Poetry, stories, art, and music from the desk of Jezzie G, a writer without a label
In A Mist
1927
Jazz
Bix Beiderbecke
Jazz, Blues
Born: 10 March 1903, Iowa, USA
Nationality: American
Died: 6 August 1931, New York, USA
Beiderbecke was a jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer. He was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, noted for his inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone that heralded the jazz ballad style
Emily’s Song
Date: 1993
Genre: Rock
Artist: The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues are a rock band formed in Birmingham in 1964. The initial line-up consisted of Graeme Edge (drummer), Denny Lane (guitarist and vocalist), Mike Pinder (keyboardist vocalist), Ray Thomas (multi-instrumentalist and vocalist), and Clint Warwick (bassist and vocalist). Throughout the history of the bad Edge has been the only continuous member. Laine and Warwick left the band in 1966 and were replaced by Justin Heyward (guitarist and vocalist) and John Lodge (bassist and vocalist). The moody Blues embraced the psychedelic rock movement of the late 1960s with a fusion of rock and classical music
Ladies And Gentlemen in Outer Space
2001
Here is my philosophy:
Everything changes (the word “everything”
has just changed as the
word “change” has: it now
means “no change”) so
quickly that it literally surpasses my belief,
charges right past it
like some of the giant
ideas in this area.
I had no beginning and I shall have
no end: the beam of light
stretches out before and behind
and I cook the vegetables
for a few minutes only,
the fewer the better. Butter
and serve. Here is my
philosophy: butter and serve
Ron Padgett
Born: 17 June 1942, Oklahoma, USA
Nationality: American
Padgett is a poet, essayist, fiction writer, and translator. He published his first full-length collection of poetry in 1969
The Gig
Form: Blues Sonnet
My heroes of music from a young age
My heroes of music from a young age
And I had tickets to see them on stage
Their rhythm of sound beating in my heart
Their rhythm of sound beating in my heart
They have been my heroes from the start
With rifts and drums playing loud in my room
With rifts and drums playing loud in my room
Rock music on my radio went boom
For this day I had waited so, so long
For this day I had waited so, so long
All to hear them live and playing their song
For so very long I’d waited for this
Standing in line I am ready for bliss
©JezzieG2024, with thanks to Metallica
Frankenstorm
2012
Neo-Expressionism
Oil and oilstack on canvas
Skarstedt Gallery, New York, USA
Condo created ‘Frankenstorm’ during Hurricane Sandy in 2012 when he was left without electricity and was cut off from the outside world. A single figure, in a predominantly black background, is shown from the chest up. Its delineated neck and upper body are created with red and blue lines. The head comprised of several three-dimensional geometric shapes seems barely human.
George Condo
Neo-Expressionism
Born: 10 December 1957, New Hampshire, USA
Nationality: American
Condo is a visual artist who works in the mediums of painting, drawing, sculpture, and printmaking. He currently lives and works in New York City
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