Summer
<a href="http://markspence.bandcamp.com/album/hold-on-heaven-single" _mce_href="http://markspence.bandcamp.com/album/hold-on-heaven-single">Hold On Heaven (single) by Mark...
View ArticleAmong the leaves
And here's one from my summer playlist. Mark K. may not mind us crashing in his basement but he seems a little crotchety about file sharing. I'd love to know what others think of the album, this song...
View ArticlePicture Show
I remember very clearly as a young librarian my supervisor, a senior children's librarian who was also in management and therefore involved in budgetary and purchasing decisions, being questioned by...
View ArticleThe color of shoulders at the end of summer
Autumn: Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness and also post-season baseball (GO GIANTS!), spookily-decorated treats and, in my corner of the world, some of the loveliest weather we get all year. This...
View ArticlePicture Show #2
1. Bottega Veneta Fall 2012 ad which reminded me of the first picture last time I did this (Breakout Session: "Is Fashion Art? Re/Imagining the Body" 3:30PM, Lido Deck, BYOB) 2. From a book of Henri...
View ArticleMixtape Monday (on Tuesday): Indestructible Soul
I tried to do this yesterday but my Internet connection had other ideas. This playlist is made from one of my brother's old radio shows. He was playing a string of hip hop classics one day in December...
View ArticleFestive Fifty Voting
We haven't had too many Contrast Podcasts this year, but James and Tim are putting together our annual Festive Fifty episodes as I write this. Here is the info from James if you want to take part. I...
View ArticleMysterious transactions
I loved this. It is exactly what it says, essays about how she became the poet she is. But of course in a larger sense it is about one person finding her way, partially, through books, through reading...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving
I'm so grateful for my bloggy friends and our small little corner of the Internet. Let's dance- and then have a feast. Louis Jordan - Beans and Cornbread
View Article(mini) Mixtape Tuesday: Do You Kiss Your Mother With A Mouth Like That
The Christmas shopping is not going as smoothly as it could. My younger son's list includes (but is not limited to): - A penny that rolls by itself - A 'magnetic' (?) heliocopter with a monster inside...
View ArticleThe Gate
The Gate by Marie Howe I had no idea that the gate I would step through to finally enter this world would be the space my brother's body made. He was a little taller than me: a young man but...
View ArticleGolly what a spirit
I've never been there, not yet, but this is one of my most favorite Christmas songs. I love the way it radiates warmth while remaining completely cool, big and easy indeed. Louis Armstrong - Christmas...
View ArticleUneasy in my easy chair
Ah, January: month of new leaves, fresh starts and regret. Should you find yourself up in the wee hours seeking a no-longer-there warmth from the hot water bottle, listening for cars outside the window...
View ArticleCan't leave rap alone
Very little idea what these youngsters The Game and his friend Dre are on about, but what a groove. Download for free, repeat endlessly.
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