DRIVING – LISTENING:
Man behind the wheel watches rain drift in from the West,
listening to forecasts on the radio, paying attention for
a change. It’s easy to enjoy the weather, whatever comes,
when you don’t have to drive, but out there on the Motorway,
heavy stuff moves at speeds to kill a poet or a trucker,
no prejudice or special dispensation, no V.I.P. enclosure.
Look ahead, look behind, who’s coming up the outside?
Heavy metal pulls out without warning, fast boys slip up
the inside hunting deadlines, everybody on a time-line.
All this metal drives too close, the cameras watch without
benevolent arms to reach down & scoop us out’ve danger’s way,
or separate us like playground schoolboys facing off with
something to prove. The radio stations are not enough,
I need more. More talk, more music, more smooth, moor rough,
more niche, more underground, more genre specific & sometimes,
just the rush of air passing over our bodies as we speed towards
our destinations, conversations between hissing rings of rubber
as we pass each other without talking.
Today, A great record on the stereo:
‘Denfila’ by Donso on Comet Records. Music to make a face smile
on a rainy day.
(K)
Karl Hyde 
Karl,
As always, a fabulous music recommendation! Donso rocks. Please, more of the occasional insight into what you’re listening to.
Kindest regards,
Thomas