in Berlin

[lapsedmodernist]

Some years ago, shortly after my grandfather's death, I had a dream that in his afterlife he was running a junkshop in Berlin, selling all kinds of old, second-hand things. The hue, the mood, the color of the dream was like this.


a blues singer from New Orleans I met in Berlin. She did a stunning version of "Black Mountain Blues" which is my new favorite blues song, especially the line: "The babies cry for liquor, and all the birds sing bass."


and this is a plant, dreaming it is a homunculus

Comments

[twotoedsloth.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THAT SONG... I sing it with some frequency.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

okay you have to sing for me the next time I see you in person...I also love the line about heading to the mountain "with my razor and my gun"...

[twotoedsloth.livejournal.com]

I'm also kinda partial to the "gonna cut 'em if he stand there, gonna shoot 'em if he run" line.

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

oh I know her! can't remember her name but I've run into her all over the place in NY and NOLA both. She is great.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

her name is Meschiya, she plays under the name "Magnolia Beacon" if I understood correctly. She is actually going to NYC tomorrow and was saying that she has six gigs there lined up, if you want to go.

Sorry I didn't reply to your comment about putting me on lists for parties--that would have been awesome, but I had already left for Berlin on Friday. Next time...

[twotoedsloth.livejournal.com]

Wow... very antique sound she has going there. Nice!

[angeliska.livejournal.com]

Hooray, it's Meschiya! I love her. What a voice!
So glad you got to meet her, and hear her sing.
I love these photos.
Man, I need to interview you sometime soon!

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

ha, it totally figures you know her! I should have thought to ask if she knows you. I bet she totally knows Miss Seze, too. Being in different cities makes me disoriented in terms of what people fit with what scene. But yes, I liked her a lot. I went to see her sing, and we both stayed at a mutual friend's house.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

also interview away!

[grashupfer.livejournal.com]

Amazing pictures. Wow. Thanks for sharing.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

thank you, I am glad you like them!