by Charles Norman | Mar 28, 2019 | Song of the Day
Listen:Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.– from Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Billy Pilgrim floated freely within the time-space continuum, simultaneously experiencing birth, death, and all intervening events. All moments, past, present, and future,...
by Charles Norman | Mar 26, 2019 | Song of the Day
NBC will not predict the winner at 8:32 Or the count from 29 districts The revolution will not be televised — Gil Scott-Heron Our current polarizing political paroxysm is not the long-predicted/sought/feared revolution. Because the upheaval we are experiencing...
by Charles Norman | Mar 19, 2019 | Song of the Day
A landscape does not exist in its own right… It is only the surrounding atmosphere which gives subjects their true value.– Claude Monet In ‘Drawings of Wildflowers,’ Vassals surrounds the simple scenario of a couple hanging pictures with an...
by Charles Norman | Mar 18, 2019 | Song of the Day
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.– Kierkegaard Need a woman to love me The last two let me down But what does love mean, anyhow? — Farrow and the Peach Leaves You only need a few notes to tell a story, if you put them in...
by Charles Norman | Mar 14, 2019 | Song of the Day
The demons that followed Holden Caulfield like ducks behind their mother don’t end their stalking when the high school sheepskin is handed over. Lean out of your corporate cubicle and you will see Bernice, Marty, and Laverne scavenging for doughnuts in the break...