10 Albums That Rocked My World – #1

My esteemed brother has just started a challenge on his Facebook page in which he is going to post, daily for the next ten days, an image of the cover of an album that he regards as seminal in the development of his musical tastes. No comment, no elaboration, just the cover. My daughter has…

One-Liner Wednesday: ‘Sticks and stones…’

“One’s own being the best of all possible worlds, the ill-informed contempt of ‘outsiders’ may be disregarded.”  – Proust: ‘Within A Budding Grove’ (À L’ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs)  – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 15 April 2020

Song Lyric Sunday: Jewelry – ‘Diamonds Made From Rain’

This week, Jim offers us a range of precious stones as prompts for Song Lyric Sunday: diamond, emerald, sapphire and so on. Unsurprisingly, my first thought was Leonard Cohen’s ‘Diamonds In The Mine’, but I’ve already used that a few years ago for a different prompt. This, however, is a more than acceptable substitute –…

One-Liner Wednesday: It’ll never catch on…

“I don’t think I should like to have the telephone in my establishment. Once the first excitement is over, it must be a perfect racket going on all the time.”  – Proust: ‘Within A Budding Grove’ (À L’ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs)  – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday…

Song Lyric Sunday: Celebration – ‘Unhappy Birthday’

Jim’s key words for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday are celebratory: things to lift the spirits in these difficult times, such as ‘birthday’, ‘party’, ‘gift’ and ‘cake’. Nice try Jim. But here’s The Smiths, Manchester’s mordant miserabilists: I’ve come to wish you an unhappy birthday I’ve come to wish you an unhappy birthday Cause you’re…

One-Liner Wednesday: Tell it like it was

“I am stoutly opposed to all innovations in terminology. Nine times out of ten they are most dangerous.”  – Proust: ‘Within A Budding Grove’ (À L’ombre Des Jeunes Filles En Fleurs)  – – – – – – – – – – Yea, verily. One-Liner Wednesday 1 April 2020

One-Liner Wednesday: ‘Mark it, nuncle’

“I never speak to you except of what I already know and I always know a great deal more than I say” – Marcel Proust: ‘Swann’s Way’ (Du côte de chez Swann) – – – – – – – – I thought this line sounded vaguely familiar. And, indeed, Shakespeare got there first with this…

Song Lyric Sunday: Attestations – ‘The Promise’

Vows, oaths, promises…all different types of attestation and the key words for Jim’s Song Lyric Sunday challenge this week. I confess I was surprised to see how many songs there are out there called simply ‘(The) Promise’. However, I know my lovely daughter in particular will enjoy this. It’s really rather good… How time will…