Just dropping in this week after seeing Glyn post Cream’s Spoonful. A song that instantly came to mind under this theme is Pink Floyd’s, “Comfortably Numb.” I’ve read varying accounts on the back story but the one that sticks with me is that Pink Floyd was on a concert tour and Roger Waters got ill. …
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Women Music March 2025 – Day 30 — L.A. Witch
L.A. Witch, photo by Mona Haworth driver Sade Sanchez (vocals/guitar)front seat passenger Irita Pai (bass)back seat Ellie English (drums) The name is a partial misnomer. Though the band hails from Los Angeles,they do not partake in any sort of witchcraft.Yet their ability to conjure a specific time and place through their sound does suggest a…
Women Music March 2025 – Day 29 — Lykke Li — With Special Guest Writer, Melissa Lemay
Lykke Li I struggle with myself every day — I am a lonesome person.I talk to my family, and I connect to some people deeply along the way,but I am a restless soul. Singing is the most immediate relief. wiki: Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson, known as Lykke Li, was born in Ystad, Skåne, a county…
FFF 62 — FMG and other pics from last couple of weeks
Hmmmm… I had this scheduled to post at 10 a.m. and for some reason it didn’t. Here ya go: I’ve been taking a pictures but not taking time to crop, shrink, organize them, so some of these are in their raw state. Hoping everyone is enjoying their Friday so far. What are your plans for…
Women Music March 2025 – Day 28 Joan Jett (from The Runaways and The Blackhearts)
Joan Jett with Laurie McAllister wiki: Joan Marie Larkin, aka Joan Jett (b. 9/22/58) was born at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, to James and Dorothy Larkin. She is the oldest of three children. Her father was an insurance salesman and her mother was a secretary. In 1967, Jett’s family moved to Rockville, MD, where she attended…
dVerse OLN 381 and 3/18 Poetics Tuesday: Ode to My Granddaughter
Ode To My Granddaughter(fashioned upon Keat’s, “Ode to a Nightingale”)My bones ache and weariness pervades;My qi wanes as it disperses to four winds,Sucked away, gone into vastness of space.It’s time for time’s reckoning; its vortex spins.But you, Dear Granddaughter, dancingThere, singing melodious beats among trees.You, fresh sprung youth, no concept of worry,We watch you, so…
Women Music March 2025 – Day 27 Laurie McAllister (The Runaways, The Orchids, Baby Roulette and The Rave Ons)
Laurie McAllister(the site this came from has some excellent photos of The Runaways) Best job ever. Laurie Hoyt, stage name Laurie McAllister, was born in Eugene, OR. (b. 6/26/57 – d. 8/25/11.) She was a bassist who is perhaps best remembered for being the last one to play in the influential 1970s all-girl rock band, the…
Tao Talk 