Senses working overtime #225

1 Afternoon tea?

Oh, yes please!

2 Slang terms from WW1

As a keen student of the English language, and a Kiwi, I was interested in these 20 slang terms that came from World War 1. 

3 Donald Trump and Greenland

At least he has a sense of humour!

4 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker




5 Woodstock

The Anniversary. Couldn't let the moment drift by without some mention in JFTT. The record is iconic and the film is the thing and it's celebrated here!

Overtime: Why hearing your own voice is horrible

Senses working overtime #224

1 Fathers' Day ideas part 2

2 Van the man's Tupelo Honey

One of my favourite ever songs gets the Immortal Jukebox treatment to great effect.

3 Ageing

Ageing, according to Suzanne Moore (and Ursula Le Guin, pictured above), via The Guardian.

4 Advice (Via Joseph Campbell)

Photo by Dyaa Eldin on Unsplash

A bit of advice given to a young Native American at the time of his initiation: As you go the way of life, you will see a great chasm. Jump. 

It is not as wide as you think.

5 James Acaster




I love his stand up routines and he's a brilliant guest on WILTY.

Overtime: Magna Carta

Speaking of seasons, here's an excerpt from Seasons (to celebrate the approach of spring!)

Senses working overtime #223

1 Travels with my father

We finished watching all seven seasons of Doc Martin. So this one loomed up next.

2 When Ralph met Walt

It was 1860. Ralph Waldo Emerson and Walt Whitman hung out. Here's what happened.

3 From a certain point of view

Obi-Wan! Was he right to tell Luke a porky about Darth Vader?

4 Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee 

I'm a big fan of this show. What's not to like - it's Jerry Seinfeld. It's relaxed (lovely shots of coffee and cars; lovely cafe style relaxed music). It's funny in a gentle way and it's short enough - roughly each episode is around 15 minutes long.

5 Wild By Nature

My current reading matter, borrowed from Jade's bookcase. It's okay but not especially well written.

Overtime: Missing - EBTG

Senses working overtime # 222

1 From Warren Ellis

2 You what?

Why Canadians say, "Eh"

3 It's the weekend

Time to get back into my vinyl!

4 Warren Ellis Part 2

This is his work station. NOTHING like I imagined!! There's light for a start!! And order!!!!

5 D. A. Pennebaker

Rest in peace.

Overtime: Van the man and...er...Cliff

Senses working overtime #221

1 Happy 200th to Herman Melville

You can also celebrate Rockwell Kent's drawings here.

2 Money Honey
Ry Cooder's version is the boss. Great story about this song's evolution.

3 I should be so lucky

Interesting - How to be lucky!

4 Walking! A celebration.

I love to walk. Turns out it's healthy for me. And it makes me happier! Who knew??

5 Advice from Uncle Seth

People don’t change

(Unless they want to)
Humans are unique in their ability to willingly change. We can change our attitude, our appearance and our skillset.
But only when we want to.
The hard part, then, isn’t the changing it. It’s the wanting it.

Overtime: Moonlanding
The media has been celebrating the Apollo 11 mission recently. Quite rightly too. Here's a great Vox summary.

Senses working overtime #220

1 Horses, horses

Cutest baby photo of the week belongs to young Asher Purdy-Hodge!

2 The 1967 All Blacks

Been reading this during the first week back at school. I'm not really into rugby books but this one was cheap ($8) and I was ten when the team in question was in the news. Yes, I remember the players.

The book is okay but typos and a lack of piercing analysis meant I was as engrossed as I'd hoped.

This review sums things up well.

3 Doc Martin

It's a very old fashioned show in many respects, but Jacky and I have been enjoying it. We're up to season 3 on Netflix.

4 Poetry Corner

Driving toward the Lac Qui Parle River

BY ROBERT BLY

I 

I am driving; it is dusk; Minnesota.

The stubble field catches the last growth of sun.   

The soybeans are breathing on all sides.

Old men are sitting before their houses on car seats   

In the small towns. I am happy,

The moon rising above the turkey sheds.

    II 

The small world of the car

Plunges through the deep fields of the night,   

On the road from Willmar to Milan.   

This solitude covered with iron

Moves through the fields of night

Penetrated by the noise of crickets.

    III 

Nearly to Milan, suddenly a small bridge,

And water kneeling in the moonlight.

In small towns the houses are built right on the ground;   

The lamplight falls on all fours on the grass.

When I reach the river, the full moon covers it.   

A few people are talking, low, in a boat

Robert Bly, “Driving toward the Lac Qui Parle River” from Silence in the Snowy Fields (Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 1962). Copyright © 1962 by Robert Bly.  

5 Lost and Gone Away - Lynn Jenner

Enjoying this one from NZ writer Lynn Jenner.


Overtime: Red House
Love this version by the G3 amigos - Johnson/Satriani/Vai

Senses working overtime #219

1 Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue

He's been all over my week this week! Mojo magazine had a cover story in the June issue (above); I watched the Scorsese doco on Netflix; played Hard Rain and the Live 1975 albums, and generally had a Bob-a-thon.

Only fitting then that I share five things about those experiences this week.

So enjoy, a time tunnel back to 1975/1976!

2 Marty's Bob Dylan documentary


3 Bob and Joan 

Joan is a straight shooter but her Dylan dress up is a hoot!

4 Joni and Bob and Roger
Coyote (with Bob on guitar and Roger McGuinn at Gordon Lightfoot's home) is a stand out from the Scorsese movie. The song is about the tour, according to Roger!


 
5 Allen and Bob
This scene at Jack Kerouac's graveside in Lowell is also weird. What is Dylan thinking as Allen reads the Jack excerpt?




Overtime: The River is Wide - a traditional song that Bob and Joan make theirs for everymore!