I've seen the dark side too

[bronze_ribbons]

My YouTube feed just showed me the Josh Groban/Helene Fischer cover of "I'll Stand by You," a song that's inextricably tied to Snupin fandom for me (though, given how into hurt/comfort I was before I ever knew of fandom, yes, it pretty much belongs on any soundtrack . . .). I like Josh, but it isn't doing it for me -- like the Génération Goldman cover of "Là-Bas," it has a produced gloss that doesn't serve the song. This is more my speed:

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Earlier today, I managed to talk myself out of splurging on a raised bed kit. (25% off is still 75% too much for my current bandwidth. I still have straw from three or four years ago to spread . . .) Today's docket includes writing a number of thank-you and get-well and GOTV cards, working on a catalogue about medieval Italian manuscripts, and drafting my last public Tupelo poem (my sponsors will be getting two more via email). I've been using holidays to keep the well primed, so tomorrow's poem could involve tooth fairies and small change, though right now I'm thinking more about scouse and soufflés.

Comments

[okrablossom]

Thank you for the opportunity to go down the rabbit hole of reading about and listening to La-Bas. It was something.

[bronze_ribbons]

Oh. My. God. That is definitely a song with some history.

[corvidae9]

Raised beds! You can also make them pretty cheaply with plain planks and those corner blocks they sell at Home Depot now. They don't last forever if you buy cheaper wood, but it's perfectly fine; I've had some basic pine ones going for almost three years now and once they break down I'll just chip them or something and start again. Bonus is you can get HD to cut them down to whatever size you want to start with.

I was going to start my spring garden officially yesterday after having drilled holes in my half-wine-barrels that I acquired and some shopping for dirt over the weekend/monday and then it just started pouring unannounced all day. :P And today I'm bogged down with work! Tomorrow hopefully will be the day to get dirty over here.