Everybody Loves Me Today we experiment with an AI Lyrical Abstraction ofDon McLean’s Everybody Loves Me. Fortune has me well in handArmies wait at my commandMy gold lies in a foreign landBuried deep beneath the sand The angels guide my every treadMy enemies are sick or deadBut all the victories I’ve ledHaven’t brought you to […]
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Femmifatalis rockabillia
In the search for the Vareniki / Pierogi in the arts and sciences, we came across this 50’s rockabilly song by Johnny Horton. I Got a Hole in My PirogueSong by Johnny HortonWell I went out a fishin’ to make a little mon.To take to Cajulina so we could have some fun.On the way back, […]
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70’s Song Game
Today we have a little game that Ender G thought up! These AI image galleries were created using a prompt from the title or lyrics to popular songs from the 1970’s. Song #1 Show / Hide Thank God I’m a Country Boy! Song #2 Show / Hide Coconut by Harry Nilsson Brother bought a coconut, […]
Even in a story as sad a Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, we were able to find a touch of humor. Here is the #1 Amazon review for the 1992 review of Henryk Górecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs with soprano Dawn Upshaw. [1] The Beatles’ song “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” from their Abbey Road album (1969) features […]
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Dawn Upshaw Helena Wanda Błażusiakówna A biography of Helana can be found here: https://www.gosc.pl/doc/6457342.Lamentacja-twardej-Heleny She was a brave young woman who fought in the underground resistance against the German occupiers. The Success of Henryk Gorecki and Dawn Upshaw’s Recording
Elder G suggested this early morning music for Spiritual Reflection: Gorecki – Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) Haunting yet deeply comforting, this piece touches on grief but ultimately offers a quiet sense of peace. First Movement Text: A 15th-century Polish lament, written from the perspective of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, mourning the […]
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On-Form Eileen
On-Form Eileen features promently on the back page of the St. Cleve Chronicle (Friday, January 7th, 1972) This accomplishment was archived by Jethro Tull on the album “Thick as a Brick.” A little background….. The Cover Art World Enlightenment does a great job preserving the newspaper. You can view each page (and each article) on […]
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A Tribute to John Prine
Angel From Montgomery I am an old womanNamed after my motherMy old man is anotherChild that’s grown old If dreams were thunderAnd lightnin’ was desireThis old house would’ve burnt downAt a long time ago Make me an angelThat flies from MontgomeryMake me a posterOf an old rodeo Just give me one thingThat I can hold […]
Kris Kristofferson wrote this song about a down-and-out musician, but what if we look at it as an analogy for America? See America wasted on the sidewalkwearing our camo and red hats.We’re wearing yesterday’s misfortunes like a smileOnce we had a future full of money, love and dreamsWhich we spent like they were going out […]
We come from the land of the ice and snowFrom the midnight sun where the hot springs flowThe hammer(?) of the godsWill drive our ships to new landsTo fight the horde, sing and cryValhalla, I am coming- Immigrant Song / Led Zeppelin While listening to Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song on endless loop, I began to […]