The Womenfolk: Bring Me A Rose

Dolores, Rita and Sarah Keane: Once I Loved

Prentice and Tuttle First LP

Here is a wonderful rarity! This is a record made by folk musicians Prentice and Tuttle in 1970.

Perhaps the name isn't familiar to you. It isn't to many people. I love this music, although I was only perhaps a year old when this was made. 

Here is Stephen Tuttle's web page.

Their second LP, Every Loving Day, can be bought in CD form here. There is also a link on Ezhevika Fields, a blog which is dedicated to finding and sharing lesser known music.

A little about me, since this is my first post here and you are probably wondering what a "Porn Baboon" is. I created the profile when I was trying to break into adult affiliate marketing. I no longer am involved in that line of work, but the profile is fun, so I kept it. Also, my sister and my cousin and I, who were involved in the affiliate marketing adventure together, met some of the very cool Team Netherworld people during that time. I love that we have been asked to be part of this team!

My real name is Pol. My nickname is Poe because I have always enjoyed writing poetry and stories. I am Vietnamese-American, born in 1969. I work in various areas such as construction and handyman work and also some caregiving work, anything I can to pay the bills. It's hard for me to hold down a job with specific hours because of my mental health issues. I have been lucky to be able to freelance.

I love all sorts of music, but my passion is stuff from the 60's and 70's, particularly psychedelic rock, prog rock, and folk rock. This is possibly because my father loved this sort of music and collected many rare albums along the way. When I was young, we would go to festivals. He still enjoys festivals, but with his health these days, we are not able to go as frequently.

I would like to leave some thoughts for my friends with larger bodies who have struggled with eating disorders. I know I have never had this issue, and so you may think I have no room to speak, but I hope you will hear me. The myriad of problems attributed to big people and used as an excuse to treat you with scorn by rude people who do not know better are suffered by my father, a tiny Vietnamese man. 

My father stands barely five foot seven. He weighs barely 120 pounds. He has adult onset (type 2) diabetes. He has heart problems. He has painful joint problems. His blood pressure is high. 

He only likes to eat a few certain things, such as fish, fruit, certain vegetables, and rice. He rarely eats sweets except for the occasional almond cookie. His favorite sweet treat is figs or dates. If I bring home fig newtons, he eats a couple of those after dinner. He loves to drink green tea at every meal.

Where some people have trouble lowering weight, he has trouble keeping his weight up. Sadly, he is also beginning to show signs of cognition loss. He is not a well man.

My point here is I know how some of you have struggled, being belittled for something which is not so much in your control, although it is fashionable to make you think your body is all your fault. 

From what I have observed, people are as they are. Some of us cannot gain weight if we try. I am one of these. Others cannot lose weight no matter what they try, including some rather unhealthy methods such as using stimulant drugs and herbs, and certainly making themselves unhappy through deprivation and hating themselves.

These thoughts have some personal concern to me, as my sister has suffered with eating disorders due to a fear of being ridiculed for tending to be plump. 

Life is too short for such things as hating one's body. I know you might think me a hypocrite saying this, considering that I do not have a "problem" body. However, looking at my father, I wonder if I am looking in a mirror at problems I may have in 20 years.

Let us not worry about such things as having a perfect body, which is impossible. Let us enjoy sharing our favorite music and other passions, and let us love and be kind to each other.

~DJ Poe~

K is for Krakowiak

Krakowiak is both a style of joyful, fast-paced folk music and a style of dance which originated in Krakow, Poland. If I attempted it, it would also be the sound that was made as I stepped on my partner's foot. 

It has nothing on the Lithuanian towel-snapping dance. Yes, that's a thing!

Just messing with my blogging teammates, several of whom are Polacks. 

I may be getting my trouble-starting Lithuanian ass towel-snapped in the not too distant future!

~DJ Cheesy~

F is for Folk

 A few Folkers from the 20th century Folk Revival period. I could listen to this stuff all day!

The following comes from the Wikipedia entry:

 Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival. The term originated in the 19th century but is often applied to music that is older than that. Some types of folk music are also called world music.

Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. One meaning often given is that of old songs, with no known composers; another is music that has been transmitted and evolved by a process of oral transmission or performed by custom over a long period of time.

Starting in the mid-20th century a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith in the 1960s. This form of music is sometimes called contemporary folk music or folk revival music to distinguish it from earlier folk forms.

~DJ Cheesy~

I found a blog with a blog hop called Monday's Music Moves Me, and opted to share this post! 

~DJ Tempest~

Caedmon's Call: Manner and Means

The heart is a lonely thing to lose in the dead of night
The heart is a sad thing to lose in the throws of a fight
The heart is the match to the fire
And the embers of desire, to keep it burning

I am a shell of the manner and the means
Mine is a story of nothing as it seems
But when we have come this far
And still don't know who we are, does it keep burning?

When it's over, and you see it with your eyes
Would you rather have the truth or a lie?

I call for angels to breathe holy on this rust
I call the snakes to come out slowly from the brush
I need a massive overhaul
A revival to fall, to keep it burning

The heart is a costly thing to sell in the prime of the years
And my heart is thinly veiled in the usual fears
The heart is the dream, and the kiss
That there could be more than this, to keep it burning

Karan Casey: Weary of Lying Alone

Deaf Steever: Yet Still He Sings

I Hate the Moon

A to Z Blogging Challenge: F is for Folk Music

A to Z Blogging Challenge
F is for Folk Music
by
Opal Zushaquon

Folk Music is actually a very broad category. It can refer to traditional music from any part of the world. It can also refer to music made during the folk revival of the 20th century.
Folk music can be fused with other types of music, i.e. folk rock and folk metal.
All sorts of instruments can be utilized in folk music. The songs tell stories, or are made to be danced to. One might say that the purpose behind folk music is to bring people together.

~Opal~

Loreena McKennitt Playlist

The finest Mellow and Mystical Music from Loreena McKennitt is in this playlist.

The Highwayman

Soggy Bottom Boys Playlist

Gimme some of that ole mountain music, like my Cuzzin Hildy-Bob likes to play!

Here's a playlist by the Soggy Bottom Boys. 

Seriously, I love this stuff.

 

Man of Constant Sorrow

Scarborough Fair

 

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme

Remember me to one who lives there

She once was a true love of mine

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt

(On the side of a hill in the deep forest green)

Parsely, sage, rosemary & thyme

(Tracing a sparrow on snow-crested ground)

Without no seams nor needlework

(Blankets and bedclothes a child of the mountains)

Then she'll be a true love of mine

(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)

Tell her to find me an acre of land

(On the side of a hill, a sprinkling of leaves)

Parsely, sage, rosemary, & thyme

(Washed is the ground with so many tears)

Between the salt water and the sea strand

(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)

Then she'll be a true love of mine

Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather

(War bellows, blazing in scarlet battalions)

Parsely, sage, rosemary & thyme

(Generals order their soldiers to kill)

And to gather it all in a bunch of heather

(And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten)

Then she'll be a true love of mine

Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

Parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme

Remember me to one who lives there

She once was a true love of mine.

 

Alternative, Indie, and Go Folk Yourself

Hello, KHEL 666 Krew! I thought I'd play a little New Folk, alternative, you know, that kind of thing. I hope you enjoy! Follow our Blog or our Facebook page, if you care to.

Smooches,

Tempest

Mountain Mission

Check out Mountain Mission – barn dance http://www.last.fm/music/Mountain+Mission/_/barn+dance via @lastfm get them cowboy boots on, y'all!

Musical EMT

Check out Jose Delhart – Broken Hearted Chant http://www.last.fm/music/Jose+Delhart/_/Broken+Hearted+Chant via @lastfm Hail, fellow EMS professional!

"Jose Delhart is a musician, visual artist, used cowboy boot collector, traveling gnome look alike and an Emergency Medical Technician living and breathing in Brooklyn NY." --Last.fm

Cool!

Opal's New Place

Greetings #khel666 Friends and others! I'm sure glad that my sister Helena Philomena Liebekraft discovered Posterous--thanks so much, Helena! Great Find! She and my sister Wanda Bates have been having a great time over the past week with it, sharing all kinds of things including death metal, death core, and Folk, on our KHEL 666 blog and Facebook page. Tonight I'm going more in the Folk/Folk Rock/Classic Rock direction. I'm very tired and I fear that death metal might just make my poor belabored brain explode!

"Well, there goes Opal's head!"

You can also follow me on Twitter at @opalzushaquon. I don't promise that it's exciting to follow me, but you can if you want to.