A Birthday Meditation
Be in Time Life at best is very brief Like the falling of a leaf Like the binding of a sheaf Be in time. Fleeting days are telling fast That the die will soon...
Tagged: music
Geoff Emerick, 1945-2018
One of the unsung heroes of the recording industry passed away this past Tuesday (October 2). Geoff Emerick started out as an assistant engineer at EMI in London around the time The Beatles were...
Music Monday: Dear Diary
Back on January 4th, Ray Thomas, flautist, singer, songwriter, and founding member of The Moody Blues died. No cause of death was given, but he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2013, so...
It Was 50 Years Ago… this Past Week…ish…
Okay, so it doesn’t have quite the same ring as the opening line of the album, but yes, this past week (Thursday and Friday) marked the 50th anniversary of the Beatles landmark album, “Sgt....
I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles
This popular song, now nearly 100 years old, is pretty much a standard in Western musical vocabulary. But have you ever stopped to think about the words? Don’t think about the happy-go-lucky child with...
Music Monday: Senses Working Overtime
XTC* were one of those British bands that had some successes, and had a following, but were never on the mega-star level. The first song of theirs I heard was “Making Plans for Nigel”...
X is for Heather
This is my fifth April A-to-Z Challenge. The past couple of years, I’ve written 100-word flash fiction each day. This year I’m doing the same, only with a twist: each day’s story will be...
A to Z Catch Up #1
We’re in the midst of the A-to-Z Blogging Challenge here on the blog. Since there are no A-to-Z blogs on Sunday, I thought I’d take this opportunity to get you caught up on where...
