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New song, this is Beeswing

I think I've done a blend of the Richard Thompson and Christy Moore versions here

#a girl told me she loves this song a long time ago #and i heard it again lately #'the price of the chains you refuse' is a hugely compelling line to me #like you can relate that to soso many things in life #obviously evokes coming out in a big way #and like autonomy in relationships #in a way i'd discuss irl but not in tags of a post lol #also i think a lesbian reading of this song is v acceptable #given i would think of industrialized laundry as a very gender segregated industry esp in the 60s #i would associate them with religious institutions even if that isn't the context of the original song #anyway!#the vocal range of this song is also nice #i think i'll try and bring it to camp #i have a smallish guitar so it'll somewhat depend on what guitars other women bring #bc i won't bring mine #music #this is what i sound like #beeswing #christy moore #richard thompson

Today’s disabled character of the day is Cat Lady from Beeswing, who has an unspecified memory and social disorder. She also uses a mobility aid

[Image Description: Drawing of an anthropomorphized orange cat lady with brown stripes. She is wearing a long tan jacket, brown undershirt, green skirt, white tights, and red shoes. She is holding a blue bag in her left hand and a tan cane in her right. Lastly she has blue eyes.]

#unspecified character #mobility aid character #Beeswing #disabled character of the day

I got lucky and came across some free pages of Richard Thompson’s memoir from last year on Google Books, and I really do not get some of his comments on Genie Franklyn. He says when they met, he asked if he should pronounce her name ‘Genie’ or ‘Jeannie,’ but like....that’s just the same name with two different spellings. You would already know just from looking at the names there isn’t different pronunciation. So that’s weird. He also says she lived with Lenny Bruce for ‘a couple of years,’ which I haven’t heard before and can’t find any more info on. It’s confusing because I was under the impression Genie and her best friend Ann Moses just happened to move to LA around the same time in 1965 (which is also the same year Genie started her fashion career). Lenny would have already been in a relationship with his last fiancee, Lotus Weinstock, by 1965 too. So I don’t know what Richard’s talking about claiming Lenny and Genie were once together.

I also really don’t like how Richard basically describes Genie as a groupie he was just going through the motions with and makes it sound like he was close to leaving her before she died. (He calls her a ‘talented and extraordinary person’ by the end of her passage, but also refers to her as ‘pushy’ and insistent that she be present at Fairport Convention events with his bandmates not liking her either.) I mean, maybe it’s true but it’s kind of rude considering the context of her death. Ann’s memory isn’t great a lot of the time, but at least she’s never thrown Genie under the bus [no pun intended], and only describes her as sweet and caring.

This whole thing is really unfortunate, imo, because there’s so little information out there on Genie already; and this book having a high possibility of being how new fans learn about her in the future is a disservice to her memory. I don’t know. Maybe this is just me wanting her to be nicer than she was and feeling irrational, but I really feel a successful, professional woman who enjoyed socializing and dating within the music scene shouldn’t be minimized because of it. TL;DR, Sandy Denny is still my fave member of Fairport Convention

#jeannie franklyn #genie the tailor #richard thompson #beeswing #groupies #except obvs NOT a groupie #a lovely person who inspired a lot of good music #fairport convention #classic rock #text post

Drumcoltran Tower,near Beeswing,Dumfries and Galloway.Built around 1570 by a branch of the powerful Maxwell family.

#Scotland #historic site #drumcoltran tower #Beeswing #dumfries and galloway #1570 #16th century #maxwell family #winter #scottish

#lockscreen #bee #beeswing

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.

#beeswing #indie game #gaming #shakespeare #macbeth #jackspinoza #king jack-spooner

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