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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
THANKSGIVING
Loudon Wainwright III
Career Moves
Virgin : 1993
[Buy It]
THANKSGIVING DAY
Ray Davies
Other People's Lives
V2 : 2006
[Buy It]
ALMOST THANKSGIVING DAY
Graham Parker
Your Country
Bloodshot : 2004
[Buy It]
BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GOT
Massive Attack
Blue Lines
Virgin : 1991
[Buy It]
THANK YOU LORD
Horace Andy
1973
Available on : Feel Good All Over: Anthology
Sanctuary Trojan : 2002
[Buy It]
STUFFY TURKEY
Thelonious Monk
It's Monk's Time
CBS : 1964
[Buy It]
COLD TURKEY
The Godfathers
Hit By Hit
Link : 1986
[Buy It]
Sometimes, there's a long table. Sometimes, there's a large table. Sometimes, there's a small table. Three old men sit around it, eating. Someone prefers the white meat. Someone else prefers the dark meat. Someone else waits for the wishbone. All three carve.
The room is warm. Someone cracks a window to let the air in. There's a song coming from a car out on the street. There's a young man in the car bobbing his head back and forth. There's a young woman in the front seat next to him. The young man and the young woman kiss.
"Diamond in the back," someone says.
"This isn't the original," someone else says. "The singer's different."
They listen. It isn't the original. The singer's different. The car pulls away. Someone closes the window. Someone else begins to hum the song, and then to hum another song. Someone else taps out a beat on a glass with a spoon. The tapping stops. It is dark outside the window. The room is white with silence.
Someone leaves the room to make a call. Someone else can hear him making the call. The call is as warm as the room. "Thanks for coming by the other day," someone says. "I was very happy to see you. I don't always remember to tell you how great you are."
Someone comes back into the room. Someone else leaves to make a call. The call is as cold as the air that came into the room. "Thanks a lot," someone says. "I can't say that I'm surprised. Listen, I need to go."
Someone comes back into the room. Someone else leaves to make a call. "You don't have to thank me," someone says. "Being kind to you isn't a burden. Eventually you'll see what you mean to me."
Someone comes back into the room. Someone sits. Someone else sits. Someone stands up and opens the window again. Someone else thinks he hears another song. Someone else can't hear a thing. The window is closed again. Someone slides back from the table. Someone else angles his chair to the side. Someone else stretches and sighs. All three leave.Labels: ben, rock, soul
posted by Ben
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