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Day 5: Motive
"This Letter" / Belle and Sebastian
Words will never hurt you if the motive's clear
All I want for you is joy and peaceful love
Who you get it from is not my main concern
www.youtube.com/watch?v=weOQ...
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Day 5: Motive
"This Letter" / Belle and Sebastian
Words will never hurt you if the motive's clear
All I want for you is joy and peaceful love
Who you get it from is not my main concern
www.youtube.com/watch?v=weOQ...
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Day 28
Have drawn a blank all month thinking about the final three prompts for this challenge, so I'll end early.
Did make me think of this, though:
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Day 28
Have drawn a blank all month thinking about the final three prompts for this challenge, so I'll end early.
Did make me think of this, though:
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Day 25: Indie
"Apple Cider" / Beabadoobee
Released on British indie label Dirty Hit, Ltd. The first verse in this song is one of my newest favorites. The delivery is perfectly believable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=laDn...
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Day 25: Indie
"Apple Cider" / Beabadoobee
Released on British indie label Dirty Hit, Ltd. The first verse in this song is one of my newest favorites. The delivery is perfectly believable.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=laDn...
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Thanks to Sita and Pops!
Day 31: Untitled by Kusama Yayoi
An infinity room installation was here recently and I somehow managed not to go (buff.ly/bcTq9y1 ). Inexcusable, really.
Reading her bio led me here: "Lithium Flower" / Kanno Yoko
buff.ly/jR1TLWA
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Thanks to Sita and Pops!
Day 31: Untitled by Kusama Yayoi
An infinity room installation was here recently and I somehow managed not to go (buff.ly/bcTq9y1 ). Inexcusable, really.
Reading her bio led me here: "Lithium Flower" / Kanno Yoko
buff.ly/jR1TLWA
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Day 30: Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (Whistler's Mother) / James McNeil Whistler
Upon review, it turns out I really only like two songs that contain whistling: "The Stranger," and this one.
"5 Years Time" / Noah and the Whale
buff.ly/YznlkI7
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Day 30: Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 (Whistler's Mother) / James McNeil Whistler
Upon review, it turns out I really only like two songs that contain whistling: "The Stranger," and this one.
"5 Years Time" / Noah and the Whale
buff.ly/YznlkI7
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Day 29: Autoportrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti)/de Lempicka
Car is actually right-hand drive. I like to think it's flipped, like a 1929 selfie.
"Believer"/Supergrass
Drive through town in a left-hand drive
Cross the streets to the other side
buff.ly/DUqDBRp
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Day 29: Autoportrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti)/de Lempicka
Car is actually right-hand drive. I like to think it's flipped, like a 1929 selfie.
"Believer"/Supergrass
Drive through town in a left-hand drive
Cross the streets to the other side
buff.ly/DUqDBRp
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Day 28: The Sleeping Gypsy / Henri Rousseau
In 1996, this painting had special visitors at MoMA, who apparently did not notice The Starry Night hanging next to it.
"Theme from Sesame Street" covered by Sendii
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jotb...
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Day 28: The Sleeping Gypsy / Henri Rousseau
In 1996, this painting had special visitors at MoMA, who apparently did not notice The Starry Night hanging next to it.
"Theme from Sesame Street" covered by Sendii
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jotb...
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Day 27: The Swing/Fragonard
It has been said the entirety of the French Revolution was predicted by this painting.
"Troublemaker Doppelgänger"/Lucy Dacus
She grew up as the pretty young thing
Let them look up her skirt on the backyard swing
buff.ly/wJivNvl
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Day 27: The Swing/Fragonard
It has been said the entirety of the French Revolution was predicted by this painting.
"Troublemaker Doppelgänger"/Lucy Dacus
She grew up as the pretty young thing
Let them look up her skirt on the backyard swing
buff.ly/wJivNvl
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Day 26: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte / Seurat
The woman in the foreground is walking a monkey. 1880s Paris must have been an interesting place.
"Point of Collapse" / Wire
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUSq...
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Day 26: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte / Seurat
The woman in the foreground is walking a monkey. 1880s Paris must have been an interesting place.
"Point of Collapse" / Wire
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUSq...
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Day 25: The Night Watch / Rembrandt
"Amsterdam" appears 14 times on the Wikipedia page for this painting.
I posted Guster's "Amsterdam" recently for #MusicPlaces, so today how about a night song by a band from Amsterdam..
"Goodnight" / Nits
buff.ly/8S2SgtX
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Day 25: The Night Watch / Rembrandt
"Amsterdam" appears 14 times on the Wikipedia page for this painting.
I posted Guster's "Amsterdam" recently for #MusicPlaces, so today how about a night song by a band from Amsterdam..
"Goodnight" / Nits
buff.ly/8S2SgtX
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Day 24: The Kiss/Klimt
I have a print of Lady with a Fan, Klimt's last painting, hanging in my dining room, but I have never liked this one.
"Perfect Kiss (Substance Edit)"/NO
Now I know the perfect kiss is the kiss of death.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXMw...
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Day 24: The Kiss/Klimt
I have a print of Lady with a Fan, Klimt's last painting, hanging in my dining room, but I have never liked this one.
"Perfect Kiss (Substance Edit)"/NO
Now I know the perfect kiss is the kiss of death.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXMw...
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Day 23: Two Brothers and a Sister of the Artist / Sofonisba Anguissola
This one was tricky. Went for the obvious.
"River Deep, Mountain High" / Erasure
When you were a young boy
Did you have a puppy
That always followed you around?
buff.ly/xiJeZp2
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Day 23: Two Brothers and a Sister of the Artist / Sofonisba Anguissola
This one was tricky. Went for the obvious.
"River Deep, Mountain High" / Erasure
When you were a young boy
Did you have a puppy
That always followed you around?
buff.ly/xiJeZp2
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Day 22: Girl with a Pearl Earring/Jan Vermeer
Considered this song for The Starry Night, and it has been stuck in my head.
"Vincent Van Gogh"/Jonathan Richman
And in the museum, what have we here?
The most soulful painter since Jan Vermeer
buff.ly/bCbDGZJ
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Day 22: Girl with a Pearl Earring/Jan Vermeer
Considered this song for The Starry Night, and it has been stuck in my head.
"Vincent Van Gogh"/Jonathan Richman
And in the museum, what have we here?
The most soulful painter since Jan Vermeer
buff.ly/bCbDGZJ
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Day 21: The Scream / Edvard Munch
One possible inspiration for the sky here is nacreous clouds, which are pearlescent and common in Munch's home of Norway ( buff.ly/BPiOzMv ).
"Pearl" / Chapterhouse
buff.ly/ME0N81R
Difficulty: Can't use this song tomorrow.
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Day 21: The Scream / Edvard Munch
One possible inspiration for the sky here is nacreous clouds, which are pearlescent and common in Munch's home of Norway ( buff.ly/BPiOzMv ).
"Pearl" / Chapterhouse
buff.ly/ME0N81R
Difficulty: Can't use this song tomorrow.
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Day 20: Impression, Sunrise / Claude Monet
This painting was stolen from the Musée Marmottan Monet the same year that New Order's Low Life was released.
"Sunrise" / New Order
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VAn...
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Day 20: Impression, Sunrise / Claude Monet
This painting was stolen from the Musée Marmottan Monet the same year that New Order's Low Life was released.
"Sunrise" / New Order
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VAn...
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Day 19: American Gothic / Grant Wood
“I had to go to France to appreciate Iowa,” [Wood] famously said. ( buff.ly/k8hwmtp )
"Iowa Chill" from the soundtrack to Country, by Windham Hill artists
buff.ly/nWl1aYP
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Day 19: American Gothic / Grant Wood
“I had to go to France to appreciate Iowa,” [Wood] famously said. ( buff.ly/k8hwmtp )
"Iowa Chill" from the soundtrack to Country, by Windham Hill artists
buff.ly/nWl1aYP
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Day 18: Princezna Hyacinta / Alphonse Mucha
"A convincing case could be made that Alphonse Mucha is the greatest artist to be represented on original picture postcards." ( buff.ly/8rhWdxH )
"Postcard from Texas" / Disappear Fear
buff.ly/473GLAa
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Day 18: Princezna Hyacinta / Alphonse Mucha
"A convincing case could be made that Alphonse Mucha is the greatest artist to be represented on original picture postcards." ( buff.ly/8rhWdxH )
"Postcard from Texas" / Disappear Fear
buff.ly/473GLAa
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Day 17: The Mona Lisa / Da Vinci
The Ken Burns documentary series about Leonardo is, of course, excellent.
"Uncertain Smile" / The The
Jools Holland's improvised one take piano outro here is one of my favorite things.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bEr...
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Day 17: The Mona Lisa / Da Vinci
The Ken Burns documentary series about Leonardo is, of course, excellent.
"Uncertain Smile" / The The
Jools Holland's improvised one take piano outro here is one of my favorite things.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bEr...
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Day 16: In the Garden at Maurecourt/Berthe Morisot
Subjects are likely Morisot's daughter and one of her sister's daughters.
"Two Kinds of Happinness"/The Strokes
One has nothing to do with the other
And the world is all cousins not brothers
buff.ly/8HHuEiU
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Day 16: In the Garden at Maurecourt/Berthe Morisot
Subjects are likely Morisot's daughter and one of her sister's daughters.
"Two Kinds of Happinness"/The Strokes
One has nothing to do with the other
And the world is all cousins not brothers
buff.ly/8HHuEiU
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Day 15: The Persistence of Memory / Salvador Dali
When I saw this painting in person I was surprised how tiny it is.
"Time's Up" / Saga
I spend half of each day just eyeing the clock
And dream of all the things I'd like to do
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmA...
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Day 15: The Persistence of Memory / Salvador Dali
When I saw this painting in person I was surprised how tiny it is.
"Time's Up" / Saga
I spend half of each day just eyeing the clock
And dream of all the things I'd like to do
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmA...
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Day 14: The Birth of Venus / Botticelli
"Love is Colder than Death" / Erasure
Go and dance with the moon tonight
The starlight to serenade you
Venus, the goddess of love
Love for all, love for all
All eternity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgoN...
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Day 14: The Birth of Venus / Botticelli
"Love is Colder than Death" / Erasure
Go and dance with the moon tonight
The starlight to serenade you
Venus, the goddess of love
Love for all, love for all
All eternity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgoN...
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Day 13: Abstract Climates / Helen Frankenthaler
"Colour Fields" / Elbow
Gathered in by a waiting troop of the openhearted
Where colour field meets canvas
And the picture breathes you in
Where all the stories meant for you have already started
buff.ly/uYoYKYU
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Day 13: Abstract Climates / Helen Frankenthaler
"Colour Fields" / Elbow
Gathered in by a waiting troop of the openhearted
Where colour field meets canvas
And the picture breathes you in
Where all the stories meant for you have already started
buff.ly/uYoYKYU
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Day 12 Guernica / Pablo Picasso
"Spanish Bombs" / The Clash
Trenches full of poets...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul0u...
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Day 12 Guernica / Pablo Picasso
"Spanish Bombs" / The Clash
Trenches full of poets...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul0u...