tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post1120659238144107656..comments2024-03-24T18:58:13.583-07:00Comments on Divers and Sundry: Now it's boilin' in a miserable March 21stDivers and Sundryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-21796106624938059962016-03-22T06:24:39.932-07:002016-03-22T06:24:39.932-07:00Well, it's Tom Waits ;) so atmosphere is an im...Well, it's Tom Waits ;) so atmosphere is an important element that must be considered. It's the story of an actual town. It once had a train station, but then the train quit stopping there: <br />"This tiny Victorian rhubarb<br />Kept the watering hole open for sixty-five years"<br />"The train smokes down the xylophone<br />There'll be no stoppin' here<br />All ya can be is thirsty in a town with no cheer"<br />"Though the townspeople here<br />Fought her Vic Rail decree tooth and nail"<br /><br />Divers and Sundryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759655568104782267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28337090.post-18179720744280022972016-03-21T20:33:31.688-07:002016-03-21T20:33:31.688-07:00Somehow I missed the point to this song, I fear. ...Somehow I missed the point to this song, I fear. Maybe it's Patterson's curse that did the trick!Bleubeard and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149710375520733752noreply@blogger.com