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may26.2
O Taste and See
The world is
not with us enough
O taste and see
the subway Bible poster said,
meaning The Lord, meaning
if anything all that lives
to the imagination’s tongue,
grief, mercy, language,
tangerine, weather, to
breathe them, bite,
savor, chew, swallow, transform
into our flesh our
deaths, crossing the street, plum, quince,
living in the orchard and being
hungry, and plucking
the fruit.
--Denise Levertov
The world is
not with us enough
O taste and see
the subway Bible poster said,
meaning The Lord, meaning
if anything all that lives
to the imagination’s tongue,
grief, mercy, language,
tangerine, weather, to
breathe them, bite,
savor, chew, swallow, transform
into our flesh our
deaths, crossing the street, plum, quince,
living in the orchard and being
hungry, and plucking
the fruit.
--Denise Levertov
about
Amy McDonald Chapman pretends to write here from time to time. This is her virtual outpost, with occasional interjections from her writerly partner in crime Derek Chapman. Aesthetics, music, comedy, film, writing, kitsch, retro, fashion, ideas, architecture, bad art/good art.
music
the Posies | May 18, 2008
When the whole Seattle music boom happened 16 or so years ago (dang, was it that long ago?!) it was a generational howl. For the last year or so, I've been writing a bunch of essays that I think will...... [read more]
Cimatics Festival | May 13, 2008
My husband and I spend part of our year in Europe, mostly in Belgium, but travel out to friends in Germany, Czech Republic, Switzerland and England. For awhile, this bicontinental-ness felt a little schizophrenic, in a number of areas but...... [read more]
a long road for the traveling wilburys | April 2, 2008
For years, I hunted used cd stores trying to find The Traveling Wilburys. The last time I heard them was back around 1996 when my friend Billie had their tape in her car all the time. I was still in...... [read more]
woven hand | October 16, 2006
I have written about the music of 16 Horsepower here before, and I admit it, I'm a huge fan. Years ago when I was collecting CDs like flies and writing several music reviews a week, an acquaintance in the music...... [read more]
tribes gather at Austin City Limits | September 18, 2006
Yesterday we got up and sauntered to breakfast, as we often do on Sundays, and decided we were going to attempt getting down to the Austin City Limits Festival. The atmosphere of Austin was on. Everyone in town talks about...... [read more]
old music coming back to me | August 12, 2005
Well, I was never a huge Replacements fan, although they were a band you were supposed to know about if you did anything with music and then I married someone who toured with them when he was 15 and so...... [read more]
Stoney Gig | April 12, 2005
It's Han here - stretching my blogging legs. My husband Mark writes songs and has a band. His next gig is on 18th April at the Grapes in Sheffield. You can view details on his website www.stoney.mu. x...... [read more]
songs of water concerts - april 2005 | April 5, 2005
Thursday, April 7th - 9:30pm Solaris - 125 Summit Ave., Greensboro Saturday, April 9th - 7:30pm "Lifasar" Art Festival 307 E. Main St., Carrboro Wednesday, April 13th - 9:30pm NightLight - 405 1/2 W. Rosemary St., Chapel Hill see www.songsofwater.com...... [read more]
Reviews of 2 from Carolina | October 27, 2004
Stephen Roach and his band of watery musicians have put out a new and long awaited cd, which is one of the most textured streams of heaven, I ever swam in. We got to see this appalachian blue grass...... [read more]
banjos and elegance: Sufjan Stevens | June 14, 2004
A few days ago we were searching through the bins at a big media store in Antwerp. We are in need of new music—bad. Now I know that everyone goes through this stage, where you suddenly feel like you’ve...... [read more]
Xavier Naidoo | April 29, 2004
I have been, lately, listening to a CD of music by a German singer Xavier Naidoo. Last spring my husband and I were sitting in a hotel room in Berlin taking care of our friend's 11-year-old son, and as he...... [read more]
