(musings from an upstart crow)
I wake on a Sunday and my small children brag about how many bowls of cereal they can eat in one sitting. Apple Jacks. We went to the regular grocery store for a change, instead of the socially responsible grocery store. My vehicle is out of commission and beggars can’t be choosers. Listening to Rasputina … Read more
Good news for a new year…Reverend Glasseye is officially back together! One hopes this means they will be touring. One of the best shows I ever saw on the tiny stage at Vaudeville…
1)Listening to our local “pirate” radio station run by baby Anarchists:www.freeradiochukshon.org 2)Breakfast is hostess cupcakes and mexican dark coffee with cream on the porch with candles and incense and the Sunday paper. Dishes can wait… 3)We won, we won, we fucking won…I volunteered my time and $5 I couldn’t afford to a candidate that actually … Read more
About time I wrote something, I guess…Friday limbo, was playing Nick Cave and Leadbelly and songs from an old lover. Day After Blues, wandering, newspaper brooding in the Dinosaur MacDonalds, bookstore lingering over hot chocoolate and idiot shoppers with my sweet little girls whov’e learned a Tom Waits song. Sarah sings it “remember the girl … Read more
From “Welcome To Leadbelly Homepage: Huddie William Ledbetter was born on January 29, 1885 on the Jeter Plantation near Mooringsport, Louisiana. He was the only child of his parents Wesley and Sally. Huddie and his parents moved to Leigh, Texas when he was five and it was there that he became interested in music, encouraged … Read more
(The Cure,off Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me…) “How Beautiful You Are” You want to know why I hate you? Well I’ll try and explain… You remember that day in paris When we wandered through the rain And promised to each other That we’d always think the same And dreamed that dream To be two … Read more
“The butcher the baker and the baseline maker say you can leave her I can take her you spend your whole life like a minute or two later one day it’s gonna and sooner than greater…oh, what would the loved ones say, what would the loved ones say?”
…half in jest “David Bowie or Nirvana?” She said “Nirvana.” I repeated the question to be sure I’d heard right. So Nirvana it shall be. (detritus)(dream)(poetica)(myth)(opinion)(divination)
This is a documentary about Shane MacGowan about what a lyrical genius and an unrepentant drunk he is, and it’s just f’ing awesome, I must say. Cameo appearance/interview segments with the fabulous Mr. Nick Cave abound. There’s a bonus sing-along feature and an interesting little outtake of Shane peeing in the bushes. Klassy with a … Read more
The results of a Google search for “Cthulu Christmas.” Plus, alternate spelling. Listening to They Might Be Giants and cleaning up my own Pit Of Chaos from my living room floor right now. Merry December 27th.