David Gemmell

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5224868.stm

I never got a chance to work with David (although we had some of his work under submission at one point, it simply didn't fit with what we were doing), but I always enjoyed reading him, and thought it a damn shame he didn't sell better over here.

Music meme

from debg:

This is a twist on the Letter Meme. Instead of coming up with ten items for a certain letter, you come up with five song titles for a certain letter and explain why you picked them. If interested then leave a comment. I'll give you a letter. You post this blurb in your journal along with your list.


I gots me an M.

"Mission Temple Fireworks Stand" by Paul Thorn. I don't remember where I discovered Paul Thorn, but whenever I get down, I put one of his cds in and start to bop around, and suddenly I feel better, even when the song's a downer. Funky Southern redneck rock'n blues. This song just cracks me the hell up. "But I pay the rent on New Year's Eve and the fourth of July, here at the Holy Ghost Big Bang Theory Pentecostal Fire and Brimstone Mission Temple Fireworks Stand..."

ETA: http://www.paulthorn.com/music/samples.html


"Mary Jane" by Alanis Morissette. The anti-self-pity song, a valentine to everyone who's had a really shitty day/week/year/life. Probably the only song on 'Jagged Little Pill' that puts Alanis in the background of the story, and worth note just for that.

ETA: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002MY3/104-0187416-7731946?v=glance&n=5174


"Mary's Place" by Bruce Springsteen. I loved this song the first time I heard it, off THE RISING, and then fell in love for entirely different reasons every time I heard him play it live. About mourning, and dying, and living, and rising up and above and breaking the surface even when you want to stay in the depths. About how dancing and crying can often be the same thing, and both will heal you if you only let them.

ETA: http://www.brucespringsteen.net/songs/MarysPlace.html


"Mystery" by the Indigo Girls. Trying to figure out a relationship, and finally accepting that it just Is. Soft and gentle and sweet, and it has always but always been the one song I would vid X Files to, were I the type to do that sort of thing.

ETA: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000029EV/104-0187416-7731946?v=glance&n=5174


"Meeting Across the River" by Brce Springsteen. More than just a lead-in to "Jungleland," this is the piece I hope for every concert. Delicate piano and a theme of loss and stupidity and dead ends closing in, and yet the music maintains a sense of hope and optimism that's all the more poignant for being doomed. And jesus, yeah, Clarence on sax. How could I not mention that?

ETA: http://www.brucespringsteen.net/songs/MeetingAcrossTheRiver.html



There are more, but those're the five that were foremost in my mind.

weather update

And lo, the sky did go from clear to cloudy to who the fkcu shut out the lights, and thunder did roll and lightning did flash, and we did suddenly live in the middle of a tropical ran forest during the drowning season....

Gaia throwing a hissy fit, as only She can. Wheeeeee!

the human animal is brutal and hot...

The UN has asked for a 72 hour cease-fire in the Middle East in order to get observers and civilians out of the danger zone.

I don't think either side is capable of rational thought right now. But one can hope and -- if so inclined -- pray....

mememememememeow

It must be Friday, as everyone's posting posting posting... And the cats are sulking because I dared cool them down with a wet wash cloth, ignoring the fact that it clearly worked..

Another meme, this time from dancinghorse (and like her, I got the same answer each time I took the test)

You scored as MoonOriental. You are the Mysterious MoonCat. Bathed in moonlight, you know that there is more to life than the ordinary and everyday. </td> MoonOriental 92% GingerGardener 75% HermitRussianBlue 75% BurmeseandtheTabby_Lovers 67% BraveTabby 58% Tabby_the_Pageboy 50% SiamesePrince 42% CalicoAdventurer 33% Which Bohemian Cat are you? With cats-in-costumes pictures - meow! created with QuizFarm.com