Let us enjoy some outsider and alternative music. The singer, musician and artist Daniel Dale Johnston (1961–2019) started his career by recording cassettes alone in his home. In the early 1990s, he became famous when Kurt Cobain (of the band Nirvana) was frequently seen wearing a T-shirt with the cover art for Johnston’s 1983 cassette album Hi, How Are You, with the now iconic “Jeremiah the Innocent” frog. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
The 1965 American musical comedy film Harum Scarum, released in the United Kingdom as Harem Holiday, starred Elvis Presley. Full of orientalist clichés, it looks like a spoof of the Arabic adventure genre. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Place aux amateurs. L’auteur du poème présenté ici a fait des études en biologie et en chimie (DESS en Gestion de la Biodiversité et Master Recherche en Agro-sciences) ; il a également publié plusieurs recueils de vers, souvent inspirés par un mélange de science et de religion. Son recueil Poussières d’éternité rassemble essentiellement des œuvres de jeunesse, des poèmes rédigés entre ses dix-huit et vingt-deux ans. J’y ai sélectionné un sonnet consacré à ses amours d’enfance. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Voici ma dernière sélection de Broustaille, une chanson à boire célébrant l’amour, dans l’esprit de la maxime carpe diem. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Pierre Camo, né à Céret le 16 décembre 1877 et mort à Reynès le 8 mars 1974, est un magistrat et poète français. En 1906 il publie son premier recueil de poèmes, Le Jardin de la Sagesse. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era, became widely popular in England and the United States during her lifetime, both for her poetry and her stands against slavery in the United States, injustice toward Italian citizens by foreign rulers, and child labour. From age 15 until her death, she had to battle with a lifelong illness.
Her first known poem, “On the Cruelty of Forcement to Man,” was written at the age of six or eight. She published her first collection of poems, An Essay on Mind, with Other Poems, in 1826. Her 1844 volume Poems made her one of the most popular writers in Britain at the time. A collection of her last poems was published by her husband, the poet Robert Browning, shortly after her death. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
The American rock band ZZ Top was formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas, by Billy Gibbons (guitar and vocals). By the end of that year, he was joined by Frank Beard (drums), and in 1970 by Dusty Hill (bass and vocals); the band’s membership remained then the same until Hill’s death in July 2021. Per Hill’s wishes, ZZ Top continued with Elwood Francis, the band’s long-time guitar tech, and they are still active now. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Il y a 5 ans et 10 jours, Poets and Lovers paraissait sur la toile, après 3 jours de gestation. Depuis, le blog a surmonté des attaques, des tentatives de censure, des changements forcés d’hébergeur et des défaillances de la gestion informatique ; il reste debout, tandis que Pigtails in Paint, Graham Ovenden et Garage Press ont disparu, faute de continuité dans l’organisation. La solitude du site, visible à l’extérieur, se manifeste aussi à l’intérieur, où les commentaires se font rares et les collaborations et contributions restent inexistantes. La source des articles finit par se tarir. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
En 1962 la France gagna le concours Eurovision avec une chanteuse inconnue de 24 ans, Isabelle Aubret, qui interpréta la chanson « Un premier amour » écrite par Roland Valade et composée par Claude-Henri Vic (nom de plume de Claude-Henri-Benjamin Teissedre). Ce succès lança sa carrière. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
In February 2001, the ska band The Slackers released their album Wasted Days in two different forms: a CD with 16 tracks and a vinyl LP with 9 tracks. The album cover is a photograph showing Miki Stroman reading a comic titled Wasted Days. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
