sovay: (Lord Peter Wimsey: passion)
sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2024-03-22 12:31 am

And I see your face approaching, I'm reminded why the ocean loves the shore

The afternoon's mail brought my contributor's copy of Not One of Us #78, containing my poem "Hagstone." It was prompted by a picture taken by a friend of [personal profile] ashlyme's and incorporates some of the cautionary attitude toward antiquities of M. R. James; it belongs to the train issue whose border-blurring motif extends through the stories and poems of Pamela Weis, Lynn Hardaker, Robert Beveridge, Marissa Lingen, Patricia Russo, and more. Please enjoy it to the accompaniment of Chris Smither's "Train Home."

It was a good day for music on WHRB, which introduced me to Lake Street Dive's "Making Do" (2021) and the Black Pumas' "Ice Cream (Pay Phone)" (2023) as I drove to pick up [personal profile] rushthatspeaks for a lovely evening which included sour cherry hamantashn from Mamaleh's and not actually watching any of the movies we talked about except for SNL's "Totino's." On the way home afterward it was Karyn Ellis' "Movie" (2005) and a spectacular assortment of Mexican rock. I am fortunate in the husbands I have in my life.

I have been cheered lately by this use of a kylix, this peat-preserved Bronze Ave village, and everything about this unnecessarily erudite exchange.
jesse_the_k: kitty pawing the surface of vinyl record (scratch this!)

Re: You're very welcome!

[personal profile] jesse_the_k 2024-04-02 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)

One of the things I like about Smither is he delivers his thing. His picking is always intricate but not baroque, his voice (marinated in cigarettes, beer, and Louisiana breezes) chugs along, and his lyrics are allusive and non-offensive. Which is to say one of his albums is much like another.

If I had to select just one, it would be Still on the levee, a 2-disc best-of collection which includes some great tunes, in addition to Train Home

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