Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Stanley Kunitz

Stanley Kunitz 1906-2006


The Quarrel

The word I spoke in anger
weighs less than a parsley seed,
but a road runs through it
that leads to my grave,
that bought-and-paid-for lot
on a salt-sprayed hill in Truro
where the scrub pines
overlook the bay.
Half-way I'm dead enough,
strayed from my own nature
and my fierce hold on life.
If I could cry, I'd cry,
but I'm too old to be
anybody's child.
Liebchen,
with whom should I quarrel
except in the hiss of love,
that harsh, irregular flame?

Sunday, May 14, 2006

Saturday, May 06, 2006

On the playlist



Duke Ellington - Ellington at Newport 1956

Decent jazz album in HMV Forestside shocker!!! The 1999 reissued version, which unlike the original version was actually recorded in Newport 1956. The original issue featured a re recorded version of the concert recorded in New york a couple of days after the original concert. Worth buying alone for "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue" and "Take the A Train", the former featuring Paul Gonsalve's famous tenor sax solo.



The Temptations - Cloud Nine

A massive impact on the likes of Curtis Mayfield and Funkadelic, this album saw the band move away from their traditional sound after their lead singer left the previous year. Produced by Norman Whitfield, this album was the start of Motown's psychedelic soul period and featured the distinctive guitar work of Funk Brother Dennis Coffey. 35 minutes of wah wah funk soul and peerless vocals from Dennis Edwards.








Adem - Love and other planets

A slightly less accessible follow up to the debut "Homesongs" from the one time Fridge member (alongside Kieren Hebden - Four Tet). Acoustic guitars, accordions, glockenspiels and harmonium combine to create a warm and spacious set of twelve songs.

"on a clear night if you look close enough / you can just make out / love and other planets / we are not alone."

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Thursday, May 04, 2006

What can a poor boy do?



Country girl take my hand
Lead me through .......

Oh my soul is unclean
Country girl
Got to keep on keeping on
Country girl
Got to keep on keeping on

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