Tag Archives: music

Olga’s Birthday, by Rose Polenzani

Posted on January 10, 2010 by

These are song lyrics rather than a “pure” poem, but it’s such a haunting song, with a meaning deeply personal to me as a queer woman, that I thought I’d share. Plus, it’s been running through my head nonstop for … Continue reading →

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You can take the girl out of the hippies but you can’t take the hippie out of the girl

Posted on September 22, 2008 by

In Harvard Square, bustling from one thing to another, I hear a busker in Newtowne Market Park singing Neil Young’s Harvest Moon. I wandered over to the grass and listened. Every song he sang, I knew the words to it. … Continue reading →

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Media recommendations: Kate Nash, Anne McCaffrey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ellen Kushner

Posted on May 9, 2008 by

Kate Nash. Like Laura Viers, she’s one of those female artists they play on WERS but utterly fail to promote. Mabye I’m a tad sensitive or maybe shit is still broken and needs fixing, but I do wish I could … Continue reading →

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Five things, 10pm

Posted on May 6, 2008 by

Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight Slowly breaking through to daylight … Continue reading →

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Thursday five

Posted on February 28, 2008 by

Feist sings about the fearless heart. So does Shawn Colvin. I am not alone with my heart’s insanity. Between the second chakra and the fourth chakra is a little thing called the third chakra. I think it’s in between them … Continue reading →

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Five things

Posted on February 13, 2008 by

XKCD continues to surprise and impress me with its depth and breadth of subject matter, and the ability to express so very much with such simple lines. You can’t make everything better for other people no matter how much you … Continue reading →

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Throwing Away Broken Electronics

Posted on February 11, 2008 by

If Weezer and the Beastie Boyz had a bastard red-headed step-child, that child might make this video. Personally I wish the skinny chicks in bikinis had not had their heads replaced with boomboxes, but that’s probably just because of my … Continue reading →

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Power of prayer (not)

Posted on February 4, 2008 by

Via Memoirs of a Skepchick I’m always a fan of things that make fun of Chick tracts.

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Happiness is a new CD

Posted on October 26, 2007 by

Laura Viers, Saltbreakers: WERS doesn’t play “Pink Light” enough on the radio, so I had to buy the album. Light, tripping melody, and I’m a sucker for syncopation. sorry I was cruel I was protecting myself drifting along with my … Continue reading →

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Two good things and a constant

Posted on October 2, 2007 by

Two good things parent figures said to me recently: Mom, while visiting me (paraphrased): “When you came into my life, it was like the sun rising inside of me. I was so depressed, and then there was little sun growing … Continue reading →

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