Hard Times Come Again No More
George Clooney’s telethon to raise money for Haiti assembled top pop, and you can donate a little money by buying the record. I did, though I don’t like pop. Many of the songs are sung with such pathos that you get the impression that everyone on Haiti is dead. So we’re walking a fine line […]
Tiny Tim: Tiptoe through the tulips
My niece left us again today, sadly, and she left us a lovely bouquet of orange tulips. We’d talked about how valuable tulips were in the 16th and 17th century, when the bulbs that we consider commonplace were very rare and were traded for enormous sums of money. The tulip mania led to especially frenzied […]
Arcade Fire: Haiti
An empty sack cannot stand up. – Haïtian proverb Haïti was the first independent nation in Latin America, the first post-colonial independent black-led nation in the world, the only nation whose independence was gained as part of a successful slave rebellion (22 August 1791). Today it’s the only predominantly Francophone independent nation in the Americas. […]
Peter, Björn and John: Young Folks
Young Folks If I told you things I did before Told you how I used to be Would you go along with someone like me If you knew my story word for word Had all of my history Would you go along with someone like me I did before and had my share It didn’t […]
Art Brut: Emily Cane
Art Brut get better with every listening. Ulrich gave me this CD almost a year and a half ago, and I still feel it’s music for people about half my age. But I do have to acknowledge their genius. I was your boyfriend when we were 15 It’s the happiest that I’ve ever been Even […]
The Walkmen: In the New Year
I have no idea what this song is about, folks (do you?), and I’m not sure what Nosferato is doing in this strange video, but I just love the Walkmen. And I’ll take the good news with the bad. I know it’s going to be a good year. A happy New Year to you all! […]
Once in a blue moon
Once in a blue moon This “Year of Astronomy” is coming to an end with a lovely event, a blue moon. The lunar month is between 29 and 30 days long. Every two or three years there are two full moons in one month, and the second one is called “blue moon”. A rare occasion. […]
