I have no idea if this will become a regular feature, but I wanted to share a few things that don’t fit into the usual categories of music, short fiction, and poetry. First off, I had a wonderful Mother’s Day with my kids. Older son invited us all to his and his girlfriend’s place and…
Agents of Light
Photo by Josh Hild on Unsplash David Cronenberg’s 1983 film, Videodrome, starring James Woods, with Debbie Harry (yes, Blondie) is a horror movie that shows by merely watching television you take in a horrible virus that destroys your mind. It is promoted as fictional and possibly considered science fiction as well. It’s also, beyond question, social commentary on…
Coloring Club Plus — 5/13/19
Lightning Bolt is the tenth studio album by the American rock band Pearl Jam, released October 2013. It’s their most recent studio album, but I have heard word that they have a new one coming out. When I listen to Swallowed Whole, I get images of being out on the sea and, like Jonah, being…
Origin Story
Image by Robert Ramsay from Pixabay The team of astrophysicists took a small cell sample from the large blue crystalline eye and examined it on a slide under a superelectroplasmic photon microscope. They were shocked that the cells were just as lustrous under 1 million times magnification. “It’s unnatural!,” said Senior Scientist Margo French. “It’s…
Coloring Club Plus — 5/12/19
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL MOTHERS OR THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED A MATERNAL ROLE Jim Messina, formerly of Poco and Buffalo Springfield, was working as an independent record producer for Columbia Records in 1970 when he met Kenny Loggins, a little-known singer/songwriter and guitarist who was signed to ABC-Dunhill as a staff songwriter. The two…
SLS — 2nd offering — Merle Haggard — Mama Tried
Because I’m feeling guilty for not choosing a song for all the moms out there, I’m posting 2 songs today for SLS. “Mama Tried” is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in July 1968 as the first single and title track from the…
SLS — Flowers — R.E.M. — The Flowers of Guatemala
Jim Adams is the ever-ready and always-prepared host of Song Lyric Sunday. Jim says: The theme today is Mom/Mother/Flowers. Here are the “rules”: Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it fits the theme or not. Please try to include the songwriter(s) – it’s a good idea to give credit where credit is due. Make…
