Music! Super glue of the souls...

I'd been thinking recently of writing about certain friends of mine who have played important , musical, roles in my life. The idea was to do an article maybe on each one and the music I discovered because of or through our relationship. And then I read this article (in Greek) http://thethreewishes.wordpress.com/2009/02/27 by my friend theorema. I admire her writing so much. She is romantic and poetic but also concise and to the point. Admirable qualities... and in this article she managed to convey so eloquently, so many thoughts and feelings that I have shared. We probably ALL have shared.


Music. We love it. But not everybody does. Some people are more musical than others. Some people hate the music, others love it. And vice versa. Some music can be listened to all the time (or at least most of the time...) Some music needs its own special time. Some can make you laugh and some can make you cry. We sometimes judge people by what they listen to. We sometimes LIKE people for what they listen to. Or dislike them... Some music reminds of special times or special people.

We, the music lovers, cannot understand how someone can NOT like music or NOT be moved by it. But there you are, it happens.

There is a boy I know. I met him through my work. In his soft voice and friendly eyes, I recognised a friendly soul. Somehow, as it often does, music found its way in to our daily conversations. And we discovered lots of music we both liked. And we became friends. We've been to a few concerts together, nad I have often stayed at his house when visiting the big city. He and his woman, mostly wear black. He owns his house although he is no proponent of ownership as an idea. We have spent late summer nights together in front of the speakers, worshiping the music that brings us together. From Chatzidakis to the Fuzztones, and Oscar Brown Jr. to Nashville Pussy. As loud as it gets. A challenge to the neighbours...



It's been some time now since we last went to a concert together. Circumstances beyond our control. But I am sure that one day it will happen again...



The Bellrays are one of my all time favourite bands. Theirs was the first concert we went to together!

Music brought us together.

Been a long time since I rock'n'rolled...

First things first, my apologies for being so late in posting a new article. Dear Constant readers (took that one from Stephen King...) will you forgive me? Unfortunately more mundane matters such as financial survival have been taking up my time...

I've been listening recently to this band, the Raconteurs. Their singer, (who is Jack White, as I have just found out...) sounds exactly like a young Robert Plant at times, especially on this song of theirs, Blue Veins.

Have a listen and see what you think.



i must say, as a once upon a time aspiring blues singer, that to me seems such a blessing...



Actually if you like for a laugh put in a google search for the words "raconteurs blue veins robert plant" and see what comes up! It seems like I'm not the only one who thinks he sounds like Robert Plant. At some point I even thought it might be sampling...