6/30/18

ENOUGH ABOUT

ME!

6/28/18

I DON'T UNDERSTAND


1) Roses with no scent.
2) Roses that smell like roach killer.
3) Roses that were bred not to have thorns.
4) Sinus medication that smells like roses.

6/26/18

PAUL MC CARTNEY's SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY and THE RINGO SHOW AT THE GRAMMY MUSEUM

Just watched the video of the recent Late Late Show with James Cordon, in which Paul McCartney makes the rounds with him singing songs.  So they were in Liverpool and what got to me - during the near half hour video - was when they returned to the house Paul grew up in, where he composed his first songs and had John Lennon over.  Such a little row house, with the sink his dad hand-washed undies in, and the bathroom as the best acoustics in the place. Clearly the house Paul grew up in is something of a local tourist spot since there are early Beatles photos on the walls and so on. Paul said he had NEVER been back there since the early days. That surprised me.  So I had to wonder if he went home and then processed it. I also found it interesting that his mother, who died of breast cancer when he was about 16, had come to him in a dream, saying "Let It Be!"

As you may know if you've read this blog from the beginning, Paul McCartney makes occasional appearances in my dreams, and usually he is cheerfully on the move.  When he shows up in my dreams I take him to be the spirit of creativity.

But last year - wish I'd written down the date - I had an entirely different Paul McCartney dream.  He was sitting on a chair, not in movement.  Yes he had his left handed guitar in his lap but he wasn't playing it. I sat down across from him. And when I briefly touched the top of his left his hand with my right, he allowed this. Our eyes also fully met.  And Paul looked like the aging man he is.  So maybe this had something to do with continuing to create even as one ages.

Watching the video this morning, I was thinking about the Grammy Museum, one of my favorite spots, and the Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey) Show.  Sadly, I missed the previous George show and John show.  On display was a black and white TV set that looked like it was from the very early 1960's and through some video magic, Beatles performances were being played on it continuously.  I found myself smiling, but then everyone standing around me, and all through the exhibit was smiling.  The vibe was just tremendously positive and happy.  I must know the lyrics to most of the Beatles's songs, and listened to all of them hundreds of times, yet I have no attraction to a local Beatles Songs radio show or going to see the reenactment groups that tour.

I didn't grow up with the Beatles, but then I did, simply because I had older female cousins who were into them who lead the way. And then in high school I had a friend who got an allowance and did some extreme "baby-sitting" (child-care) who had almost the entire Beatles collection, plus a hot robin's egg blue bedroom that was full of Beatle's posters.  So we'd sit and listen to these albums together.  Yet, all these songs were already Oldies.

She moved away and one day when she came back to visit, she handed me ALL her Beatles Albums and I still have them, though I have not had a stereo system to play them on in as many years. Sometimes I think I'm going to sell them.  Sometimes I think I'm going to surprise her and ship them back to her.

In a sense I was too young or too old for the Beatles.  In the question about who I idolize, I said I had stopped having idols after my teenage years, so no one.  And this is true.  Though Paul McCartney has been showing up in my dreams since I was maybe 10 or 12 years old, and in the fifth grade I made the claim that he was my boyfriend (!), my friend and I used to sit up in her tree house and go through magazines she bought, such as Creem, and try to decide who was the cutest of any number of Beatlesque mop tops.  I'm now savvy enough to know how well I was marketed to!

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6/24/18

IN BOUQUETS I LOVE

Peonies, Hyacinths,Tulips - but not in the same bouquet.

I hate Bird of Paradise, any kind of Lily.

6/22/18

JERUSALEM : DAN BERN



I was reading some commentary on this song.  Basically, I think people are assuming that this is a love song and that Dan, the singer, is first singing to a woman who wants more of him than he is willing to give.
My interpretation is that, it is the Messiah (be that God or Dan as God) who is singing to YOU.  Don't test my love because maybe I don't love you all that much.

6/20/18

FAVORITE BACKGROUND MUSIC

Jazz from the early 1960's and back.  Louis Armstrong.  Mickey Hart's Planet Drum.  Played low - just a hint - no lyrics.

6/18/18

GROUCHO MARKS on BOOKS

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.  Inside a dog it's too dark to read."  ---Groucho Marx

6/16/18

THE MOST PERFECT MEAL IN A RESTAURANT I EVER ATE

A Chesapeake Bay lunch of crab cakes.  So good that both I and my dining partner closed our eyes after the first bite and then had our next bite with our eyes closed too.

6/13/18

JUST OUT FOR A LIGHT MEAL I'D LIKE

Middle Eastern or Mediterranean.


Sometimes I crave Thai Food.  Such as lemon grass coconut soup or fat noodles with lots of peanut sauce, but some hummus, pita bread, and olives is just enough.

Overall, I like to order food in restaurants that I'm not going to make at home.

6/11/18

A CHILDHOOD SPENT IN NATURE - BEST MEMORY

One summer day I woke up from a nap and had the desire to walk in the woods. I spotted a huge patch of violets and just then a visible shaft of sunlight made it through the trees and right onto that patch.  It felt to me like God wanted me to see those violets.

6/6/18

FRAN LEBOWITZ QUOTE

"Here's the problem with being ahead of your time . . . by the time everyone gets around to it, you're bored.


Fran Lebowitz in Martin Scorses's documentary about her, Public Speaking 2010
Secondary source, "Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore" by Terry Newman

6/3/18

LAVA: SONG and ANIMATION



The other day when I was out walking my dog I saw a man in a Hawaiian shirt with a guitar looking out over the ocean.  I've been watching the news about the volcano on The Big Island erupting and watching videos of lava flows, so I went over to talk to him about it. He said only vog had reached Maui. I asked him if he would sing a song for us, and he was so mellow, of course he did.  He sang romantic a song that had two lines in Hawaiian which he then translated into English.  This isn't the song he sang but found I found this video looking for volcano news and loved it.