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		<title>Friend And Lover, Reach Out In The Darkness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Kennedy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jon Hamm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everybody! I&#8217;m back again! My beloved website was hacked. It was a malicious assault on my home base but I woke up and it was fixed, I have no idea how. Thank you mysterious internet savior! In honor of its return, I am posting this awesome 60s jam I heard at the end of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paul McCartney And Carl Perkins, My Old Friend (Documentary)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carl Perkins]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[50s rock]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[bensonhurst bean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blue Suede Shoes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[my old friend documentary]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sheepshead bites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Beatles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[willie simpson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every once in a while I stumble across something really beautiful and rare. This is one of those finds. Zod bless YouTube users for cataloging practically everything in filmed existence that would otherwise be lost or inaccessible to mass audiences. This 45 minute documentary features guitar legend Carl Perkins and Beatle legend Paul McCartney just hanging out, strumming, picking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beach Boys, When I Grow Up To Be A Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Beach Boys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[60s rock]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[beach boys music video]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s my birthday today and its kind of funny that this cheesy (genius) Beach Boys song has been in my head for weeks. This song accomplishes an incredible goal, merging the corny Mike Love teenage introspection with Brian Wilson&#8217;s soaring human introspection. Its a beautiful tune with wonderful harmonies and creeping mature Beatle arrangement methods. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neil Young, Southern Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neil Young]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[70s rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[after the gold rush]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[django unchained]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sheepshead bites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[southern man]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[southern man music video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stephen stills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sweet home alabama]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back after a LONG break from the site. There are many exciting reasons for this. 1. I&#8217;ve been writing for Sheepshead Bites, the #1 local New York City News blog I am proud to say. 2. I planned to upload a LONG time ago with a series of new original music videos, but my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Sitar Lesson and Within You Without You</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Dylan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Perkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[classical Indian music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[death of ravi shankar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lennon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patti Boyd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul McCartney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychedelic music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ringo Starr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rip ravi shankar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sitar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDIT: Ravi Shankar died yesterday, Tuesday, December 12, 2012, at the age of 92 in Southern California. RIP you beautiful man; legend of music, Beatle guru, sitar master. Orignally Published May 5, 2011- Part 56 is a double dose adventure of Indian/English fun.  First we have an awesome rare clip of George Harrison in India taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making More Rock And Roll, Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper</title>
		<link>http://www.williesimpson.com/making-more-rock-and-roll-deconstructing-sgt-pepper</link>
		<comments>http://www.williesimpson.com/making-more-rock-and-roll-deconstructing-sgt-pepper#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Beatles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[60s pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[70s rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[80s rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[90s rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blues rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Invasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[folk rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funeral Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Harrison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Martin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lennon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul McCartney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[piano pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychedelic pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychedelic rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ringo Starr]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rock and Roll]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sgt. Pepper deconstructed]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[soul]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.williesimpson.com/?p=920</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I haven&#8217;t updated the ole&#8217; website in a good while, and the reason is because I&#8217;m still making more rock and roll. The intention of this humble little corner of internet space was never to be a daily rock and roll blog, that happened more or less organically. The site was created to feature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Willie Simpson, Heart On My Sleeve</title>
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		<comments>http://www.williesimpson.com/willie-simpson-heart-on-my-sleeve#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Willie Simpson's Original Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chain Letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funeral Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart on my sleeve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart on my sleeve song]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indie pop]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[romantic rock]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For your consideration, I submit yet another song from my forthcoming album &#8220;Funeral Business.&#8221; &#8220;Heart On My Sleeve&#8221; is a moderately paced romantic dance rock song that I am very proud of. The lyrics were all true to my heart, written during a lonely time last year when I extra pathetic, giving it the double [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Willie Simpson, The Necrophiliac</title>
		<link>http://www.williesimpson.com/willie-simpson-the-necrophiliac</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Willie Simpson's Original Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chain Letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dance rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funeral Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hurricane]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hurricane Sandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indie rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my girlfriend needs an exoricsm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[necrophiliac song]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychedelic pop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychedelic rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rock and Roll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sonia rapaport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soniasonia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the necrophiliac]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.williesimpson.com/?p=912</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you OK? Did you survive the wrath of Hurricane Sandy? Somehow, in the middle of Brooklyn, I managed to hold onto power, internet, and hot water, a real miracle. I had never heard more menacing and frightening winds ever in my life. It was quite the experience. Well, I hope you are fine, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Willie Simpson, My Girlfriend Needs An Exorcism</title>
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		<comments>http://www.williesimpson.com/willie-simpson-my-girlfriend-needs-an-exorcism#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Willie Simpson's Original Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Lee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exorcism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exorcism song]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funeral Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halloween]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[psychedelic pop]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote this song originally in 2007 (I think) in a fit of post break up madness. The song was my therapy for an otherwise sad separation. It went through a few iterations before I left it incomplete with shambling static laced vocals, unfinished drums, and an overall horrendous mix. I always kept the song [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Mama Thorton, Budddy Guy, Hound Dog</title>
		<link>http://www.williesimpson.com/big-mama-thorton-budddy-guy-hound-dog</link>
		<comments>http://www.williesimpson.com/big-mama-thorton-budddy-guy-hound-dog#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Willie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Big Mama Thorton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[50s blues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Big Mama Thorton Buddy Guy Hound Dog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[blues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hound Dog&#8221; is one of the greatest blues rock songs of all time, so it should come as no surprise that this is the third instance of me posting a version of it. The other two occasions involved the King Elvis Presley, but for this time, I have the superior version. Its Big Mama Thorton [...]]]></description>
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