PHOTO PROMPT © Jennifer Pendergast I assess my image in the mirror as Layla stands behind me, adjusting my hair accessories. My eyes travel up to one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever known. For a moment I feel I’m dreaming. How can this be? I check the time. “We have five minutes, Layla….
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Women Music March 2023 – Day 8 – Nicole Atkins
Nicole Atkins performs at La Zona Rosa during SXSW in Austin, Texas on March 18, 2010 Nicole Atkins (b. 10/1/78) is an American singer-songwriter. Her influences include 1950s crooner music, 1960s psychedelia, soul music, and the Brill Building style of writing. Atkins has been compared to Roy Orbison and singers from the Brill Building era….
Tanka Tuesday 310 — Unnatural
Terri Webster Schrandt Terri says: “This is a photo of Nine Mile Falls, after which our little community is named. I captured this last March when the water district let out the water of the Spokane River to create Lake Spokane. When you drive by, the mist from the falls hits the windshield enough to use…
dVerse — Poetics — Ode to Glenn Buttkus (b. 6/14/44 – d. 2/17/23)
Glenn Buttkus Punched with Buk, their ringed dings of words’ sooty-belled truth a-pealed to ears that could absorb them; both undefeated. Pulled us in; cinemagenic serial called, “Blackthorne”: Buck, Johnny, … and Salina. He served his justice. Shared his life: his world as orphan, as soldier, as actor, yet first always as teacher, selflessly giving….
Women Music March 2023 – Day 7 – Pauline Oliveros
Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros (b. 5/30/32 – d. 11/24/16) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center in the 1960s, and served as its director. She taught music at Mills College, the University…
Women Music March 2023 – Day 6 – ani defranco
ani defranco image link quote link Angela Maria “Ani” DiFranco (b. 9/23/70) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. DiFranco’s music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influences from punk, funk, hip hop and jazz. She has released all her albums on her own record label, Righteous Babe. Early Life: She…
Women Music March 2023 – Day 5 – L7
L7 (l to r): Suzi Gardner, Donita Sparks, Dee Plakas, Jennifer Finch “Eat my used tamp*n, f***ers!”– Donita Sparks at the 1992 Reading Festival L7 is an American all-female rock band founded in Los Angeles, California, first active from 1985 to 2001 and re-formed in 2014. Their longest standing lineup consists of Suzi Gardner, Donita…
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