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In comments attached to another post below (I think it was the one with the Incredible String Band video), Dave and Francesca discuss the question of whether poetry is the oldest art form and/or the oldest form of language. Which reminded me of a few things: There's a blaze of light in every word. —Leonard…
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Alias Clio has a really nice series of posts about several of the less widely sung Christmas carols, including audio (and sometimes video) for some of them and appropriate art. If you’re like me you’ll recognize most of them but will have heard them less than ten million times. The link takes you to her…
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Minutemen: Double Nickels on the Dime Continuing my investigation of punk classics, I arrive at this collection of 43 songs averaging something less than two minutes each in length, some under a minute. Aside from the brevity of the songs, the punk-ness here seems more a matter of attitude than sound. Musically, they remind me…
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The inimitable and beloved Steeleye Span: It's hard to believe their studio recording of this song was a hit single in the UK (or so I've heard). There's no indication of when this performance was recorded, but judging by the appearance of the band—not young, but not so old—I would guess sometime in the '80s.…
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(1) Some weeks ago, as we discussed here, I re-read Walker Percy’s Love in the Ruins. Toward the end of the book the narrator notes that he hears the cry of a kingfisher in the swamp. I don’t know what that sounds like, thought I. Funny that I live in the same part of the…
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Thank you, Karen. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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Solas: The Edge of Silence This is a very good album, and I feel slightly churlish for not liking it more than I do. Solas is an Irish group that, at least on this album, does a sort of pop/Celtic crossover thing in the tradition of Clannad. And I’d predict that anyone who likes Clannad…
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It's just the way they were raised. The rest of us need to keep in mind that theirs is a very different culture. And all part of the rich fabric of American diversity. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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Not my very favorite Incredible String Band song, but a good one. If you've never heard them, this will give you an idea of why people either love or hate them. I'm in the former group. The video is not embeddable so click here. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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…there are still two days left in the first week of Advent. (photo by Karen) Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
Light On Dark Water 