Travel to a place sweeter than home, listening to Nina Simone

"Repeat this psalm
To the sky I'm keeping my palms"
-Common f/ Vinia Mojica, "Time Travelin'"

So there's this Nina Simone song in my collection by the name of "Pirate Jenny." It is a very murky and haunting tale of a young cleaning women; presumably, Jenny. She speaks of how she keeps scrubbing the floors while she is rendered as an afterthought to the people in town. Until one day, his black freighter comes to town and catches wreck. Only one building is spared; the cheap hotel where she lives. This joint could be a novel, yo. I'll let you listen to the song to actually figure out the rest of the story for yourself. One top of the free download, I've even got lyrics for you to follow along. Don't say I don't love ya. Lastly, the image accompanying this post is a photo of a painting, "The Black Freighter," by Cagen Luse. Cagen is a talented brother with some seriously ill skills. I am talking design, painting, illustration, photography, animation, and cartooning. If you ever wanted to cop some great artwork, you may want to consider his Americana Noir collection. Give that brother a holla.