Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark is #113 on the 2012 list and #110 in the 2020 list of Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Court and Spark was Joni’s 6th studio album. It was an immediate commercial and critical success—and remains her most successful album. I’m actually surprised at…
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Esther Chilton’s “Can You Tell A Story In…” 284
Sugar CookiesAfter Dr. Quack’s brain operation on me, I smell vanilla on full moons. I attracted Harry on a midnight walk and imagined sugar cookies as he bit me. Now, on certain days, we keep the pram canopy closed. Esther Chilton is the host of Can You Tell A Story In… Esther says: Can you…
#FF — Til Death (with “If I Was a Blackbird” by Silly Wizard added)
PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot Til Death Startled awake, I listen for Mr. Coffee’s gurgle, but he’s not singing. It’s always a surprise to realize you’re dead, as our lives continue as if you are alive in the other realm. At first I thought you must be in limbo, waiting for the elevator, but it’s…
#MMB 2025 — April — “Gone to America,” by Steeleye Span
I feel happy to have found this song for Mixed Music Bag’s last April 2025 offering. It’s one where I not only recognized the band but liked the song. Listening to the simple lyrics that get repeated several times with only minor changes in them has me wondering what is going on here. Was he…
dVerse Q 222 — What’s the Matter Here?
What’s the Matter Here?a child cowerson steps of brownstoneperson standsknuckles purplingofficer arriveshand at her waist“an altercation?”“no, officer. a differenceof opinion.”“between who?”“myself anda gentlemanwho ran.”“about what?”“he thought he had a right,and I didn’t.” top image link Punam is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. Punam says:write a 44-word poem using some form of the word alter.
#SLS — Wond’ring Aloud, from Aqualung by Jethro Tull (1971)
#169 on 2007’s “List of 200 Definitive Albums in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” “Aqualung” was released in 1971. It is the first album I ever heard of theirs. I came to it from a criminal boyfriend I had at the time that broke into cars and stole their 8-track players and anything…
#MMB 2025 — “April Bloom” by Lior
Lior It’s fun to open oneself to new things. That’s why I like music prompts so much. I seek new music out and I get to listen to what others are sharing. This time I did the usual search for “song titles or lyrics containing April.” Once I had the list I started reading lyrics,…
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