I’ve had a chance to listen to Fran’s debut album, “A Private Picture,” multiple times now. The more I listen, the more I like it. So far two cuts have been posted. Here’s a third, “So Surreal.” Amanda Gersten at Paste E-zine says: With bouncy riffs, a chirpy chorus and just a hint of melancholy,…
Category: music
#MM Music Challenge — Start, Act, Knock it Down
I decided to re-write the lyrics to the song and am including the youtube so you can sing along with my revised lyrics if you choose. There’s nothing happening here. What it is is exactly clear. There are men with guns over here. Speak the truth and die if you dare I think…
Coloring Club Plus — 12/27/19
I had planned on doing holiday songs all month, but Christmas is over. I already have a New Year’s Eve song planned, but today and until then will be back to the usual. Here is another pandora radio pick. Massive Attack are an English musical group formed in 1988 in Bristol, consisting of Robert “3D”…
Doodads — 12/26/19
I woke up today to sunny skies. When I put recyclable items in the bin outside it wasn’t even cold, somewhere in the 50’s. I ended up walking out back to check things out. More trees have fallen because of the extremely high water table. Looking up the clouds were moving fast. Looking down I…
Coloring Club Plus — 12/26/19
The kinara is a seven-branched candleholder used in Kwanzaa celebrations in the United States. It is based on the Menorah used by Jews celebrating Hanukkah. Per wikipedia: Kwanzaa (/ˈkwɑːn.zə/) is a week-long annual celebration held in the United States and other nations of the African diaspora in the Americas to honor African heritage in African-American…
Coloring Club Plus — Christmas 2019
per wikipedia: “Thank God It’s Christmas” is a Christmas single by the British rock band Queen. It was written by lead guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. Released on 26 November 1984, the single spent six weeks in the UK charts over Christmas 1984 and new year of 1985, and peaked at number 21….
ELBOW — Must hear music the US has ignored for long enough
image of Elbow from RadioX website I heard of Elbow through Steve for the Deaf and again in chapter 16 in the book he recently posted by chapter in its entirety. I borrowed a couple of albums from the library and have listened to them a few times now. The more I listen the more…
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