Category: Music

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This Spoke to Me Today

I’ve been pulled to pieces, I’ve got an arm over here
I’ve got a leg over there, I’ve got my ass somewhere upside down
But I’m back, I’m here to tell you I’m back, better than before
Can’t keep a good thing down, uh-uh

Well I’ve been kicked around, never thought that I could fall
Thought that I was standing tall, turned out I was the ball
And you know what, and I, and I, and I’ve been kicked around
Baby after all, I took all the shots you called
Turned out I was the ball, you kicked you pushed

And I’ve been kicked around, and I’ve been upside down
Oh I’ve been bounced around, kicked around
I’m gonna get you, get you, your very momma will regret you
I’m going to stomp and drag you to your knees
Your very papa will forget you, kicked around

Oh I, Oh I, Oh I’ve been bounced around
Let me tell you, I’m here to tell you
You can get up, you can put all the pieces back together
Yeah, don’t let him stomp on you baby, get up now!
I said you made me feel so small, bouncing me against the wall
Just like I was the ball, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Oh I, Oh I, Oh I, Oh I’ve been kicked around
Now look at me baby, (trips alone) paved the memories you gave me
My eyes are open, eyes are open, now I can see
You’re nothing but a bad, bad memory
I’m all together now, all together now
I’m the biggest ball you ever did see, I’m gonna roll on you
I’m gonna fall on you, I’m gonna stomp on you
I’m gonna punch on you, I’m gonna choke on you
I’m gonna rip you, drag you to your knees
Your very papa will regret you!

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Released 16 Years Ago Today

Grace Jones: Hurricane (2008)

My jury’s still out on this one, nearly twenty years on. It was just so different from her earlier work, and coming after such a long hiatus, it certainly wasn’t what I (or anyone else, for that matter) was expecting. Still, I have a copy in my library, because…well…Grace.

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Released 47 Years Ago Today

Donna Summer: Once Upon a Time… (1977)

IMHO, her masterpiece, and as I have written of many times before, an album that holds a very special place in my heart even though the men I shared its magic with are long departed from this life.

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This One Brings Back a Lot of Memories…

…wandering through new age/crystal shops after taking the ferry from San Francisco across the bay to Sausalito during a balmy late autumn afternoon. It was one of those things you did with new boyfriends or out-of-towners after the obligatory walk across the Golden Gate Bridge. In fact, I believe it was in one of those new age shops that I bought my original copy of this recording. Never fails to put a smile on my face. Simpler times, fer sure!

Some memories of that trip to Sausalito…

I was never that young!
Wildlife
Looking back toward the City
Carl, Kevin (speaking of new boyfriends), and your host
I’ve always been incorrigible
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Today’s Ambient Soundtrack from Loscil

Top (L-R): Plume, Sea Island, Submers – Bottom (L-R): First Narrows, Endless Falls, Scenes From New Brighton

I stumbled upon Loscil when we were still living in Denver via some Sunday evening radio program on KUVO’s second or third online stream. I love it for when I’m working and trying to concentrate, but ironically, I find it’s also the perfect falling-asleep music. I crawl into bed, put in earbuds in, and I’m out.