King Austin
21/11/2008
It is the weekend, so we are singing the calypso Progress, by King Austin. Via One Day for the Watchman, a great new blog. Axé.
Category: Songs
Arctic Music
14/11/2008
Vicente Huidobro’s Poemas árticos, now set to music. V.H. is very amusing and offers an axiom for musicians: “Birds do not sing well.” A famous Arctic Poem is PAQUEBOT, where the mail boat (or boat mail) cuts the horizon in two. Axé.
BARACK OBAMA
05/11/2008
The fog is lifting. Sing. Axé.
VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE
04/11/2008
Voting is TODAY! I am voting for the DEMOCRATIC PARTY and I then intend to remind PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA to THINK FURTHER LEFT. Vote and enjoy it, too, enjoy the whole day, dance. Mañana esotro día pero hoy que es hoy que la disfruten con lo mejor de su ser. Puede que traspasemos el propio … More VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE
Victor Hugo
03/11/2008
LES MISBARACK: * Several white people, more specifically white MEN I know, say they do not think Obama can win because OTHER white people (not they, you understand) will not vote Black. I have finally figured it out: they mean THEY THEMSELVES will not vote Black. * Whiteman, get over it. Your future earnings are … More Victor Hugo
On Authors and Authority
01/11/2008
Tonight we go back to standard time. It is November, when the trees grow stark. The bricks, the sharp gables, and the iron balconies sprout new, ever more severe angles against the cloudy sky. Here the water slaps slowly against the sides of the piers but in our imaginations we are walking to Washington. We’re … More On Authors and Authority
Luminous
31/10/2008
I went to dinner at the house of some new people I met by chance, and it was very charming. Another world. The sun stays luminous and gold. Hallowe’en is my favorite holiday. I am going to spend it in the country. Almost everyone else there will be an oilfield worker, because this is Louisiana. … More Luminous
Memphis Minnie
30/10/2008
That is Kissing in the Dark. There are no other pictures, so throughout the song you get to contemplate this picture. When I first saw it, I realized that this is one of the faces I expect to see looking back at me in the mirror when I look in it, and that is how … More Memphis Minnie
Trouble in Mind
29/10/2008
Lucky Millinder and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, 1941, with early electric guitar (good) and the big band sound (bad). But this song is a classic and Sister Rosetta Tharpe is a goddess. Axé.
Fare Thee Well
28/10/2008
This is the last day to vote early in Louisiana, so those of you who wish to vote early, should. And then there is only one week left of Bush-consciousness, one hopes, because next Tuesday evening we expect to bid it farewell. * Every October we sing Dink’s Song. Here it is with its first … More Fare Thee Well
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