DRINKS FROM CHILDHOOD, that have vanished or are no longer popular. Is your favorite listed? Coke with Peanuts Fizzies Cragmont Black Cherry Soda Bosco TAB Cola Tang Ovaltine Diet Rite Cola Bubble-Up Jolt Sasperrilla Milk Flavored by a Straw (name?) Dad’s Root Beer (Hires + many root beer brands) Hi-C Nehi (grape, root beer, cream […]
Category Archives: SURPRISE
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Apr
Apr
Welcome to “BOOKENDS” by Jack Atkinson & The Studio Gang – A Country Pop Sound TRACKS: (1) It’s Christmas – Make a Joyful Noise • (2) Woop Woop Your Wild Yelp • (3) Southern Flavors of Childhood • (4) Morning Solitude • (5) Life Gets In The Way • (6) Chasing Dreams • (7) Grateful […]
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Mar
Mar
The Shroud of Turin turned into a living portrait by “AI”. The Shroud of Turin is a fascinating study/mystery no matter your spiritual or religious persuasion. AI recently had a go at depicting the face behind this old negative image creating a new simulated photographic image. The first mystery: the original cloth image is a […]
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Nov
Nov
How to Make a Gin Martini RECIPE: Combine 2 ozs of GIN WITH 1 oz of DRY VERMOUTH Into a MIXING GLASS, filled with ice. STIR or SHAKE for about 30 seconds. THEN Strain into a CHILLED MARTINI GLASS. Garnish with a LEMON TWIST or an OLIVE ON A TOOTHPICK.
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Nov
Nov
If you take walks in the morning, you will probably relate to this song. I think it is quite beautiful. — Jack A. Atkinson “Morning Solitude” LYRICS BY JACK ATKINSON Original music © Jack Atkinson 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [Verse 1] In the stillness of dawn, when the world’s asleep, I rise with the […]
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Sep
Sep
THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS UPON US It’s Christmas – Make a Joyful Noise! Welcome to “BOOKENDS” by Jack Atkinson & The Studio Gang – A Country Pop Sound TRACKS: (1) It’s Christmas – Make a Joyful Noise • (2) Woop Woop Your Wild Yelp • (3) Southern Flavors of Childhood • (4) Morning Solitude • […]
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Aug
Aug
I wrote my first song in many years, and I used my computer to create the instrumentation and vocals digitally. I hope you enjoy this song as much as I enjoyed creating it! Jack Atkinson, Editor ARTSandFOOD® .COM Original music © Jack Atkinson 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED • ABOVE WORDS, MUSIC (MELODY & […]
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Jul
Jul
(A VR Experience currently touring the USA – At publication date, in Washington D.C.) Step into the world’s first free-roam VR expedition to Machu Picchu—a journey to the golden age of the Incan Empire. Explore sacred temples, vibrant plazas, and mythical landscapes brought to life through cinematic storytelling and cutting-edge technology. This isn’t just a […]
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Jul
Jul
MUSIC LOVERS ENJOY! Listen to J. S. BACH’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor being played by an ensemble of trumpets (five Oklahoma State University students at the National Trumpet Competition in June of 2025). Writen for the organ which was designed to be a keyboard of wind instruments like the trumpet. It is amazing […]
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Jul
Jul
We all know that we breathe, we eat, we lift objects, and run, we have bones, our heart pumps blood that flows throughout our body, and humans reproduce by having babies, which keeps our species going forward. Here is a refresher about those systems and their various parts that make up each system. Together, they […]