Melancholia

"Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe"


(I am standing with one foot in the grave),

Sunday, September 11, 2016

John Zorn - IAO - 2002


John Zorn - IAO - 2002 

 

Published on Apr 24, 2015
IAO subtitled Music in Sacred Light
All compositions by John Zorn

Track listing[edit]
"Invocation"
"Sex Magick"
"Sacred Rites of the Left Hand Path"
"The Clavicle of Solomon"
"Lucifer Rising"
"Leviathan"
"Mysteries"

Personnel[edit]
John Zorn - alto saxophone
Rebecca Moore - violin
Jamie Saft - keyboards
Greg Cohen - bass
Bill Laswell - electric bass
Jim Pugliese - drums
Cyro Baptista - percussion
Jennifer Charles - vocals
Beth Anne Hatton - vocals
Mike Patton - vocals

 

Link: https://youtu.be/cvIjwmDWlx4

 

 

Paul Gauguin playing the harmonium



 Paul Gauguin playing the harmonium in Alfons Mucha’s studio, Paris, c.1895




Friday, September 9, 2016

Warren Zevon - Carmelita


 
Uploaded on Jun 13, 2008
 
I hear Mariachi static on my radio
And the tubes they glow in the dark
And I'm there with her in Ensenada
And I'm here in Echo Park

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Well, I'm sittin' here playing solitaire
With my pearl-handled deck
The county won't give me no more methadone
And they cut off your welfare check

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Well, I pawned my Smith Corona
And I went to meet my man
He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
By the Pioneer chicken stand

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

Carmelita hold me tighter
I think I'm sinking down
And I'm all strung out on heroin

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

Smart Dogs


“Solitude is independence. It had been my wish and with the years I had attained it. It was cold. Oh, cold enough! But it was also still, wonderfully still and vast like the cold stillness of space in which the stars revolve.”
― Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf 
 
 
 
You can't go back and change the past, so look to the future and don't make the same mistake twice.
 
 
 
Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Respect is a choice. Choose wisely.- Vala Afshar



 







THE BLUES MASTERS


 


Friday, September 2, 2016

Those were the days, my friend...





 Those were the days, my friend...


"Drinking Blue", 2015 by Australian #artist Glenn Brady



 

Those Were The Days lyrics


    Once upon a time there was a tavern
    Where we used to raise a glass or two
    Remember how we laughed away the hours
    And dreamed of all the great things we could do

    Those were the days my friend
    We thought they'd never end
    We'd sing and dance forever and a day
    We'd live the life we choose
    We'd fight and never lose
    For we were young and sure to have our way.

    Then the busy years went rushing by us
    We lost our starry notions on the way
    If by chance I'd see you in the tavern
    We'd smile at one another and we'd say

    Those were the days my friend
    We thought they'd never end
    We'd sing and dance forever and a day
    We'd live the life we choose
    We'd fight and never lose
    Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
    La la la la...

    Just tonight I stood before the tavern
    Nothing seemed the way it used to be
    In the glass I saw a strange reflection
    Was that lonely woman really me


    Those were the days my friend
    We thought they'd never end
    We'd sing and dance forever and a day
    We'd live the life we choose
    We'd fight and never lose
    Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
    La la la la
    ...

    Through the door there came familiar laughter
    I saw your face and heard you call my name
    Oh my friend we're older but no wiser
    For in our hearts the dreams are still the same


    Those were the days my friend
    We thought they'd never end
    We'd sing and dance forever and a day
    We'd live the life we choose
    We'd fight and never lose
    Those were the days, oh yes those were the days
    La la la la...











    St. Paul and The Broken Bones perform 'All I Ever Wonder'


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