Monday, December 14, 2015

Firmly . . .


Rep. Lamar Smith , R-Texas has used his power of congressional subpoena to coerce the head of NOAA, Kathryn Sullivan, to hand over all data and emails from scientists on their use of global satellite data. Smith is chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. In a very harshly worded letter, his co-committee member Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, accuses him of overreaching and abusing his power, noting (correctly) that neither he nor his staff is qualified to examine the data.





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Sunday, December 13, 2015

Practice . . .

. . . makes
. . . perfect . . .



“Practice doesn't make perfect.
Practice reduces the imperfection.”
― Toba Beta

“Practice makes the master.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That's the only way to keep the roads clear.”
― Greg Kincaid

“If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a famous master in music whose works I have not frequently and diligently studied.”
― Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“Sex, whatever else it is, is an athletic skill. The more you practice, the more you can, the more you want to, the more you enjoy it, the less it tires you.”
― Robert A. Heinlein


Paleolithic Goddess Figurine
Recorded live at the compound by OHO (Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak)





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Saturday, December 12, 2015

Familiar . . .

©2011 Baloocartoons.com
. . . it's our news media's FAVORITE subject . . .



dem·a·gogue
ˈdeməˌɡäɡ/
noun
a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument.
synonyms: rabble-rouser, agitator, political agitator, soapbox orator, firebrand, fomenter, provocateur
"he was drawn into a circle of campus demagogues"
(in ancient Greece and Rome) a leader or orator who espoused the cause of the common people.






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Friday, December 11, 2015

Are Two . . .

. . . ALWAYS better than one?


(from http://www.notable-quotes.com/h/hypocrisy_quotes.html#oOoL0Dtjk21AcqkT.99)
"Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins."
RALPH WALDO EMERSON

"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE

"Whenever a man undergoes a considerable change, in consequence of being observed by others, whenever he assumes another gait, another language, than what he had before he thought himself observed, be advised to guard yourself against him."
JOHANN CASPAR LAVATER

"A man is a hypocrite only when he affects to take a delight in what he does not feel, not because he takes a perverse delight in opposite things."
WILLIAM HAZLITT

"For neither man nor angel can discern
Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks
Invisible, except to God alone."
JOHN MILTON





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Thursday, December 10, 2015

The Story . . .


. . . continues . . .


Question:  Sorry again for the long delay. Do you have a proposal drafted up that we would be able to review? After talking with my boss, the concerns would be from the promotional material, logo usage, etc. If you have a document going through all the requests and stipulations, would you be able to send that over?


Answer: The only proposal I can give you is the summary that I have already submitted. There is nothing complicated here.

This is a celebration of local musicians singing about their local environment.  Period.

I don’t understand concerns about promotional material, logo usage (you say etc. but if there is an “etc” could you please be specific.)

The CD will be promoted on cdbaby.com and on www.ohomusic.com described as above. Nothing more.

There will be NO LOGO usage. There need not be.

We have borrowed the basic melody of the fight song.  NOTHING MORE.

The rest of the fight song is poetic license.  Essentially jazz improvisation on chord substitutions for the basic, military march chords of the original.

Regarding ‘requests and stipulations’, I have stated our request.  We would like to purchase the mechanical rights, meaning, 'the right to reproduce a piece of music onto CDs, records or tapes.' Nothing more.

Please, if this is not clear, call me (or have your boss call).  I would be happy to speak with both (or either) of you.




An Excerpt
by Ray Jozwiak for the forthcoming MD/CD produced by Jay Graboski





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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Could Be . . .


(from http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/3256248-155/letter-gop-far-right-is-a)
". . . some mainstream Republicans have adopted the idiocy of the following scenarios: President Obama is a Kenyan and wants to seize the weapons of all Americans, Common Core is a secret plot to promote homosexuality and communism, military exercises in Texas were actually the first step to imposing martial law. . . "


Could It Be

by Ray Jozwiak, Gonzo Piano - from Another Shot ©2010 Raymond M. Jozwiak




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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Confused . . .


“I am both happy and sad at the same time, and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”
― Stephen Chbosky

“I am tired of people saying that poor character is the only reason people do wrong things. Actually, circumstances cause people to act a certain way. It's from those circumstances that a person's attitude is affected followed by weakening of character. Not the reverse. If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others and judging their lives as either black or white, good or bad. We all live our lives in shades of gray.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“When you don't know where to start,
just go to a place you miss so much.”
― Toba Beta

“I just want to be someone, to mean something to anyone…”
― Charlotte Eriksson

“After a long silence, Dodge cleared his throat. "I think I speak for all of us when I say, 'Huh?hat”
― Frank Beddor

“sometime hate is just confused love!”
― Omar Tyree

“I freely admit I'm confused. I'm a confused and troubled individual but at the same time...Its Free! ”
― Craig Ferguson

“I do not understand this analogy," Mencheres muttered.”
― Jeaniene Frost

“I've never been lost, but I was mighty turned around for three days once.”
― Daniel Boone

“It’s really very difficult to understand a woman – actually it’s not she but he who is confused”
― Amit Abraham


She/He
Recorded live at the compound by OHO November 2015(Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak)





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