Artists With Self-titled Songs (AWSTS) #25

She asks me to kill the spider.Instead, I get the mostpeaceful weapons I can find. I take a cup and a napkin.I catch the spider, put it outsideand allow it to walk away. If I am ever caught in the wrong placeat the wrong time, just being aliveand not bothering anyone, I hope I am

Artists With Self-titled Songs (AWSTS) #24

A plague of nostalgia for a fictive past,Not merely dead, never born,is the most desperate form of escapism.Accident of birth, the pride of the insipid.Blood still runs, rose-tinted,Spilling on the red rockIn starvation and wasteIn fanfaresand marchesand broad arching melody.Wastelands ruled by ruined kings.Curses never lifted. Wastelands Ruled By Ruined Kings – Jute Gyte https://rateyourmusic.com/list/DanOrDanny/artists-with-self-titled-tracks-800/1/

Artists With Self-titled Songs (AWSTS) #20

Matter can be converted into energy and energy can be convert into matter. E=MC². The weight of a paper clip blew up Hiroshima. The mass in the paper clip was all they needed to blow up Hiroshima. Your body is energy. Your body is mass. E=MC². Vocals in a sight. Dreams in a lost bin.

The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders (WWOOHW) #86 Erma Franklin

Keeping tropical fish at home can have a calming effect on the brain. This is due to all the indoor fins… Today’s OHW is Piece of My Heart by American gospel and soul singer Erma Franklin. Despite the song, written and produced by Bert Berns, being recorded in 1967 (and was also nominated for that

The Wonderful World of One Hit Wonders (WWOOHW) #76 Delaney & Bonnie and Friends.

Everyone celebrates Alan Turing and his team for basically winning WW2, but people forget to mention his sister Kate, who kept the whole lot going with sandwiches and snacks. Delaney & Bonnie were an American duo of singer-songwriters Delaney Bramlett and Bonnie Bramlett. In 1969 and 1970, they fronted a rock/soul ensemble, Delaney & Bonnie

Happy And Roryous (GDLIYWI) 16

Sadly, the man who created autocorrect died yesterday.His funfair will be hello on monkey. Today’s delightful trawl through double live albums from the 70’s features famed Irish blues guitarist, the late great Rory Gallagher; a man who was no stranger to live albums. Before the release of the double live Irish Tour ’74, he had

Ten Years Gone (GDLIYWI) 10

I asked the man in the music shop if I could see their littlest oboe he said “maybe tomorrow.” Today we’ll be listening to the 1973 release by UK blues rock act Ten Years After, fronted by guitar wizard Alvin Lee. This album, containing no overdubs or additives, was recorded over four nights in Amsterdam,