Yep, yep I had a lot of her stuff. I sold it back already *blush*. I read this book "Blues Legends and Black Feminism" and it lists all of the lyrics for Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey. It also has a section about Billie Holiday. It is written by Angela Davis and the writing is a little redundant at times. However, the section on the lyrics alone was worth the price of the book.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I absolutely love Bessie Smith's story -- she was one kick ass woman (literally). I also love the song about the sugar in my bowl. I think it's hers it was on a compilation that I got years ago -- the lyrics are fabulous, fun, sexy, kick ass.
"I read this book "Blues Legends and Black Feminism""
I haven't read that book, but it sounds interesting, so maybe I'll check it out. Thanks.
When I was 8, I couldn't wait to be 18, because I thought I would be free.
When I was 18, I was not only not free, but I knew nothing.
When I was 19, U2 changed my life.
When I was 21, it was an excuse to drink for no reason until sick, the novelty of which wore off by age 23.
Life began at age 25, but was short lived.
Paul died at 25, I at 26. Others wandered away. Pearl Jam helped me heal, U2 drifted away.
Life ended at 30.
When I was 8 I used to count upon my fingers what age I would be in the year 2000.
That age was 35. We should all die at age 35, unless one has kids who need them.
I will be 40 in October. I don't want to live a day past it. I don't want to even see it.
Celebration of one's birth should be limited to childhood.
I never had childhood celebrations, except for I recall two of them.
I'm done. Game Over. Never reached my peak, never reached a prime, didn't even know I was a loner nor did I know I was unattractive. I never felt good looking, but I wish someone had at leasted clued me in, that I was and I am actually ugly.
I had no idea.
Do a friend a favor - let them know constructively what they need to be a better person. Don't let them just wander.
I will be 40 in October. Both are U2 song titles which had once held so much meaning.
I don't care anymore.
Billy makes me feel better, tells me stories, let's my mind wander.
Kurt makes me feel cathartic, I can explode in my own mind vicariously through his sound. ("If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to ask someone else first. I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive....")
Ed speaks the truth, but there is nothing I can do to effect change. ("How much difference, does it make?)
Bono is busy, and I stopped funding his efforts in 1993. But good luck with that, god bless. ("Like a song....")
Perry (Farrell) is busy, I'll fund his efforts forever, god bless him too.
"Because our lives have gotten tide to people we should untangle...." (JA)
Rollins Rules - if I come back to this world, let me be a man, and let me look like Rollins, just to fuck shit up.
The greatest minds of my generation - I can't even play an Open B chord.
I will be 40 in October, and I will be miserable every day until that time, praying for a bullet to my head.
"Kill Me Pills, No One Cares, My Friend" (Love}
This must be how Courtney felt, maybe, or not.
"I don't really miss God, but I sure miss Santa Claus." (Love)
I will be 40.
I am old.
I am old enough.
Nothing impresses me anymore.
I don't want to part of any community.
These eyes hurt.
I am old enough.
i wish i was a younger man,
walking along the river banks,
(on a hot summer day)
casting lines into the breeze,
hopping the rocks to catch a squeeze..
Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
As she slams the door in his drunken face
And now he stands outside
And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
And his tears fall and burn the garden green
I am old enough.
Nothing impresses me anymore.
I don't want to part of any community.
These eyes hurt.
I am old enough.
What the hell are you talking about! What is going on!
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
sorry-oops *blush 5 shades of red with a little purple mixed in*
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I am old enough.
Nothing impresses me anymore.
I don't want to part of any community.
These eyes hurt.
I am old enough.
I've seen pictures
and I've read the cards
I'll visit Las Vegas
for my turn
So many years ago
I made a vow
that by now
I'd be veiled and cloistered
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
i am still 36
i am so excited for a pearl jam tour
i feel like i am 18
i want to travel, meet new people, drink, eat
fill my life with a plethora of experiences
listen, dance, sing badly
be hugely happy
i am still 36
im 18
im past revelling in the problems of the past
just beginning to experience the problems of the future
im pure with potential on my side
im 18
“ ahh…. Yaa…. If you trust me at all… if you wanna listen to me at all… which you certainly don’t have to. Speaking from experience I can tell you that things change. You could believe me, you don’t have to. They probably won’t change, unless you make them. The best way to change something around you, something you don’t like, is.. to change yourself. I don’t think you want other people changing you.. I think.. I think.. the only person you want changing you… is yourself. So if you ain’t happy…. If you’re reading magazines about generation x’s and thinking ‘ya im one of them’ well fuck that…. Don’t let anybody tell you who you are. No… No…. No one can tell me who I am. I can tell you who I am but that would be a long story… I can tell you who I am and it wouldn’t fit in a Rolling Stone…. It wouldn’t fit in a video… it wouldn’t… its my life…. Its your life. Youre the only one that knows who you are. I hope you know who you are. If you don’t know who you are, figure it out. Cause you are some body. And Im probably stating the obvious. But I just thought I would do it anyway. So if you fell like you got a piece of duct tape on your mouth, if you feel like you cant speak. Take it off, Speak up. Speak your Mind. Shout it Out. Let ‘em Hear Ya. Shout it out…… YAAA YAAAAA yAAAAAAAAAAA.” Eddie Vedder (Porch ’96 Randle Island 2)
10/22/03
Ten, No Code, Vs., Yield, Riot Act, Vitalogy, Binaural
I am 38
you say 'tomorrow'
I say I can't wait
I want to live forever
and love a whole huge tonne
I believe in peace
and love.....and all good from the 'yiddish universal gentile....god-pleasing treasure trove' (trademark).....
my bite's not worse than my bark....
I'm straight, single, motherly
can be northerly or southerly
easternly or westernly
although I'm on a quest
(sometimes I rest)....
and moody though I am....I'm not irate
my temperament is Irishly and Irishly is great!!!!!
I am 38
....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
I am 21
the world is my playground
I fell off monkey bars in Spain
and landed on my head in Prague
I danced away a rainy Tuesday
in London puddles, and Paris Fog
If I die tomorrow
i will die happy
Comments
http://www.redhotjazz.com/bessie.html
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
"I read this book "Blues Legends and Black Feminism""
I haven't read that book, but it sounds interesting, so maybe I'll check it out. Thanks.
When I was 18, I was not only not free, but I knew nothing.
When I was 19, U2 changed my life.
When I was 21, it was an excuse to drink for no reason until sick, the novelty of which wore off by age 23.
Life began at age 25, but was short lived.
Paul died at 25, I at 26. Others wandered away. Pearl Jam helped me heal, U2 drifted away.
Life ended at 30.
When I was 8 I used to count upon my fingers what age I would be in the year 2000.
That age was 35. We should all die at age 35, unless one has kids who need them.
I will be 40 in October. I don't want to live a day past it. I don't want to even see it.
Celebration of one's birth should be limited to childhood.
I never had childhood celebrations, except for I recall two of them.
I'm done. Game Over. Never reached my peak, never reached a prime, didn't even know I was a loner nor did I know I was unattractive. I never felt good looking, but I wish someone had at leasted clued me in, that I was and I am actually ugly.
I had no idea.
Do a friend a favor - let them know constructively what they need to be a better person. Don't let them just wander.
I will be 40 in October. Both are U2 song titles which had once held so much meaning.
I don't care anymore.
Billy makes me feel better, tells me stories, let's my mind wander.
Kurt makes me feel cathartic, I can explode in my own mind vicariously through his sound. ("If you ever need anything, please don't hesitate to ask someone else first. I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive....")
Ed speaks the truth, but there is nothing I can do to effect change. ("How much difference, does it make?)
Bono is busy, and I stopped funding his efforts in 1993. But good luck with that, god bless. ("Like a song....")
Perry (Farrell) is busy, I'll fund his efforts forever, god bless him too.
"Because our lives have gotten tide to people we should untangle...." (JA)
Rollins Rules - if I come back to this world, let me be a man, and let me look like Rollins, just to fuck shit up.
The greatest minds of my generation - I can't even play an Open B chord.
I will be 40 in October, and I will be miserable every day until that time, praying for a bullet to my head.
"Kill Me Pills, No One Cares, My Friend" (Love}
This must be how Courtney felt, maybe, or not.
"I don't really miss God, but I sure miss Santa Claus." (Love)
I will be 40.
I am old.
"God Knows I'm Helpless" (Corgan)
Nothing impresses me anymore.
I don't want to part of any community.
These eyes hurt.
I am old enough.
i wish i was a younger man,
walking along the river banks,
(on a hot summer day)
casting lines into the breeze,
hopping the rocks to catch a squeeze..
As she slams the door in his drunken face
And now he stands outside
And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
And his tears fall and burn the garden green
I am not Robert Hass,
a poet;
that's okay
as are most things,
which is why
okay
is the more widely known
than Coca-Cola.
Can you imagine?
I can
that I know
what he means
when he says:
"the man is not hurt exactly,
he understands that life has limits, that people
die young, fail at love,
fail of their ambitions."
and calls this a poem,
or at least a part of one,
calls it the
Privilege of Being
poem.
(oops)
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
and I've read the cards
I'll visit Las Vegas
for my turn
So many years ago
I made a vow
that by now
I'd be veiled and cloistered
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
i am so excited for a pearl jam tour
i feel like i am 18
i want to travel, meet new people, drink, eat
fill my life with a plethora of experiences
listen, dance, sing badly
be hugely happy
i am still 36
Let's just breathe...
I am myself like you somehow
im past revelling in the problems of the past
just beginning to experience the problems of the future
im pure with potential on my side
im 18
10/22/03
Ten, No Code, Vs., Yield, Riot Act, Vitalogy, Binaural
you say 'tomorrow'
I say I can't wait
I want to live forever
and love a whole huge tonne
I believe in peace
and love.....and all good from the 'yiddish universal gentile....god-pleasing treasure trove' (trademark).....
my bite's not worse than my bark....
I'm straight, single, motherly
can be northerly or southerly
easternly or westernly
although I'm on a quest
(sometimes I rest)....
and moody though I am....I'm not irate
my temperament is Irishly and Irishly is great!!!!!
I am 38
Going on 17
I WISH!
the world is my playground
I fell off monkey bars in Spain
and landed on my head in Prague
I danced away a rainy Tuesday
in London puddles, and Paris Fog
If I die tomorrow
i will die happy