another one bites the dust

money ruins everything…when somebody hires you to play at their venue, do ya automatically become enslaved to them? Maybe…the asshole Manager of the place where the Crimestoppers were playing freaked out when I took the “stage” uninvited to sing ONE LINE of a Springsteen song…awhile back both the drummer and the bassist told me that […]

Saturday Share, Come One ~ Come All !!!

Come join in the fun with collabs and/or comments! Everyone is welcome!

Classic Soul : Tina Turner 3

Classic Soul : Tina Turner 3 Tina Turner – We Don’t Need Another Hero Beyonce & Tina Turner perform Grammy’s. 2008 Eros Ramazzotti & Tina Turner – Cose della vita live Tina Turner & David Bowie – Tonight (Live) It’s Only Love – Bryan Adams & Tina Turner Tina Turner & Chuck Berry – Rock […]

AS THE MUSES SPEAK — a “Friday Fling” piece . . . .

“The Mirror of Venus” by Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1898) AS THE MUSES SPEAK They gather in that quiet place where the silence of morning and the dawn meet my day, where a blank page awaits, an easel for the words and the images introduced by the muses who occasionally visit this page that I […]

TED TALKS 81

TED TALKS 81 Diana Laufenberg: How to learn? From mistakes Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman: It’s time to explode 4 taboos of parenting Rachel Botsman: The case for collaborative consumption Beverly + Dereck Joubert: Life lessons from big cats Sheryl Sandberg: Why we have too few women leaders Majora Carter: 3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship […]

Quicksand (1950) Mickey Rooney

Quicksand (1950)

plans made and dropped and made

so Lou and I planned to go to the Hershey’s open mic; even though I didn’t really feel like it, I knew HE wanted to…that’s what friends do for each other…when he met me at the Metrorail station, he was not feeling at all good…long story short, he dropped me off at the OTWC, and […]

Return to the Return to the Ice Caves!

Had to break up Monday’s travels into two videos.  Here is the conclusion of my return to the Ice Caves of the Cascade Mountains. Any music experts out there, help me out.  There are several “lead” instruments in the musical composition in this background music.  I think they’re primarily alto saxophone and oboe, but I […]

POEM: A Museable Feast

This was created for the CPC Friday Fling poetry challenge. Muse goddesses is our topic. A MUSEABLE FEAST My muse she is a mischievous sort Any old storm seems to suit her port. As Clio she loves to relive the past, while Erato sings of love to last. Euterpe lyricizes sweetly; Melpomene rhymes tragic neatly. […]

The Friday Fling Muses on Muses!

Friday Fling #191 August 3rd 2012 What is a Muse? Muse – a channel of inspiration for a poet Muses, in Greek mythology, were the nine daughters of the god Zeus and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory. The muses were believed to inspire not only poets, but all artist. Nine goddesses: * Calliope: muse of […]