Gendron/Ivaldi play Debussy’s Cello Sonata.
The video above is a sublime interpretation of Debussy. Wonderful way to begin the morning. After the long week we’ve all just gone through, I thought something soothing and introspective was in order. There is something about the cello that just pulls me inward, perhaps the mellow tones or the ache that you hear in the background in this piece in particular, I don’t know…but it is truly wonderful. I hope everyone enjoys this one.
It was just what I needed today. Isn’t it funny how you sometimes stumble onto something just when you need it most?
We have company coming over for dinner this evening, friends of ours who haven’t yet seen our home. And I’m afraid I’ve gone into that fugue state that Mr. ReddHedd calls “beyond Martha Stewart batshit crazy.” I’m not quite there yet, I swear, but I’m close after spending the afternoon straightening up the house and then determining that our off-white carpet needed to be shampooed due to one to many hits of the aging dachshund. (She’s my baby and she has back issues, and the hand steamer only does so much. What can I say?)
But in the light of morning, the clean carpet looks glorious, and the backache seems worthwhile. The floral arrangement I threw together from a couple of take-away bouquets from the grocery store is also working for me. But I am beginning to understand what my dear husband meant with his fugue state comments.
I swear, Sunday is going to be all about relaxing, hanging out with The Peanut, and finally getting around to organizing my iPod into nifty little music folders (mainly because I’m sick and tired of having to skip over Christmas carols while I’m on the treadmill). And, as it happens, I have a $25 iTunes card that is burning a hole in my pocket, and I’m ready to use it on some new music. Thought I’d reach out to everyone for some suggestions today. I just know someone has a song out there that deserves a shot, and we can all have a little fun trading favorites.
So, what are you listening to and loving these days? Something brand new? An old favorite that you’ve rediscovered? Something that makes your toes tap? Your eyes weep? Your heart ache? Makes you sing with joy at the top of your lungs in the middle of the world’s worst traffic jam? Do tell! Pull up a chair…
PS — I don’t know why, but I find these latte art YouTubes really fascinating…who knew you could so so much with a little foam, some chocolate syrup and a tool or two.
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Good morning Christy!
Good Morning Christy! I hope you are doing well. Now to tell everyone else.
Angel from Montgomery Bonnie Raitt and John Prine
This got EPU’d Christy. Good mornng.
Do you know what got me this week? Bush asked the UN World Heritage Committee to take our River of Grass (The Everglades) off of the endangered list. No one knows why. (Oil or Residential Development??)
Everglades uproar brings change
A Senate hearing looks at how a U.N. list was altered.
WASHINGTON – The Bush administration has changed its procedures for trying to remove U.S. sites from a United Nations list of endangered special places after the Everglades was struck from the list this summer, a State Department official said.
Gerald Anderson, a deputy assistant secretary at the State Department, made the statement at a hearing held Wednesday by Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., into how and why the Bush administration asked the U.N. World Heritage Committee to remove the Everglades from its list of endangered environmental sites.
“We’ve assessed the reaction to the decision, and we understand there are some concerns that need to be addressed,” said Anderson, who admitted to being surprised that the Everglades was removed.
At a meeting in New Zealand in July, Todd Willens, a deputy assistant secretary at the Interior Department, persuaded the World Heritage Committee to take the Everglades off the list, despite recommendations to the contrary by the National Park Service and the committee’s science advisers.
Nelson said he wants Willens fired, something the Interior Depatment is unlikely to do. He fretted that any false suggestion that the Everglades is healthy, such as its removal from the U.N. endangered list, could sap political support for continuing the cleanup.
snip
More at the link.
Good morning.
Sublime video, Christy.
Good morning Christy et al.
Last Sunday I did a High Holiday service at church. One of our gifted members played Max Bruch’s Kol Nidrei, an amazing piece arranged for cello and piano. It goes for about 10-12 minutes and will entrance you. I recommend Jacqueline Du Pré’s recording. They have it on iTunes on a Brahms cello sonatas album of hers.
An old dog, a young child and off white carpet? I have to rethink my opinion that you are extremely sensible.
I brought back a cd from Pearl, a New Zealand duo, when I came back to the States in July. This is their website – http://www.pearlband.com/ – and you can get a sample of their sound. They are new, but they opened for Eric Clapton and Elton John in NZ concerts. I don’t know if one can get their music otherwise, but I find them to be just great. Do go and give a listen. Let me know what you think.
Since I don’t have a clue about your taste in music, this is a complete shot in the dark. Bela Fleck (brilliant jazz banjo)and Chick Corea have teamed up to produce an extraordinary duet album titles “The Enchantment” They play off each other like the jazz veterans they are, and the banjo and piano blend perfectly.
Joey Calderazzo, who has been playing with Branford Marsalis for the last few years, released a wonderful solo piano album over the summer. It’s called “Amanecer.”
The new albums by Rilo Kiley and New Pornographers are also strongly recommended.
morning christy – i don’t know about recommending music, it’s such a personal choice. sorta like what colors do you like?
but, i do have one suggestion for you and firepups, if you don’t already know about it… is the annual sxsw torrent. each musican or band that participates in sxsw gives a song or two in 128 kbps mp3 and the more than 700 songs are packaged into a torrent for free download.
i’ve downloaded the last three years for almost 2400 songs – all free… it’s a great way to hear pop music from bands you’ve never heard of.
here are the pages that have links to the torrents (i didn’t check, but the torrents are probably still live):
sxsw 2007
sxsw 2006
sxsw 2005
That is twice now you have added to my limited list of classical favorites.
Gorecki’s gulag graffiti classic brings me to tears, and I don’t even know Polish. A friend of ours from way out here in Kansas sings for The Met now and then, and she sang the Gorecky, in Polish, though she does not know the language, she memorized the sounds but barely understood them.
But it does not matter if you know the language, she told us that for any soprano, there is an incredible spirit in singing that piece, that transcends the sorrow of it’s theme, uplifting the hearts of everyone who hears it.
There is something about that piece that moves emotions in the coldest to souls.
That being said, let me add this to the day’s conversation.
I had another “duh” epiphany watching Jeremy Scahill’s flicks from Iraq, (which I embedded on my own blog, thanks to The Nation, for the loan) and some of the news coverage about it…
Here’s the $64,000 question..
Are all the Blackwater goons white? Or most of them…
Just think “Erik Prince, North Carolina, KKK,” and the implications are startling, if not frightening.
IS this band of mercenaries an expression of the old south racist agenda? If so, their return, AS A UNIT, to this country represents a very dangerous and disconcerting potential.
Considering that the Republican candidates won’t even talk to minority groups, and the evidence of a very deliberate move to the right down in Jena, one might assume they have written-off the ethnic vote.
So how much of a leap is it to the conclusions I’ve drawn here?
I don’t even need a tin-foil hat for this one…
And I think it would behoove all the blogs to converge on the Republican candidate’s obvious racist direction in this long season of lies.
Dylan’s “Shelter from the Storm”. End of story.
C&J Rum & Coke Friday came on very late but is good for a giggle. Check it out.
Blackwater kills Iraqi civilains Blackwater gives weapons to terroists who want to kill our friends the Turks.
Is Blackwater in a competion with Bush as to who can make the most mistakes and lose the war in Iraq or what!
I know the war is already lost but Blackwater just created a potential Jena Six/Emmet Till dynamic getting Blackwater could be the one thing all the terrorists could agree on.
Is Bush’s plan to unite Iraq by providing a villian ( us ) that all the Iraqis could unify behind to oppose. Is Iraqi unification to be achieved over dead Blackwater and Army bodies?
ooooo . . . found youtube (audio only) of Kol Nidre with Jacqui DuPré
Excellent.
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones!
This is one of my favs of theirs, but I’d have named it Squirrels, Bulgarian Squirrels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91YiQ72M_Ns
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and Good Morning!
things come undone @ 16
I Hvae heard debate in Congress wrt the troops coming home but has anyone heard any debate in Congress wrt Blackwater? I mean, they have their own air force and all.
Morning Christy,
FWIW, I enter the same fugue state prior to entertaining or having either set of parents anticipated to arrive at the house. Both my mother and my DP’s mother are Stewart-ish — and it makes receiving them very, very stressful. Thankfully, the pre-arrival cleaning/straightening/cooking fugue always seems to work.
The Debussy is wonderful. And while it’s not classical music, Oren Lavie’s The Opposite Side of the Sea is wonderful chamber pop which you might enjoy.
hmmmmmm… something that makes your toes tap. Larry Craig recommends Motley Crue’s Smokin in the Boy’s Room
I love the cello. It reaches my soul in a such a way that no other instrument does. The harp comes close, however I always feel that when I hear a cello playing, I go on journey.
RevDeb’s -07
That was a great part of your service. The cello is an amazing instrument, and in the context of your service, it was very inspiring to listen and reflect.
Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own U2 live
What if thanks to Blackwater we have some major causalties in Iraq hundreds instead of tens dying. We know Bush will say support the troops and send reinforcements a defeat could work paradoxicly in his benefit.
We need a plan.
Keeping with the strings motif Soliloquy From How It Happens (The Voice of I. F. Stone) from Short Stories by Kronos Quartet has remained a favorite of mine.
Pearl’s fourth song could have some lines for the Democratic Party “How many promises forgotten? Too many times I’ve thought of leaving you..”
Also, the next to last teaser (you can forward through in the top right) is a great version of Crowded House’s “Whenever I fall at your feet”
Hi MM. It was great to have you with us last week and fun at the food fest too. A bit of rain coming your way shortly . . .
ccmask @19 the Khristian Klan has an air force? We need Congress to cut off their funds they are hurting our troops. We need Congress to investigate these guys. We need to turn them over to the UN for war crimes.
Hi,
have you listened to The Mammals yet? Great music and great progressive lyrics,
http://www.themammals.net/
Also, if you’ve got a couple of hours to spare, this video of a lecture by Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch is the most inspiring things I’ve seen in ages. It’s his ‘lesson in having fun in life and work’, delivered to an audience of academics, but really for his children, as he is dying from a terminal illness.
http://video.google.com/videop…..5846055184
On C-span 2 right now, Jeremy Scahill just said that in many instances, Blackwater has better intelligence that the military.
He said a military guy asks a Blackwater guy for permission to shoot an insurgent. WTF?
One of the most memorable musical moments I’ve ever experience was at a Easter service at Washington DC’s Holy Trinity Church. After the two days of solemnity of Holy Thursday and Good Friday, the joy and light of Easter was celebrated with music that included a selection from one of the Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites (I think #5) — which is my favorite piece of music, period. I couldn’t stop crying, and I still tear up thinking about it.
ccmask @ 30
How many mercs do they have in Iraq?
re: blackwater.
for anyone who missed it, there was a very good whistle blower hearing yesterday on security contractors in iraq. the witnesses were:
Kathryn Helvenston-Wettengel, Mother of Former Blackwater USA Employee
Jeremy Scahill, Investigative Reporter
Nick Bicanic, Documentary Filmmaker
Donald Vance, Former Private Security Contractor
Bunnatine Greenhouse, Former Top-Ranking Civilian Contracting Officer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Robert Isakson, Former Coalition Provisional Authority Contractor
Stephen Kohn, Executive Director, National Whistleblower Center
Alan Grayson, Attorney, Grayson & Kubli
the video is here (and should have transcripts posted soon), and i ripped the audio if you’d prefer to download an mp3.
RevDeb @ 27
I had a great time, some nourishment of the soul, body, and mind is always good. We can use he rain.
things come undone @ 28
Monetary gain is a motive for armed combat. If Blackwater makes money,why would they look to end the war or try to actually bring democracy to the people. They can’t make money off democracy. Blackwater is also bankrolling the politicians to stay at war I imagine. They must be big campaign contributors (IMO, especially under the table).
When I’m really sad, I find myself singing along to music, not necessarily sad music. It’s the
sinningsinging that helps me cheer up.An old favorite that you’ve rediscovered?
yeah, something like that.
David Lindley has a different take on werewolves…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpebrtsSSYY
Here’s one from Till and the Wall that never fails to pick me up and get my feet moving in the morning: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XZCZRTcY3uA
And for more contemplative moods, Barber’s Adagio for Strings. It played as the plane was taking off for my first trip to Russia, a transforming moment.
CHS–Thanks for keeping us up to date through a week that pretty well sucked for those of us who care about civil liberties.
No music recommendations here, I’m afraid. (Other than you should dread the day when the Peanut discovers Radio Disney. I love my XM, but not when the eight-year-old gets a turn to choose the channel!)
I don’t mean to be a trouble, but I wondered if you got the e-mail I sent last Saturday after our brief PUAC exchange. I just want to be sure AOL didn’t mark it as spam…
Smells Like Teen Spirit – Tori Amos
Seriously, it’s haunting.
Rev Deb…thanks for the link to Kol Nidrei. I also found this, a link to a Moroccan version which has an English translation …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..4&NR=1
egregious @ 38
ah yes. The first time I recall hearing it was played —believe it or not—by the Canadian Brass. Loved it! If you like that, check out the Kol Nidrei above @ 17.
ok – got a meeting I’m late for, but one more afore I go…
(weekend – what weekend?)
Kasey Chambers – Australian – very pretty:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0_LSMYUVk4
Fun and bouncy, Tome Jones and The Cardigans covering Burning Down the House
things come undone @ 32
I don’t think anyone knows. I’ve been in and out of the room so I missed that. But it is a good book tv for sure. The book is named just “Blackwater”.
Blackwater may have 20,000 but the author said that there are so many different companies that Blackwater is like a drop in the bucket.
Grunts get court martialed and Blackwater guys get nothing.
Holy Moly! He just said every 40 cents of every dollar is going to private contractors. They are deputized by governors in the states.
Blackwater was pulling in $240,000 a day to stop looting during Katrina. And this was the same time there was an uproar over debit cards given to victims of the storm.
I’m turning it off. Stick a fork in me.
ccmask@5-
A lurker here-
Not the Everglades! I live just on the edge of the Everglades (in Naples). I am sick to my stomach imagining development after development popping up between here and Miami. Ugh. I sure hope they change it back.
last friday i got 10 lbs of extra tomatoes from the local organic farm. i made a gallon of tomato sauce and froze most of it for the winter. it was so yummy (due to the tomatoes, not my kitchen skills *g*) that yesterday i got 20 lbs of extra tomatoes and as soon as i finish leisurely drinking my coffee i’m going to make another batch of tomatoes for freezing…. oh, and i also got about 2 lbs of basil! i’m going to make it all into pesto and freeze it too. yum yum!
the leaves are turning, the breeze has a chill, and guess what Christy- you are nesting! Don’t fight it- enjoy it!
Hi Christy,
This one is appropo.
Van Morrison “Cleaning Windows”.
Hi Chrisy and all
I was listening to a Vivaldi compilation on my way down to Townsville for an eye examination. Macular degeneration or some such. Thinking about my options now … 1. do nothing, it may not get worse or 2. an op with outcome, could improve vision greatly, do nothing, or make it worse.
But I am not knocking my Dr. Maria Moon, lovely woman who listens to a patient, asks questions, considers replies. Far better than the two male specialists I went to first. Has anyone else noticed that male doctors tend toward the “I am a god” approach to patients or is it just me?
Whatever.
Re Blackwater: some investigation ongoing re ‘the company’ or maybe just some rogue contractors, illegally importing automatic weapons to put onto the black market. Feh!
Think I’ll put on Iron Butteryfly’s “In-a-gadda-da-vida” and have some more wine.
Speakout @ 47
So do I! I freaked out last night when I stumbled quite accidently on the story in the Naples News. How is this possible? Bush & Big Business. Sugar? Oil? Development? Who knows. I haven’t gotten into it yet. I was going to start researcing tomorrow because I am going to see my mom today and if I get started, I’ll forget to go.
JEP @13
can you recommend a recording of the Gorecki? tx.
Having slept 12 hours after substituting for sixth-raders (who were amazingly well-behaved and helpful, I woke up to catch up on my daily Press Briefing-reading.
Dana Perino said, “I think you need to look at the motivations of why someone would say these things.”
Wish just one — one reporter would call her on this and ask what her motivation is.
selise 47_ Go for it. I’ll be cooking some tomatoes today or tomorrow also. I found some olives that are in a very light brine and will be be slowly roasting them with a batch of tomatoes.
I may not freeze that batch, it may not make it to the containers.
Why don’t we have any numbers for Blackwater deaths? Why is the true number of Americans dead in this war being hidden? A solder dies he gets his name in the paper these guys many of whom may or may not be racists are still Americans.
They died no true picture of how “cough” well we are doing in Iraq can be complete unless we know how many total Americans have died Army and Merc dead is dead. What is the true cost of this war?
P.S. CHS …
My late wife was always fugal about dinner guests imminently arriving. And I’d say, “By the end of the evening, no one will notice anything!” LOL.
I miss her obsessive compulsive turns, though.
Just had a tangential thought: does anyone know if Chalmers Johnson’s claims about 730 U.S. military bases in 130 countries (acknowledged) and possibly 2 million active military is close to right?
The only part-corroboration I’ve found is some Pentagon spokesman recently, claimed over “a million in our military population” … (no cite, my bad.)
I know Okinawa has many bases, and Guam. Diego Garcia is wholly U.S. military, courtesy of the poms who evicted the native population to give the place to America.
Nineteen large bases in Germany, before, during and after the Cold War. Who were/are we protecting them from???
things come undone @ 56
If there is profit to be made in war, why is there a deficit?
Fortunate Son Creedence Clearwater the perfect song to lift weights, run or hit a punching bag to…after you see a Bush press conference!
On the music front there’s an album you might enjoy from 1978, Twin Sons of Different Mothers. Singer/Songwriter Dan Fogelberg meets Jazz Flutist Tim Weisberg for an interesting fusion. There’s some really nice instrumentals and several powerful vocal pieces. Fogelberg does a beautiful cover of “Since You’ve Asked.” It’s at iTunes. They got back together for another album in 1995 which I’ll have to check out, No Resemblence Whatsoever.
There’s one song on the album that can be reinterpreted as a comment on the politics of a ‘Democratic’ Congress that stabs Move On in the back and can’t quite deal with the NetRoots. It’s Tell Me To My Face. Everytime I get an e-mail from the House/Senate Democratic campaigns asking for money, I’m going to be thinking about these lyrics.
ccmask @ 52
I’m looking in the Naples Daily News for the Story but can’t find it- It was in Friday’s paper?
Good morning from L.A. Huge rainstorm here last night. The ground is so parched, it already sucked most of the water up. More on the way later, according to the local news. Suits my mood after last week.
Right now I’m listening to Springsteen’s Seeger Sessions (headphones of course, no one else is up yet). Here’s one that brought tears to my eyes @ a concert in ‘06 :
Bring Them Home
ccmask @ 57
Because only Bush could mess up Keynes’s pump with Milton Friedman ideas and crony economics.
Christy,
I had day from hell yesterday and woke up very blue/sad this morning.
However, the “latte art” gave me a teeny giggle fit. Optimism may return after another cuppa.
Millineryman @ 55
mmmm. yum yum!
i’ve always loved this time of year, but now, getting a bounty of fresh veggies from the farm every week – well, it’s beyond amazing… and last night was an especially beautiful drive out to the farm.
i wish i knew more about preparing and storing all this great food to enjoy during the winter. i think i might try making some ratatouille to freeze… don’t know how that would store though. any advice?
selise @ 33
Wow — I started watching this yesterday and then my son came home from Kindergarten… Thanks so much!
Oops- Just checked the link back at #5- St. Pete Times. :)
(((looseheadprop)))
rar3 @ 40
I totally agree about Radio Disney…it is insidious sledgehammer marketing through constant repetition.
Waiting for 2 albums to come out-The new Bruce album and the complete recordings for the Return of the King. Been listening to Bruce’s Live in Dublin a lot, I dig his take on some old Pete Seeger classics.
(((((looseheadprop)))))
Do you have any idea what a difference you have made in my life, this week alone?
Love and positive energy coming your way, my dear. You are one of us.
Does Blackwater only hire white people? You would think Obama could run with the idea of a private merc army, run by a racist, who gives money to Bush, who only hires whites to boost black voter turnout to astronomical levels.
We can play the fear card too!
musicsleuth @ 66
Thanks. Watched most of it, & it’s worth watching again for the Bunny Greenhouse testimony alone. She is truly an inspiration…
(((((looseheadprop))))
NZ Expat, now in KS @ 26
“Woodface” is one of my top 20 or 30 albums EVAH!
(((((((( loosehead ))))))))
you are the best!
moose @ 57
i don’t know anything about the size of the military – but i think the number of bases from chalmers johnson is only those that are acknowledged by the pentagon… i’ve heard estimates that the true number is closer to 1000. have you read chalmers johnson’s books? i’ve read blowback and sorrows of empire… highly recommended. nemesis is on my to read list, but i haven’t gotten to it yet.
5 minutes here before going to my saturday part time job (one of the 10,243 part time/contract/freelance jobs I currently hold) and I have to say; what a video. wow.
gorgeous. just gorgeous
thanks.
Jill at 8 — Unfortunately, the color of carpet was already here when we bought the house. It’s a really high quality berber, and I haven’t been willing to rip it out because it’s really wonderful. But off-white? Not what I would have chosen myself had I been putting it in fresh…budget doesn’t allow for a big change in flooring at the moment, though, so I’ve made friends with a store that rents rinse-n-vacs. *g*
Speakout @ 61
It was in the online paper. See my #5 post above for the link. And here is a song for your delurking today. WooooooooHoooooooooo!!
@ 58
“If there is profit to be made in war, why is there a deficit?”
Easy. It’s called ‘redistribution of wealth’. Some mistakenly call it capitalism, ha! when it is really cronyization.
Darn, can’t find Iron Butterfly. Change of pace:
Amanda Marshall, this track, “Dark Horse” …
From TPM Muckraker
Vicente Fox: “Cowboy” Bush Is Scared Of Horses
By Eric Kleefeld – September 21, 2007, 9:20AM
Here’s another fun detail from Vicente Fox’s upcoming autobiography: He says that despite President Bush’s cowboy image, the man is actually scared of horses.
Fox tells the story of the two men meeting in Mexico in early 2001, in which he invited Bush to ride a large horse. Bush nervously backed away. “A horse lover can always tell when others don’t share our passion,” Fox wrote.
Fun fact: Bush’s Crawford ranch, purchased in 1999 in order to help create a down-home image for his presidential campaign, does not have any horses.
The horses smell fear or else Bush is an H.P Lovecraft Old One
posaune @ 53
Upshaw…
Marie R, you need to get Live in Dublin…”How can a poor man stand such times and live” Gives me a chill every tme I hear it…
How Can a poor man-Live in LA
music starts at 2:00
Speakout – thanks for delurking today. hope you catch the bug and continue to join in the conversation. the more the merrier!
Christy Hardin Smith @ 78
A friend of mine had a white berber carpet. Right before he pulled it up, he went to the store and bought 10 boxes of Purple Rit Dye and filled up a tub of water and got on his knees and sponged the color into the rug. Now, purple is not my color, but, it was gorgeous!! Then he got one of those machines that suck water out of carpets and I’m telling you, I was impressed.
And now for something completely different: Richard Cheese. Caution, the second song is kinda blasphemous.
Hey Speakout! Welcome to the lake. Hope to hear from you a lot.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 78
Windex for animal stains – works wonders! Blot the stain, spritz, then blot with a warm, damp cloth.
I also have faced challenges with carpets – got a light colored rug (nothing else matched) for a room recently and our puppy Scottie just chewed a bit of a hole in it. Oh well.
ccmask @ 85
did your friend keep the purple or tear it up after all that work?
hi Selise,
I’ve read various articles of his and “Nemesis” ought to be in the next care shipment to the land of oz, from Amazon …
selise @ 89
Hell no! She kept it–it was gorgeous.
Good morning everyone..
Funny that you have music as the topic today. Had my fill of progressive talk and started pulling out the CD’s and charging up the Ipod. Went to sleep with my Josh Groban playing.
Josh Groban….mmmm
selise @ 65
If you either wrap your cassarole dish well, or put the ratatoille in tupperware, it freezes very well
JEP @ 82
can’t find a utube version (that would be precious) but here’s the CD for sale, this is the very one that “hooked” me…
http://www.amazon.com/Henryk-G…..B000005J1C
I should add that the couple who did the rug started out with 10 boxes of dye. But they had to buy a lot more. They were sorry that they didn’t measure the tub of water in the beginning because it was hard the second time they got more dye to get the color right. So, if you plan on doing it make sure you do it by the gallon or according to the box directions.
PS: When they put the house up for sale later on, I was laughing because who would buy a house with a purple rug. The first couple that showed up LOVED THE COLOR PURPLE and bought the house.
Chile to extradite Peru’s Fujimori
Hmmm… even Paraguay might not be far enough away, come January, 2009.
ccmask @ 91
whew! that’s what i thought, but i wasn’t sure from the way i read it.
OT — need tubes help.
Learning the ropes of laptop which accesses tubes via this router thing.
When I post from the laptop do I use the same name? Or need a new one?
fly much?
if so, note that HOMELAND Security is keeping track of carry-on reading materials
Twisted Martini @ 83
Thanks, TM. Springsteen concert here was intense & memorable. Went to Henry Waxman’s office the following week for a meeting & ended up talking about the concert, which segued into discussion of the mess we’re in due to BushCo foreign & domestic policy eff-ups. Waxman’s staff are great.
Oh wow, wasn’t looking for sympathy. Maybe the comment came out wrong. I was trying to say that the Latte art was making me feel better.
Thanks for all the hugs and support guys.
I have now finsihed writing my blogpost for tomorrow, consumed two “soupbowls” of coffee and am ready to go trekking. I think 6 miles down by the big beach will be just the ticket to a brain full of endorphins.
See you after the walk and gym workout.
[waving}
Well, see you good people tomorrow. I’m taking Mom to Moma Mia’s today and she is all excited. She just called me and wants to know when I’m leaving. She’s probably dressed with her purse on her lap waiting for me, looking out the window. caio
Thanks for the song, ccmask. I’m sure the “ghost of Osceola” would cry today, that’s for sure.
Thanks for all the warm welcomes- FDL’ers. :)
things come undone @ 81
IIRC, the Crawford “Ranch” is in fact an old pig farm. Which seems oddly appropriate.
Yesterday I came across an old cassette tape of Robyn Hitchcock’s “Element of Light”. It has to be close to 20 years old, but I put it in the player and it still worked.
Was that a flashback. Tape hiss and vinyl pops (I taped it off a friend) and the track (do they still call them “tracks”?) “Winchester”, on which Mr.Hitchcock recounts an earlier time in his life when he and his friends “Far-Out Phil and Pat” apparently spent a lot of time hanging out at the Talbot (evidently a pub) not having a care in the world.
It hit me pretty hard, as it reminded me of when the album was new, I was spending a lot of time hanging out with friends, not a care in the world. How different it all is now, and not in a good way.
retirin’ in five @ 99
Use the same name.
I think Cello is the most beautiful instrument in the world. I particularly like the Bach solo sonatas and partitas. The sound of Cello all alone is wonderful.
I just had a wonderful timely find myself. I’ve been super stressed out lately, and a friend at work showed me a site she uses for music. It has a free online tool so that you can create your own relaxing ambience using nature sounds. I play in my local symphony and have a music performance degree, so I’m kind of embarrassed about enjoying this, but it really relaxes me. Its on this address: Relaxing Music Mixing Board
looseheadprop @ 94
excellent! thank you!
i tried a small amount (1/2 cup) from some i made last week, and it tasted great… but it had only been frozen 24 hours.
i have a ton of summer quash, onions, garlic and some peppers from the organic farm. way more than enough for me to eat now. i’ll use some of the tomatoes for ratatoille and freeze that too. woo hoo – summer ratatoille in the winter!
thank you, thank you! i was a bit worried about making a lot and then being disappointed with the results. don’t want to waste food from the farm.
retirin’ in five @ 99
I use the same name, desktop, laptop, and work machine.
egregious @ 107
Thanks. Here goes. (Damn, this keyboard’s weird-feeling.) “There you go, hon. Happy? Now go grade your papers on the big computer.”
In the mornings, Segovia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9efHwnFAkuA
That said, I’m waiting for my USPS representative to deliver an Ellen McIlwaine double album, signed no less. I even got a nice little email from Ellen thanking me for my order. Cool. I’d remembered these from the early 70’s and have been enthralled by her sound ever since.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4tsUsZgTpc
Their sounds couldn’t be more different but I know what my ears like.
Blackwater. Will the next administration cancel all contracts with mercenary firms? I’ve yet to hear any candidate address this issue. Prince (no, not the Raspberry Beret one) I think has visions of setting up his own little black-shirted SS here. SEALs are tough but like one SEAL chief petty officer once told me, “No matter how skilled you are, no matter how lucky you are, you get in enough firefights you’re gonna get killed.” And that was back in the days when the Vietnamese called them “the men with green faces who come out of the ground.”
Wonderful, amazing young musician…Lang Lang plays…insipid word for what he does to Beethoven’s 1st and 4th piano concerto…….I play it way too loud when driving..NPR did a feature piece on him a few months ago and from that I learned that he first developed his love for the piano by watching Tom and Jerry cartoons….the one where the mouse is asleep inside the piano….ya gotta be of a certain age to remember that one!! and I do…all to well….but he is brilliant!!!
Bob Goelbe @ 108
thanks, there are times I enjoy nature sounds when falling asleep.
Wonderful music from Davidson College. Very little talk, totally classical music but for one hour church on Sunday.
They stream from wdav.org (89.9), publish a play list (nothing copywrited listed before it’s played) and take requests. It’s the constant background “noise” here.
Shifting gears:
Here is a link to to the Scahill Blackwater interview from Book TV. Schedule indicates it will not be reaired this weekend.
Scahill interview
Pete @ 106
Yes, how different it all is now — and as the quote goes: “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”
So I can look back to being five years old when Pearl Harbor happened, not really understanding the fuss. And remembering the lies they taught us in school. And yea, verily :-) the scales being lifted from mine eyes.
So, “It’s all good” even if we don’t care for it, along the lines of “what does not kill me, makes me stronger.”
Yes, somewhat easier for me, living half a world away from where I was born. But I am still an American, still hold that passport, still remember the country I was born into and what surely will rise again like a phoenix.
Bob Goelbe @ 108
thanks for the link!
Yesterday was Rudy and the gunowners day –the pro rudy media tried to make the nra look bad and rudy look good by saying he was gutsy to go before them. When asked if the choice were Rudy or Hillary –figuring he would say Rudy one leader said they would NEVER support Rudy and could support Hillary. The media is so incredible now they are irrelevant except to make people angry
retirin’ in five @ 110
We got a laptop about a month ago, and I’m loving it. I can go through all my regular blogs and watch Stewart, Colbert & Olbermann on the dvr at the same time! Everything I need to know, at my convenience, in half the time!
moose @ 115
I moved to the US (from the UK) when Clinton was President. I liked it then. Now, not so much. I hope you’re right.
katherine Graham Cracker @ 118
Did you see the ridiculous stunt he pulled with his cell phone? In the middle of his speech to the NRA, his cell rang. Giuliani, being the terrific family guy and model husband, answered the phone mid-speech and surprise, it’s his wife on the other end. “I’m talking to the NRA ha ha ha. I love you honey, have a safe trip.” -Gak!
twolf1 @ 121
Did he specify which of his three family values wives?
Hmmmm bought a bag of ground coffee at Ikea in their Swedish foods store … wow… it is pretty good, subtle but with strength. I usually a bold strong espresso or dark French roast person.
Christy,
I think you might lighten your fugue by listening to anthony sing If it be your will from the musical sound track Leonard Cohen: I’m your Man.
Good morning, Christy.
1. Hilary Hahn: Bach Partitas for Solo Violin.
2. Yo-Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone (theme from “Cinema Paradiso,” “The Mission,” etc)
And this is a nice picture of Jane; the blog is funny.
Good Morning Christy, Jane and pups!
Just finished sending the Latte Art linkie off to our musician sonny, who gets his health benefits from working at Starbucks. He and his buddies will get a kick out of it. Maybe Starbucks is gonna have to install ceiling mirrors so antsy customers can be entertained while they wait in line. ;->
SunnyNobility @ 114
thanks for the wdav link, i have it streaming now (128 kbps stereo!) through my stereo.
the scahill blackwater interview should be available via podcast later this week. here’s the link for c-span afterwords podcast info. i subscribe to afterwords via itunes, lots of good stuff.
tomatoes are calling. catch you-all later…
SouthernDragon @ 112
I especially liked this one, soothing.
egregious @ 122
My guess is that it was actually one of his aides.
PeteCo at 119. Still got some bugs in it. Can’t listen to internet radio, and can read but not reply to work emails. Those two and FDL are the three windows I have open in the afternoon.
And on topic — listening to Donald Fagen “Nightfly” on headphones right now.
Coming Soon! Iraq On Ice!
I bloody knew it. 25 years ago, I bloody knew it.
Pete @ 120
I hope so, too.
They say “everything happens for a reason” but then, they (the ubiquitous they) always said, especially of a death, “It’s God’s will.” Grrr, sez I.
At any rate, I think better to live in hope than despair. That last item in Pandora’s box was there for a reason.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 78
I was in a similar boat a few years back. You are so gonna enjoy it when you’re in a position to replace it *g*.
Good morning Christy and Firepups.
The Baltimore Sun is reporting on a Gallup Poll that finds,
Gee, I just can’t understand why this would be.
retirin’ in five @ 130
Re not being able to send mail – double check that you typed in the correct outgoing mail server (SMTP) for that particular email account.
retirin’ in five @ 130
Respect the seven-second delay we use.
Great album.
I had a lot of trouble setting up the security thingies on the router. Once I had that figured, we were good to go.
Scarecrow @ 125
it is (a nice picture) and it is (funny).
moose @ 132
If we get President Giuliani, Canada or the Netherlands are at the top of my list.
JEP @ 82
Or Gorecki Third Symphony, with Upshaw. Powerful.
twolf1 @ 136
Thanks but daughter’s coming out later today to re-set us up. I wouldn’t even know where to look for the outgoing mail server (SMTP) or what it does, and my life’s probably the better for the ignorance. Thanks.
We love Debussy. And Ravel. And so many others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKPBtZ0Zzok
Plastic bags passe’. How cool is this?
Christy, if you have never heard it, try an album called Grievious Angel by Gram Parsons. I will bet that you will be pleasantly surprised and find it easy to recommend. Then, do a Google search and read his story, but listen to the album first.
Morning Christy. How hard you worked for us all this week, thanks. You have a real talent for soldiering through the bad times.
So, what’s on the menu for tonight? Inquiring minds want to know and your food descriptions always tantalize.
Arnold Schoenberg is up.
String Quartet No. 2 (F sharp minor).
Kolisch String Quartet (somewhere in the mid-1950s).
Michael McDermott’s new one, Noise From Words, has been getting constant play on my iPod since I bought it last week.
Especially track 9 “Broken.”
Christy:
I am glad to learn that you love the cello!
When my son Noah, was still in his mother’s womb, at around 3 months, we began to sit her in front of the stereo, and play the recording of Mischa Maisky playing the Prelude from the 1st Bach Suite for Cello. Always only the Prelude. Our hope was that prenatal influence was not all hooey, and we were willing to give it a try.
Today, Noah is 17, has been playing the Cello for 9 years, won a musical scholarship, and among his favorites are the Bach Cello Suites. He will be applying for College this fall, and on the application we will submit a CD of his playing Bach.
Prenatal or postnatal influence? I think it is a little bit of both, but it helps that both of his grandfathers were musicians!
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Citizen Hardin Smith and the Firepup Patriots:
A few suggestions, blasts from the classical (and classic) past to choose from dependin’ on need and mood:
Brahms Requiem (to remember why we grieve)
Beethoven 6th Symphony, The Pastoral(to celebrate humanity)
Brahms Piano Concerto (contemplate the nexus of beauty and passion)
Bach 3rd and 6th Brandenburg Concertos (enjoy the feeling of pure energy even if it’s someoneles)
Bach Dual Concertante (pure beauty)
Briton War Requiem (to remember why we fight)
Hope you experience all to which you are lookin forward when you see you friends today…
KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION, THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO FIGHT!!
Since we’re talking music/entertainment I’ve been angry lately over the 2 instances of political censorship that have gone unpunished. First there was the musical group that was censored (I can’t recall the group,but I’m sure you all remember) and then Sally Fields. Both got some press and some criticism but that’s it. Is it not a crime to deny free speech? Nothing changes unless people are punished for such deeds. It has never been determined who decided to bleep Sally. Why not? I want to know who did it, have that person fired and either indicted or sued. A deterrent for any future thoughts of censoring political statements. It’s going to happen again and again unless there are repercussions.
Thanks to all for the wonderful music links & suggestions. Time to walk the dogs & get ready to go shop a couple of farmers’ markets this a.m. Looking for some cherokee purples to add to a batch of sauce. Some clams to make chowder on this rainy day in L.A. have appeared on the grocery list, too.
Here’s a last recommendation for listening this morning- anything Copland, but this always seems so haunting & evocative:
Fanfare for the Common Man
Read you all later.
Pete @ 139
Ever considered NZ? The climate might suit you. :-) I’ve not been there but many friends rave about it. And my neighbour the Frenchman, who has an ex- over there.
If I was looking for a bolthole today, I’d probably choose NZ over the land of oz, given our ferret a.k.a. ‘the man of steal’. OTOH, the impending election may be more of a shock than he anticipates. Unfortuantely, we’re being dragged down the Bushraq path. At least 40 anti-terrist bills in parliament and another coming down the pike on the heels of the FISA cavein. Maybe even more so. Erk.
From Debussy to reality.
Israel rejects Hamas’s offer for cease-fire in Gaza Strip
By JPOST.COM STAFF
Norske at 149
i’m with you
but for those in the mood for disco
“Dance with Me” by Peter Brown
Good Morning, Firedoggies.
Beginning this Monday and runnign through Friday on the editorial pages of the Los Angeles Times I will be having the verbal equivalent of a Caged Wrestling Match with one Andrew Breitbart.
The Subject Holywood and The War.
Breitbart, as I trust some of you may know, designed Araina’s wesite.
He also works with THIS creature.
A good time will doubtless be had by all.
ccmask @ 52
Wow. When I was young, 19, I hitchhiked with my friend from Minnesota to Naples. We stayed and worked for awhile in a little motel right on the edge of town (I don’t recall the name). We used to go down to the beach by the pier everyday…it was so incredibly beautiful. There was nothing at all on Vanderbilt beach at all…just white sugar sand and it was completely wild. Years later, I went back on a daytrip, and the town had all these canals…I could barely find my way around. The old part of Naples was still intact. It is a glorious place and lives in my memories vividly. Ahhhh..
Good gawd.
Baghdad, Sept 22, (VOI) – Selling Iraqi oil to Jordan at lower prices will help improve the situation of Iraqi refugees and reduce “burden” on their host country, an official spokesman for the Iraqi government, Ali al-Dabbagh, said on Saturday.
apparently not the first time Rdijudiandherpurse have pulled the phone call stunt –although it’s kind of unclear what the purpose is –
Sectarian violence and ongoing U.S. military operations have displaced nearly two million people inside Iraq, the Red Crescent has said….
http://www.azzaman.com/english/
Norske, 149
Brahms Requiem … in my humble opinion, his supreme masterpiece above all others.
The other great requiem of the same 19th century period is the Verdi. My joke is that the Requiem is the greatest opera that Verdi ever wrote.
But the religious work above all others is the Bach St. Matthew Passion, and I am not even Christian.
While I love classical music, I find this alternative rock song extremely uplifting.
Lit – Something to Someone
Do you think Joe Lieberman, Dick Cheney and Karl Rove are working behind the scenes?
katherine Graham Cracker @ 158
To try to undo his well deserved reputation as a bastard of a husband and a wretch of a father. The horror of it is that it is such a transparent ploy that the audiences lap it up as “cute.”
moose @ 151
I’m keen to see what happens in the election. Shutting down half of Sydney for the pleasure of our idiot president didn’t seem to amuse the residents of that city. Blair exited stage right rather than meet Thatcher’s fate. Being associated with Bush is politically radioactive right now, even for his own people. It would be gratifying to see Him and all His works repudiated by yet another member of the “Coalition of the Willing”.
Oklahoma kiddo @ 159
But…but…Return on Success!
I don’t have music recommendations – I’m not that sort. But I want to thank whoever mentioned Emmylou Harris sometime last week. I’ve been listening to Pieces of the Sky and enjoying that.
Former Clinton officials lobby for amnesty for FISA lawbreaking
http://www.salon.com/opinion/g….._immunity/
Oklahoma kiddo @ 161
No, they’re working in plain sight.
ccmask at 5.
Thank you so much for bringing that story up here. I might have missed it.
BushCo. never ceases to amaze! I’d heard rumors of desire to drill for oil. Drat those rats! They have unlimited desire to rap*&pillage anything and everything within their grasp. And NO SHAME! NONE. It boggles the mind, just makes me sick!
pardon me for a moment, please
NO! YOU WICKED LITTLE
MONSTERBRAT! Take your brush hog and return to TX this instant! Shoo! Drill in yer own front yard, if you must, NOT the people’s treasures. NO! A Thousand Times NO! NO! NO!there. i’m o.k. no, really. but can any of you dear pups please help?!
*grabbing pitchfork and mosquito net, and box of tissues*
as dear, eloquent Molly said some time ago.
“the boy ain’t right in the head”
What can we do? Continue to FIGHT them in court and in the media – tooth, nail and claw. Primal scream is therapeutic in appropriate venues, tho ymmv.
Please visit the websites below, pups. Thank you much. *sniffle*
http://www.savebiogems.org/
http://www.earthjustice.org/
http://www.lcv.org/
OKK there is a post over at C&L
http://www.crooksandliars.com/…..other-war/
Of course it is My wacky weird Senator Kyl who has four more years in office :P
PeteCO @ 167
The Bold and the
BeautifulHIDEOUS!My last entry as the witching hour has passed …
Consider Charles Ives, some great recordings available now. A lot this great American’s work was not appreciated in his day. :/
His best-known piece “Three Places in New England”.
String Quartet No. 2, the contrasts may not please everyone but give it a try.
Also, another one: Steve Reich. I’ve tied my ears and mine in knots trying to decontruct what I was listening to. Comes from two years at the Cincinnati Conservatory of music, LOL.
Oh and for those who like snark in music: Peter Schickele’s 1712 Overture.
Oh, hey, anyone know what MoveOn wound up with after yesterday’s donations? They haven’t updated their website yet.
To try to undo his well deserved reputation as a bastard of a husband and a wretch of a father. The horror of it is that it is such a transparent ploy that the audiences lap it up as “cute.”
dreamcatcher
It did not work at the NRA …it was quite an uncomfortable moment
Morning pups. When I’m ready for some fun I listen to Pink Martini. pink martini
If anyone is missing Bob Griegers Saturday Cartoons – like me :(
this might substitute…
http://www.cagle.com/main.asp
[h/t to CD for the link]
Moose, I was at the Cincinnati Conservatory, what years did you study there?
katherine Graham Cracker @ 174
No surprise there. At the NRA Rudy is in enemy territory, being in the past a gun-contorl advocate (you can’t be mayor of NYC and not be a gun-control advocate).
But now he is trying to court the NRA, and through them, the gun-nutty right that thinks children should be allowed to bring guns to school to “protect” themselves.
While not classical, this classic is what we were listening to in my classroom this week. (for classical, we listen to Vivaldi while taking tests)
Hi, Adie! I went to all of your sites and signed the petitions!
Miserere: Bocceli and Zucchero:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_KVsJLFxz0
Thank you for this post. At the end of the week – or the beginning of my weekend – I listen to Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone. It is heartbreakingly beautiful. And I thank whatever higher power there is that I can listen to such incredible beauty.
I am going to read the posts in the thread because I gain so much from all the firepups.
But I am packing up my cd’s and hitting the road. It is the weekend, and I have bazillion errands to run for me and my family.
many fond thoughts to you all….
Re my # 178
BTW, just in case anyone doubts that there is a movement to allow guns in school, here a couple of links.
Guns in School
More about guns in school.
Christy,
FWIW, you don’t have to skip over Xmas songs on your iPod – if they’re unchecked in your library and you select having only checked songs to sync, they won’t be added.
The best approach is to create a Xmas smart playlist (File, New, Smart Playlist) in your library by either changing the genre (as I did -or another category) of all your Xmas tunes to “Xmas” (or add “Xmas” in the comments field).
Using that feature to sort creates a playlist in which you can select (or deselect) all of your holiday music at once as appropriate for the season. As you add new Xmas music by appending “Xmas” in the same manner, it will automatically be added to your Xmas playlist. Then during the holidays you can choose to sync only that playlist with your iPod.
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Citizen oklahomakiddo and the Firepup Patriots:
“Israel rejects Hamas’s offer for a cease-fire in the Gaza strip.”
And so we are reminded that it has begun and that it will not end quietly. I am absolutely flabbergasted at my naivete as recently as 6 years ago when I thought that the rhetoric of the Nazi Christian right was simply a political metaphor for the corporate oligarchy not a political strategy.
There is no exit short of impeachment but we must build to it by convincing the Democrats in the Congress to cut off funding for anythin’ except a complete redeployment. That calls the bluff and if the Chimpenfuehrer refuses to comply then run his scrawny ass out in 48 hours.
There IS a fascist “grand strategy” and it includes extendin’ control of the entire Middle East to the US corporate oligarchy thru Israel…if the result of a general war in the region includes the destruction of Israel, then so much the better, but any semblance of national structures of political power or Arab nation states will be gone.
This is SOOOO fuckin’ crazy that nobody even paid any attention while our own home-grown American Nazis quietly dismantled all the constitutional checks on corporate power and by the time we woke up the army of Israel and Blackwater Security has implemented the endgame in the field.
Oh God has such a sense of humor, just look at the greatest irony of history in the relationship of the US and Israel…talk about the tail growin teeth and bitin’ the dog in the ass!!
KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION, THE BASTARDS AIN’T GUNNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO SURRENDER!!
katherine Graham Cracker @ 173
He was lucky they didn’t sh….
No, I better not say that.
Those fine folks over at the AFA don’t like him; I’m on their mailing list, and I got this a couple of days ago;
Would you vote for a pro-abortion, pro-homosexual marriage Republican candidate for president?
Give us your opinion!
Dear Pete,
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani is the only Republican candidate for president who supports abortion and homosexual marriage. Will Republican voters vote for a candidate for president who supports abortion and homosexual marriage?
Give us your opinion
Donald E. Wildmon, Founder & Chairman
American Family Association
Nutball on nutball violence; Oh, the humanity.
But now he is trying to court the NRA, and through them, the gun-nutty right that thinks children should be allowed to bring guns to school to “protect” themselves. dreamcatcher
One of the leaders of the gun mfg industry said they could NEVER EVER support Rudy based on the lawsuits and essentially calling him a sleazy liar.
I am in that fugue state too when anyone comes over. As a result, we don’t invite people over that often ;-).
I love classical music as well, but the most soothing CD we own is “Atlantis Angelis” by Patrick Bernhardt. http://www.patrickbernard.com/…..ntis_e.htm I’ve listened to it repeatedly for the past fifteen years or so, and I’m not sick of it yet.
-S
Thanks so much to Selise for the direct link to the Blackwater hearings…
I’ve been watching the hearings again from Dorgan’s hearing yesterday, and I am compelled to convey a sense of intense urgency, as desperately as never before…
Everyone who has the time, STUDY this video, don’t just watch it…
It contains more smoking guns and mushroom clouds of inconvenient truth than anything we have seen thus far since the Dems got back the gavels…
I can’t express in words how important it is that we all take a long, hard look at this, I’ll be watching it all weekend…
Seriously, FDLers, this is the most revealing hearing we have seen so far, worth all our most intense efforts and our unfettered scrutiny.
Sorry for the sense of urgency, but this is too important to casualize.
http://democrats.senate.gov/dpc/archive_092107.ram
Wow. Haven’t been listening to music lately, too doggoned busy — but look at this selection in thread, will have to sample them all!
Stuff I’m looking forward to (recently released, or coming Real Soon Now):
Eddie Vedder’s soundtrack for “Into the Wild”
Mark Knopfler’s “Kill to Get Crimson”
Judy Kuhn’s “Serious Playground” (covers of Laura Nyro songs) and
Bruce Springsteen’s “Magic”
listening to lots of blues…
Luscious, light, and easy-listening… baroque!?!
Honest. No kidding. ;->
Tafelmusik – by Georg Phillip Telemann
http://www.amazon.com/Telemann…..que-partagée-Productions/dp/B00000E4E8
Darmstadt Overtures – also by Telemann
http://www.amazon.com/Telemann…..B000038I7S
Landofthefree? If you’re there. Yes?
Christy:
In iTunes, right click on any song you don’t want to hear in “shuffle”, then choose GET INFO from the drop-down menu. Open the OPTIONS tab, and check the box “skip when shuffling” and hit OK.
Then go to CONTROLS at the top of iTunes, and check SHUFFLE.
Beginning the next time you synch your iPod to iTunes, all those songs will be skipped.
Darn refresh!
Pete @ 164
Ahh, APEC. There was a small side issue on that, which probably did not get out of the land of oz. Namely, a good many po-lice from Queensland were seconded to ~security~ (deliberate sneer quotes!) and meanwhile, some woman called for assistant but no one was available.
Two hours later, she was found dead.
The high point of APEC for me was Kevin Rudd (apparently, I only have a few words of Cantonese) speaking fluent Mandarin to China’s President Hu Jintao. I would love to have seen Howard’s face …
Next bit of fun was Putin, not a member but he likes U and we gots U.
And let us not forget our Canadian comedy friends proved how slack ~security~ really was.
G’night!
dreamcatcher @ 182
Just how does this fit with the zero tolerance crowd?
Just this month a kid was suspended for three days for drawing a picture of a gun. Get the part that the picture will be in the kids school file.
http://www.azcentral.com/commu…..22-on.html
Waves HELLO to Strat! ((Strat))
Of course, the old standby is Van Morrison. Nothing adjusts my attitude like Van.
You Are the New Day, performed by the King’s Singers always inspires me.
I also love the Bach Cantata “Ich Habe Genug.” And the Chieftains “May Morning Dew.” (From their “Water From the Well” album)
eeek!
@ 177
:-) Way back to 1953-55. What a surprise, after all these years and half a world away to find another.
But sorry, it’ll be qwerty forehead for me in a minute!
Catch ya next time.
moose @ 193
No, I don’t recall seeing that.
Good night, or morning, or Sunday, or something.
Moose, was Jack Wellbaum teaching then?
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Citizen Dreamcatcher:
Mozart wrote a pretty fair country requiem too, if I remember right (and I do)…but the Brahms Requiem seems to fit my angst and need to shore up my resolve to live for humanity and die for it too, if I must.
KEEP THE FAITH AND LOOK THE BASTARDS RIGHT IN THE EYE!!
I am a FDL lurker,who has been trying to catch up on this week’s news this morning. I was over at Crooks & Liars, watching the clip about the news reporter from Chicago who was shoved in the stairwell while trying to question Jerry Weller (who had just announced his resignation)about a land deal in Nicaragua. At least twice in the clip, a blondish man in a yellowish tie appears to point a gun at the reporters. Once in the stairwell and once in the doorway at the bottom of the stairs.
Was this noted in the coverage of this incident? Or has it become so commonplace for someone in a congressman’s entourage to hold off reporters with a gun that it’s not worth commenting on? Or have I been brain dead and missed the commentary? (The last option is quite possible.)
Please forgive my throwing in my 2 cents without reading the thread Christy…but if you don’t have either Donna the Buffalo or Michael Franti w/Spearhead, get some!!! Love and protest for the current state of affairs. Hope you have a wonderful night w/your company…completely understand the cleaning frenzy…seems company is the only time I get it together.
Inspired by Selise, I’m off to the farmers market to pick up one of the cartons of tomatoes going cheap for the last 2 weeks. My fried-all-summer basil pots are finally growing.
Farmers market has been sad.. few of the local veggies/melons have been summer good (too dry), the few surviving peaches pretty abysmal and no raspberries at all – waah! God bless and keep our farmers, particularly the organic troopers.
Happily, the cherokee purples have been a bright spot. Close to the end now (hope some still out there).
Bless all the pups too. Y’all don’t hear much from me, but I’m around and you brighten and enlighten my days.
NorskeFlamethrower @ 200
Yeah! And he did it on his deathbed too. But on second thought, what better time to write a requiem that when one is near death?
“Would you vote for a pro-abortion, pro-homosexual marriage Republican candidate for president?
I WOULD NOT vote for a Republican candidate for president who supports abortion and homosexual marriage. 137,275
I WOULD vote for a Republican candidate for president who supports abortion and homosexual sex marriage. 4,359
The American Family Association; Motivating and equipping citizens to change the culture.”
No, really. It actually says that. And what is “homosexual sex marriage”? Somebody’s hands a little shaky?
Lieberman -attack Iran resolution introduced in Senate http://www.tinyrevolution.com/…..01747.html
Lea (no uh) @ 178
Great! Thanks much.
The sites also provide handy descriptions and talking points people can use to explain to Congresscritters why they should care about specific environmental issues.
Another thot for folks wanting to keep track of environmental news – All 3 of those sites (see my #168) have e-mail alert systems if you desire them. Those are especially handy when dealing with ShrubCo, because the administration has a very nasty habit of trying to sneak by us (via stealth, and even blatant lying) with their secret, environmentally
insanenastywickedunwise agenda.Today’s going to be a “first” for us. A local pool is having a “doggie paddle”–open to dogs for an afternoon (now that the season for humans is over) to raise funds for a local dog park. We’re bringing our golden retriever. Wonder how she’ll react. I’ve had dogs all my life, but have never taken any of them swimming. Anyone have an experience like that to share?
Dead Last @ 201
If you mean the guy in the doorway at the end that says “what’s his name, what’s your name,” I believe that is the CBS reporter and I think he is holding a microphone.
Diary at Kos about Homeland Security noting what we read and write…:
http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/9/22/03315/2255
leinie @ 195
((leinie))
Hey, gorgeous!
Be sure and listen to “Into the Mystic” once for me ;-).
-S
CBS) JOLIET, Ill. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery has filed a complaint after he was shoved and sent down a flight of stairs while questioning a congressman Friday, knocking him into a woman who also fell.
The incident happened in Joliet, where Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.) was announcing his intention not to run for reelection.
Weller spoke for about 15 to 20 minutes about his accomplishments in his district and in Washington, then he left with a phalanx of people around him, and “with no intention, evidently, of answering questions,” Flannery said.
Flannery was pushed by a Weller aide right before he followed Weller into a stairway. The initial contact occurred off-camera. In the video posted on cbs2chicago.com, you can see Flannery stumbing into the view of the camera after being pushed. He is then shoved a second time once inside the doorway, which caused a woman inside the stairwell to fall.
Renee in Ohio @ 208
Swimming dogs are such a mess here in Phoenix. Thankfully my beagle does NOT like to be in the pool. The deep end scares her because she cannot find a way out. I think it depends on the dog and the size but Miss Dog just does not like the pool and the last time she was in was when the AC was out and I was cooling her off and she hated every minute.
Renee in Ohio @ 208
I gave my dogs swimming lessons this summer at the lake – well, attempted to anyway. The big one is highly food motivated and would swim just a little for some sandwich. The puppy splashed around a bit and then ran off to go play with border collies. She, in the end (after a couple weeks), did finally swim voluntarily for fun. The big guy would only swim for food and hated every minute of it… I think it depends on the dog!
New thread from Phoenix Woman:
Come Saturday Morning: Hmmmm
katymine, I have no idea if she’ll even go in the water. Guess it depends on what the other dogs are doing. She loves getting together with other dogs. When we visit family for the holidays, we board her with an animal behaviorist I know, and Winnie loves playing with the other dogs. I think it’s like “camp” for her.
Dead Last @ 200
Welcome, former lurker! ;->
I’m glad you piped up. I had heard of the incident, and even watched the YouTube a couple times, but hadn’t heard anything about a gun.
Yikes. I’m gonna go take another look.
BTW, I was listening to repubblecan Prez candidate Huckabee prattle on in an interview last night. He claims we’d all be so-o-o much safer if only there were more guns hidden in everybody’s pockets, readily available.
He’s usually a rather pleasant-sounding nebbish, but I guess it’s good to stay awake with these guys. *groan*
Christy, if I may, an obscurity from an old favorite…nothing dark or crazy, just bright and uplifting:
Pink Floyd-San Tropez.
Here is the key part of the Lieberman-Kyl amendment:
IMHO, this AUMF-Iran. Bush would treat it as the moral and legal equivalent of a declaration of war.
Have no doubts that The Lobby can and will get this passed with nays that can be counted on one hand.
even rightwing academics think Rudy is wrong to take calls in the middle of a speech
University of Virginia professor Larry Sabato said the phone call was inappropriate.
“Rudy was rude. Nobody does this. Can you imagine a president doing that? ‘Can you wait a second, folks. It’s my wife on the line?’ ” Sabato said.
LS @ 210
Dang! There go my plans to read “A Long Way Gone” and “Kite Runner” in public.
I wonder if it’d still be o.k. in the restroom, as long as I promised to tap my foot and dust the sides of the stall all the way to the bottom.
PeteCO @ 205
secret obsessions are an insideous, sneaky little disease?
The PodRunner podcast is most excellent treadmill music and its FREE. Just search for PodRunner in the iTunes store….
Ian Anderson. It’s not new, but is new to me. The Secret Language of Birds.
I am transported.
Thanks for asking
For your Pooches back/aging problem, find a holistic vet. Many years ago I had to carry my wifes dog up the steps to the vets, yet after the treatment (expensive), she managed to wobble out under her own steam (the dog, not my wife)
I listen to Handel’s operas (even in the car). The plot can be overlooked, but the music is sublime. And the William Christie DVD of Julius Caesar in Egypt is at the top of my hit (opera) list.
If you like Debussy, you also need to try Ravel. Anything! Piano. Orchestral. His orchestration is transcendental.
For the Gorecki lover, you might try R. Strauss “The Four Last Songs”. Lucia Popp is wonderful.
Then there are the crossover performers, like Sylvia McNair doing Jerome Kern, with Andre Previn piano. Her version of “All the Things you Are” was so moving I had to stop driving just to listen to it. She sang it just for me!
Did you know that George Gershwin went to Paris and studied with Ravel?
This coming Tuesday progressive activist Steve Earle releases a new record, Washington Square Serenade, that promises to be spectacular.
Are dachshaunds un-house-breakable?
Arriving late–
Christy,
You wrote,
Which, of course, immediately brought the Stones to mind,
Happy Saturday!
Bob in HI
I love it when you talk dirty. whew
With that iTunes card, you can get one of the only two music videos The Manhattan Transfer has ever done. My favorite (I bought both) is “The Offbeat of Avenues”. Any Manhattan Transfer album is a joy if you like lively vocal jazz, and iTunes has a good selection. Vocalese is probably the most famous, Grammy-wise, but my fave is a very early one, Mecca for Moderns. I saw them once at the Greek Theatre in LA, which is located right below their leader, Tim Hauser’s house. Magic evening, believe me.
Going back and listening to some older recordings these days: Gould’s recording of Bach’s English Suites is splendid, every line separate, clear, and interacting with every other line; and Weather Report, specifically Heavy Weather with the god-like Jaco Pastorious on bass.
Ron Starr @ 233
In the ipod right now, beautfiul album, have you checked out the compilation, I believe its called “Jaco Pastorious: The Early Years”??
Great Sunday afternoon listening.
Semi-old music that’s always on my most-payed list:
Al Green Greatest Hits vol. 1
Miles Davis Kind of Blue
Joe Pass Virtuoso series
Tom Jobim and Elis Regina
Count Basie Anything from the 30’s to the 70’s. If it’s got Mr Freddie Green on rhythm guitar it’s perfect: Atomic Basie, April in Paris, small group.
heres three in high rotation in my iPod…..
Fela Kuti- “Coffin for Head of State”
Midnite- “Better World Rasta”
Sharon Jones& the Dap Kings – “100 Days, 100 Nights”
EPU’d, but when I want a lift, I click onto arielpiano.com and watch this nine-year old play Chopin, Bach, his own jazz improvisations. Also clips from Billy Elliot (the Musical) on You Tube, esp. Liam Mower and Leon Cooke. Gifted youngsters remind me to have faith in the future.
4 Non Blondes
Old Mr. Heffer
a real spirit lifter
I love Broadway show tunes–especially old ones from the 1920s and 30s. If you like standards, I would highly recommend Michael Feinstein, who worked with Ira Gershwin before Ira died. Michael has a beautiful voice.
I’m about to start rehearsals for a musical–I do some acting when I’m not freelancing–called Blood Brothers. A tragedy–but the music is fun to sing!
A real change of music for me this week – hip hop, by the girls of Northern State.
I like just about all of their new CD “Can I Keep This Pen,” but today I’ve been dancing around singing “Better Already” and “Away, Away.” Heard they’ve got a fun video to Better Already on their website, but haven’t gotten there to look yet.
Al di Meola/John McLaughlin/Paco de Lucía
Carlos Santana
Charlie Parker
The Commitments
Count Basie
Duke Ellington
Eric Clapton
Etta James
Fleetwood Mac
Gamelan Pacifica
George Harrison
Jackie Wilson
Jeff Buckley
John Lennon
John McLaughlin
Kenny G
Kronos Quartet
Led Zeppelin
Lester Young
Louis Armstrong
Mark Knofler & Dire Straits
Marvin Gaye
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Nina Simone
Oscar Peterson
Pat Metheny
Paul Desmond
Phil Woods
Pink Floyd
The Platters
Ray Charles
The Rolling Stones
Rosanne Cash
Ry Cooder
Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli
Sarah Vaughan
Sonny Rollins
Stan Getz
Stevie Wonder
Sting
The Swingle Singers
Teddy Wilson
Thelonious Monk
Tommy Dorsey & Artie Shaw
Tracy Chapman
Van Morrison
Wes Montgomery