Norman Joel Greenbaum (Born November 20, 1942) is an American singer-songwriter. He is primarily known for his 1969 song “Spirit in the Sky“. Can you tell me about the fuzz pedal that made the guitar sound so distinctive?Well, there wasn’t a guitar that was built that way. But in one of my prior bands in betweenContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Spirit in the Sky’ Norman Greenbaum (1970)”
Author Archives: donmatthewspoetry
Moscow
I used to be a marketSelling flowers and fruitNow I’m just a freewayCars use me as route….. And they call it progress…… Don MatthewsJuly 2022
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (FBI fingerprint files)
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (WW1 fields)
Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Sober
Write something incorporating the word ‘sober’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO SOBER I have myself a drink or twoBut never to get drunkI always stay real sober-likeNot wallow in the gunk Hic…… DM
FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Le Freak’ Chic
Chic currently called Nile Rodgers & Chic, is an American band that was formed in 1972 by guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards It was New Year’s Eve, 1977, and they were invited to Studio 54, a very popular club in New York City where many celebrities and trendsetters were known to hang out. A singer named Grace JonesContinue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Le Freak’ Chic”
Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Gas
Write something incorporating the word ‘gas’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO GAS I am a little bubbleBubble full of gasJust escaped from writer’s bod(Shit, this rhyme is crass) Sorry Fan….you will give me such words DM
Golly Gosh, What Was That?
Was driving along quite happilyGoing with the flow of the carsWhen suddenly out of nowhere this thing appears…… Golly gosh….. Don MatthewsJuly 2022
Priscilla and the Mouse
Priscilla is FCS resident cat It looked to me was like a mouseBut doesn’t taste like oneNow bloody stuck and won’t come outNot my idea of fun…. Don MatthewsJuly 2022
From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (escaped chimp)
Trying to ‘talk’ an escaped chimp down (who doesn’t want to go by the looks)
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 