image link I wrote it in my head driving home from Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, a 35–40 minute drive from Seattle. It sparked from something a news anchor said on TV and I heard wrong. I heard ‘blah blah blah black hole sun blah blah blah’. I thought that would make an amazing song…
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Friday Favorite Feature 14, Martin Scorcese’s film, Rolling Thunder Revue (2019)
image link Friday Favorite Feature 14, Martin Scorcese’s film, Rolling Thunder Revue (2019) Netflix’ Rolling Thunder Review, aka Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorcese, is a film I’ve been putting off watching since it was released. I did try to watch it a few years back but Patti Smith’s freaky performance…
dVerse — Poetics — Letters of Love
Barb and Rod when grey dulls life’s gleammind wandering back to bleaknessyour face, grace, returnsyou turn, I follow your lightblack numbness again vanquished Punam is today’s host of dVerse’ Poetics. Punam says:I think, we all have many, maybe hundreds, of unsent and unwritten letters inside us. So let’s write letters today. Write to…
#SLS — Going Unplugged — “Wild Horses,” by The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones 1971 There are so many good acoustic songs out there but I have to wonder how they cross the line, into rock, and still be acoustic, as rock music almost seems to imply the addition of electric guitars. I do think this one can be called rock music. As I read the…
#SLS Underrated Songs — “Dime” by Cake
I first became a Cake fan back when my younger son went to college up north and used to ride with his friend back and forth for holidays. His friend was a big Cake fan and younger son brought the music to me. Since then I have bought all of their albums and will continue…
#SLS — Deep Cuts — “Win” by David Bowie
“Me, I’m fresh on your pages” My choice of deep cut is, “Win” from David Bowie’s “Young American” album. There is something that pulls me in about the lyrics. I also love how David sings. Luther Vandross is one of the backup singers. It doesn’t get much better than this, peeps. Me, I hope that…
Music Review — Loreena McKennitt: The Visit Revisted Tour
I cannot think of better music for the Halloween/Samhain season than Loreena McKennitt! Last night a friend and I went to see her and her small ensemble perform at the DeVos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids, MI. I bought the tickets awhile back and so was able to get row 7 and at my preferred…
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