What are so many TV and movie stars of yesteryear doing now? Kevin Densley paints a picture.
Almanac Music: You Wear it Well – Songs about Clothes
November 24, 2023 by 79 Comments
Today, KD’s piece on popular music themes concerns songs about clothes. As usual, readers are warmly encouraged to contribute song choices of their own in the ‘Comments’ section.
Almanac Poetry: Death 101
November 20, 2023 by 2 Comments
One of the twentieth century’s best poets is Sylvia Plath (1932-1963), according to Kevin Densley. In this poem, he reflects upon her late work, much of which seems to point to her tragic end.
Almanac Poetry: Elsternwick Gothic
November 13, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This Monday’s poem from Kevin Densley is set in the Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick, where the skies can suddenly turn strange and other-worldly.
Almanac Poetry: John Keats Was Right
November 6, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In this week’s offering, Kevin Densley takes as his inspiration a line from ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’, an iconic poem by one of the greatest poets in the English language, John Keats. [You should see what was left out of this excerpt – Ed]
Almanac Music: Songs About Mail
November 3, 2023 by 44 Comments
In his ongoing series about popular music themes, KD writes about songs involving mail – letters, posties, mail in general…
Almanac Poetry: Manly Ferry in Thunderstorm
October 30, 2023 by 4 Comments
This week’s poem from Kevin Densley is drawn from a frightening experience he had when last in Sydney, in 1997.
Almanac Book Review: The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present by Paul McCartney
October 23, 2023 by 4 Comments
With Paul McCartney touring locally (for possibly the last time) Kevin Densley’s review of the music man’s monumental, two-volume boxed set, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present is being reprised. Get Back to the words behind the songs before Macca and friends become a Band on the Run home.
Almanac Music: You Go To My Head – Songs Involving the Mind
October 20, 2023 by 44 Comments
This week’s music piece from KD concerns songs involving the mind as a central aspect. As usual, readers’ choices and comments are warmly encouraged.
Almanac Poetry: Painterly
October 16, 2023 by Leave a Comment
In this poem, Kevin Densley writes about the beautiful colour that the sky sometimes turns after a thunderstorm.
Almanac Poetry: Two Portraits
October 9, 2023 by 3 Comments
This week’s poem by Kevin Densley was inspired by two photos on a wall in a mate’s house, as well as by lines from the Joni Mitchell song, ‘Woodstock’.
Almanac Music: Songs about Trains
October 6, 2023 by 79 Comments
In this Friday’s music piece, KD discusses songs about trains and, as usual, warmly welcomes reader contributions.
Almanac Poetry: In the Manner of C. P. E. Bach
October 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Kevin Densley’s poem today is about getting Bach to basics; Johann Sebastian Bach had twenty children from two wives. A number of his sons also became famous musicians, of those this mentions three.
Almanac Poetry: Beautiful Submerged Things
September 25, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Women, painting, literature, theatre and drowning make for a heady waterlogged mix in this week’s poem by Kevin Densley.
Almanac Music: Songs about Roads
September 22, 2023 by 74 Comments
This week’s music piece from KD concerns songs that mention roads in the title, whether they be specifically highways, streets, avenues, boulevards, esplanades or similar infrastructure.
Almanac Poetry: Love Me Tonight
September 18, 2023 by Leave a Comment
For this week’s poem, Kevin Densley has delved into his archives and found one in which, to use his own words, he ‘channels someone like Sir Les Patterson’. [Contains mature themes]
Almanac Music: Extraordinary Musical Moments – Ozzy Osbourne Sings John Lennon’s ‘How?’
September 15, 2023 by 2 Comments
KD brings back his ‘Extraordinary Musical Moments’ series to discuss Ozzy Osbourne’s version of John Lennon’s ‘How?’, from the latter’s classic Imagine album.
Almanac Poetry: Not Really ‘In Memoriam’
September 11, 2023 by 2 Comments
This week’s poem by Kevin Densley concerns the ‘In Memoriam’ genre. He has delved into his archives to find a poem that suggests the question: do we always need to praise the dead? Is sincerity more important than an imitation of flattery?
Almanac Music: Churches, Chapels and Cathedrals
September 8, 2023 by 26 Comments
In this Friday’s piece, part of his ongoing series on popular song, KD deals with the theme of ‘churches, chapels and cathedrals’. As usual, readers are encouraged to contribute their own choices and comments.
Almanac Poetry: Fiona, Me, and the Moon
September 4, 2023 by 2 Comments
Jerry Seinfeld may have said the following about this week’s poem from Kevin Densley: ‘Hey, what’s the deal with the moon? What’s it doing up there?’
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