Trev’s Inopportune Music Dissection and Appreciation Corner PT IV
Here Comes the Flood In recent days, and particularly today, I have been thinking of a song called Here Comes the Flood, by Peter Gabriel. The song closes Gabriels eponymous debut album from 1977. He performed it once more for Robert Fripp’s “Exposure” album a couple years later. The concept behind the song is intriguing,…
The Eternal Flame
On this episode of Where Are They Now? we take you to a conversation between two old and familiar friends at a café in Bangkok. Adam “We were all talking about mass extinction, and it made me very depressed. It kinda killed my mojo for a time, and I couldn’t get anything done for the…
Magicians
A beloved book of mine is the Magicians, by Lev Grossman. It is an interesting choice in that I am not a heavy consumer of fantasy. The Magicians, while featuring characters in the twilight of their youth, is unambiguously adult in its style and focus. A book like this is about the only thing that…
A Walk in Hanoi
Author’s Note (Jan 17 2023): Not sure of the specific date of this outing, or when I wrote the narrative. The “Last modified” date on the file was actually March 15, 2020, though obviously it refers to a time from the previous February. I wrote this as a possible script for a podcast a friend…
Late Morning Aliens
Originally written July, 2022. Unearthly, bi-peddled creatures are standing around my bed. They’ve barely made a peep, but as I clear my eyes, I reckon they are not disappearing into thin air, like a dream, or the morning dew. Me: “I may not be in command here, but would you state your business please?…
Trev’s Inopportune Music Dissection and Appreciation Corner (PT 3)
Blind Dog at Saint Dunstan’s — behold. One of the finest albums of neglected popular music you’ll listen to. Put on headphones, turn up the volume, and make sure your pupils dart around as though chasing fireflies. I’ve made it no secret that Caravan, a jazzy rock band from Kent, England, is one of my…
Trev’s Inopportune Music Dissection and Appreciation Corner( PT II)
A spooky song for you – Back to the Beginning, by Bruford. “A long tedious story of marital upset.” This is a phenomenal number overall, but the part of the song encompassing the main solo is a marvel of production. Starting around 3:25, the heavy guitars, drums, and up-front vocals lift like steam to reveal…
Trev’s Inopportune Music Dissection and Appreciation Corner.
Consider this tune from 1982 – Memories from the band Material (Bill Laswell and Company). It is Whitney Houston’s first lead vocals on an official record release. Sho’nuff. Curious is the juxtaposition with avant saxophonist Archie Shepp. Even more interesting in my mind is the history of the song. It was composed by Hugh Hopper—never…
The Flight of the Names
Typically, the better a bird is known, the more its name rolls off the tongue. Let’s look at birds you’ve probably heard of: robin, blue jay, magpie, nightingale, bobwhite, goldfinch, and turtle dove. This is a matter of the chicken evolving with the egg, the egg in this case being the word for chicken. These…
Dark Water
I like a dark-colored bathroom design. It’s evocative, mysterious, energetic and personal. The sanctuary of thought in any shade may often conjure such adjectives, if not disgust, but let’s let go of the white coral edge and spiral down this rabbit hole. As a kid, I’d visit my Grandparents’ home on the New Jersey…
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