Tuesday, November 4, 2025

On this day in music history - The album Deuces Wild, by B.B. King (1997)


Deuces Wild


by B.B. King,

was released on November 4, 1997.

Track list:

If You Love Me - (with Van Morrison); Thrill Is Gone, The - (with Tracy Chapman); Rock Me Baby - (with Eric Clapton); Please Send Me Someone to Love - (with Mick Hucknall); Baby I Love You - (with Bonnie Raitt); Ain’t Nobody Home - (with D’Angelo); There Must Be a Better World Somewhere - (with Dr. John); Confessin’ the Blues - (with Marty Stuart); Paying the Cost to Be the Boss - (with The Rolling Stones); Dangerous Mood - (with Joe Cocker); Keep It Coming - (with Heavy D); Cryin’ Won’t Help You - (with David Gilmour / Paul Carrack); Night Life - (with Willie Nelson).

On this day in music history - The album New Used Car, by Sue Foley (2006)


New Used Car


by Sue Foley

was released on November 4, 2006.

Track list:

New Used Car; Make It Real; When I Come Back To Ya; Absolution; Sugar; Do It Again; Mother; Long Tomorrow; Little Things; Found My Love; Deep Freeze; Change Your Mind.

On this day in music history - The album Sanctuary III: Beyond The Dream, by Sherry Finzer (2014)


Sanctuary III: Beyond The Dream


by Sherry Finzer

was released on November 4, 2014.

Track list:

The Way; Hallelujah; Beyond The Dream; Frost Runes; Amazing Grace; Another Time And Place; Wayfaring Stranger; Grace; Song For Rex.

On this day in music history - This House Is Not for Sale, by Bon Jovi (2016)


This House Is Not for Sale


by Bon Jovi,

was released on November 4, 2016.

Track list:

This House Is Not for Sale; Living with the Ghost; Knockout; Labor of Love; Born Again Tomorrow; Roller Coaster; New Year’s Day; The Devil’s in the Temple; Scars on This Guitar; God Bless This Mess; Reunion; Come on Up to Our House.

Monday, November 3, 2025

Author humor - Twighlight


Geraldine Brooks, on writing:


I swim in a sea of words.
They flow around me and through me and, by a process that is not fully clear to me, some delicate hidden membrane draws forth the stuff that is the necessary condition of my life.
– Geraldine Brooks.


Recommended reading – Carrie

Carrie

by Stephen King.
 
First published 1974.

ISBN 13: 9781416524304
ISBN 10: 1416524304
ASIN: 1416524304

Mass Market Paperback.
 
Description:
 
Unpopular at school and subjected to her mother's religious fanaticism at home, Carrie White does not have it easy. But while she may be picked on by her classmates, she has a gift she's kept secret since she was a little girl: she can move things with her mind. Doors lock. Candles fall. Her ability has been both a power and a problem. And when she finds herself the recipient of a sudden act of kindness, Carrie feels like she's finally been given a chance to be normal. She hopes that the nightmare of her classmates' vicious taunts is over . . . but an unexpected and cruel prank turns her gift into a weapon of horror so destructive that the town may never recover.
 
A modern classic, Carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction – Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high school girl Carrie White, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge, remains one of the most barrier-breaking and shocking novels of all time.
 
Make a date with terror and live the nightmare that is ... Carrie.
 
"Stephen King’s first novel changed the trajectory of horror fiction forever. Fifty years later, authors say it’s still challenging and guiding the genre." – Esquire.
 
“A master storyteller.” – The Los Angeles Times.
 
“Guaranteed to chill you.” – The New York Times.
 
"Gory and horrifying. . . . You can't put it down." – Chicago Tribune.