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27 Club

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The 27 Club

The 27 Club
Recognized by the death of Kurt Cobain
Popular musicians, artists and/or actors that have died at age 27.

The 27 Club – Note

The 27 Club has become one of the most elusive and remarkably tragic coincidences in rock & roll history. The term became widely known after Kurt Cobain’s death in 1994, with rock fans connecting his age to that of Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, and Jimi Hendrix – though it was notable to fans in the early 1970s when those four visionaries died within just two years of each other.

When Amy Winehouse passed away at age 27 in 2011, it attracted even more attention to the significance of the age. While the club has been largely connected to musicians, it has expanded since, as many young actors and artists have lost their lives due to everything from addiction to suicide to freak accidents.

“At My Most Beautiful”

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“At My Most Beautiful” – Bio

“At My Most Beautiful”
Released March 8, 1999
R.E.M.

“At My Most Beautiful” – Dedictation

… this post is dedicated to early morning coffee, late day T, and parallel lives…

I’ve found a way to make you
I’ve found a way
A way to make you smile

I read bad poetry
Into your machine
I save your messages
Just to hear your voice
You always listen carefully
To awkward rhymes
You always say your name
Like I wouldn’t know it’s you
At your most beautiful

I’ve found a way to make you
I’ve found a way
A way to make you smile

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At my most beautiful
I count your eyelashes secretly
With every one, whisper, “I love you”
I let you sleep
I know your closed eye watching me
Listening
I thought I saw a smile

I’ve found a way to make you
I’ve found a way
A way to make you smile

“At My Most Beautiful” – Official Video

… res ipsa loquitur …

… Latin for “the thing speaks for itself …

… yeah – I got nothing to add here …

“Carry On”

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“Carry On” – Bio

“Carry On”
Released 2012
“Fun” – American Indie Band

“Carry On” – Dedication

… this post is dedicated to vegan diets, the just wrong and ungodly combination of Gucci and Louis Vuitton, and keeping score …

“Carry On” – Others

… My father, John B. Whalen, passed away on January 23, 2004 …


… I can write that date without a blink of an eye or a second thought …


… I just can’t write anything further about my dad …

… My mother, Noreen A. Whalen, passed away on December 20, 2011 …


… I can write that date without a blink of an eye or a second thought …


… I just can’t write anything further about my mom …

… I have read, and posted, similar writings from friends about their experiences with death and the loss of loved ones …

… I admire those who can write about loosing a loved one …


… I cherish the ability to read their writings about loosing a loved one …


… I embrace their writings because it allows me to remember loosing a loved one …

… so I just continue my writing …

… knowing I am doing the best I can …

… in trying to connect …

“Carry On” – Me – Most Times

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… but I can never write about me …

… I don’t know how to describe me …

… I don’t know how to explain me …

… I don’t know how to tell others what makes me tick …

… and because of my inabilities to do these things …

… I tend to show others things that I like …

… I tend to discuss books I like …

… I tend to show movies I like …

… I tend to share the music I like …

… and I someway, I hope this allows me to connect …

… I remain guarded most of the time …

… But the connection for which I search …

… has alluded me most of my life …

… so I carry on ….

“Carry On” – Me – Sometime

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… but every now and then – something happens …

… I encounter someone …

… one with similar scars …

… someone with similar buttons …

… someone with similar fears …

… and I smile …

Dear Me “Carry On” – Me – Unknown Times

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… mind you – I don’t know what will happen …

… a reason, a season, or a lifetime …

… like most things in life, I am not in charge …

… and that is okay …

… I can only enjoy particular moments …

… and those moments will be special …

… but in the immortal words of Gale Sayers …

… “The Lord is first” …

… “my friends are second” …

… “I am third” …

… So I carry on …

… so I will carry on and be fortunate enough to appreciate any further vegan diets, the just wrong and ungodly combination of Gucci and Louis Vuitton, and keeping score …

Dear Me “Carry On” – SNL Performance

Well I woke up to the sound of silence the cars 
Were cutting like knives in a fist fight
And I found you with a bottle of wine
Your head in the curtains and heart like the fourth of July

You swore and said we are not
We are not shining stars
This I know
I never said we are

Though I’ve never been through hell like that
I’ve closed enough windows to know you can never look back

If you’re lost and alone
Or you’re sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground

Carry on, carry on

So I met up with some friends in the edge of the night
At a bar off seventy five
And we talked and talked about how our parents will die
All our neighbors and wives

But I like to think
I can cheat it all
To make up for the times, I’ve been cheated on
And it’s nice to know
When I was left for dead
I was found and now I don’t roam these streets
I am not the ghost you want of me

If you’re lost and alone or you’re sinking like a stone,
Carry on
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground and
Carry on

Woah my head is on fire
But my legs are fine
After all they are mine
Lay your clothes down on the floor
Close the door
Hold the phone
Show me how
No one’s ever gonna stop us now

‘Cause we are
We are shining stars
We are invincible
We are who we are
On our darkest day
When we’re miles away
So we’ll come, we will find our way home

If you’re lost and alone
Or you’re sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound of your feet upon the ground and
Carry on

“Broken”

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“Broken” – Bio

Broken
Released April 13, 2017
American indie pop band Lovelytheband

“Broken” – Lyrics

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I like that you’re broken
Broken like me
Maybe that makes me a fool
I like that you’re lonely
Lonely like me
I could be lonely with you

I met you late night, at a party
Some trust fund baby’s Brooklyn loft
By the bathroom, you said let’s talk
But my confidence is wearing off

These aren’t my people
These aren’t my friends
She grabbed my faced
and that’s when she said

I like that you’re broken
Broken like me
Maybe that makes me a fool
I like that you’re lonely
Lonely like me
I could be lonely with you

There’s something tragic, but almost pure
Think I could love you, but I’m not sure
There’s something wholesome, there’s something sweet
Tucked in your eyes that I’d love to meet

These aren’t my people
These aren’t my friends
She grabbed my faced
and that’s when she said

I like that you’re broken
Broken like me
Maybe that makes me a fool
I like that you’re lonely
Lonely like me
I could be lonely with you

“Broken” – Performed Live

I like that you’re broken
Broken like me
Maybe that makes me a fool
I like that you’re lonely
Lonely like me
I could be lonely with you

“There Are So Many”

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“There Are So Many” – Bio

“James Leer” – “Wonder Boys” (Tobias Vincent “Tobey” Maguire)
Born June 27, 1975
American Actor, Film Producer

“There Are So Many” – Dialogue

Hannah Green: James will know about George Sanders.

James Leer: George Sanders?

Hannah Green: Mr. Crabtree was saying how George Sanders killed himself, only he couldn’t remember how.

James Leer: Pills. April 25, 1972, in a Costa Brava hotel room.

Terry Crabtree: How comprehensive of you.

Hannah Green: James is amazing. He knows all the movie suicides. Go ahead, James. Tell him.

James Leer: There are so many.

Hannah Green: Well, just a few. The big ones.

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James Leer:

Pier Angeli, 1971 or ’72, also pills

Donald “Red” Barry, shot himself in 1980

Charles Boyer, 1978, pills again

Charles Butterworth, 1946, I think. In a car. Supposedly, it was an accident, but, you know, he was distraught

Dorothy Dandridge, pills, 1965

Albert Dekker, 1968. He hung himself. He wrote his suicide note in lipstick on his stomach

William Inge, carbon monoxide, 1973

Carole Landis, pills again. I forget when

George Reeves, “Superman” on TV, shot himself

Jean Seberg, pills, of course, 1979

Everett Sloane – he was good – pills

Margaret Sullavan, pills

Lupe Velez, a lot of pills

Gig Young, he shot himself and his wife in 1978

There are tons more

Hannah Green: I haven’t heard of half of them.

Terry Crabtree: You did them alphabetically.

James Leer: It’s just how my brain works, I guess.

“I Still Might”

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“I Still Might” – Bio

Billy Bob Thorton
Born August 4, 1955
American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician

“I Still Might” – Opening Scene

I’ve been to prison once

I’ve been married twice

I was once drafted by by Lyndon Johnson

and had to live in shit-ass Mexico

for two and a half years for no reason

I’ve had my eye socket punched in

a kidney taken out

and I got a bone chip in my ankle

that’s never going to heal

I’ve seen some pretty shitty situations in my life

but nothing has ever sucked more ass than this

If I’d known I was gonna have to put up with

a bunch of screaming brats pissing on my lap

for thirty days out of the year

I would have killed myself a long time ago

come to think of it

I still might

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where I come from

we didn’t celebrate Christmas

not because we were Jewish

but my dad was a worthless coward fuckin’ asshole

who’s idea of a present

was a daily punch

to the back of to the back of the head

he did teach me how to crack a safe, though

my dad never did shit with his life

so he took it out on me

you could say I’m no different

and I’d have to say you were right

but at this point, it’s too late to start over

funny how things work out

it’s fucking hilarious

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John B. Whalen, Jr., JD., LL.M., is an AV Peer Review Rated Preeminent 5.0 and Avvo Rated 10.0 Superb (obtaining over 95 client reviews and peer endorsements) premier and prestigious Attorney and Counselor at Law.

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He is the recipient of the Legum Magister Post-Doctorate Degree (LL.M.) in Taxation (from the Villanova University School of Law), a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in Wills, Trusts, and Estates (from the Widener University School of Law), and a recipient of the ABA-BNA Law Award for Academic Excellence (from the Widener University School of Law).