Senses working overtime #500

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This is the 500th edition of Jewels For The Thirsty (the blog's title comes from an XTC song called...Senses Working Overtime - see what I did there?) 

I've selected one item from each of the top 6 most popular weeks of all time (well, since it started with week #1 in April 2015).

1 The most popular week so far has been #178 - 

 John Cage's 10 rules for teachers (#178 from 2018)

2 Christmas is football (# 193 - below is from 2019) 

Always a frenzy of activity over the festive period - notably Liverpool lost their 100% winning record and Man City lost three games! Loads of drama to follow on MOTD.

As to my teams - Rochdale are solid in the lower reaches of League One and the gunners wobbled. But we still beat Spurs 4-2!!

January transfer window is always interesting. We need some defenders please.

3 The Fab Fabs (#263, from 2020)

They heighten my senses every day, let alone every week.

4 Vinyl celebration #213 (below is from 2019)

 
It's been a funny old week. But then I connected up my turntable after a long time in storage. It felt good! This week's edition is late. Wah wah. Cry me a river. Here are five plus vinyl celebrations.

 

5 Waterloo Sunset (#209, below is from 2019)

 

The Kinks masterpiece goes under the Thom Hickey microscope on his great blog - The Immortal Jukebox.

Overtime: Senses working overtime #57 (below is from 2016. This one is a peach. Hard to pick just one item so do yourself a giant favour and go to the link. But if you shove...try):

Cool

I was never a cool kid, never hip, so this piece from a kindred spirit struck a nice chord.

Senses working overtime #424

1 My state of mind this week

2 Reading: Dave Davies - Living On A Thin Line

3 Reading: Word Origins 

 

4 Listening: The Kinks (to accompany the Dave Davies book, I started with album 1 and got up to The Kinks are The Village Green Preservation Society)

5 Poetry corner

Aria It is Wednesday I don't know who I am How did I get here?  I don't know That's a lie Not totally It keeps me empty Just empty enough For you to enter me Ariana Reines (2011)

Overtime: 

"Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit." --E.E. Cummings

Senses working overtime #335

 1 John Margolies

More of his fantastic images of roadside America here (nod to John's work courtesy of Laura Olin).

2 God - John Lennon

Cool Song Exploder episode. Ringo, Klaus, Billy and John all appear.

3 The Kinks

I've been catching up on their late seventies - early eighties catalogue this week - many many great moments in that period. Along the way I enjoyed this live document from 1973 and some great moments from their 1980 live album One More From The Road (I highly recommend this album). Sidebar: how good is the undervalued Dave Davies on guitar!

4 Waterloo Sunset

While watching some Kinks' videos, this version flicked up - Ray Davies at Glastonbury 2010. I cried - a combination of nostalgia and that line - 'so I won't be afraid'! Plus the greatness of the song can be a little overwhelming and this is a very affecting version!

5 The chocolate guy

You have to see this to believe it! (Courtesy of Laura Olin)

Overtime: 

“Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.”

– Henri J.M. Nouwen (courtesy of SwissMiss)

Senses working overtime #209

1 Baby, you're a star (Prince)
That 'you' would be music in general: I can't live without music as this selection shows.

I'm not sure if I like this new storage trend for vinyl, replicating the shopping experience. Maybe. Maybe.

2 Yesterday
I saw the shorts of this movie recently and made a mental note to catch it if I can.




3 Here today

This Netflix Joko doco travels some familiar ground (regardless of what this piece would have you believe) but it's still a must see!

4 Good work if you can get it

The world's richest musicians. Where do you think Macca featured on that list? Check your answer here.

5 Waterloo Sunset
The Kinks masterpiece goes under the Thom Hickey microscope on his great blog - The Immortal Jukebox.

Overtime: Hall and Oates

Been spending a lot of time in the Purdmobile this week (my new work car has been christened 'Sid'). Radio Wozza threw up a few Hall and Oates classics along the way and this one had me bopping and pounding the wheel like a maniac, maniac. A perfect road trip song: