The first time I saw you I heard boom chaka, the nasty bump and grind kind The first time I heard you, poetry man spritzed the air; such a deep inhale The first time you played, you rosined my bow; my heart danced a jig The first time we met, I said too much but…
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Turntable Talk: Cover Me — “Comfortably Numb,” by Roger Waters & Company on the In the Flesh Tour on June 27, 2000 at The Rose Garden Arena in Portland Oregon, featuring Doyle Bramhall II and Snowy White on lead guitars.
Instead of an essay on cover songs that gives a rationale of what kind I like or don’t like and why, I want to take it in another direction. What I want to talk about in today’s essay on cover songs is what I will dub a semi-cover or modified cover of an original, which…
Midnight Shake — with Radiohead, Richard Grannon, and Triggernometry
one thin carbon thread turns and wiggles a worlda three-dimensional paradise, where we perceivein infinitely re-looped elemental structures that weexperience in six senses and beyond; but we don’tappreciate them enough to cherish each and everybit to a compelling urgency to stop the clock tickingto midnight. how much insult and injury is she sup-posed to take…
Fuck You (Glastonbury 2022) —
Lily Allen & Olivia Rodrigo (2022) Olivia Rodrigo performs Fuck You (feat. Lily Allen) at Glastonbury 2022. As American musicians took the stage at Glastonbury 2022, many used their stage time to criticize the United States supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Olivia Rodrigo surprised her audience by bringing out artist Lily Allen […]…
dVerse — Quadrille 153 — Greed’s Covet
Dawn blushes horizon’s lip as deer, mist-soaked, hooves to coats, browse. Drowsy after night’s day, they, dainty, step through stone testaments of dust. The grass is greenest here, over bones, where ghosts’ collective groans lament our kind’s terminal folly; our greed’s covet .……………………………………………over love. top image link Linda is today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. …
Music and (Gasp!) Records — Trent’s World (the Blog)
A very thoughtful and insightful look at the state of music production, distribution, and appreciations that starts with a historical perspective and moves “up” to the future. I want to talk about records. I don’t mean those emails that need to be saved because they are “important records”, nor those receipts you keep in an…
Turntable Talk, Friday, May 6, 2022 — Pearl Jam’s Live at Benaroya Hall
album cover for Live at Benaroya Hall by Pearl Jam Turntable Talk, Friday, May 6, 2022 My Choice of Live Album: Pearl Jam’s Live at Benaroya Hall on 10/22/03 The moment Dave named the topic of live albums, I knew that I wanted it to be one of Pearl Jam’s, but I wasn’t sure which…
Tao Talk 