Jim Adams is the spicy host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: This week we have seasoning prompts Cinnamon/Mint/Parsley/Pepper/Rosemary/Sage/Salt/Thyme and hopefully this will leave a pleasant smell with all of us. Here are the “rules”: • Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. If it does…
Category: music
George’s First Visit to USA
A few years ago younger son had asked me to buy him a gift subscription to Smithsonian Magazine. Since then they have sent me marketing materials to re-subscribe. When I saw the deal of $8 for a whole year of Smithsonian, which has some really good pictures I can use for collage after reading,…
#MM Music Challenge — Steppenwolf erasure poem
Jim Adams is the far-seeing host of Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Challenge. Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [“Midnight at the Oasis,” by Maria Muldaur] and use it for a short story, a piece of flash fiction, or a poem that you can share with the WordPress writing community. My favorite part of…
Novelty Song Friday #11 — “Bubbles in the Wine,” by Dex Dubious
15 remixes by today’s hottest underground DJs, Lawrence Welk like you’ve never heard before. ‘A preposterous idea? Absolutely. But that’s what makes the set so charming. This concept should not work, but it does – in a very quirky Playboy mansion pool party way.’ – Billboard. “Dance of a peppy chill-out variety reigns here, which…
#SLS — “Stop Stop Stop,” by The Hollies
Jim Adams is the directing host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: This week we have the termination prompts of End/Finish/Over/Stop… Here are the “rules”: • Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. If it does not fit, then please explain why you chose this song….
Light of Day #5 — Interview/Music Elvis Costello and Sting
Another one of those randomly happened across things that brought joy to me. The whole video is more than 30 minutes, but even watching the first 10 minutes will do it. Now that I know this series exists, I need to try to get both seasons. Cmon library, please open (when the time is right,…
Novelty Song Friday #10 — “Upminster Kid,” by Kilburn and the High Roads
Per wikipedia: Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000) was an English singer-songwriter and actor who rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. He died from colorectal cancer. Kilburn and the High Roads were a British pub rock band formed by Ian Dury…
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