One-Liner Wednesday: That’s debatable…
“It is far more difficult to deface a great work of art than to create one” – Proust: Cities Of The Plain (Sodome et Gomorrhe) – – – – – – – – – – #1linerWeds 22 July 2020
Song Lyric Sunday: Baked Goods – ‘MacArthur Park’
“Someone left a cake out in the rain” Baking is the broad theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week. Nobody knows why – but then again, why not? Anyway, seeing that prompt took me straight back to this compelling oddity from 1968: Richard Harris singing Jimmy Webb. Anything was possible back then. On a more…
One-Liner Wednesday: Not For Sharing
“One hungry man has no need of another to keep him company” – Proust: ‘The Guermantes Way’ (Le Côté De Guermantes) – – – – – – – – – – #1linerWeds 15 July 2020
Song Lyric Sunday: Elementary – ‘This Wheel’s On Fire’
The four elements of the ancient world provide the prompts for Song Lyric Sunday this week. This song by Bob Dylan, in conjunction with Rick Danko of The Band, appeared on The Basement Tapes in the mid-seventies, but is probably more familiar – at least in the UK – in the 1968 version by Julie…
One-Liner Wednesday: Dying Is Such A Bore
“If i wait too long, I may be dead before they elect me. That really would be unpleasant” – Proust: ‘The Guermantes Way’ (Le Côté De Guermantes) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 8 July 2020
Song Lyric Sunday: Good, Better, Best – ‘Had Me A Real Good Time’
Jim’s looking on the positive side with the keywords for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday. And if you’re looking for some good old raucous fun, there were none better than The Faces. Thought I was lookin’ good So I cycled ‘cross the neighbourhood Was invited by a skinny girl Into her high class world Left…
One-Liner Wednesday: The End Justifies The Means
“What matters the bottle so long as one gets drunk” – Proust: ‘The Guermantes Way’ (Le Côté De Guermantes) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 1 July 2020
Song Lyric Sunday: Hot and Cold – ‘Tenth Avenue Freezeout’
Hot or cold is the overarching theme for Song Lyric Sunday this week, so here is a hot version of a ‘cold’ song. What a live performer is Bruce Springsteen. Teardrops on the city Bad Scooter searching for his groove Seem like the whole world walking pretty And you can’t find the room to move…
One-Liner Wednesday: Things can only get…er, worse
“It is not in the first hour of a storm that the waves are highest” – Proust: ‘The Guermantes Way’ (Le Côté De Guermantes) – – – – – – – – – – One-Liner Wednesday 24 June 2020
Song Lyric Sunday: Mary/Marie/Maria – ‘Absolutely Sweet Marie’
In much the same way as last week’s Song Lyric Sunday threw up a multitude of possibilities for John or Jack, this week’s prompt of Mary and its various derivatives offers no shortage of potential offerings. I toyed with The Who’s ‘Mary Ann With The Shaky Hands’ ‘and Hendrix’ ‘The Wind Cries Mary’, but finally…
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