dEFROG ON 45 #65: BABY, YR NOT THAT KIND

When yr a kid in the 70s buying 45s, yr inevitably going to wind up with songs from the reliable hit machines of the era. I’ve covered quite a few already – ABBA, The Eagles, ELO, Steve Miller, Barry Manilow, etc.

There’s a fairly obvious gap there. So it’s probably time to bring up Sir Elton John.

Of course he wasn’t “Sir” in those days. But he was definitely cranking out the hit singles. Elton was pretty ubiquitous on the American airwaves, and my sister and I were in awe of the fact that he used swear words in his songs. (“It’s four o’clock in the morning, dammit.”)

Well, c’mon, we lived in Tennessee and we were barely out of elementary school.

Anyway, even though I liked Elton John, I only ever bought one of his 45s.

And given the nature of other songs in this series, of course it’s the one with Kiki Dee on it.

"Elton John & Kiki Dee Don't Go Breaking My Heart Lyrics" (Watch on YouTube)

I had no idea who Kiki Dee was, of course. Great name, though. And I do still like this song – it’s a well-crafted (if slightly overproduced) slice of pop candy.

Nobody knows it,

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WHERE AM I?

Some of you may have noticed September was a quiet month for me, and October is turning out to be almost as quiet. In fact, it’s only quiet on DW/LJ.

Part of it had to do with a very busy travel schedule and work deadlines more intensive than usual, and also a little bit of burnout in terms of current events, which have really been variations on similar themes, and I just didn’t have much to say.

But yes, it’s also because I’m off on other sites as well.

So I thought I’d give a quick rundown on my various locations if yr keen on following my antics elsewhere and not already following me on one of the other places (though there is a lot of crossposting anyway).

The obvious ones:

Dreamwidth

LiveJournal

The inevitable one:

Facebook

Watch me read books:

Goodreads

For sophisticated adults only:

Tumblr

And then there’s my musical pursuits with Banäna Deäthmüffins:

Soundcloud

ReverbNation

Bandcamp


Note that I don't use ReverbNation or Bandcamp that much right now. But that may change. So watch this space. Or that space. Or … oh, YOU know.

Also, I’ll just add that this isn’t me giving notice about leaving DW/LJ. I still plan to keep these blogs. I just don’t have a whole lot to blog about at the moment, or a whole lot of time to blog it.

Everywhere at once,

This is dF

INNAGADDADAVIDA (MACAU EDITION)

We went to Macau again this time last week, and happened across the historical Lou Lim Ieoc Garden. 

You can read about it here.

And you can look at it now.



  





  

It’s a very relaxing place. 

Parks and recreation,

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