I hadn’t read much of surrealist poet Tomas Tranströmer until recently when a revived interest in Poetry (thank you Blandine Longre and Paul Stubs) had me engaging with my google search bar and my ‘great contemporary poets’ generic feed. I’m glad I read some, because he won the Nobel Prize for Literature today (anyone who […]
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Bring it home Sylvia!
posted by lisathatcher
Bring it home Sylvia! This never fails to cover me with goose-bumped flesh. I adore this poem. I think all women do. There is something darkly profound in the way she is able to speak for all of us here. This is how it is for the woman. We both love and hate our fathers, […]
Do you have a smooth glass of red in you
posted by lisathatcher
Do you have a smooth glass of red in your hand? Get one and chill on this cruisey Monday evening. This music always makes me want to relax with a lovely smooth red. If you enjoyed this post, please subscribe to this blog and please feel very comfortable to comment. I’d love to hear your […]
Midge Ure
posted by lisathatcher
I’m in an 80’s mood today so I wanted to toss in two of my favourite 80’s songs. Remarkably both of these have the phenomenal Midge Ure at their nexus. I happen to think Vienna was one of the most progressive songs of the 80’s – or at least the early 80’s period. It was […]
Getting In League with the Humans
posted by lisathatcher
In 1977 something very exciting happened. Two young dudes – Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh were working on one of those youth arts projects (Meatwhsitle – a prime feeder of Fringe festivals from what I can gather) as computer operators and … they met. A mutual love of avant guard music and being interested […]
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