Image by pasja1000 from Pixabay “Somewhere in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota, there lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon.”* Rocky lived on a small island in the middle of a perfect blue lake fed by pristine springs from deep under the mountains. Rocky had lived there, willingly isolated, after his torrid love affair…
Category: music
Coloring Club Plus — 6/10/19
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is my favorite Wes Anderson film, probably because of the cast, but also the storyline. Wes is known for having a skilled ensemble play in his movies, and this one is no exception. The soundtrack is first rate. “Zissou Society Blue Star Cadets / Ned’s Theme Take 1,” by…
Coloring Club Plus — 6/9/19
A&M 50: The Anniversary Collection (2012) is a 3-CD set. The first disc has 21 songs “from AM to FM”. The second disc has 19 songs “A Mission to Rock.” The third disc has 20-21 songs “Soul, Jazz, And More.” I got through 14 songs on the first disc. My choice from this is “Baby…
#SLS — Desire/Lust/Romance/Passion — George Michael — I Want Your Sex — mature audiences only
Jim is the ever-ready host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: Our prompt for this week is Desire/Lust/Romance/Passion is something that I think will produce a lot of smoking hot music. Here are the “rules”: Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. Please try to include the songwriter(s) –…
Coloring Club Plus — 6/8/19
The Crane Wife is the fourth album by The Decemberists, released in 2006. The album was inspired by a Japanese folk tale, and centers on two song cycles, The Crane Wife and The Island, the latter inspired by William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. National Public Radio listeners voted The Crane Wife the best album of 2006….
Coloring Club Plus — 6/7/19
The “D” for today is honoring the celebration of China’s Dragon Boat Festival, which begins today. Learn more about this important festival here. It began way back when, to honor a poet, yes a poet, who many feel is the greatest Chinese poet of all time, Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan CROSSING THE RIVER, by Qu…
Coloring Club Plus — 6/6/19
This is another cut from the Merle Haggard “Down Every Road 1962-1994” 4 disc set. Read more about it at my post from yesterday, here. “Sam Hill” is from Merle’s “Strangers” album, his debut studio album, released on September 27, 1965, by Capitol Records. “Sam Hill,” for example, had peaked at number forty-five after its…
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