Let's all be hopeful that for This Halloween
it's goin' to be A Treat for us !
It seems our late Queen Elizabeth II
with all due respect, woz not going to be one to miss out on a 'a jam' also:
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So glad I got to see Clive's one man show during this pandemic/covid era:
Clive Jackson (also, apparently,
from the band, Dr & The Medics and known as a Rev.! )
Couldn't be more Gothic/spooky, I suppose really Ha! this, the relevance of, posting, in this particular blog and I would've posted before now, however, prior experiences/commitments in my life just seemed to take precedence.
Yes, it happens, sometimes !
[ Anyhows, it was a bit like a reunion !]
Although, I'm evor hopeful it'll be a propah reunion ! when I can, also, meet up with, other, fellow band members from when, I was, fortunate to be chosen to be, a backing Singer, way back when: during my music degree studies, in a UK tour, with the said band .
Apparently, it was the band's come back tour .
I've always liked the song 'Spirit In The Sky'.
For it to be part of my performance history and repertoire, I consider it a blessing indeed.
Anyways,
Happy Halloween !
in advance !
Still going to put the posters up, courtesy of the council/police/library organisations etc. - trick or treaters do not need to become bullies to folks, who, are, maybe, vulnerable and/or live on their own etc., you know.
Did the traipsing trick or treating years ago and again, for/with my son (when he was a lad), dressing up - what fun!
However, I shall, still, get dressed up for it, anyway !
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What else !
THEN,
Oh, yes !
My email recently received an invite to submit more, recent, music from, no less, the BBC !
Thanks!
****** clarification alert ******
Does an artist have to explain themselves?!
Really?!
Billy Holiday's song "Don't Explain" has always resonated with me, on various levels.
I also feel it summises my reference here for me.
However, sometimes, even if not literal, like, in this 'scenario': "mushrooms", or anything maybe pertaining to magic mushrooms therefrom, in this instance, I can understand, such a phrase, could possibly lead to a misinterpretation, obviously,..., unfortunately.
****** This particular song of mine actually pertains to domestic violence experiences, coping with the trauma therefrom, intersected with the powerful imagery of soldiers parachuting (looking like mushrooms), as in war - another form of survival/violent experiences, etc.. ******
I expect the soldiers who served us, who fought for our freedom, many moons ago, now, well, I really hope that what they witnessed was magic, 'not real' or, that, they perceived, as they would, magically, come through it.
Some did.
Many didn't.
My life, has been influenced, like numbers of others, by such a fact, indirectly for me, but ever 'overhanging' in a way.
I don't know if the visions of a skeleton, at the top of the stairs, whenever, I slept-walked, as a child, had anything to do with such.
Hmmm,... just shared some, very, personal, information, about myself, with the general public.
Oh well, so wot!
Hey ho! Ha, hah, ha Happy Halloween! Wooh!...
Anyway,..
Maybe, it did/was... !
Maybe my Grandad, who I never met, ever reached out to me, even when I didn't know it! (and still does)
They are blessed to live Forever.
Who are we to know?!
I submitted my song, 'Sand 'A Swirlin'' c. March 2021.
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See link, here (second song):
https://handeldoesit.blogspot.com/2016/10/singersongwriter-sophie-cox-oshaughnessy.html
Upcoming:
The 5th of November:-
Let's Celebrate!
Stay safe everyone!
I dedicate my "firework" song, as mentioned:
'Sand a Swirlin''
song, irrespective of meaning/interpretation etc.
To my recent late brother
Born on this date, Guy Fawkes
5th of November
Myles O'Shaughnessy
(also known as Myles Cox, from our Step-Dad M. Cox)
Love you big Bruv Forever! XXX
Little sis,
Sophie
NB.
It has materialised, that my very good friend, and former boyfriend passed on this year, more or less on the same day/date, as my brother, therefore, I'd like to request, my friends and friends yet to make:
if you celebrate bonfire night, to let one off for Jim (third in list of blogs deemed relative to this post) as well as my big brother Myles, (second), this year !
Take care
God bless
Stay safe !
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• https://handeldoesit.blogspot.com/2022/09/my-blog-for-her-majesty-queen.html
• https://handeldoesit.blogspot.com/2022/08/my-blog-dedicated-to-myles.html
• https://handeldoesit.blogspot.com/2022/09/dedicated-to-dear-friend.html
• https://handeldoesit.blogspot.com/2020/06/s-cox-oshaughnessy-photography.html
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