Dick Tracy (Beatty) and Breathless Mahoney (Madonna) I knew I wanted to choose this song, and I thought it started with Madonna, but wikipedia says otherwise. Vogue, or voguing, is a highly stylized, modern house dance originating in the late 1980s that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s. Voguing gained mainstream…
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Friday Favorite Feature 24 — “Waiting,” by Joe Wong and the Nite Creatures
Joe Wong and The Nite Creatures I found this tune at SRR. When I started looking for information on Joe Wong, I really went down the rabbit hole! From Joe’s official website, I learned: Born in Milwaukee, WI, Joe studied several instruments as a child and began touring and recording with punk and indie bands…
dVerse — OLN 355 — Around the Bend* (Ekphrastic for Woman with Flowered Hat)
Woman with Flowered Hat by Jean Dupas Perfumed rainbow blooms within,masked without by strained repose;mind that’s gone around the bend. Destination some may know,riot ruffles, tongues that speak;masked without by strained repose. Normals titter, “dumb and weak,”blockish shades who cast awayriot ruffles’ tongues that speak volumes, writ large in red clay;poems hummed by honeybees.Blockish shades…
#MMB 2024 Week 5 — Audioslave
Audioslave He stepped to the microphone and sang the song and I couldn’t believe it. It didn’t just sound good. It didn’t sound great. It sounded transcendent. And … when there is an irreplaceable chemistry from the first moment, you can’t deny it. — Tom Morello, about the first time Chris jammed with the band…
#SLS — “Death of a Clown” by (Dave Davies of) The Kinks
Dave Davies of The Kinks “Death of a Clown” is a song by Dave Davies, member of British rock group the Kinks, released as his debut solo single in 1967. Side B was, “Love Me Till The Sun Shines.” The song was co-written with his brother, Ray Davies, who contributed the 5-bar “La la la”…
MMB 2024 week 4 — “Wanting and Waiting,” by (The) Black Crowes
Chris and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes The first Black Crowes album I bought of theirs was their debut, which I love, and one other that I haven’t listened to much. To be honest I haven’t listened to either lately and hadn’t heard from them in awhile. That’s why I was surprised to hear,…
dVerse — Q193 — Don’t Pinch Me
Don’t Pinch Me In half spoon-curled,nitelight soft-glowed,mattress-warmed,flannel-soothed,vervain-sniffedfluffy clouds I face youreven-breathed,solid presence. Eyelashes droopabove cold nose,waiting; my handrising and fallingon your chest. In timeyou turn to scootch-reachcloser, low-growling. Don’t pinch me if I’m dreaming. Top image link De is today’s host for dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. De wants us to write a quadrille (exactly 44 words…
