Senses working overtime #211

1 Cool Uncle George

Great image of the cool fab with his sister Louise in America, 1963. Rest of the story is here in The Immortal Jukebox.  

2 Bill Murray

...is appearing in The Dead Don't Die, Jim Jarmusch's zombie film. Reason enough to see it!

3 The curse of genius

Photo by Mike Fox on Unsplash

Really was absorbed by this article looking at how genius happens.

4 Lazarus - Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree
Speaking of genius - played this non-stop in the car this week.




5 The Lyrics
Interesting discussion about what the song means. I'm still trying to work out my own version.

Overtime: Warren Ellis
I love this sign off to his recent newsletter. I always wonder if it's a gee up for him and/or a message to us - his faithful hangers on to his every word.

Whatever.

I love it!

You are not bad or stupid or wrong, and you get to walk away from any idiot who insists otherwise. You are your own damn person and you get to run your own damn life. You're good. Hold on tight. See you next week. 

Senses working overtime #61

1 Grace Slick

I think I've always been in love with Grace. She is so wonderful, so talented, so funny, with such a beautiful spirit. You get a sense of it as she discusses writing White Rabbit.



2 A movie written by algorithm
Hmm - not sure what I think about this - Sunspring is a sci-fi movie written by artificial intelligence. Definitely fits into 'senses working overtime', though.

3 Girl squad
This NY Times 'report' on the Hillary Clinton/ Liz Warren meeting is hilarious!! I wish I could write clever stuff like this.

4 Brain Pickings
I love tuning into the more cerebral delights of Brain Pickings. This latest piece on reading centres attention on Hermann Hesse in a stunning way!

5 Ellen's set

I saw this picture on my Twitter feed and while it didn't inspire me to go to the link, it did make me admire the set: the white square seating (which allows the humans to float via their darker clothing); the contrasting natural textures of the (fake?) wooden coffee table with book/(fake?) flowers/coffee mugs (not cups); fake cityscape with palm trees projected onto the big screen behind her; the highly polished floor. All gleaming, all fake warmth or fake expanse. It's actually really really well done!

Overtime

Song of the week and, yes, I love Steven Wilson's stuff: Lazurus by Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree:

Senses working overtime #60

1  Pep

It's another Sgt Pepper's anniversary and just when you thought it had all been written something springs up to surprise you. The Greatest? the debate rages on...

2 Mystery train
I like this guy - he embarks on a metaphor (visits to his posts are like a train coming into an abandoned station, and not very frequently) and just extends it without mercy! Gotta love that!

3 Sadiq Khan
How wonderful that there is a muslim mayor of London. Londoners rock!! This is a great Guardian article about what he's up to over Ramadan which started this week.

4 Speaking of Ramadan
What is it? This is what it's about!

5 The Ercolines - Woodstock icons

I remain fascinated by the original Woodstock festival in 1969. I love this couple's story!

They met at Dino’s Bar, a local diner, when Bobbi was with another man, a waiter there, in February of 1969. 

“She was gorgeous, are you kidding me? Long, blonde hair, she was a gorgeous girl. She’s a gorgeous woman,” Ercoline said.

Overtime
Song of the week is Porcupine Trees's Buying New Soul.