I notice that one of the colloquial names for this phenomenon is 'Jacob's Ladder', which is coincidentally the name of a track by Rush, a Canadian rock band, whose music is often entwined with happenings at Tense Towers*.
'Jacob's Ladder' is featured on their Permanent Waves album, along with 'Natural Sciences' which popped up in the Comments section of a recent blogpost, thanks to some prompting by fellow blogger Mark.
Lyrics for Jacob's Ladder.
* Most evenings, just after ten past nine, do you notice that it's 2112? No? Just me, then.
2 comments:
Hi Mr Tense
''follow men's eyes as they look to the skies. The shifting shafts of shining weave the fabric of their dreams''
A superlative piece of music Mr T. Loved your allusion to 2112!
Always enjoy your writings, short clipped and pithy. Maybe I could learn from that.B.t.w 'Caress of steel' is an unbelievably underrated album.
Toodles,Mark.
I only have Caress of Steel on vinyl, so sadly it doesn't receive the airings it should. Over the years, Neil Peart has been such a wordsmith, his lyrics making you think ('Territories' from Power Windows hits the spot for me) and marvel at his punning ("All those wounds that I can't get unwound" from Time Stand Still).
This evening, Our Lass was out, so I had a boy's night in on my own. My task for tonight was to convert some Excel tables into Word tables. This endeavour was helped greatly by the inclusion of a pint of Dark Island and the Signals album at a very respectable volume. 'The Weapon' is a favourite of mine.
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