Two hours ago, a writer and poet, Bethany Jarmal, tweeted a prompt that interested me. She suggested picking one of the books in your collection at random. The author suggested looking at six to eight words on page 29 of the book and writing from those.
It sounds interesting, and I thought I’d check out Robbed of Sleep (Stories to Stay Up For). The eight words I liked on page 29 of ‘THEM IRON EYES CODY BLUES’ by JOHN BODEN were:
Brilliant orange in contrast to the blackest black
While touring Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain in 1994, Pavement played a strange composition titled Orange, Black. The band has performed on John Peel’s BBC radio show more than once (they’re excellent).
What does Steve Malkmus’ orange and black symbolize? He gets breathless singing those words on the track.
Once I burned this song to a mix CD for a friend of mine who enjoyed weird music. What she said hearing this was “What’s wrong?”
“Did he forget to take his medication?”
I just heard a rock musician being cool. The track is listed as Brink of the Clouds Brink of the Clouds
Yesterday The Smile released what I’m guessing is their sophomore album. I watched on YouTube the song Bending Hectic. The Smile – Bending Hectic
The lyrics include, “If you’ve got something to say, say it now.” The video presentation includes eyes on orange much like the cover for the 1997 Pavement LP Brighten the Corners. As Pavement has played loads of tour dates this year and last, Nigel Goderich, the unofficial “sixth member” of Radiohead (the band that preceded The Smile) produced the final Pavement record Terror Twilight in 1999.
I’m sure it was a lot of work, but it is well done. I wonder why The Smile would seem to reference Brighten the Corners in art from their new release.
Today is summer’s first day and World Music Day.
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