Monthly Archives: February 2026

Tunesday: Alugalug & The Kiffness – Soulful Singing

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A sample of some obscure - and maybe not obscure - tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.

Today's selection: Kiffness & Alugalug - Soulful Singing 2021

A duet. A strange duet.

The Kiffness, the stage name of David Scott, born 1988, is a South African performer. He began studying medicine but switched to music and philosophy while working as a DJ. He had been a touring artist but when COVID halted live performances, he started recording some parodies about how the South African government was handling the pandemic.

He mostly writes political satirical songs aimed at South Africa issues, but he parodied Trump's claim of Haitians eating people's pets in 2024 (which I happen to believe was true but maybe not as widespread as media let on).

The Kiffness plays the instruments and backup vocals on this selection.

Alugalug is the lead singer on this cut, singing in her native language ...

There is an album available called "Cat Jams". It's actually not bad ...

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Comments & spam

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I just deleted over 100 spam comments from the spam bucket but for some unknown reason, a couple of them were from regular readers. If one of them hadn't been flagged for my review, I'd have not noticed when I emptied the slop bucket 9and I probably wouldn't have emptied the bucket for a few more weeks). The installed spam filter is good but not perfect.

It could be I've accidentally deleted other not-spam comments in the past, so in the future, if you post a comment and it doesn't show, please let me know. I may need to form a white list but I'd prefer to not have to do that - I'd need your email or IP address to do so ... and that's your business to provide, not mine to require.
DT

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I See Her Now and Then

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submitted by Anne via comments

I see her now and then —
Curly haired blonde child
from behind the chair. . .peeking
Rebellious smoking teen child
from behind the gas station wall…watching

I see her now and then —
hope filled bride beauty
from behind the white veil…peering
Betrayed, young wife
from behind the kitchen window…staring

See her now and then—
designer of beautiful spaces
project managing divorcee
from behind the clipboard…seeing

Daughter of my heart —
beautiful soul ,bright mind,
life’s truest joy
I see her now and then. . .

Anne L (December 2006)

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notsofast…

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originally posted by Jean Oct 21, 2007

little girl in a
grown-up dress.
little girl, you
don't see yourself.
little girl with your
hair un-done.
momma cries 'cause
she sees you,
sees the way
you want to be.
and she sees what
you don't want,
momma's little girl.

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