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Earworm - CCR - Fortunate Son
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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This has been stuck in my head for a couple of weeks....It started, a reddit thread about a song that's used in every movie about Vietnam. For good reason, it's of the era and it plainly states the politics of war. And the beat kicks to the rhythm of the chopper blades....
So I looked it up, gave it a relisten, it lead into some good playlists. Fine. And then the daughter sends me a video of her going upriver on a boat in Laos, and the song came back....
Damn, I don't usually like to listen to 'oldies', but there's no getting it out of my head now. No less because "Apocalypse Now" was a great anti-war movie....
Momentum of Isolation
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This, last night at the Capitol, interpretive dance/theatre. Very good, quite enjoyed, and I really need to get out more...
La Femme Damnée - Tassaert
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And this is a rather amazing painting.
On that note I attempted - and completed a flower painting yesterday.
No, I'm not posting a picture so you can laugh, I'd sum it up to loved the colors, shapes need a bit of work.
I figure if I do 100 more paintings I'll start to see some progress, and then I'll inundate you with my results...
Ginotti & Catullus
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Above, sculpture by Giacomo Ginotti, abbreviated in English to "Slave". I love the detail, the way he's carved her both straining against her chains/cuffs and trying to shield her modesty, and yet...
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And Catullus, whom I'll add to the list of authors I'd prefer to read in print, but I'm in love with his opening line to "Catullus 16": "Pēdīcābo ego vōs et irrumābō", which I won't translate for you here (thank you Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catullus_16 but does leave me rather wondering how the rest of the poem goes...I mean, how do you top that?
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