I was just reading a post on REM and commented that one of my favorite songs of theirs is, “World Leader Pretend”. If ever there was a soliloquy set to music, this is it. I sit at my table and wage war on myself It seems like it’s all, it’s all for nothing I know…
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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…
traces
once painted shapes now fading traces on the stone path to the ocean, reminders of when our love was alive. the salt of the sea reaches to touch them distant tears that also remember For some reason, this song comes to mind: FOWC with Fandango — Trace
Take Good Care of My Baby
#SongLyricSunday, the prompt for the day is take/taking. My choice for this Sunday is, “Take Good Care of My Baby”.Per wikipedia:“Take Good Care of My Baby” is a song written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. The song was made famous by Bobby Vee, when it was released in 1961. Take Good Care of…
10cc — I Bought A Flat Guitar Tutor (1977)
A couple of months back I signed up for Hoopla through my local library. Hoopla gives me access to thousands of albums via electronic download. Now that I have extra time to play around with, I decided to try to find an album we played to death the summer I ran away down south and…
I was Townes VanZandt’s girlfriend!
image link I went to bed late last night and I slept very deeply. I do wake up at least once a night to hit the can. As I woke for my pit stop, it was in the middle of a dream I was devastated to end. You see, in it, I was Townes VanZandt’s…
