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Tag: Singers

The old flame: A tweeted story

He was a vio­lent man inca­pable of being faith­ful ton his wife. He was also para­noid. Those qual­i­ties doomed their mar­riage. Feb­ru­ary 17, 2011 6:19 pm via Twit­te­la­torReplyRetweetFavorite @drmstream drm­stream When you tell a story on Twit­ter, you assem­ble it into 140 char­ac­ter or fewer bits and dis­trib­ute it into the stream.  It is different […]

Saying “thank you”

In the 10 years since my dad died, my life has changed in ways nei­ther of us antic­i­pated. I want to turn toward new things with him today. Decem­ber 6, 2010 3:19 pm via Twit­te­la­torReplyRetweetFavorite @Kcecelia Kather­ine Cecelia This day before Christ­mas is filled with antic­i­pa­tion and uncer­tainty. The gifts are assem­bled, the rit­u­als lined […]

Fine & Mellow: “Anything I do sing, it’s a part of my life.”

The blues to me is like being very sad, very sick, goin to church, being very happy. There’s twokinds of blues; there’s happy blues and there’s sad blues. I don’t think I ever sang the same way twice. I don’t think I ever sang the same tempo. One night it is a lit­tle bit slower, […]

The nearness of you…”

Why do I just wither and for­get all resis­tance When you and your magic pass by? My 12-year is ready to hear music now. Car rides become the oppor­tu­nity for dis­cov­ery. Yes­ter­day, we heard the care­ful bal­ance between art and craft and authen­tic­ity: Chrissie Hynde, Aretha Franklin and Sarah Vaughan. I could feel the music opening […]

Lou Reed: One song, 25 years apart

A per­for­mance with John Cale in 1972 and with Pete Town­shend in 2007 of Wait­ing for The Man.  Watch both and reflect on what changes with age and what stays the same.