Howlin’ Wolf: Spoonful
Born in Mississipi, Chicago bluesman Howlin’ Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett) would have turned 100 today (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976). His version of Willie Dixon’s “Spoonful” blues poured cocaine, love and murder into one mean, raw line: “But one spoon of little .45 save you from another man.” Ok, cross out ‘love’. Happy […]
Grammar Guru: Similar, but different: appointment, date, meeting
They’re similar, but different: * meeting * appointment * date Can you schedule a/an _________________ for the project team? ɯɐǝʇ ɐ ɥʇıʍ ƃuıʇǝǝɯ ɐ ǝlnpǝɥɔs I want to make a/an ___________________ with Mr Hoss to discuss the CERT project. ǝuoǝɯos ɥʇıʍ ʇuǝɯʇuıoddɐ uɐ ǝʞɐɯ Can we fix a/an ______________________ for the next meeting? ʇuǝʌǝ ʎuɐ […]
The Tallest Man on Earth
So you see, The Tallest Man on Earth, Kristian Matsson, isn’t tall at all. Swedes. Experts at dealing with bad weather. I love the way he says “daisssies” and “rossses”. Naked emotion: The Tallest Man on Earth – Graceland (Paul Simon Cover) b-side single, not on album As a non-native songwriter, he uses recognizeable chunks […]
Irony and playfulness
Just reacting to a tweet by Nergiz (about someone else) made me realize that my self-deprecating self-referential language – “grammar guru” and “method blogger” – could be taken at face value. Oops. Needless to say, I am neither a (grammar or any other kind of) guru, nor a method actor. I frankly wouldn’t know what […]
