The morning of the event, I wore a white shirt, white skirt, matching silver jewelry, sandals, and a stylish bag. I know that she wanted to spend more time with her boyfriend than with her mother and me. Susanna, daughter of a dear friend, invited me to join her, her new boyfriend, and her mom for a weekend trip to the Cetto wine festival in Via de Guadalupe, Ensenada. Music he joined us danced like wild fire partners Shifted rattled heart on lockdown he began to drawĬaptured last light of day headed towards pulsating Introduced as artist shook my hand slowly earth Suede vest brown leather satchel tilted shoulderįeet in leather cowboy boots too cool to sweatįriend’s voice plucked me out of trance hi luis Mexican cowboy hat band that matched caramel His outfit beige linen suit white shirt no collar white Took hold breeze whistled softly silence expectant Sun at his back elbowed a space in my eyes curiosity He appeared inside a blink walked out of the vineyard Thomas, Virgin Islands, she emigrated to New York City in the mid-fifties and now lives in California.įrom “Via de Guadalupe / South of the Border” Govine Consulting and serves as an expert witness, litigation consultant, and mediator in the area of gender, race, and age discrimination. Born in St. In addition to being a poet, curator, and columnist, she is the head of G. She is a member of poetry writing workshops led by Kate Gale, of Red Hen Press, and Rae Ballard, and of the International Black Writers and Artists Association and Public Address, an artist think tank. Her poetry has appeared in the San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly, Poetry and Cookies, HomeTown Pasadena, and Frontera-Esquina magazine in Tijuana, Mexico. Her second poetry art book, Alterations | Thread Light Through Eye of Storm, will be published March 2015 in English, also with art work by Ituarte. A CD recording of the book was produced in both languages. Why it is that there are those kind of menĬause I’m a sucker for your lucky, pretty eyes.Gerda Govine Ituarte published her first poetry art book, Oh Where is My Candle Hat? in collaboration with artist Luis Ituarte in English and Spanish in November 2012. ![]() Or do you want to hang your head and die?ĭo you want to find alligator cowboy boots they just put on sale?ĭo you want to flap your wings and fly away from here?”įeeling lonely ’cause I’m just feeling low You’re lucky to be drinking here for freeĬause I’m a sucker for your lucky, pretty eyes.”Īnd then he said, “Do you want to be a Polyester Bride? ![]() You wouldn’t have seen a verse like this one, from ‘Go On Ahead,’ on her first two albums:Īnd Henry said, “You’re lucky to even know me ![]() Whitechocolatespaceegg, though, features a number of songs inspired by Phair’s experiences with motherhood and divorce. The frank sexuality of Guyville was ground-breaking and important in its way, but it doesn’t exactly resonate on repeated listens. That album is more polished, focused and mature than her early efforts. The last is her 2003 self-titled album, which featured a couple of radio hits (‘Why Can’t I?’ being the biggest) and prompted accusations that the former alt-rock goddess had sold out.Īnd in-between is the record I consider her best, 1998’s Whitechocolatespaceegg. The first is her celebrated debut, Exile in Guyville, which any self-respecting music nerd has to own to maintain cred. If I can go 2 1/2 years and 922 songs and feature an interesting talent like Phair only once, I’m not bound to run out of material anytime soon. It’s not that Liz Phair plays such a major role in my music collection that her absence on the blog is a surprise, it’s just that as I approach 1,000 songs of the day, I figured somebody like her would have at least found her way into two or three posts.Īnd that’s what gives me hope that I can continue this laborious song-a-day task indefinitely. That was more than two years ago when I chose ‘Stratford-On-Guy’ as Song of the Day #115. When preparing the songs for this week, I was shocked to see that I’ve featured Liz Phair only once on the blog to date.
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