Wonderland or Not

The theme is “Rock Songs”.

I’ve heard that in the boogie woogie and jazz song era of the 1920’s and 1930’s “Rock and Roll” was a euphemism for vigorous sex. From that time forward Rock and Roll history is well documented. There is no need to cloud up a perfectly succinct post with it. Rock and Roll eventually became “Rock”.

Rock Music. An ambiguous term leading one to a massive catalog of music from R&B, Alternative, Punk, and Folk, to Southern and Acid Rock .

Using the most ambiguous understanding of Rock, I will clarify:

Thunderstorms are Rock and Roll. Spring showers are not.
Swedish Showers are Rock and Roll. Bathtubs are not.
Little Red Corvette’s are Rock and Roll. A Volvo Station Wagon is not.
Roasted Pineapple & Habanero Dip is Rock and Roll. French Onion Dip is not.

A difficult decision, with thousands of songs to choose from. Don’t worry you won’t smell any teen spirit here, no throwing bricks into walls either, though I will admit to being on a bit of a crazy train, searching for a car to settle into with my white rabbit. ( Gratuitous, yes, but it hasn’t been that long since most of you called me Alice)

Even though no matter what I always give it up for my best girlfriend Lola, and keep hoping we won’t be fooled again, because I find all that killing in the name of so distressing, I am not choosing any of those songs as the “headliner” this week.

Before my choice is revealed, and in the spirit of the aforementioned euphemism (in reality more like a commercial announcement and way to squeeze another hundred songs in), I should tell you that if you start me up I’ll shake you all night long, Barracuda that I am. So call me, and take a little piece of my heart, because I am the only one, for sure.

With that I present ( this version skips the melodic prelude which often accompanies this tune), the stalker-ish, rather morose — yet sickly sexy — anthem of the psychotic boyfriend. I Want You

Elvis Costello - I Want You.

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Costello/Fiona Apple Version, with melodic prelude.

Links to participants in the morning.

So, I went a little crazy.

Enjoy the concert.

Peace

Conductors:

Mrs. Grapevine and MarvelousOne

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Playas:

-Electronic Village - Chatting Over Cocktails - Ms Grapevine - Quick - Marcus LANGFORD - Cassandra - Danielle -Lisa C -Chocl8t - DP - Kreative Talk -MarvalusOne - Regina - LaShonda -AJ - Sharon - Invisible Woman -Believer 1964 - Dee - SJP - sHaE-sHae - Songs In the Key of Life - Hagar’s Daughter - freshandfab - Thembi

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Today is Hiroshima Day, the 63rd anniversary of the first atomic bomb attack in history.

The Doomsday Clock sits at 5 minutes to twelve. Advancing two minutes in January of 2007 a reflection of global failures to solve the problems posed by nuclear weapons and the climate crisis, the decision by the Bulletin’s Board of Directors was made in consultation with the Bulletin’s Board of Sponsors, which includes 18 Nobel Laureates. (source)

America maintains 10,000 nuclear bombs.

We could save 14 billion dollars a year, better spent on..you name it… if that number was reduced.

How many of those things, fifty times more powerful now than Hiroshima or Nagasaki, do you think we need?

If you think we are going to be around once five or sick of those things go off, I want what your drinking.

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