Commander Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut, returned home on 14 May. He rerecorded David Bowie’s Space Oddity in flight… and describes the landing.
David Bowie
(and Chris Hadfield’s changes)
Ground control to Major Tom
Ground control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills (lock your Soyuz hatch) and put your helmet on
Ground control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition [...]
This has been the coldest spring on record. They say temperatures are going up to 9 degrees this week. Come, wanton spring!
Talk Talk – April 5th
from The Colour of Spring, 1985/6
Here she comes
Silence in her sound
Here she comes
Fresh upon the ground
Come gentle spring
Come at winter’s end
Gone is the pallor from a promise that’s nature’s gift
Waiting [...]
Wow. Kishi Bashi. I hadn’t seen the ads, instead discovering him through Paste Magazine. All that attention to detail, craftsmanship and polish. Animal Collective meets Andrew Bird and classical Japanese music.
They are hosting a video-based riddle contest for idioms like
wearing _ _ _ _ h _ _ _ _ _ _ your _ [...]
This fantastic version is at the Kennedy Center Dec 26, 2012, in honor of Buddy Guy. Beth Hart’s voice is like a bass. Note: She sings “I’d rather be blind, girl.” Check out all the rock royalty in the audience. (Thanks, Chris!) Contrast this version with Etta James’ classic, released in 1968.
Something told me [...]
Cassandra Wilson Red Guitar
(from: Another Country 2012)
Wash my face with blue water
Lay my head on white linen
Morning comes, drink black coffee
Then I play my song on red guitar
Take my flight through blue heavens
Walk my path in green gardens
Drive my car on black highway
Then I play my song on red guitar
Everyday the colors come and dance [...]
Marcy Gray has published a remake of Steve Wonder’s “Talking Book” album, which has turned 40 – the first album I ever bought. Very interesting to listen to them together.
A “taboo” topic not normally covered in course books, yet one that my generation, getting up there in years, is thinking about, even if we don’t talk much about it outside of girlfriend circles. Laughter helps with pretty much anything. Comic relief for the Menopause Blues, by Cybill Shepherd:
“If you’re feeling dry,
just make yourself a [...]
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