"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?
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Monday, February 8, 2021
Song of the Day: "All You've got Is Everyone" by Saintseneca
Ohio-born folk rock band Saintseneca offers some lush and emotive alt/indie/folk rock in my song of the day, "All You've Got is Everyone." The band, Wikipedia tells me, has been around since 2007 and was founded by "singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Zac Little." Isn't that an impressive appellation?
Sunday, February 7, 2021
Song of the Day: "Back on the Chain Gang" by The Pretenders
If you don't sing along with "Back on the Chain Gang" by The Pretenders age 30, you don't have a heart. If you don't sing along with this song after age 30, you don't have a brain.
Sorry. I get a little authoritarian when it comes to the other side-of-the tracks/ intergalactic talent of Pretenders front-woman Chrissie Hynde. She's life itself, isn't she! (I'm paraphrasing a quote by Adele, who in one interview said the same of R&B songstress and Barbados beauty Rihana.)
Chrissie Hynde has that irresistible tough-girl exterior, underscored by her trademark long shaggy bangs. The message is clear, or perhaps two messages are clear.
One is back-off pugnacious: "You don't look at me, I look at you."
The other represents a flirtier sort of rebellion: "I have pretty eyes. If you're lucky, maybe one day you can see them."
In other fangirl admonitions, don't underestimate Chrissie Hynde's lyrical ability. I mean, has there ever been a better line than, "Like a brick in the battle was your part. In the wretched life of a lonely heart."
Chrissie he also plays a mean guitar. Thanks to her catchy, original and impeccable riffs, Pretenders songs find a cozy place in your heart and stay there.
In another note
You know how old people tell the same stories over and over? I'm heading there.
Every time I think of Chrissie Hynde, I can't resist recounting an anecdote from Morrisey's 2013 biopic, aptly titled "Autobiography."
(Easing a sim cigarette into a long ivory holder)
"So Morrissey is at a pub in England with his friend and fellow singer/songwriter Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders."
(lighting the cig with nicotine-stained fingers and inhaling deeply)
"The musical icons are enjoying a pint when a woman approaches Chrissie, breathless."
(exhaling a cloud of smoke toward my imagined audience.)
"The woman exclaims, 'Oh my God ! You're Chrissie Hynde. You used to mean so much to me.'"Chrissie's response to the backhanded compliment? "Well, I don't now, so fuck off!"
Saturday, February 6, 2021
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
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