In time of war and unholy pogrom, the young boy’s loving parents left him in the care of the old woman who lived on the outskirts of town and raised chickens and a few meager vegetables. Until she died, sitting up, with her feet in a basin of water. He waited and waited for her…
Category: music
2020 ALBUM DRAFT- ROUND 11-PICK 1- SOUNDTRACKS- MSJADELI SELECTS -GROSSE POINTE BLANK — slicethelife
2020 Album Draft- Round 11 Pick 1- Soundtracks- MSJADELI selects- Groose Pointe Blank. When Hans decided to add three more rounds and the first bonus round was a movie soundtrack, this and one other (The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) sprang to mind. Grosse Pointe Blank is a film I’ve watched many times for many […]…
2020 ALBUM DRAFT- ROUND 10 PICK 5- MSJADELI SELECTS- BONNIE RAITT- LUCK OF THE DRAW — slicethelife
Oh, the agony it was picking the final choice. I will echo some of you in expressing regret for the ones not chosen. Very close contenders were Led Zeppelin, REM, Radiohead, The Rolling Stones, Joni Mitchell, CSNY, Gordon Lightfoot, and Steve Earle. Kerfe Roig, one of my blogmates, posted a Bonnie Raitt song yesterday and […]…
2020 ALBUM DRAFT- ROUND 9 PICK 10- MSJADELI SELECTS- DAVID BOWIE- YOUNG AMERICANS — slicethelife
2020 Album Draft- Round 9 Pick 10- MSJADELI picks David Bowie- Young Americans. I think I picked this one up a couple of years after it came out and didn’t stop listening until every word and note was imprinted on the cerebral flash drive. Back then it was what I would call cutting edge, this […]…
dVerse — Poetics — The Vatic Voice
The feeling I get when I become a transmitter for the vatic voice is the same feeling I get when listening to some music. Whether it comes out of my mouth or fingertips or comes in through my ears, it seems to infuse the area from the base of my throat to my chest cavity…
M3! #49 – 090820 — Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Filth, What Men Want, U2 Rattle & Hum, Project Power, Eric Clapton Life in 12 Bars
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! Just a note about a change. Up until now, I have designated the winning or nomination of an Academy Award (Oscar) separately from other nominations and wins. The more foreign films I watch the more I see that separation as ridiculous. From now on it will be…
2020 ALBUM DRAFT- ROUND 5- PICK 10- MSJADELI SELECTS- NEIL YOUNG- TIME FADES AWAY — slicethelife
2020 Album Draft- Round 5 Pick 10- MSJADELI selects- Neil Young- Time Fades Away. MSJADELI’s blog- Tao Talk can be found at – https://tao-talk.com/ I remember very well how this album came into my possession. From age 18-20 I lived in a little berg town that my mom, stepdad, and siblings moved to, but I […]…
Tao-Talk 