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The Ghosts of Grudges Past
Nov. 28th, 2005 12:53 pmQuote of the day:
"They tried to stand off the soldiers, but the men fired and killed them both. So the song's wrong about the jail, but that's put in for poetry. You can't always have things like they are in poetry. Poetry ain't what you'd call truth. There ain't room enough in the verses."
—a singer's commentary on "The Ballad of Sam Bass," A Treasury of American Folklore
The Ballad of Sam Bass of the day:
( or a part thereof, presented as a public service )
Weirdness of the day: My new landlady/roommate informed me yesterday that the woman who rented part of the house before me (let's call her Sadie) used to tell her there were ghosts in the bedroom. But I think Sadie was haunted, not the room. There isn't any "atmosphere" in there at all, and knowing how prone this woman was to creating worlds and inhabiting them despite all evidence to the contrary... Well, let's say my skepticism is engaged.
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"They tried to stand off the soldiers, but the men fired and killed them both. So the song's wrong about the jail, but that's put in for poetry. You can't always have things like they are in poetry. Poetry ain't what you'd call truth. There ain't room enough in the verses."
—a singer's commentary on "The Ballad of Sam Bass," A Treasury of American Folklore
The Ballad of Sam Bass of the day:
( or a part thereof, presented as a public service )
Weirdness of the day: My new landlady/roommate informed me yesterday that the woman who rented part of the house before me (let's call her Sadie) used to tell her there were ghosts in the bedroom. But I think Sadie was haunted, not the room. There isn't any "atmosphere" in there at all, and knowing how prone this woman was to creating worlds and inhabiting them despite all evidence to the contrary... Well, let's say my skepticism is engaged.
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