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We're rapidly approaching that time of year when pumpkins roam and witches fly. But there's about to be something else on the roam that might just take flight.
And that's whatever it is we're talking about this week.
But what is that, "whatever?" And whatever can it mean?
Therefore, feel free to type that comment. After all, you never know what may happen.
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As we are approaching the height of Autumn festivities, how about- are there any comics that either put you in a fall state if mind, or trigger an autumnal memory? And likewise, perhaps a song or album that does the same?
Redartz, posting from work...
Charlie goes with the following contenders:
Golden Brown by The Stranglers
The Sun King by the Beatles (Abbey Road)
And anything to do with the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald in November 1975 (?) including Gordon Lightfoot’s song. Charlie has worked the steel mills in Gary (like Nigel in the UK) and rode an ore boat from Gary to the Michigan UP and back to pick up a load of ore. The boat, the song hits the emotional chords.
And goulash… cassoulet… soups… squash lol. All the hearty dishes from late summer harvests. I do not know if a song or book was made about goulash though. Charlie.
Thanks for the topic, Red.
The only comics I can think of that make me think of Autumn are early issues of Marvel UK's Mighty World of Marvel because that was launched in the autumn.
When it comes to records, the only track that comes to mind is the Blue Nile's Tinseltown in the Rain which isn't particularly autumnal but, for some reason, always makes me think of autumn.
Red - as a fellow Hoosier you may well be familiar with McCutcheon’s depiction of “Injun Summer” from 1907 which ran in a full-page, color spread annually, for many, many decades with the Tribune Syndicate on a given Sunday in Fall?
I am going to guess that stopped in the 1970s due to the word Injun. I do find it unfortunate for the same reason I find banning The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn unfortunate. But i am not the aggrieved party (native or black ) so my opinion is not really relevant on the subject.
But my mom has it framed and it was part of my life for many years.
By the way, red, did you make it up to Purdue for the “hunters moon “festivities at the French fort outside Lafayette? We used to go when I was a student at Purdue in the 80s.
All this is very very much Autumn to Charlie!
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