War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
High noon Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — autumn as autumn gets. Into a news-cycle dive this morning, I ran out of options, so I decided to go with Annie Lennox, along with her longtime musical partner, Dave Stewart, to melodize us into accepting that which we can not change, and loathing asshole Republicans…
A quick move past ugly and focus on rain — Annie Lennox and rain. Instead of news-related shit to bring you way down this Sunday late afternoon, a quick focus on Annie and what an incredible set of pipes she has, especially with my most-favorite song of the last three/four years — an unplugged version…
As half the year has glided by seemingly in a flash full of shit news and real-life weirdness, I need to escape the wiles and worries of the nowadays and drown myself in some ‘rain-prominent‘ music, tunes awash/heard in a near-zero precipitation zone. Here in California’s Central Valley — and probably the whole state, including…
Nice early-autumn, late-afternoon Sunday here in California’s Central Valley with warm sunshine and cool shade. Out in the backyard a few moments ago doing a B&M (Wine, wood-tip) break, and the ambiance comforting with family/children noises from neighbors around about, though, none all that close, but still a kind of musical normalcy. A sense rare…
Hot this Monday afternoon in California’s Central Valley. Too much shit going on for much more than some sounds for the times — this near-about my anthem this past year: Coupled with this: And this one for some reason I’ve grown to love hearing over and over again (another musical h/t to Susie). I’d never…
A musical respite from the terrors inflicting the planet, especially all things having to do with the T-Rump, which is about every-fucking-thing — in the specter of reminiscing about the Beatles, a couple of days ago I caught this really-good cover of a Beatles song, a different spin proving the emotion in the original. (Once…
In the era of strange: Chipping around, kick my brains around the floor These are the days it never rains but it pours And here it comes again: Plus, I hope this ain’t happening — one of my all-time favorites, though, haven’t heard it in awhile: Onward into the weird of 20/20… (Illustration: Salvador Dali’s…
