More Game . . .

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-world-cup/2019/09/28/rugby-

world-cup-2019-japan-vs-ireland-live-score-latest-updates/

Nunes didn’t blush his moral compass
Doesn’t function in reality very much
Moving like a tag team in the final
Seconds he and co-conspirators made their rush

It’s just a game
When you’re preoccupied
And the flame
Of burning fear’s inside you
When you think you’ve won consider damage
That’s been done to things much bigger than you
And how it hurt everyone

Winning is your singular preoccupation coloring
Each thing that you do and you say
This to the extent that jettisoned is all you learned
Back in your grammar school and from your mother

It’s just a game
One you learned from
Those with no shame
Or principles to which you’re
Blinded by the cloud that has developed
Over you and me and thickening now and soon may end what was
So long ago hard fought and died for
Carefully considered by some brave and valiant ones

Disregarding factuality while
Fabricating spouting fallacies at our expense
Is it sheer ambition are you threatened
Do you think this is the right thing to do
And can you live with yourself
When it’s through


Game
©2019 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Unique . . .

What do I know about happiness
Do I possess some kind of key
To things that no one else can see

Just as far back as my memory goes
Sometimes it seemed I was alone
Only my point of view and me

As I reflect
Some disconnect
Could be afflicting me
Am I just one
Under the sun
Or am I quite unique

Others speak out very easily
No fear about who may get hurt
By words so hastily dispensed

For some reason I step back away
I hesitate to be so bold as to
Presume some insight gained

As I reflect
Some disconnect
Could be afflicting me
Am I just one
Under the sun
Or am I quite unique

Unique
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Heart . . .

Have you no heart

And no feelings; no soul?

Do the words

Empathy, sympathy seem hard to comprehend?

I guess you should

Answer the first

Have you no children

So close and so dear

That separation

Would not hurt?

I guess you should

Answer the first

Have you no neighbor

Who may need something more

To make her life better;

To survive her own storm?

I guess you should

Answer the first

Have you no sense of decency;

Integrity;  principles

When it comes to another one’s life

Since you claim you are “Pro”?

But I guess you should

Answer the first

Have you no sense of what is really right

Can you feel any feeling

Do you have any sight

For disaster that surrounds you?

I guess you should

Answer the first . . .

Have you no heart

And no feelings; no soul?

Merciless
©2018 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Fatigue . . .

Being tired can take a toll
On the body and the mind
And also on relationships
Still no bad intention can you find

Curb your tongue
rein in emotion
Retorts conceived
Must go unspoken

Be soft and kind
With gentleness
The hurt you feel
Is really quite tenuous


The Hours
©2014 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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In Short . . .

(from https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-first-state-union-was-classic-reality-tv-who-ncna843351)

". . . business career was . . . a long list of bankruptcies, defaults and alleged dalliances with organized crime . . . rebranded as a towering tycoon through his reality TV show . . . could be the person he had always pretended to be: a Manhattan behemoth whose decisions were obeyed and feared without question. . . What was the worst that could happen?. . . went on to parlay his newfound celebrity into becoming America’s most unpopular first-year president ever. . . first State of the Union address. . . bore little resemblance to the reality America has endured over the past year. . . spoke of unity, (yet) there was no mention of last August’s white supremacist rally in Charlottesville . . . later stated that some white supremacists in attendance were “very fine people.” . . . claim(ed) that he was not interested in using nuclear weapons despite threatening North Korea for a year with talk of pre-emptive strikes and “fire and fury”. . . while remaining unaccountable to the American public about his own myriad scandals involving everything from his finances to allegations of sexual misconduct. . . despite steady public condemnation of . . . racism, cruelty and incompetence, conservative politicians and some pundits will likely spend the next few days once again proclaiming that the president has miraculously “pivoted” to become “presidential.” (If and when this temporary delusion occurs, ignore it.). . .Indeed, Republicans have already begun to praise him like apparatchiks of an autocrat. This is not helped by select journalists who have helped perpetuate an echo chamber of his own narcissism. . ."

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Hurt . . .

(from Nobody Left To Lie To;  The Values of The Worst Family by Christopher Hitchens)
". . . Indeed, in what had begun as a rather stilted and fixed campaign, the only outlet for insurgent feeling was that offered in a Republican primary by the eccentric Senator from Arizona, John McCain achieved at least an initial burst of speed by his proclaimed dislike of the system, by his professed distaste for campaign-finance racketeering and by his (apparently) unscripted and unspun style. It was puerile anti-politics but it worked for a space, and drew for its effect on many voters who had registered as Democrats or independents. Nowhere within the echoing emptiness of the Democratic fold was there any hint of a live dialogue. And McCain, of course, had voted to impeach and to convict Clinton, and had gravely upset Governor Bush of Texas, in the course of the South Carolina Primary, by comparing him to incumbent President. ("You don't," said Bush in a tone of outrage, "you just don't say that of a man."). . . "

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Go Get 'Em . . .

. . . Bernie . . .

"More than 90,000 people have signed our petition asking the Democratic Party to host more presidential debates starting this summer. Voters shouldn't wait to hear candidates debate the very serious issues facing our country.

Can you help us get to 100,000 signatures?

Click here to sign the petition to start the presidential debates."

What can it HURT???

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What Do I Know . . .

. . . about happiness
Do I possess
Some kind of key to things that
No one else can see
Just as far back
As my memory goes
Sometimes it seemed
I was alone
Only my point of view
And me

As I reflect
Some disconnect
Could be afflicting me
Am I just one
Under the sun
Or am I quite unique

Others speak out
Very easily
No fear about
Who may get hurt
By words so hastily dispensed
For some reason
I step back away
I hesitate
To be so bold
As to presume some
Insight gained

As I reflect
Some disconnect
Could be afflicting me
Am I just one
Under the sun
Or am I quite unique


Unique
[9/24/2014 Bratt Studio Recording (by Gentleman, scholar, musician and recording technician extraordinaire, Bill Pratt) by OHO - Jay Graboski, David Reeve and Ray Jozwiak and guest artist Bruce Kovacs on French Horn]




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Hurt . . .

I thought my skin was growing a bit thicker after over ten years of huckstering original music performance and recordings but for some reason, certain things still hurt. A natural-born salesman I most certainly am NOT! When applying for employment upon college graduation I unconditionally dismissed any and all job openings that hinted of sales.  I generally feel that if someone wants or needs something, they will seek it.  Consequently I never wanted to be the one to present them with something which I WANTED them to want or need.

Truth is, my stance on the matter has not really changed in essence since then. The one thing that HAS changed is that, after learning about what constitutes a successful music career (and I guess I have to qualify that by adding "commercially" to 'successful' because let's face it, if you have any talent, ability or passion about music, you do want to reap rewards in the critical and/or financial realms) I am now able to 'salesify' enough to confront a potential audience.  That's just marketing, plain and simple.

So in my joy at being on the WAMMIE ballot for Best Jazz Recording, I thought that, since (from the WAMA website) 'nominations and balloting come from the WAMA membership' that I would bring my good fortune at being nominated to the attention of the WAMA membership because, as a WAMA member myself, I sometime read hastily and more oftentimes FORGET things.  Frequently a small reminder can be most useful. A small reminder is what I intended to send the WAMA members, light-hearted, brief but to the point. So while I don't know all the WAMA members personally, I thought we had a common bond in our 'support' of the Washington area music community. I guess not all WAMA members feel that bond.

Turns out that two 'reprimanding' comments were returned to me in response to my request for a vote;  one from a member I do not personally know and another from one I do.

*Sending unsolicited mass emails to DC musicians that you don't know asking for you vote isn't the best way to gain their support.

*I don't really care much for begging for votes.  Please don't include me
on your list.

Granted the comments were innocuous enough (at least maybe one more than the other) and I have removed the two names from my mailing list in respect of their wishes, or in the case of the first, his implication.

But still . . .
        . . . it hurts.

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Bad Press. . .

. . . is better than no press. . .

When I first read Samantha's review of my release ANOTHER SHOT, I was somewhat hurt.  After all, when one spends considerable time, effort (and maybe even talent) on a particular project, one doesn't like to have it so easily and summarily dismissed.  But on re-reading it, she really did have some nice things to say about the solo piano.  I don't really feel so bad about it after reading it again. Well, you live and you learn.  I'm willing to go on.  I even hope Samantha will review another one of my releases.  (Hell.  I got 5 Golden Eggs - That doesn't sound bad. . .does it?)

(from "Buzzlegoose.com" by Samantha Hatfield) 
"In all of my musical experiences there is a genre that has in some ways always evaded me.  While I love old standards, there is something about jazz music that I just never really understood.  When I was passed Ray Jozwiak’s latest album Another Shot I sat down, in an attempt to find the beauty in a musical art form that never totally made sense.

Ray Jozwiak is a Baltimore-based artist who performs what can be referred to as “fractured jazz”.  His compositions are focused in piano performance.  Jozwiak uses piano, keyboard, acoustic guitar, and electronic and acoustic percussion throughout the album to achieve a layering effect with much of his music.  Much of his music is what can be called “fractured jazz” but his more classic piano compositions are much more enjoyable.

“Impressive”, the second track on the album is a more traditional jazz piano performance.  Rather than getting weighed down by the combination of too many instrumental layers, Jozwiak uses just the piano to create a rather lengthy arrangement.  It is pleasant to listen to containing many bluesy tones.  “Pedantic Verdantic” is another soothing piano composition.

In much of the rest of the album, Jozwiak provides music that listens more as an instrumental jam band break a la Phish.  However, this is a somewhat lame comparison because when you listen to a Phish record there is something about it that really jams ringing true with heart and feeling.  Much of Jozwiak’s music has a fake electrical sound as though it were produced in a computer or through the stock sounds of an electric keyboard.

“Fred & Ginger” is a very strange track that sounds as though it was imported straight from a 70s couples cruise.  This is the only track on the album that contains vocals and was intended to be a “tale of woe” but did not read this way at all.  There is something extremely cheesy about the whole song that becomes muddled about halfway through getting lost in a mess of drum, tambourine, piano and vocals.

Jozwiak’s Another Shot certainly made me appreciate traditional jazz much more than I ever had in the past but his experimental, keyboard produced “fractured jazz” lacked heart and sincerity.  His compositions seem strong, but he needs work on finding something truly inspiring and heartfelt.

5 Golden Eggs

Top Tracks: “Pedantic Vedantic”"


PEDANTIC VEDANTIC
From ANOTHER SHOT
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Something's wrong. . .

. . . here. . . 

If, as the gun advocates say, we don't need more laws, we need to enforce the gun laws already on the books, then LET'S DO IT!!!!!    . . . and not wait for something like this to happen again. 

(from TimeNewsFeed)
"Early reports indicate that approximately 50 people were hurt and at least 14 were killed when a masked gunman opened fire during a midnight showing of the Dark Knight Rises at a mall in Aurora, Colo.

Police and witness reports indicate that a gunman fired into the audience 15 minutes into the midnight showing of the film. Police confirmed that the shooter — who entered theater number 9 wearing a gas mask and released a canister filled with gas — fired a rifle multiple times into the audience. Aurora police chief Dan Oates said that 10 died during the attack, and four more died in area hospitals.

One person is in police custody, and authorities are saying that it appears this suspect acted alone. Police, however, are still scouring the immediate area and other local movie theaters for any possible accomplices. A Colo. bomb squad was also called to check reports that an explosion occurred within the movie theater, and to investigate a suspicious vehicle parked outside of the cinema.

At an early morning press conference, Oates said his officers found the gunman with a mask, a rifle and a handgun by a car behind the theater — at least one more weapon was found within the man’s vehicle. The police chief added that the suspect told officers after being taken into custody that there may be explosives in his apartment. Oates told reporters that the authorities are currently securing a residence in North Aurora.

Witnesses say that the bullets went through the wall from the theater where the shooting took place and hit several victims in an adjacent Dark Knight midnight showing."

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