Showing posts with label April Stevens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label April Stevens. Show all posts

Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Another Day #15: National Repeat Day

Today is, I'm presuming in the US, but maybe elsewhere too, "National Repeat Day". 

I'll let them explain...

Ever had an experience that was so amazing, it’s worth doing twice? Or said something so brilliant that it simply bears repeating? Well, that’s exactly what this day is all about.

What?!?

National Repeat Day invites people to lean into the oddly satisfying side of doing something again on purpose. It can be as simple as replaying a favourite song or as ambitious as recreating an entire “best day ever” itinerary.

Was this written by AI? What exactly is "oddly satisfying" about doing something you like again? Why do I need a special day to play my favourite song again? 


See? I can do it whenever I like.


The charm is in the second pass: noticing new details, improving the outcome, or just enjoying the comfort of something familiar.

Shut up now.

A good rule of thumb: repeat what feels joyful or meaningful, not what feels draining. 

Well, d'oh. If I'm repeating what feels draining, isn't that just like every other day of my life?

Repetition can be playful, but it can also be powerful. Athletes repeat drills to get stronger. Musicians repeat scales to get smoother.

Excuse the language, but fucking hell. This is like someone reminding me to breathe in case I forget and turn blue.

Home cooks repeat a recipe until it becomes a signature dish. National Repeat Day simply turns that everyday truth into a theme worth highlighting.

Oh. My. God. Go away. I hate you.











Sunday, 11 February 2024

Snapshots #331: A Top Ten Tiger Songs


Ten tiger-tastic tunes to make your Sunday roar-some!


10. Half a city in Hawaii.

That city would be Honolulu.

Lulu - I'm A Tiger

If you only watch one video this week, make it that one. The way that tiger's pacing, I'm convinced it's going to eat Lulu by the end of the song.

9. Those obnoxious aliens.

That's their name, translated from Japanese - the band were named after a famous manga comic.

Urusei Yatsura - Hello Tiger

8. Befuddled by Dundee Day.

Dundee Day was an anagram.

Duane Eddy - Tiger Love and Turnip Greens

7. They came, they saw, they conquered.

The Caesars - Paper Tigers

6. Travelling saint demands his coffee white.

St. Christopher needs his milk.

Apparently these guys were one of David Bowie's favourite bands back in the day...

Christopher Milk - Tiger

5. Feels good inside.

Feels good inside.

Eels - Tiger In My Tank

4. Greasy ladies knock on wood.

The Pink Ladies were in Grease. Eddie Floyd knocked on wood.

Pink Floyd - When The Tigers Broke Free

3. Lost in the Bermuda Triangle.

Bermuda Triangle.

Mud - Tiger Feet

2. Events spiral, out of control.

"Events spiral" is an anagram.

April Stevens - Teach Me, Tiger

Parental advisory suggested.

1. Stoic leftovers.


Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger


I'll be rising up, back on the street with more of this nonsense next Saturday.

Monday, 22 May 2023

Celebrity Jukebox #88: April Stevens

I'm guessing Caroline Vincinette LoTempio changed her name to April Stevens because she was born in the fourth month of the year. Sadly she passed away April just gone, aged 93. With her brother Nino Tempo, she had a big hit in 1963 with a song that would later name a famous rock band...

Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple

A few years earlier, she'd caused quite a scandal with this raunchy solo hit...

April Stevens - Teach Me Tiger

The Celebrity Jukebox remembers April through two fine tunes, both referencing her tiger cub days, firstly from another of our Canadian pals...

You be April Stevens, I'll be April Wine
You be Israel, I will be Palestine
Come on "Teach Me, Tiger", come on and show me tricks
Let me take my time and take a couple lazy licks


And secondly from our old pals Tullycraft...

From a mic stand on a milk crate
To a rhinestone Butterfield 8
Audition tapes play on
The house band plays behind her
A pinned-down "Teach Me Tiger"
The stage lights flicker on

The barkeep whispers treason
And lights a flame for April Stevens
And the Nino Tempo fanbase
As he defends and counts the reasons
The pavement shows on her skin
Like the distant sounds of Berlin
He's convinced to death that she’ll fail
Still she paints her toenails red for him




Sunday, 4 July 2021

Snapshots #196: A Multicoloured Top Ten

Yesterday's link, to be specific, was not just songs with colours in the title... there are millions of those. No, the link was songs whose title is just a colour, nothing else. Far fewer of those to choose from, but here are the ten I found...


10. The Iceman Cometh, perhaps?

"The Iceman Cometh" is a play. A cold one, presumably.

Coldplay - Yellow

9. Makes trousers for fast birds.

A swift tailor?

Taylor Swift - Red

8. Graffiti found in Berlin nightclub.

Apparently that's where they got their name.

Spandau Ballet - Gold

7. Preserved in an ample jar.

A jam is a preserve, "ample jar" is an anagram.

Pearl Jam - Black

6. Boy from New York City goes without tea when he joins a Formula 1 team.

Darts sang about The Boy From New York City. Take the T from Dart and you get Dar.

Williams is an F1 team. (Thank you, Sam.)

Dar Williams - Emerald

5. Sgt. Snarler.

Anagram!

The Stranglers - Golden Brown

4. Body enhancement, hun?

Anagram!

Echo & The Bunnymen - Silver

3. The speed of your National Insurance Number is directly proportionate to a foolish Cat. 

That would be your NiNo tempo and April (fool) (Cat) Stevens.

Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Deep Purple

2. Flighty Elliott.

Aero relates to flight, Elliott was a Smith.

Aerosmith - Pink

1. Help! I'm trapped between a Yes man and a Webb collaborator.

The Yes Man would be Jon Anderson, the Webb collaborator was David Mitchell (so Robert Webb, not Jimmy). Put an I in between those and you get...


More next week? Colour me interested...

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