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~ Jayne Mansfield, b. 19 April 1933
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Archive | April, 2013
Blues Tutorial #4: The blues are not about choice.
17 Apr
Blues Tutorial #4:
The blues are not about choice.
You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch; ain’t no way out.
Victoria Beckham, b. Apr 17: “As a performer you become a celebrity, but you’re not saving lives.”
17 Apr
“You have to remember that when you are a performer you become a celebrity, but you are not saving lives. It’s not that important.”
~ Victoria Beckham, b. 17 April 1974
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Samuel Beckett, b. Apr 13: “I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.”
13 Apr
“I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.”
~ Samuel Beckett, b. 13 April 1906
Blues Tutorial #3: After you get the first line right, repeat it.
11 Apr
Blues Tutorial #3.
The blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then find something that rhymes… sort of:
“Got a good woman – with the meanest face in town.
Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher – and she weigh 500 pound.”
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P.D. James: “Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular.”
11 Apr
“Open your mind to new experiences, particularly to the study of other people. Nothing that happens to a writer–however happy, however tragic–is ever wasted. Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell.”
~ P.D. JAMES
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Paul Theroux, b. Apr 10: “Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.”
10 Apr
“Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.”
~ Paul Theroux, 10 April 1941
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Blues Tutorial #2: “I got a good woman” is a bad way to begin the blues.
9 Apr
Blues Tutorial #2:
“I got a good woman” is a bad way to begin the blues, ‘less you stick something nasty in the next line, like “I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town.”
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Charles Baudelaire, b. Apr 9: “Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us.”
9 Apr
“We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose.”
~ Charles Baudelaire, b. 9 April 1821
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Blues Tutorial #1: Most blues begin, “Woke up this morning.”
8 AprBLUES TUTORIAL
For those who want to learn how to sing the blues, this series will get you lowdown and dirty in less time than it takes to digest a meal of leftover tacos and cheap red wine.
Blues Tutorial #1:
Most blues begin, “Woke up this morning.”
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