Meladramas

"Queen of the Night"
1985
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© 2026 Pamela MacCarthy

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Meladramas

Friday, December 24, 2021

© 2021 Pamela MacCarthy
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"Merry Christmas 2021”

Digital

To all my dear family, friends, music & art fans,
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

”Silent Night, Part 1”

Mike Pellera, pf
Chet Baker, t
Christopher Mason, as
Jim Singleton, b
Johnny Vidacovich, ds

From the Album

Silent Nights

Till Next Time...

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8:25 PM

Sunday, December 19, 2021

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"Christmas Bauble on Blue Spruce”

Black Ink, Watercolor, Oil Pastels on Washi Postcard

DIGITAL

Christmas is coming!
I always enjoy all of
the festivities!

© 2021 Pamela MacCarthy

”Christmas Is Coming”

Vince Guaraldi Trio

From the Album

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Till Next Time...

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5:40 AM

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

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" Thanksgiving Greetings "

Digital

I feel gratitude
for the blessings in my midst
this Thanksgiving Day...

© 2021 Pamela MacCarthy

11 1/2-2021 Music Playlist:

Pacify - Kauf
Court And Spark - Joni Mitchell
Lullaby Of Birdland - Cal Tjader
Escape Of The Circus Ponies - Liz Story
I'm Still In Love With You - Steve Earle, Iris DeMent, and the Del McCoury Band
Cadillac Walk - Mink Deville
Start The Healing - KoЯn
One for My Baby, And One More For The Road - Frank Sinatra
Code To Zero - Tangerine Dream
Small Head - François Bourassa
Seekers Who Are Lovers - Cocteau Twins
Big Log - Robert Plant
100 Years Ago - The Rolling Stones

Till Next Time...

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7:35 PM

Saturday, October 30, 2021

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” Halloween, By The River ”
(2015)

Black Ink, Watercolor
On Washi Paper

Digital

"Foggy Figures"

Trentemøller

From the Double-Vinyl LP

Obverse

Till Next Time...

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11:00 AM

Thursday, October 28, 2021

© 2021 Pamela MacCarthy
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"Autumn Persimmon Leaves"
(2010)

Black Ink, Watercolor
On Washi Paper

Digital

My next live music performance is in one week,
November 4th, Thursday,
(11月4日木曜日)
at Club Kei, Akasaka...

" I Concentrate On You "
(C. Porter)

Oscar Peterson, pf
Ray Brown, b
Ed Thigpen, ds

From The LP

Oscar Peterson Plays The Cole Porter Songbook

Till Next Time...

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12:05 AM

Tuesday, July 13, 2021

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" Hello ”

Digital

" Tangram (Set 1) ”

Tangerine Dream

Chris Franke, Johannes Schmoelling, Edgar Froese

From The CD

Tangram

Till Next Time...

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7:15 AM

Saturday, May 22, 2021

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"Late-May Collage”

Digital

Fog, rain, shamrock green,
umbrellas and bing cherries.
No chirping frogs, yet...

© 2021 Pamela MacCarthy

" Sheep ”

Hiroshi Yoshimura

From The CD

Green

Till Next Time...

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7:21 AM

Friday, May 21, 2021

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"Perfume”

Digital

I created this from a pencil sketch.

Perfume tranports me
to another time and place-
A memory trip…

© 2021 Pamela MacCarthy

" Smoke And Mirrors ”

Kikagaku Moyo

From The CD

Forest of Lost Children

Till Next Time...

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5:33 AM

Monday, May 17, 2021

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Original Photo: Kristy

" 4 Leaf Clover, Tiny Clay Pot ”

Digital

A four-leaf clover
placed in a tiny clay pot
Represents old friends

© 2021 Pamela MacCarthy

" Tintinyano ”

Live at Sweet Basil
Greenwhich Village, NYC

Abdullah Ibrahim, pf
Marcus McLaurine, b
George Johnson, ds

From The CD

Yarona

Till Next Time...

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3:21 AM

Thursday, May 06, 2021

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"May Be”

Digital

This started as a pencil sketch.

Happy Birthday
to my long-time friend,
Mary

" Halloween ”

Phoebe Bridgers

From the CD

Punisher

Till Next Time...

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11:35 PM

Monday, April 26, 2021

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" Daijobu ”
(OK)

Digital

Inconsequential;
ev’rywhere fear and loathing
with a pinch of salt...

© 2021 Pamela MacCarthy

" Soft Temple ”
Grails

From The CD

Burning Off Impurities

Till Next Time...

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8:10 AM

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

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" Shamrocks ”

It’s about that time
for that seasonal delight:
St. Patrick’s day craic!

© 2021 Pamela MacCarthy

" If I Should Fall From Grace With God ”
The Pogues

From The CD

If I Should Fall From Grace With God

Till Next Time...

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11:01 AM

Tuesday, March 02, 2021

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" Tea, Revisited ”

Digital

I just thought I’d start
posting my art, music, and
some poetry, here...

It's hard to believe
I started this blog eighteen
years ago today!

© 2021 Pamela MacCarthy

Today,

”MELADRAMAS"

is

" You Are My Sunshine ”
Bill Frisell, g
Ron Carter, b
Paul Motian, ds

From The CD

Bill Frisell, Ron Carter, Paul Motian

Till Next Time...

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7:45 PM

Thursday, December 31, 2020

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" Happy New Year ”
2021
Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu

Digital

" Everything Happens To Me ”
(T. Adair, M. Dennis)

Thelonious Monk

From The CD

Solo Monk

Till Next Time...

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10:00 AM