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Jimmy Buffett / More Monday Music / Music

#120 – Jimmy Dreams

October is a dream-like month, lying somewhere between the glory of summer and the brisk, stillness of winter. What song could fit this month? Every October, Vampires, Mummies and The Holy Ghost comes to mind, but since that has previously been featured in this blog (in a previous October post), something else needed to step forward. There are hundreds of Jimmy’s songs that are worthy of sharing, but as I often do, I left it up a little bit to chance, and a little bit to what is perhaps messages from spirit, perhaps Jimmy himself, and almost immediately, this melody called out. Perhaps, even from “the bright Pleiades…” Jimmy Dreams.

Jimmy Buffett / Music

#64 – Desdemona’s Building A Rocket Ship

The Pleiades are also called the Seven Sisters, as Jimmy mentions in his song lyrics, but are known officially in astronomy circles as Messier 45. It can be found just a bit to the north-west of the constellation Taurus, has a bluish glow, and is 444 light years from us. That seems like a long way away, but it’s actually one of the nearest star clusters to Earth. It is quite visible to the naked eye, and is stunning through a telescope, or even something as simple and easy to use as a pair of binoculars. It shows up in myths and legends across our globe and has many more names than the few that I have mentioned. Its prominence in world culture makes it unsurprising that it makes an appearance in Jimmy’s music and plays a starring role in the life of his Desdemona.