I have to thank Steve for the Deaf for making me aware of this group. Dave Grohl on drums (from Foo Fighters and Nirvana) John Paul Jones — yes, that one! — on bass, Josh Homme on guitar and vocals (from Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss) and Alain Johannes on live performances. These…
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Music that Strikes a Chord — “Lily Love,” by The Chieftains and The Civil Wars
The Chieftains image by Barry McCall The Civil Wars image by Phil King Listening to The Chieftains: Voice of Ages tonight, I am again knocked over by this album. It takes me to another place. My scalp tingles as the music on it seems to activate long-resting atoms. The Chieftains collaborate with a plethora of…
Music that Strikes a Chord: “Wonderboy” by The Kinks
image link I’ve gotten into the habit of listening to music while playing solitaire games on the computer like I used to do when I did my daily coloring. It’s an easy and safe way to unwind. The other night I was listening to, “The Best of the Kinks: 1964-1971” and when this song started…
dVerse — MTB 230 — Outside my Door
Outside My Door The driveway’s wet sloping back ends at a green-fringed white-crystalled skirtthat traps tantalizing fragrance withinits folds. Trauma-stilled, crunchy stepsimprint on a swollen body that one daywill melt away to nothing but mud. image link Grace is today’s host for dVerse’ Poetics. Grace says:The Writing Challenge: Write a poem utilizing either Personification…
#FF — Misfits
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Once upon a time there was a Scottish boy who bounced around with his folks, an English boy abandoned by his teenage mother, and a London boy who started out by banging on noisy pieces of war rubble after his dad was blown up. The rough-hewn lads were looked at…
Doodads — cider and song plus
Two weeks ago not only did younger son and his wife volunteer at the cat shelter but my older son’s girlfriend was there. It was a very pleasant surprise to see her there. What was an even bigger surprise was today, when my older son showed up. This had all of us together (masked) face…
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