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- Sep 25, 2026
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Who Will Throw the Last Fruit Gem? (opens the original)
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Ode To A Fruit Gem. (1955-2026)<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="577" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sScS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe6f3c26-4
Why I Love Ka’chava’s Meal Replacement Shake (opens the original)
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The year: 2020. Middle of Lockdown. Harold Messinger’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<p
Summer Camp, Music and Memory. (opens the original)
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It’s a blazing hot summer day, 1970-something. I’m six, maybe seven, a staff-brat at Camp Ramah in the Poconos, and there is music pouring out of every nook and cranny. Over by the ‘Quad’, a ramshackle housing unit where the coolest of the cool kitchen staff reside, two massive speakers are blasting Santana’s “Black Magic Woman”. Girls in cutoff jean shorts and bikini tops mingle and flirt with guys in…cutoff jeans shorts and sleeveless concert tees. I’m observing this from afar, waaay too young
Piano Men (and Women) (opens the original)
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Piano was my first instrument. Okay, not exactly: At age 10, I discovered the Beatles, and wanted to be Ringo. We had just acquired a piano, and my mother made a deal with me: I could get a drum kit after a year of piano lessons. After a frustrating year of piano lessons, I discovered ‘chords’ and at last I could play the songs the way they sounded on the records. Ringo faded into Elton, Billy, and Steve Winwood. Piano lessons ended, and I was off on my own, figuring out the parts by ear and wit
A Cowboy & cowgirl puppet singin' in a bar... (opens the original)
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Howdy, Ya’ll! Got some brand new music comin’ right your way! Twenty years ago, the legendary Cowboy puppet Tex Jensen starred in his first video, a country-tinged song to wake up in the morning, Texas style. Harold Messinger’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input class="email-input" name="email" tabindex="-1" type=
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