Unca Darrell

JUNE 29 / Sounds right to me

CRITIC BENJAMIN IVRY has blistered the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

JUNE 12 / And he didn't

A DISTANT UNCLE passed away and left me quite a batch,

And I was livin' high until that fatal day

A lawyer proved I wasn't born, I was only hatched.

Ev'rything's agin me, and it's got me down.

If I jumped in the river, I would prob'ly drown.

No matter how I struggle and strive,

I'll never get out of this world alive.

JUNE 11 / More intimations

I'M JUST a poor, wayfarin' stranger,

Travelin' through this world below.

There is no sickness, no toil nor danger

In that bright land to which I go.

I'm goin' there to see my father

And all my loved ones who've gone on.

I'm just goin' over Jordan.

I'm just goin' over home.

JUNE 10 / Soundtrack for 42 years

 

A, weh, uh, weh, uh, well,

The little things you say and do

Make me want to be with you.

Rave on, it's a crazy feelin',

And I know it's got me reelin',

when you say, "I love you."

Rave on.

JUNE 9 / Intimations-of-mortality week postponed

TYPEPAD ate my post about "Spirit in the Sky." I'll resume after tomorrow, which is a special day at Casa D and not suitable for ruminations about you know what.

JUNE 8 / Like desperadoes

TODAY we kick off intimations-of-mortality week with "Desperadoes Waiting for a Train," performed by Waylon, Willie, Johnny, and Kris, off Highwayman (1985). 

One day I looked up, and he's pushin' eighty,

And there's brown tobacco stains all down his chin.

To me he's one of the heroes of this country,

So why's he dressed up like them old men,

Drinkin' beer and playin' moon and forty-two?

JUNE 5 / While you're working . . .

 . . . I'M GROOVING to the Dixie Hummingbirds.

Most unexpected cut, "Good Health."

. . . .

Take your time. / Don't get upset.

Do yourself a favor: / Don't smoke cigarettes.

Use less salt. / Watch your weight.

Keep in shape. / Don't procrastinate.

. . . .

Do what your doctor / tells you to.

Don't let bad habits / get the best of you.

You know we've all / seen better days.

JUNE 1 / If this blogging thing doesn't work out

UNCA D may hire out as a classical piano critic and contest judge.

MAY 29 / "American Idol" for the classical set, without the Americans

TO LISTEN live to the semifinals of the Van Cliburn international piano competition, go here. KTCU is running the competition live at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. through Sunday.

MARCH 15 / Amazing "Amazing Grace"

AMAZING, no?

What's amazing is that a reformed slave trader wrote the song. What's amazing is believing the lyrics.