Chippenham (Thursday 9th March 2023)

No swans on the river Avon this time.

L.
Saturday 11.3.2023 (1235 hr)

Blip #3827 (#3577 + 250 archived blips taken 27.8.1960-18.3.2010)
Consecutive Blip #005
Blips/Extras In 2023 #037/265 + #024/100 Extras
Day #4730 (1162 gaps from 26.3.2010)
LOTD #2967 (#2807 + 160 in archived blips)

River Avon (Bristol) series
Chippenham series
Birds series

Taken with Panasonic/Leica DMC-LX100 M4/3 compact

Lozarhythm Of The Day:
The United States Of America - I won't leave my wooden wife for you, sugar (1968)
While I was in Chippenham I bought the new copy of The Wire (which included The Wire Tapper 61 CD) and noticed an article about Dorothy Moskowitz who has a new album coming out as part of The United States Of Alchemy, 55 years after the release of The United States Of America, by the same, of whom she was a member. It was an album that I owned at the time and now have digitally. The best known track by the band is I won't leave my wooden wife for you, sugar  because it was included on the legendary sampler LP The Rock Machine Turns You On and introduced its audience to a new world of electronic instruments, treated vocals, loops, poetry and marching bands. The lyric was adapted from Adrian Henri's Song Of Affluence or I Wouldn't Leave My 8-Roomed House For You (uncredited, of course). The band also included her then partner Joseph Byrd with whom she had previously worked on an album of South Indian raga music, recorded in December 1963 and released in 1967 featuring the vocals of Gayathri Rajapur. Dorothy Moskowitz played tamboura on the recording.

One year ago:
Gardening Wednesday