Tag: 1960s

Daily Dose: Serge Gainsbourg ft. Jane Birkin, “Je t’aime…Moi non plus”

News spread over the weekend that Jane Birkin has passed away at the age of 76. Few people have had more of an enduring impact on my sensitivities than Birkin, and her daughters–Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon–are a constant source of kindred inspiration to me. I won’t even get into how she reminds me of my mother, which is a long way of saying…this one hits home.

Daily Dose: Sandy Denny, “Who Knows Where Time Goes (1968)”

Have you ever felt like memories were yours because someone you loved spoke of them so often? This album is like that. It causes deja vu.

I have flashbacks of laying on my stomach in shag carpet beside my mother as a young woman, elbows dug into the ground and propping up our hands that hold chubby cheeks tired from grinning ear to ear. Our legs, bent 90 degrees toward the ceiling, kicking back and forth in idle curiosity with a flexibility we only get for a short time, a symptom of sumptuously careless youth.

These memories aren’t mine but they sure are real when I listen to this album. And song, in particular, makes me miss my mother more than ever.

Summer of Love Playlist

For those who don’t know, I’ve been working with the California Historical Society (CHS) for the past six months or so creating and curating digital content for a Summer of Love 50th anniversary that is now upon us. CHS is working with SF Travel to coordinate a statewide commemoration with international reach, and partner organizations such as my beloved Western Neighborhoods Project will have programming and exhibitions throughout the year that showcase San Francisco and California in 1967.

To whet your palate, I’ve curated a playlist of songs and speeches from 1967. All from 1967.

Turn on, tune in, and drop out of 2017…my little time travelers. Nostos Nic Loves You.

Daily Dose: Leon Bridges, “Coming Home”

Leon Bridges is an anachronism: a soul unbound by time blessed with a sound that is ageless. I’ve been trying to craft an introspective post on this man’s music after tripping across it on Spotify sometime around March. Unfortunately, I’ve never found the words to do it justice. So in lieu of the perfect prose, I’ll let the music’s perfection speak for itself.

Enjoy this track from what many will inevitably call the best album of 2015.