"…something like the supervisor of an entire team of political agents…"
as a thing that deserves extra meaning, how could
we use this phrase and you’d all follow? Such as:
“My head today, and your voice. My head, that rotting frame…”
and you’d know we meant the lines were shaky,
there was too much give and
you were breaking in
while I was away
and drinking tea with all my
tea cups.
throwing someone their cappuccino. the air doing
its best to keep things collected, to create
a charmed path.
ceramic following after, or
sometimes
leading in a tumble
heart-shaped froth fanning
out toward my
waiting
grip.
Johnny was always starting gangs
but he rarely finished them.
Which explained all those half-formed gangs
hanging around town
looking for Johnny.
Not really sure.
What to do next.
This past weekend, with a cool drizzle coating my beloved Bay Area, I finally had a chance to combine my passion for songs about bringing beer to people in Georgia with my love for chamber music orchestration. Herewith, the results…
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Today’s track is a wee rave-up version of “I Fall in Love too Easily,” by Jule Styne and Mr. Sammy Cahn. The tune was originally launched by a boyish Frank Sinatra in the film Anchors Aweigh in 1945 (herewith, a lovely clip of the thin-faced lad, at the keys).
-Cecil
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It’s one thing when an adult calls one other adult, “Baby.”
But it’s a whole other can of bean curd when an adult calls one other adult, “Babies.”
“What’s happening, Babies?” he said to one other adult. And all hell broke loose.
A crazy long time ago, one of my brothers gave me lyrics to a song about Clark-brand Wallabees. Wallabees were the preferred shoe-wear of Vortices in the ’70s. Their return to the scene had upset him. I set those words to music and got a vocal assist by so-called Shonny Vortex. Herewith, the results, recorded in 2010 and finally seeing the light of blog.
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Younger: “Why are you wearing a clown wig?”
Older: (with implied duh) “Today’s ‘Crazy Hat Day.'”
Younger: “Oh my God!!” (panicked exeunt)
And what about you? Did you remember to wear your crazy hat today?
The kids wrote “people fish exist” in chalk on the driveway and I don’t
know if that means “people, fish exist” or “people-fish exist.” But
there’s a big difference there.
I had
a brilliant new movie idea
go awry this past weekend — I tried to cross
“Three Men and a
Baby” with “Two and a
Half Men” and ended up with
“Two and Three-Quarters Men and a Half a Baby.