Since music has been on my mind a lot, when I saw the prompt I thought of music involving mothers. First thought was Roger Waters’, “Mother,” but that’s a little too dark for this bright and beautiful day. Instead I’m going for a song about motherless children. Much brighter, right? “Motherless Children” is found on…
Month: August 2020
2020 ALBUM DRAFT- ROUND 4- PICK 3- MSJADELI SELECTS- U2 -ACHTUNG BABY — slicethelife
My next pick in the draft series! 2020 Album Draft- Round 4 Pick 3- MSJADELI selects- U2- Achtung Baby. MSJADELI’s blog Tao Talk can be found at- https://tao-talk.com/ At the instant we were recording it, I got a very strong sense of its power. We were all playing together in the big recording room, a…
Novelty Song Friday #21 — “One Toke Over the Line,” by Brewer and Shipley
Welcome to another installment of Novelty Song Friday. This is the third week of what I will call the “stoned series.” Thank you to Max at Power Pop for the suggestion! It will be the last one in the series at least for now, as I have another song lined up next week that doesn’t…
#FF — Dark Passage
Southwest circuit was from Albuquerque to Phoenix to Vegas to San Diego to L.A. — and every truck stop in between. The Fleetwood rolled 365. Rick maintained a stable of six girls, earning enough to keep them looking pretty with plenty of substances to keep them pliable. More than six became a pain in his…
FFFC 77 — heaven on earth
My parents wanted me to be an accountant. That made me blue. Instead I dreamed of palettes across the sky. College was not to be. I hitched a ride on the star of a Gypsy and we embarked on adventures only dreamers may travel. Across time zones, continents, and oceans we found ourselves in a…
What do you see # 41 — Orphan’s lament
Mama and I one sunny afternoon were climbing in the branches of the pomegranate tree and savoring the sweet juicy fruit when we heard a rustling in the bushes below. Mama carried me on her back to a higher limb and put me on a thick part where I could cling and gave me…
Haikai Challenge #150: Sturgeon Moon and dVerse OLN
Late summer paddies glow under the sturgeon moon – shadows swim upstream. Image: Ando Hiroshige – Mt. Kyodai and the Moon Reflected in the Rice Fields at Sarashina in Shinano Province, No. 25 Ando Hiroshige (b. 1797 – d. 1858) Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says:…
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