Sometimes there's no substitute for the physical thing. This package — containing a CD with 13 original songs, and a bound, 32-page art booklet w/lyrics — is a like treasure itself, one to keep and revisit.
“I wanted to create the kind of CD that I enjoy owning myself,” Sue muses. “I like albums that take you on a journey: the songs stand on their own, but taken as a whole, the sequencing creates an even larger story. And I appreciate lyric booklets! And beautiful art. So, that’s what I’m going for here. There’s both ear-candy: interesting sonics, musical connections between songs, and stellar musicians, whose parts are sometimes like characters themselves – and eye-candy: artwork by friends, beautiful photos, lyrics you can read and ponder. It’s the kind of album that works on long car rides, when you’re in the open and can concentrate on the music, and also, anywhere you can listen and read the lyrics at the same time.”
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Fun facts: Did you know that Earth & Venus are sister planets? And: While most planets rotate counter-clock-wise on their axes, Venus rotates clockwise. And: While Earth’s rotation is 24 hours, one Venus rotation equals 243 Earth days!
Venus, my sister, you’re such a slow spinner, almost
One of my years, and you’re just starting dinner, you
Languish, so languid, I can’t speak your language, your
Magnetic low-energy
But everyone says you’re so hot! (literally)
You’re even hotter than little ol’ Mercury
Venus, we share the same size and same mass, but we’re
Different as sisters could be
Yes, me with my moon, while you have none
You rotate backwards while orbiting the sun
Stillness and silence and I come undone…
Talk to me, talk to me (talk to me, talk to me)
Venus, my sister, your glow is so bright
Sometimes I see you in my deepest night
When you overtake me, I see you by day
Morning star, evening star, morning star, evening, you
Do as you please, you always have gone your own way
Yes, me with my moon, while you have none
You rotate backwards while orbiting the sun
Still you’re silent and I come undone…
Talk to me, talk to me (talk to me, talk to me)
Talk to me…
Your air is poisonous, toxic and dangerous
I have my oceans, my creatures that swim, walk, or fly…
Still, you’re a beauty with clouds that can’t rain
Your volcanic plains, your wrinkly ridges, your
Redness, your richness, oh: I want to be with you
Though I can’t even say why
You’re un-self-aware, you’re backwards and barren
Still, you spin by like you haven’t a care in
The world (so to speak), while here I am, stuck with Mankind…
I feel like they’re killing me, Venus:
We each have our burdens to bear in the Universe,
Bear in the Universe, bear in… barren… bear in…
The universe stretches on for infinity
Maybe there’s others like you and like me? We could
Vacate our orbits, let’s travel and see… Oh, Venus, we’re
Different as any two sisters could be…
Yes, me with my moon, while you have none
Your eternal retrograde… I’m undone: I just
Want to connect with something or someone…
Talk to me, talk to me, (talk to me, talk to me)
Talk to me, talk to me, (talk to me, talk to me)
Talk to me, talk to me, (talk to me, talk to me)
Talk to me…
credits
from Treasures & Time Travel,
released September 23, 2018
Sue: vocals, guitar
Hans Christian: cello, fretless bass
Meg Thomas: percussion
Chicago-based singer-songwriter Sue Fink enchants audiences with her whimsical perspective on the world. Her genre, “urban
campfire cabaret,” is folk with a hint of jazz, a large dollop of humor, and a drop of sadness for good measure: think Christine Lavin, with a dash of Rickie Lee Jones, Melanie, and Nellie McKay....more
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