Finished writing the first draft of "The Black," which is now in the hands of my first reader (Cindy). I also started revisions of the YA novel I finished a few months back. Lots to do.
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XM Radio sure is great, but I'm encountering some painful reminders that maybe all the music from the 70's wasn't so great. In the span of just an hour or two, I encountered England Dan & John Ford Coley, Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods and the dreaded "Convoy" by C.W. McCall. I wonder if we have any Pepto in the house...
Now Playing = "Kodachrome" - Paul Simon
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Where's the love for McCall's pungent poetry? He's got interior rhyme (dark of the moon on the sixth of June) and works in concrete images (a Kenworth pullin' logs/a Jimmy full of hogs). Truly one of the underappreciated poets of our age. (Does anyone wonder why?)
I think my love for the genius of C.W. McCall lies somewhere between Coven's "One Tin Soldier" and Johnnie Taylor's "Disco Lady," both of which I'm subjected too on a far too regular a basis.
Every generation has its highs and lows. I still think there's more great stuff from the 70s than say the 90s -- I find much of the 00s to be vacuous at best. (grin)
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BTW -- you cannot know how much of an anthemn Kodachrome was to all us school newspaper and yearbook photographers -- got a Ni-kon camera... and all!
And to think I used to be obsessed with something other than computers and SF writing...
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