Breathe, wine barrels! Bamba the bodega! Corked Chianti and her sister Chablis decant; earthy fermentation fortified rosy grenache. Herb(aceous,) iced Jeraboam’s kabinett, revs Lambrusca with magnums of merry merlot. Nebbiolo! Oaky plonked port, reserva for Rioja – sancerrely semillon. Tokay! VinSanto yields her zinfandel. Poem origin story: I googled wine terms and found a wonderful…
Month: April 2021
A2Z 2021 Jethro Tull Songs Day 4 – Doctor to My Disease from Catfish Rising (1991)
Catfish Rising is the 18th studio album by the British rock group Jethro Tull, released in 1991. It is the first Tull album to feature keyboardist Andrew Giddings (on this and 2 other tracks.) The album forgoes the synthesizers and electronic instruments that were prominent in Tull’s 80’s albums, instead opting for a hard…
#Haikai Challenge #182 : Transformation — Daffodil / Ides of March
neon lemon lightsflicker and sway in March wind —daffodils mantra neon lemon lightschoreograph sun’s embraceforever today flicker and sway in March wind with tinkling windchimes’sweet arrhythmia daffodils mantrahums spring’s bright opening act —winter’s curtain rise Today’s offering is in troiku form. Image link here. Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank…
The Sunday Muse 154 — Lambs and Lions
So used to keeping her head down, shefelt the fuzzy image meant no harm.She didn’t think to pierce the surface;fell in, susceptible to his charms.Closer and yet closer she drifted to the farther shore, following the wigglesin the pool. What’s more, further awayshe drifted from the warmth of her besties.A winter wind in spring…
A2Z 2021 Jethro Tull Songs Day 3 – (To) Cry You a Song from Benefit (1970)
According to [guitarist] Martin Barre, “To Cry You a Song” was a response to Blind Faith’s “Had to Cry Today“, “ although you couldn’t compare the two; nothing was stolen… The riff crossed over the bar in a couple of places and Ian and I each played guitars on the backing tracks. It was more…
A2Z 2021 Jethro Tull Songs Day 2 – Bourée, from Stand Up (1969)
“Bourée” was recorded at Olympic Studios (the only song on the album that was.) Some regarded Olympic Studios as important as Abbey Road Studios. It proved the most difficult to record, with the band unsatisfied with any of the takes they recorded. The final version of the song was compiled later from several takes, with…
Music That Strikes a Chord — “Temporary Like Achilles,” written by Bob Dylan (but performed by Old Crow Medicine Show because I couldn’t find a Bob Dylan version)
bob dylan / photo jean-marie périer, Paris, June 1966 I decided to put Bob Dylan’s, “Blonde on Blonde” on while I tackled a Mount Olympian-sized pile of dirty dishes. Dang, why haven’t I listened to this double-album in so long. Blonde on Blonde is Bob’s seventh studio album, released on June 20, 1966. Recording sessions…
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