Over the Rhine has a new CD coming out. All is right with the world again. This one has a bit of a torch song, jazzy feel to it, kind of old-fashioned and passionate. They do this, explore different genres–making their CDs feel like slice-of-life soundtracks. There is a touch of a country feel to some of it…
Category: Art & Music
Atomica
Atomica has given me hope. This is a must have CD. Metropolitan S’cuse me, while I gush. I bought it on a whim, slipped it in the player and just sat back and closed my eyes. It’s the perfect music for a relaxing or even romantic evening. Subtle, down-tempo beats and songs that manage to be evocative,…
Psymbience is Oklahoma Band!
NOTE!! Okay, people getting here from what was supposed to be a funny image of me goofing off with my little brother–your searches are sickening. I’m trying to get the picture off Google. My brother’s band, Psymbience, won the battle of the bands last night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are heading to Dallas and representing Oklahoma in the…
Weekend Music and Art and A BIG HELLO!
Weekend Art is all about wallpaper! I like to change the background on my monitor once in a while. Keeps things fresh. Sometimes, I find pictures that inspire me to write–always a plus. I have several good sites for these, so I’ll share on upcoming weekends. Here are a couple from Visual Paradox. There are…
Fangirl Moment
Yeah, we all have them. Mine are short-lived, I’ll admit it–but I do have certain things that put a happy spin on my day. Here’s a short version of that list. (And of course, kisses and hugs and all that lovey dovey stuff from my hubby and kids goes first, but we’ll skip that part.)…
Storm and the Balls
I thought about talking up Storm Large and the Balls on weekend music and art. I really like her music, find her performances amusing… and well, the hubby says she’s a work of art. He does like em tall, eh? Years ago, I came across a little video of a woman called Storm Large performing her version of…
Weekend Music and Art-Sci-Fi
You might recognize the work of Maurizio Manzieri. He’s illustrated work for magazines and book publishers. This one was on the cover of Future Orbits. (Decided to remove art images on old posts. ) If you click on details on the website, you can pull the images up large and actually use them as backgrounds…
Happy Stuff, Difficult Stuff, Good Music and SFAP Reminder
I love magnolias. 🙂 My rewrites are still going a bit slow. They’ll pick up once I’m past chapter four. I wrote the first four chapters in third person with more than one POV, so I’m having to rewrite entirely in 1st before all the layering can work. I’ve found that there were a few…
Weekend Music and Art- Haunted
If you have a couple of minutes, you might want to take a look at the incredible diversity in the work of Gianluca Nespoli. He’s captured fantastically costumed people, flowers, insects, mimes… the Creative Moved photos are stunning–As are the Venice Carnival portraits. Here are some that captured my attention, but there were so very many…
Weekend Music and Art–Haunting…Moving
Arvo Part, a contemporary composer who will make you sit in awe, quiet and still… and if you’re anything like me, you’ll tear up in parts of this piece called Magnificat. 🙂 This is the Estonian Philharmonic Choir. (Clicking on the name takes you to the Amazon site for this particular CD–which is all good–It’s…