FFF 60 — The Analogues & The Analogues Sideshow

The Analogues The Analogues first came on my radar when I was looking for George Harrison’s song, Ding Dong Ding Dong and I came across their cover of it. HERE is the write-up where I first mention them. It says it’s a repost, but not sure from when other than the other times I posted…

Monkey (and a few Ape) songs

source This post is all Max’ fault.  Today he posted on The Beatles’ tune Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except me and My Monkey.  I immediately thought of a couple more songs with monkey in the title and thought yes, I want to make a playlist.  Thanks to Max, Jim, Liam, and Graham for their…

#FF — End One Way

PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox End One Way “It needs more cowbell,” says John. Yoko, holding the cowbell, smirks and nods. “I can’t keep proper time with it gonging in my ear,” says Ringo. “Forget the cowbell. We need some horns to offset the piano,” says Paul. Billy had mentioned this to Paul last night…

dVerse Q227 — Turntable Relief

Turntable relief, better than any pill, powder, brew.Back when, as a child, I knew, as I droppedthe needle on Prokofiev, Moptops, Ricky Nelson.Aural medicine that neutralized, alchemized toxinsingested through all of my senses, leaving a wakeof distracted, healing waves. I am today’s host of dVerse’ Quadrille Monday. Today I ask you to write a poem…

FFF 53 — Beatles ’64 (2024)

Finished watching this fifteen minutes ago, on Disney+, which I get “free” as part of a phone package.  Rating 10/10 in capturing the mania of that tour.  So many good archival footage of photos and video, interviews with “the boys,”  and interviews with those who were at at least one of their concerts.  Also interviews…

Rain is pouring down (tanka)

I’ve waited for youall summer; pouring from sky,saturating all; not alone in my patience,today we celebrate, wet.   top image:  Blue Rain Downpour by Sandi O’Reilly

dVerse — Quadrille 174 — Count Me Out

image link In rhythm with vinyl platter spinning33 1/3 revolutions per minute, tappingfeet to Fab4’s beat — until we, the cats and I, jump to rat-a-tat. Neighbor’s AK practice, aimed not at imagined upper crud, but brothers —are things going to be alright? The title and last line are part of the lyrics from The…