Word Challenge of the Day is balmy. Fandango One-Word Challenge is pending. data would enter through her senses: sights, sounds, touches tastes, smells, but be trapped by thoughts, plans, dreams, many times stuck, rolling around, looping to absurdity, squeaking to halt — terminal pending. * after the cleanup crew duct taped her to…
Category: music
Song Lyric Sunday — Last Shift
image link The theme for Song Lyric Sunday is last. In my search for the chosen song, I ran across this one. Had never heard it before, but I absolutely LOVE Richard Thompson, as a songwriter, singer, and guitarist. This is a very sad and political song. I dedicate it to Coal Miners and Their…
Not that God
image link The Word of the Day Challenge is hymn. Fandango’s One Word Challenge is contrast. Every Sunday, it was the same routine. Same old sermons, same old songs. Until that one Sunday, when our pastor was gone and we had a substitute. The substitute was a young woman who had spiked blue hair, a…
“Listen”
image link “Listen” is a song from musical group, Chicago’s, first LP, Chicago Transit Authority. I got this 2-LP set as a youngster and played the grooves off of it. It was music like I’d never heard before. I lost the vinyl back in ’94 but was blessed to come across it in the basement…
In Honor of Remembrance Day UK & Veteran’s Day US
image link Another one for Song Lyric Sunday, as I see it is a memorial day for the fallen in the UK. After listening to Soul Cages, I was reminded of another Sting tune that speaks to the memorial. Update: embarrassed to say I didn’t realize it was Veteran’s Day in the US! It’s for…
“Beware of Darkness, by George Harrison
In 2014, I bought the box set of George Harrison: The Apple Years 68-75, which has his first 6 solo albums, as well as a video disk with short documentary, music video, etc. Being honest here, I can’t say I’ve gotten much past the “All Things Must Pass” CD. George Harrison and his solo music…
