First posted in February of 2023. Elvis Costello, King of America album cover Stripping away much of the excess that cluttered Punch the Clock and Goodbye Cruel World, Elvis Costello returned to his folk-rock and pub rock roots with King of America, creating one of his most affecting and personal records. Costello literally took on…
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dVerse — Q195 — Born in Touch
Born In Touch All that is,atoms’ motion,born in touch,nudging,reachingconnection: eyes meeting,ears listening,tongues tasting,fingers brushing,words articulating,emptiness speaking,souls intertwining in realms inside/outside time, space, places. Old stones testifythrough seasons:each of 10k thingsrecycled incarnationsin perpetuity. top image link De aka Whimsygizmo is today’s host for dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De wants us to write a 44-word poem using the…
#SLS — “One Fine Day,” sung by The Chiffons and written by Carole King/Gerry Goffin
Gerry Goffin and Carole King “One Fine Day” is a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It first became a popular hit in the summer of 1963 for American girl group the Chiffons, who reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The Chiffons were originally a trio of schoolmates –…
The Oracle Speaks — My Bluebird Friend
wonder up some winefun is sunshinetrust happinessenjoy simple lightgive warmth’s comfortworlding life togetheryou and memy bluebird friend
Friday Favorite Feature 26 — “Television,” by Idles
Idles on the Mainstage at Haldern Pop Festival 2019.Photo by Alexander Kellnerl. – r.: Jon Beavis, Mark Bowen, Lee Kiernan, Adam Devonshire and Joe Talbot I know I’ve been going kind of ga-ga over Idles but am frequent listening to their album, “Joy as an Act of Resistance” (2018) while waiting for the just released…
#MMB 2024 Week 7 (repost of Music That Strikes a Chord: Cat Stevens, “Longer Boats”)
(First posted 11/28/20) Surfing the electronic database at the library last week, Cat Stevens popped into my head. I used to have more than just his “Foreigner” album; I had “Matthew & Son” and “Tea for the Tillerman.” “Tea for…” was borrowed; on the way out to my mom’s this past week, I listened to…
#SLS — Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, “Carnegie Hall Concert” (1966)
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos played an historic Carnegie Hall show in 1966, immortalized on a live album. GAB Archive/Redferns (l. – r. Willie Cantu, Tom Brumley, Buck Owens, Don Rich, and Doyle Holly) The sound systems were so lousy back then that the crowd couldn’t hear the music so the clothes had to be…
Tao-Talk 