Planting little seeds

I just printed out and gave to my younger son a copy of "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock", which just might be my favorite poem ever. Cliche, I know.

I had quoted the couplet "In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michaelangelo" in the car on the way home, just sort of randomly. Then I had to explain couplet (he has no curiosity yet for Michaelangelo) and explained about poems and that I liked it. I read a bit of it to him, but it's long so I offered to print him his own copy. Since it came from the computer it automatically gained cool points, you see.

I offered to explain things to him if he didn't understand, which is a very scary undertaking. I've read the poem hundreds of times since I first encountered it in 8th grade and I'm quite certain I don't fully understand it. Which may be part of why I like it, I dunno, but at age six he tends to want definitive explanations.

We shall see.

Planting little seeds

I just printed out and gave to my younger son a copy of "The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock", which just might be my favorite poem ever. Cliche, I know.

I had quoted the couplet "In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michaelangelo" in the car on the way home, just sort of randomly. Then I had to explain couplet (he has no curiosity yet for Michaelangelo) and explained about poems and that I liked it. I read a bit of it to him, but it's long so I offered to print him his own copy. Since it came from the computer it automatically gained cool points, you see.

I offered to explain things to him if he didn't understand, which is a very scary undertaking. I've read the poem hundreds of times since I first encountered it in 8th grade and I'm quite certain I don't fully understand it. Which may be part of why I like it, I dunno, but at age six he tends to want definitive explanations.

We shall see.

Music - revisiting old friends

Today's music will bring us back to places I've been before.

First up, the newest mix from DJ Steveboy is up on Groovelectric (http://djsteveboy.com/groovelectric.html). This one is called "Orrery" and it's an attempt to hit the style of prog-house mixing from the late 90s. He does well with it - I've listened to the mix several times and even though he can't resist throwing in a bit from MGMT it still fits within the sound. It's just not the usual new/old funk that I like so much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrQcOmpbkCs
Coldcut is a band that I've listened to in the past and been sort of iffy about. I like this one, "Everything is Under Control" in part because it celebrates some of the heavy soul influences that informed early rap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnyQNwzia3c
Ekova is a band that's been on my playlists for several years. I stumbled across this particular clip, which is them doing "Siip Siie" live from about 7 years ago. I don't really know how to describe Ekova's sound. It's like the beautiful bastard child of Iranian/Persian and Celtic parents, with Dierdre Dubois' awesome vocals.

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Fever_Ray/track/Seven_Crookers_Remix
Fever Ray is someone I've heard off and on for the past couple of years as she's appeared on my local 'alternative' station with various singles she released. I hadn't really sat and listened to much of her work at one time though. As with most RCRD_LBL pages you can just click "stream" and get a rich supply of whatever the artist has put up for you to hear. In this case you get not only the anxious intense vocals that I'm used to but several remixes and interpretations of her stuff that range from the "eh" to the "oh THAT's cool."

Music - revisiting old friends

Today's music will bring us back to places I've been before.

First up, the newest mix from DJ Steveboy is up on Groovelectric (http://djsteveboy.com/groovelectric.html). This one is called "Orrery" and it's an attempt to hit the style of prog-house mixing from the late 90s. He does well with it - I've listened to the mix several times and even though he can't resist throwing in a bit from MGMT it still fits within the sound. It's just not the usual new/old funk that I like so much.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrQcOmpbkCs
Coldcut is a band that I've listened to in the past and been sort of iffy about. I like this one, "Everything is Under Control" in part because it celebrates some of the heavy soul influences that informed early rap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnyQNwzia3c
Ekova is a band that's been on my playlists for several years. I stumbled across this particular clip, which is them doing "Siip Siie" live from about 7 years ago. I don't really know how to describe Ekova's sound. It's like the beautiful bastard child of Iranian/Persian and Celtic parents, with Dierdre Dubois' awesome vocals.

http://rcrdlbl.com/artists/Fever_Ray/track/Seven_Crookers_Remix
Fever Ray is someone I've heard off and on for the past couple of years as she's appeared on my local 'alternative' station with various singles she released. I hadn't really sat and listened to much of her work at one time though. As with most RCRD_LBL pages you can just click "stream" and get a rich supply of whatever the artist has put up for you to hear. In this case you get not only the anxious intense vocals that I'm used to but several remixes and interpretations of her stuff that range from the "eh" to the "oh THAT's cool."