I'm able to shake off my lonely existence and be the hero in every story.
By Rick Henry Christopher 3 years ago in Beat
The Silver Spoon
Isabel Rios was a dazzling, eight-year-old girl from the dirt-poor side of Bakersfield, California. She hardly ever smiled, but had these big, dark, brown eyes that sparkled when she looked at you. There was something magnetic about Isabel Rios that drew people toward her.
By Rick Henry Christopher 3 years ago in Humans
- Top Story - September 2021
Male Musicians of the 1970sTop Story - September 2021
The 70's was a fun and diverse era in which we saw singer-songwriters come to the forefront. Punk rock and disco had their heyday in the mid and late 70's. Funk brought out the quirky and sometimes freakish side of R&B and adult contemporary was a force with which to be reckoned. This post focuses on some of the male musicians that made a mark in the 70's spanning many of these genres.
By Rick Henry Christopher 3 years ago in Beat
25 Greatest Songs of Crystal Gayle
Crystal Gayle, born Brenda Webb in 1951, is one of country music's most successful female vocalists. Her knockout good-looks and floor length hair have garnered her significant media attention. But it is her music that made her a household name in the 1970s and 1980s.
By Rick Henry Christopher 3 years ago in Beat
Control
I am lost in my computer and my computer is lost in my body. My mind is controlled by a series of commands and demands that are keeping me alive. I'm not sure what it all means but I just go on living in a rut of routinely obeying the commands that are put into my mind. So I ask the question am I my own person or am I a person who is driven by a driver that is someone other than myself?
By Rick Henry Christopher 3 years ago in Futurism
25 Greatest Songs of Led Zeppelin
With sales topping 300 million units worldwide Led Zeppelin is one of the greatest rock bands of all-time. But it's not the sales that make Led Zeppelin great. It's the music. Jimmy, Robert, John Paul and John created some of the most textured, creative, and complex music of any genre from any era. Their sound is instantly recognizable and uniquely diverse. Their songs range in topic from New Orleans drag queens to the great flood of Mississippi in 1927. Each band member brings their own trademark style which combined forms a rich and solid sound which cannot be duplicated or imitated. Led Zeppelin phenomenal success and is a one of a kind band.
By Rick Henry Christopher 3 years ago in Beat
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles
The Fortune Cookie Chronicles Following are four fortune cookie fortunes I randomly chose out of a bag of more than 1,000 fortunes I have saved throughout the years. I will now try and describe how each fortune relates to my life.
By Rick Henry Christopher 3 years ago in Journal
25 Greatest Songs of Pink Floyd
A band like Pink Floyd has many, many great songs. One could argue that every song they ever recorded is great. This list painfully narrows it down to 25 songs. Many great songs are left out, and we all have our opinions as to what are the greatest of the greats. This blog post is just one person's opinion regarding some of Pink Floyd's greatest songs.
By Rick Henry Christopher 3 years ago in Beat