and this house just ain’t no home

Ain’t No Sunshine (live) – Bill Withers

Better than wikipedia.

Yma Sumac was an American novelty singer from the ’60s, I think, who pretended to be from the jungle and sang very strange songs.

Some guy (erscott13) @ SongMeanings.Net

It’s about drinking and driving — while listening to Yma Sumac.

Joe Le Taxi – Vanessa Paradis

pretty poetry

There was a paperback book in his waxy, liver-spotted hands [...]. Ralph supposed it was a book of poetry, which was all he had ever seen old Dorrance read. Or maybe he didn’t really read them at all; maybe he just liked to hold the books and look at the artfully stacked words.

in Insomnia by Stephen King

I hear violins.

Center of the Sun – Conjure One (Solarstone’s chill out remix)

Tadeusz, by Tamara de Lempicka

5 guests for dinner

• Jesus
• Kate Bush
• Frank Lentini
• Madonna
• Stephen King

uncanny how she reminds (him) of (his) little lady

Pneumonia, the lesser hero’s death.

Though Captain Hamilton was not vouchsafed a hero’s death upon the field of glory, he was none the less a hero, dying of pneumonia, following an attack of measles.

in Gone With The Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939)

Clifford Thompson, called the Norweigan Viking Giant

Clifford kept growing long after other boys his age had stopped, and eventually reached the height of eight feet, six inches, making him one of the tallest men in history. Despite the limitations of his size, Clifford managed to finish school in nearby Stevens Point before embarking on a career as a professional giant. (click)