Month: March 2022
The Brit Box, Disc 2, Track 3, “Only Shallow,” by My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine My Bloody Valentine are an Irish-English rock band formed in Dublin in 1983. Since 1987, its lineup has consisted of founding members Kevin Shields [who was born in Queens, NY but moved to Dublin at age 6] (vocals, guitar, sampler) and Colm Ó Cíosóig (drums, sampler) with Bilinda Butcher (vocals, guitar) and…
#FF — Not that Leo, but still…
PHOTO PROMPT © Anne Higa Leo likes to remember how it all went down. Diagnosed with cellulitis, he was prescribed steroids. Thinking it was his Muse’ sense of humor, Leo reveled in his manic creativity at the easel. He painted with colors, shapes, and ideas that would make Bosch blush and Gauguin giggle. When Yasmin’s…
Women Music March 2022 – Day 2 – Tanya Tagaq
Tanya Tagaq, moers festival 2012, photo by michael hoefner Tanya Tagaq CM (born Tanya Tagaq Gillis, May 5, 1975), also credited as Tagaq, is a Canadian Inuk throat singer from Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq), Nunavut, Canada, on the south coast of Victoria Island. Tagaq was a popular performer at Canadian folk festivals, such as Folk on…
dVerse — Poetics — Spirits Promise
Painting by Joseph Farquharson ‘Cauld Blaws the Wind Frae East to West’ (1888) Mountainspirit guides us, watching above, solid below;her strong arms hold in warm hearth promise. Mountainprotects us from harm, towards uncertain unknowns.Despite wind’s cold voice chasing us; we rest,dreamless. Valleyspirit opens us to her green velvet;tree nation’s welcoming swath sways in whispered hope.Valleytarries…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #120 – March 1, 2022
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! There is quite a collection this week! The Card Counter (2021) Starring: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe Director: Paul Schrader Genres: drama, crime Synopsis: The Card Counter, namely William Tell, is a man haunted by his past. He’s just gotten out of federal prison…
Women Music March 2022 — Day 1 — Vanessa Collier
Vanessa Collier photo by TrinidadSteve There’s a young lady came onstage with me, I forget where I was, but she’s playing an alto saxophone, and man, she was amazing. –Buddy Guy from Vanessa’s website: Those are the words of Buddy Guy in a recent issue of American Blues Scene, describing an impromptu performance with Vanessa…
Tao Talk 