Day: January 3, 2022

Cantonese Boy by Japan

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Japan

Japan

Japan were a new-wave band formed in 1974 in London, UK. By David Sylvian (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steve Jansen (drums), and Mick Karn (bass guitar). Richard Barbieri (keyboards) and Rob Dean (lead guitar) joined the following year. Japan developed its own sound and androgynous style incorporating electronic music and foreign influences.

Cantonese Boy
Album: Tin Drum
Date: 1981
Genre: Pop

Lyrics by David Sylvian

We’re pushing through these farming towns
We’ve worked hard ploughing over grounds

Red army calls you
The call of the crowd
Red army needs you
It calls you now

Cantonese boy
Bang your tin drum
Cantonese boy
Civilian soldier
Cantonese boy
Bang your tin drum
Cantonese boy
Red army calls you home

We’re singing
Marching through the fields
We’re changing
The lives we’ve led for years

Red army calls you
Red army needs you

Gentlemen you heard this call
Raised your glass and called for more
Only young men broke the wall

La Citta Nuova by Antonio Sant’Elia

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La Citta Nuova by Antonio Sant’Elia

La Citta Nuova
1913-14
Futurism
Pencil on paper
Villa Olmo, Como, Italy

La Citta Nuova appeared at the Nuove Tendenze exhibition in 1914. A series of forty drawings that showcased Sant’Elia’s innovative design ideas glorifying modernism and technology. As a symbol of the new age, they were bold, unadorned, and geometric designs. Sant’Elia highlighted his ideas on urban planning and the vital role of technology.

Antonio Sant’Elia

Antonio Sant’Elia
Futurism
Born: 30 April 1888, Lombardy, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Died: 10 October 1916, Gorizia, Italy

Sant’Elia was an architect and a key member of the Futurist movement in architecture. However, as he left behind on completed works of architecture he is remembered for his bold sketches and influence on modern architecture

Fire and Pride

~ JezzieG

Fire and Pride
Form: Acrostic

Fiercely won in humility,
Independence of conceptual thought,
Remains the writer’s ambition
Evoked by words drifting to line and verse.
Ambiguous acts of governments
Nurtured contempt and fear of the quill
Demands for freedom lie silenced.
Personal battles fought with the pen
Rights wrestled from censors,
Inventive imaginations born in free creativity
Deviant poets voices will be heard
Evolving in openness to reveal artistic flow

©JGFarmer2008

White Noise

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White Noise
Form: Free Verse
Theme: Identity
Subject: Line from a song

Ground Control to Major Tom
Captain Scarlet has lost his way
and Spectrum no longer shines green
and I’ve lost my mind to circumstance
Ground Control is shutting down
Captain Scarlet can’t see the light
his world is turning black
and anarchy is out of control
replacing wisdom with their bloody lies
Ground Control I’m all alone
can you hear me, Ground Control
Major Tom has done a bunk
and Captain Scarlet seems to be dead
and I’m switching to autopilot to bring me home
can you hear me, Ground Control
I’m doing what Dorothy said
there’s no place like home
Ground Control…
is there anybody out there?

©JGFarmer2021

#JusJoJan – 3 January 2022 Abundance

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Your prompt for JusJoJan January 3rd, 2020, is “abundance.” Use the word “abundance” any way you’d like. Enjoy!

#JusJoJan can be found here

I’m a writer, right?

Words are my game, right?

And yes I play dictionary games every day so words I have a lot to play with, an abundance in fact. So let’s start at the very beginning, a good place to start, and see where we go

Abundance defined
Abundance – /əˈbʌnd(ə)ns/
noun: a very large quantity of something – there is an abundance of words in the dictionary
noun: (in solo whist) a bid by which a player undertakes to make nine or more tricks – okay I didn’t know that!!!



A pig in the poke – something that is bought or accepted without first being seen or assessed – sounds like a scam to me

Oh come on, I hear you all wondering how I could attack an innocent tin of Spam, trust me I feel guilty, and I’m hanging my head in shame – but not for long as somehow we have landed on Python

Totally worth it
That’s it for today, till tomorrow
Raven