Double Entendre

A song may seep into your consciousness once in a while. You hear it once, maybe twice, and then you hear yourself humming the melody or singing a particular lyric while you are doing mundane tasks. You realize that you are singing that song over and over it again because it moved you, somehow. There is something about that song that validates a thought, emotion or event in your own life. Some songs bring de’ja’ vu. Others just make you want to dance. You download a song into your iPod because it is just plain fun to listen to.

I heard Cylindrian/Grace sing Song of the Sparrow, this weekend on the Valinor stage at Avilion. That song didn’t seep into my consciousness - it was a direct hit. I felt moved to ask how she sings directly to my soul without even passing through my thoughts first. Will the memory of my love for him give my son strength when he is a man and I am gone? Cyl says that the song was inspired by a friend’s relationship with his Grandmother. The straight to the gut lyrics combined with Cylindrian’s sweet, hypnotic voice brought images of my own son to my mind and pulled at my heart.

So, how does she do that? Sing straight to my soul?

I went to the Clocktower on Edloe tonight to hear srv4u Conacher play. I wasn’t disappointed.  I was delighted to hear that he was playing the French Quarter immediately after. He has a sound that belongs there. He does the blues proud.

Dol rocking his bones on Corsica Island from 3pm SLT to 4pm.  The most fun performance I’ve heard in SL - ever !

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An evening of music. The lovely Lady Fable Sinatra performed at the Avilion Drum Circle this evening from 5pm to 6pm. She is picking up some outer world work and making a demonstration recording, which - I’m sad to report - means that she will not spend many more weekends with us.

I love her blue personalized guitar. My portraiture is getting better, but you still can’t see the flowers and butterflies painted on the front.  Her avatar name, which is her son’s name, is at the bottom. She tells me that the guitar was made for her by a friend.

Dolmere Talamasca and Crap Mariner balancing one another out on a lamp post at the SL’ang Life Christmas Party today. We were there to listen to Cylindrian play. Dolmere has more pictures of the sim on his blog and more about the party. I think he may have had an easier time shaking off the lag imps than I did! I couldn’t maneuver around easily enough to explore more of the sim. It was my first visit there as well. SL’ang Life is sending print editions of the magazine to its subscribers.