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the Starman is waiting in the sky
I had things to do yesterday and could only get through the day by denying the news I heard on the radio, but today Bowie is dead and I've never had to live without him being in the world before. I loved him before I was ten and I've never stopped admiring him ( Read more... ) -
Fragments
4/1/16 ( Read more... ) -
23rd December
I've let my choices closer to Christmas be guided by how I feel on the day and today, with a visit to Bristol Cathedral, I've felt I wanted a more religious tune, so here is
Hark the Glad Sound, written by Thomas Merritt, a Cornish man who only lived till the age of 46. My family come from the area Merritt lived in and have sung his hymns and ( Read more... ) -
Days 20 and 21
It's not the Solstice until tomorrow, but I do think it feels dark today. I started reading the new novel by Phil Rickman last night and forgot to update so here is my song for the 20th
And for today, a day early
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Advent song number 19
It's not long until Christmas, so you might think that I'd move on to festive songs, but no, I just found that there was a video for the song Stella Maris by Einstürzende Neubauten with Blixa in his fabulous hat
A song about dreams, in German. I live in dreams, I remember them and they seem to mean something so this song interests me. -
Oh dear, I'm a bit behind, here are my advent days 16, 17 and 18, in case anyone noticed
Sixteen Days by This Mortal Coil
17 Seconds by the Cure
KrampusNacht by Unto Ashes because my artist friend in Scotland sent me a cool Krampus card and it seemed appropriate. -
The Fourteenth
I had trouble finding a song mentioning the number 14 that I like enough to include in my advent calendar so I have resorted to the 14th track on the album cheat. I do love this song though and it is the 14th and last on the 1991 reissue of All About Eve's first eponymous album. Julianne's voice is always gorgeous and I love the moon, so it's a ( Read more... ) -
Thirteen: cards hanging over the fireplace and tree lights sparkling
This morning we went to Tintern. It was veiled in low cloud, the river churning muddily under the slippery wooden bridge, the sky blurry and grey and yet still beautiful.
Here are Bert and John, both gone now, playing beautifully together. Inside in the warm now and grateful to be home. -
Advent day 12
Twelve hours of sunset is a song Roy Harper wrote about travelling on an aeroplane from Australia to the UK and imagining a sunset that lasted forever. He's been cleared of all charges against him and I hope he will be back in the public eye for musical reasons in 2016 ( Read more... )
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