Whoa, it has been hot in so much of the country that it makes it hard to pull oneself away from the pool or stream or beach to go back to work, and here it is Monday already. Bah humbug. Well maybe you have vacation time, and are luxuriating in the aforementioned places. I try to keep a low profile this time of year, or as we like to say, don’t get your chins in an uproar. Keeping on even keel will help you to not be hot under the collar. But sometimes, we have no choice but to rage. Like Melissa McClelland in this tune, “Glenrio.” “Revenge is a dish best served cold" The Wiki reports its earliest identified appearance in European literature is in the 1841 French novel Mathilde by Marie Joseph Eugène Sue: la vengeance se mange très-bien froide.” There is more literature cited here.

We go north of the border today for some Canadiana from Melissa McClelland, and her ‘get even’ tune, “Glenrio.” The thing about this is that she delivers it so authentically, that for sure, I wouldn’t want to mess with her. Really, “I’ve got blood on my knuckles from her pretty lips.” Yikes! The original version came out on her 2009 CD Victoria Day, and was the iTunes tune of the week in May of 2009. Of late, Melissa has been doing shows with Sarah MacLachlan, and of course with husband Luke Doucet, with whom she appears here. This is from Music Fog’s 2010 sessions at Threadgill’s South during SXSW® music week.

-Jessie Scott