tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53704683483458440692024-02-19T05:17:49.709-08:00Battlestar Eclectica"A little bit of this. A little bit of that. A pot, a pan, a broom, a hat. . ."—Anatevka, "Fiddler on the Roof."
This is a blog about everything and nothing. A little parenting, a little humor, some poetry, news, essays, a lot of music. I don't want to waste your time, just send positive vibes into the blogosphere.
Oh, yeah, my name is Sarah Torribio. Enough about me, how are you? BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.comBlogger1743125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-59063282207927942842022-04-21T21:25:00.003-07:002022-04-22T23:06:07.620-07:00Song of the Day: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hTWKbfoikeg" width="320" youtube-src-id="hTWKbfoikeg"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/04/song-of-day-everything-counts-by.html">last song</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/04/song-of-day-shake-disease-by-depeche.html">next song</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/04/song-of-day-everything-counts-by.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/04/song-of-day-shake-disease-by-depeche.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="background-color: #gray; color: #white; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My song of the day, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by <a href="https://www.nirvana.com/">Nirvana</a>, song is a symphony of rage and angst by a band with an innate sense of dynamics and a pile-driver beat. Hooray, posthumously, for Kurt Cobain, an anti-hero who screamed so that we should not have to scream. (Although most of us still scream along.)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br style="background-color: #gray; color: #white; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #gray; color: #white; font-size: 14px;">With David Grohl's head-banging, hair-tossing, full-body drumming and Kurt's tragicd good looks and "I was over it 20 years ago" delivery, it's easy to lose track of bassist Krist Novoselic, whom I just learned co-founded the band,</span><br style="background-color: #gray; color: #white; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #gray; color: #white; font-size: 14px;">He's integral too, supporting the song with four-chord equations so simple and catchy that the only possible answer is a mosh pit.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #gray; color: #white; font-size: 14px;">--<a href="about:blank">Sarah Torribio</a></span></span></p><p><br /></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-54549973275476880252022-04-20T23:04:00.004-07:002022-04-21T15:53:45.919-07:00Random Musing: Fortune favors the bold<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCUOR2xfk_lYjXPbyAhykvTfTPXm-okQuBHuTDApwjZONAEzJijSgkfXHJ898PTywzBSZ-Xq5CveUhG_7kbHxBLfFwlRlgVtiIgG4PkOpSrQeu0b8haJkBVu5kWnur2JKLMK7Fv8Z5_GWgb4TrNgaOBN1uu8jjJhHC-Y4dsoH5honqSgkRI9GiW8rhQ/s1440/HairlessCat.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1440" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCUOR2xfk_lYjXPbyAhykvTfTPXm-okQuBHuTDApwjZONAEzJijSgkfXHJ898PTywzBSZ-Xq5CveUhG_7kbHxBLfFwlRlgVtiIgG4PkOpSrQeu0b8haJkBVu5kWnur2JKLMK7Fv8Z5_GWgb4TrNgaOBN1uu8jjJhHC-Y4dsoH5honqSgkRI9GiW8rhQ/s320/HairlessCat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/04/random-musing-holding-out-for-hero.html">last musing</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/04/random-musing-on-hydrangeas.html">next musing</a></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/04/random-musing-holding-out-for-hero.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/04/random-musing-on-hydrangeas.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul><p></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-32838759443712230472022-04-05T18:40:00.007-07:002022-04-22T23:24:34.615-07:00Song of the Day: "Wheel's on Fire" by Siouxsie and the Banshees<p> </p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fmMu0F6sQOo" width="320" youtube-src-id="fmMu0F6sQOo"></iframe></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/song-of-day-black-summer-by-red-hot.html">last song</a></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/">next song</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/04/random-musing-theres-heartbreak-beat.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/04/random-musing-getting-social.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've only just discovered that my song of the day, "Wheel's On Fire" by <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=siouxsie+and+the+banshees&rlz=1C1AVNC_enUS579US579&oq=siouxsie+and+the+banshees&aqs=chrome..69i57j46i433i512j0i433i512j46i433i512j69i60l4.2859j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8">Siouxsie and the Banshees</a> is a cover by a song Bob Dylan performed with The Band. that then leads me to understand every song on "Through the Looking Glass" and consequently many on the live album "Nocturne" are covers. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Their version of "The Passenger" by Iggy Pop is a revelation, by the way. Anyhow, I like the Bob Dylan version, the original well. It's very slow and lonesome and western and low-fi. It must have been influential for lonesome-sounding Andrew Byrd. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">But at the moment I prefer Siouxsie's version, probably because I heard it first. It's got momentum. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">--<a href="about:blank">Sarah Torribio</a></span></div></div><br />BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-8787125250883011972022-02-22T18:56:00.003-08:002022-03-12T09:57:15.981-08:00Random Musing: Onward and upward. . .<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCFv2t8xZ2I7FQPCxDhjA0M9GzOoSAC1fL-erHoLydksAXXG4wkJ0ukRS31W9jXoyrDHDMFxtnhclxSkoQDlPpdV84DiZwqg7QNe3NwXoI7bjNNeM0i1Q_7JvcWF0S0_M870cbEjBbJp7iVIASLie06SPDzkzy-QI_8T3-lTIZFKm9Vl5re1kn4LBhMA=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCFv2t8xZ2I7FQPCxDhjA0M9GzOoSAC1fL-erHoLydksAXXG4wkJ0ukRS31W9jXoyrDHDMFxtnhclxSkoQDlPpdV84DiZwqg7QNe3NwXoI7bjNNeM0i1Q_7JvcWF0S0_M870cbEjBbJp7iVIASLie06SPDzkzy-QI_8T3-lTIZFKm9Vl5re1kn4LBhMA=s320" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIohCBXYcYZV9ZS4aieTtT6trz7KHO9rf3H9Ebk7J5Ps93KC_QNuoChOtB5eVfmW3jbv2HSfM38FZAd68sEa5u1KN2Ux2P8_nz89u1m3mrdRQCAvpB8Yb2jG9-JYPUtdn4BVywqJlOLCUTaXabbSTQyXi7DzoLjXmBbSYAXR4XWaC91VvsJRjESD0tQ/s320/TopGun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="320" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZIohCBXYcYZV9ZS4aieTtT6trz7KHO9rf3H9Ebk7J5Ps93KC_QNuoChOtB5eVfmW3jbv2HSfM38FZAd68sEa5u1KN2Ux2P8_nz89u1m3mrdRQCAvpB8Yb2jG9-JYPUtdn4BVywqJlOLCUTaXabbSTQyXi7DzoLjXmBbSYAXR4XWaC91VvsJRjESD0tQ/s1600/TopGun.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/random-musing-remarkable-resemblance.html">last musing</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/random-musing-secret.html">next musing</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/random-musing-remarkable-resemblance.html"><span style="font-family: verdana;">OLDER POST</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/random-musing-secret.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul><p></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-16040877404102557352022-02-06T12:33:00.004-08:002022-04-05T18:30:15.700-07:00Song of the Day: "Black Summer" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers<p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OS8taasZl8k" width="320" youtube-src-id="OS8taasZl8k"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> >><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/blog-post.html">last song</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmMu0F6sQOo">next song</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/blog-post.html"><span style="font-family: verdana;">OLDER POST</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/epigram-of-day-newlyweds-at-general.html">NEWER POST</a><br /></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">My song of the Day is "Black Summer" by the <a href="https://redhotchilipeppers.com/">Red Hot Chili Peppers</a>, off their brand-new album called, wait for it . . . Black Summer. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span>Come on. It's the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. When they put out a new
song, there's always going to come a moment when I turn my futuristic,
Tron-like, Gary Numan-like chair around and push the button like one of
the judges on The Voice </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This band, which after years of flirting
finally won me over with their Californication album, has amazing
durability and staying power.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">—Sarah Torribio </span><br /></span></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-16573111484705935532022-02-06T11:57:00.006-08:002022-02-06T12:34:55.883-08:00Song of the Day: "FLAG (Feel Like A Girl)" by Coach Party<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dxyo5ZXoBgQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="dxyo5ZXoBgQ"></iframe></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/song-of-day-hyperballad-by-bjork.html">last song</a></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/song-of-day-black-summer-by-red-hot.html">next song</a></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/song-of-day-hyperballad-by-bjork.html"><span style="font-family: verdana;">OLDER POST</span></a></li><li><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/song-of-day-black-summer-by-red-hot.html"><span style="font-family: verdana;">NEWER POST</span></a></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">This song, "FLAG" by <a href="https://www.coach-party.com/">Coach Party</a>, is a gift to the world. The guitars range from the emotional cheat-sheet that is a power chord to a discordant symphony. Dig the frontal assault of rage from a woman who's beyond had it. It's like the '90s all over but more polished and with an English accent. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">—Sarah Torribio<br /></span></p><p><br /></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-87997197482665248332022-02-06T11:38:00.002-08:002022-02-06T12:07:38.736-08:00Song of the Day: "Hyperballad" by Björk<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-SDWFvsN2lw" width="320" youtube-src-id="-SDWFvsN2lw"></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/song-of-day-elephant-stone-by-stone.html">last song</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/blog-post.html">next song</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/flash-fiction-uncle-marcus.html"><span style="font-family: verdana;">OLDER POST</span></a></li><li><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/blog-post.html"><span style="font-family: verdana;">NEWER POST</span></a></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Some people just go jogging. My song of the day is "Hyperballad" by <a href="https://shop.bjork.com/">Björk</a>. </span><br /></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-64630976994009256332022-02-03T11:21:00.002-08:002022-02-06T11:39:13.591-08:00Song of the Day: "Elephant Stone" by The Stone Roses<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/picVsVudTkQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="picVsVudTkQ"></iframe> </div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/song-of-day-tesla-girls-by-omd.html">last song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/song-of-day-hyperballad-by-bjork.html">next song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/epigram-on-bad-day.html"><span style="font-family: verdana;">OLDER POST</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/random-musing-tale-of-two-peppers.html">NEWER POST <br /></a></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Listening to this song is as cleansing as burning sage. "Elephant Stone" by the <a href="http://www.thestoneroses.org/">Stone Roses</a> is my song of the day. </span><br /></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-79968028859186539402022-01-28T11:38:00.005-08:002022-02-03T22:59:29.172-08:00Flash Fiction: "Deborah"<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkyTZOLEzvoGShD7EDvCZAYhCOfCk_jjrHFbZhIBoAuG2aJPKvpiAfkRiTjTn6XsH6r32y0YGFOUFPRFztuieElG4lhT2DuU-gBIdlT2ZG_FGMXuEfD9fbE4zH4iZm4nmIR0N7j4ljyt3Wlyi3xfY1DlS05F7u3pm080bPiP2lFzi6weCHpE4yMYe_JA=s811" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="811" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkyTZOLEzvoGShD7EDvCZAYhCOfCk_jjrHFbZhIBoAuG2aJPKvpiAfkRiTjTn6XsH6r32y0YGFOUFPRFztuieElG4lhT2DuU-gBIdlT2ZG_FGMXuEfD9fbE4zH4iZm4nmIR0N7j4ljyt3Wlyi3xfY1DlS05F7u3pm080bPiP2lFzi6weCHpE4yMYe_JA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/flash-fiction-zora.html">last story</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/flash-fiction-uncle-marcus.html">next story</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/song-of-day-tesla-girls-by-omd.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/epigram-prescription.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul></div>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-5514055857090537242022-01-27T12:10:00.007-08:002022-02-03T11:22:45.665-08:00Song of the Day: "Tesla Girls" by OMD<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rQrvRCC_Ryk" width="320" youtube-src-id="rQrvRCC_Ryk"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/song-of-day-six-different-ways-by-cure.html">last song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/song-of-day-elephant-stone-by-stone.html">next song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/random-musing-cheer-up-chopin.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/flash-fiction-deborah.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I like to think I'm one of those Tesla girls they talk about. My song of the day is "Tesla Girls" by <a href="https://www.omd.uk.com">OMD</a>, which those from the glorious '80s knows stands for "Orchestral Maneuvres in the Dark."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">—Sarah Torribio</span></div><br /><p></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-61942440238105164082022-01-27T12:04:00.003-08:002022-01-27T12:15:38.860-08:00Random musing: Cheer up, Chopin<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiswrxFRKqj1l703J4BE1nI9lFB4aS9pGTZB4tK1FJRiM8pzsZEBp7dhZHUxydiKWEgqCm93IfksoLRbk_c131kIE8SfiXWsVULQYsyodyLnbOP8mQNKh-J8YyXWn0-slbLv6PkcF1WK29qMa5vRecjl-YxcNmsBlbSxQcBwTkXkGCywUnDNxZjzUcF8w=s640" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiswrxFRKqj1l703J4BE1nI9lFB4aS9pGTZB4tK1FJRiM8pzsZEBp7dhZHUxydiKWEgqCm93IfksoLRbk_c131kIE8SfiXWsVULQYsyodyLnbOP8mQNKh-J8YyXWn0-slbLv6PkcF1WK29qMa5vRecjl-YxcNmsBlbSxQcBwTkXkGCywUnDNxZjzUcF8w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/random-musing-future-is-now.html">last musing</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/song-of-day-tesla-girls-by-omd.html">next musing</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/random-musing-future-is-now.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/song-of-day-tesla-girls-by-omd.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul><p></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-41651752247932931572022-01-22T23:08:00.019-08:002022-04-03T11:24:59.602-07:00Song of the Day: "Six Different Ways" by The Cure<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GDtNUUh8WBo" width="320" youtube-src-id="GDtNUUh8WBo"></iframe></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/son-of-day-sleep-to-dream-by-fiona-apple.html">last song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/son-of-day-sleep-to-dream-by-fiona-apple.html">next song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/02/epigram-on-bad-day.html"><span style="font-family: verdana;">OLDER POST</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/son-of-day-sleep-to-dream-by-fiona-apple.html">NEWER POST </a></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I just realized yesterday something I'd forgotten, that "Six Different Ways" by <a href="https://www.thecure.com">The Cure</a>, off the lads' 1985 album The Head on the Door, is the best song in the world. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #gray; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The writer in me wants to somehow evoke the production, which ranges from sweeping violin to introspective but upbeat toy instrument riffs. To say there's heroin and fairy dust on this album. To risk scoffing by suggesting that, just maybe, the production on this sound is equal if not better to: The Beatles on "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band"; Phil Spector's girl group wall-of-sound; and Quincy Jones dance floor-on-fire micro- to macro layering on Michael Jackson's "Thriller."</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #gray caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">But that would be pedantic, and very possibly inaccurate. How does a music writer even try to describe Robert Smith and The Cure. (Don't get me started on the weird charm of Robert Smith side-project The Glove, whose "Blue Sunshine" album is a mashup of The Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees. That's saying something)</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #gray; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">But instead I've decided to keep my loop-accompanying review simple and heartfelt. </span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: #gray; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">I just realized yesterday something I'd forgotten, that "Six Different Ways" by The Cure is the best song in the world.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: #gray; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: #gray; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-family: verdana;">—<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/06/sarah-torribio-brief-history-of-mine.html">Sarah Torribio</a></span></span></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-89831755032511896992022-01-22T22:56:00.005-08:002022-01-27T11:57:37.942-08:00Song of the Day: "Sleep to Dream" by Fiona Apple<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L9Wnh0V4HMM" width="320" youtube-src-id="L9Wnh0V4HMM"></iframe></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/last-song-song-older-post-newer-post-i.html">last song</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/song-of-day-six-different-ways-by-cure.html">next song</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/last-song-song-older-post-newer-post-i.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/song-of-day-six-different-ways-by-cure.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Doesn't this song get cooler every year? My song of the day, "Sleep to Dream, is one of the best off <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3g2kUQ6tHLLbmkV7T4GPtL">Fiona Apple's</a> stunning 1996 debut, Tidal.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">—<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/06/sarah-torribio-brief-history-of-mine.html">Sarah Torribio</a></span></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-1272783672917479042022-01-22T12:04:00.007-08:002022-01-22T23:25:45.310-08:00Song of the Day: "Bound for the Floor" by Local H<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E2Oe5YKhzCE" width="320" youtube-src-id="E2Oe5YKhzCE"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/song-of-day-this-enchanted-by-hatchie.html">last song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/son-of-day-sleep-to-dream-by-fiona-apple.html">next song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/random-musing-ring-ding-ding.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/epigram-of-day-life-goals.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #gray; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;">I just got a hankering for this catchy and angsty number. The rhyme scheme of the chorus is like some perfect math equation. And if you haven’t screamed out “You know you’re so pathetic!” in your car, you haven’t lived. </span> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My song of the day is "Bound for the Floor" by <a href="http://www.localh.com">Local H</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">-- <a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/06/sarah-torribio-brief-history-of-mine.html">Sarah Torribio</a></span></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-21013379310247026402022-01-07T14:13:00.004-08:002022-01-22T23:28:17.744-08:00Flash fiction: “Celeste”<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhE0kkkeFdGdXXpJJKj-fQIrusAYLQd2LJhZCU48NOoSvBH7XJ0s3yZM0Td54_afcxchK48nizWB5N87LgbglUqXY9-yO0mKKssvgfqsTYPN_TFnTqTZlZS-OLOjJRlbtQpsPhTclNYIcLojUgXqxKXfvXHyBa_t7YAxUpb9mTJjXItQ-q2LWlAHmUIQ=s640" style="clear: left; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Your bucket list includes dining in Paris. My bucket list includes dancing with a girl gang in an aggressively provocative manner to set boundaries and reject misogyny. We are not the same.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVGanSwaQRfY4dzbTVtgmnY4xzj0SOVAxl5P5MMjBfoTy-Bz14iORGUk5xv5VNBLqn9eGmLEDWPjjk9j1pHBykYQwhydHb-2RQ7eauPLHgOoWfPzkP6F3BGFganiZKI52zpf2ehW-1o8L/s400/csjRSd.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGVGanSwaQRfY4dzbTVtgmnY4xzj0SOVAxl5P5MMjBfoTy-Bz14iORGUk5xv5VNBLqn9eGmLEDWPjjk9j1pHBykYQwhydHb-2RQ7eauPLHgOoWfPzkP6F3BGFganiZKI52zpf2ehW-1o8L/s320/csjRSd.gif" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/random-musing-american-woman.html">last musing</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">>></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/10/random-musing-know-thyself.html">next musing</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/random-musing-american-woman.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/10/random-musing-know-thyself.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1426cddc-7fff-152a-e37a-ba84852bdfaa"><br /></span></div><p><br /></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-67921435985260661692021-09-20T10:00:00.006-07:002022-01-22T12:05:35.246-08:00Song of the Day: "This Enchanted" by Hatchie<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nBrcc0laZwM" width="320" youtube-src-id="nBrcc0laZwM"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">>><a href="about:blank">last song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2022/01/last-song-song-older-post-newer-post-i.html">next song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/that-cool-quote-by-alan-watts.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/random-musing-american-woman.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul><div><span style="background-color: #gray;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #gray;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #gray;">This is some lovely shoegaze electro-pop. What an elegant wall-of-sound! Unraveling the countless threads of melody and noise in this song would be like trying to diffuse a bomb while dreaming. My song of the day is "This Enchantment" by Hatchie. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #gray;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #gray;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: #gray;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.hatchie.net/">Hatchie</a>, Wikipedia tells me, is the stage name of Harriette Pilbeam, an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. There is, by the way, a lot of great new music coming by way of Australia and sister island New Zealand. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As is so often the case, I came across this song on my favorite music sharing/promoting site letsloop, which offers a wealth of musical gems to discover and rediscover. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">--<a href="about:blank">Sarah Torribio</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-50671536568939671782021-09-14T09:18:00.003-07:002021-09-20T10:02:20.512-07:00Song of the Day: "Gigantic" by the Pixies<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2B6qerZlczw" width="320" youtube-src-id="2B6qerZlczw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/song-of-day-lately-by-porches.html">last song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><<<a href="about:blank">next song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/random-musing-on-sauciness-of-tropical.html"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">OLDER POST</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/that-cool-quote-by-adlous-huxley.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">"Gigantic"--with its contagious bassline and sweet, breathy vocals by bassist Kim Deal, is pretty much sex on wheels. The Pixies, one of the most driving, furious and curious bands to emerge in the late '80s are not universally known. Their fans, though, are avid. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">At least I'm avid. I consider <a href="https://www.pixiesmusic.com/tour">The Pixies</a> to among the best rock bands to come out of the United States, and their catalogue is the gift that keeps on giving. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">sweet, breathy vocals by bassist Pixies <a href="https://kimdealmusic.com/">Kim Deal</a>, is pretty much sex on wheels. The Pixies--one of the most driving, furious and curious bands to emerge in the late '80s--are not universally known, but their fans are avid. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">At least, I'm avid. I think the Pixies is one of the best bands to come out of these United States, and their catalogue is the gift that keeps on giving. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">--<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/06/sarah-torribio-brief-history-of-mine.html">Sarah Torribio</a></span></div></div><p></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-18803798500261822802021-09-05T15:09:00.003-07:002021-09-30T09:45:11.889-07:00Random musing: On the sauciness of tropical flora. . .<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8H6me7g2NyAwMvXMl7oL6edGZz-xFSerAnpvUPqX3VpR0VV12GsVoNTg45vs970zPwlprsybOUSWa2G40qh4TLyYeQMZ8OszgygmYJ0al3KB4oD_wKpzeKhifyIO6kBrUdWnZmpydnPqC/s960/calla+lily.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/random-musing-word-from-our-sponsors.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/song-of-day-gigantic-by-pixies.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul></div><br /><p></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-5165980496244138972021-09-01T09:54:00.006-07:002021-09-05T09:30:12.610-07:00Random Musing: Making a splash. . .<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1s-8HWWPBonKfYfZltcvv1UUs6GUwGOHLXnQ6hEH2ZSlCfD0u_9YJk72TN4UF9lgKFw1S1wYRqJcdF_vI0B02L4IECL-7HejT0RJ4nkZtxFrq-7YSN3xDgbKLgamq_21oHQiBwXQ4CQm/s1249/mermaidsterringwheel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="999" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif1s-8HWWPBonKfYfZltcvv1UUs6GUwGOHLXnQ6hEH2ZSlCfD0u_9YJk72TN4UF9lgKFw1S1wYRqJcdF_vI0B02L4IECL-7HejT0RJ4nkZtxFrq-7YSN3xDgbKLgamq_21oHQiBwXQ4CQm/w512-h640/mermaidsterringwheel.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/08/color-palette-of-day-buzz-off-im-reading.html">last musing</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/random-musing-word-from-our-sponsors.html">next musing</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/song-of-day-lately-by-porches.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/random-musing-word-from-our-sponsors.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul><p></p> <p></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-36295419079062870242021-09-01T09:22:00.004-07:002021-09-14T09:23:03.425-07:00Song of the Day: "Lately" by Porches<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FFC2zM0E5Rw" width="320" youtube-src-id="FFC2zM0E5Rw"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/08/song-of-day-quiet-town.html">last song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/song-of-day-gigantic-by-pixies.html">next song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/08/song-of-day-quiet-town.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/random-musing-making-splash.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My song of the day is "Lately" by <a href="https://porchesmusic.com/">Porches</a>, which Wikipedia tells me is "an American synth-pop project of New York-based musician Aaron Maine."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This tune is angst on-repeat. There's an aggression between its richly produced, hypnotically repetitive surface that is the very definition of rock 'n roll. Also, everyone likes a singer with an Iggy Pop stare and a working class British accent, innit?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">--<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/06/sarah-torribio-brief-history-of-mine.html">Sarah Torribio</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5370468348345844069.post-28569053574885126782021-08-17T13:52:00.007-07:002021-09-05T15:21:42.754-07:00Song of the Day: "Quiet Town" by The Killers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9UinEpwdGcA" width="320" youtube-src-id="9UinEpwdGcA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: #grey; color: #white; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto">"Quiet Town" by <a href="https://www.thekillersmusic.com/">The Killers</a> is gut-wrenching. I can't tell you how many people I've met with fresh wounds from a young adult child dying from overdose of opioids and/or other prescription drugs. </div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: #grey; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #white; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is Bruce Springsteen-level balladry by the Killers and in fact Brandon Flowers and Bruce Springsteen share a duet in recent release "A Dustland Fairtytale." It's off the band's latest album, Pressure Machine. </div><div dir="auto" style="color: #white; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #white; text-align: right; white-space: pre-wrap;">--<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/06/sarah-torribio-brief-history-of-mine.html">Sarah Torribio</a></div><div dir="auto" style="color: #white; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">>><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/07/song-of-day-one-foot-in-front-of-other.html">last song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><<<a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/song-of-day-lately-by-porches.html">next song</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/08/color-palette-of-day-buzz-off-im-reading.html">OLDER POST</a></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://battlestareclecticablog.blogspot.com/2021/09/song-of-day-lately-by-porches.html">NEWER POST</a></span></li></ul></div><br /><p></p>BattlestarEclecticahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073911469185393309noreply@blogger.com0