pianogonzology

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Conscience. . .

(from http://www.truthdig.com/report/print/the_obama_deception_why_cornel_west_went_ballistic_20110516)
“. . . When you look at a society you look at it through the lens of the least of these, the weak and the vulnerable; you are committed to loving them first, not exclusively, but first, and therefore giving them priority,” says West, the Class of 1943 University Professor of African American Studies and Religion at Princeton University. “And even at this moment, when the empire is in deep decline, the culture is in deep decay, the political system is broken, where nearly everyone is up for sale, you say all I have is the subversive memory of those who came before, personal integrity, trying to live a decent life, and a willingness to live and die for the love of folk who are catching hell. This means civil disobedience, going to jail, supporting progressive forums of social unrest if they in fact awaken the conscience, whatever conscience is left, of the nation. And that’s where I find myself now. . ."

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Preparation . . .

. . . for a new music release . . .

. . . can be arduous . . .

It can also be fun, exciting, demanding, thought-provoking, doubtful, congratulatory, tedious, labor-intensive, fearful, anxiety-producing, rewarding, reflective, disparaging, encouraging . . . and more . . .

. . . but I just gotta do it!

The Hours
©2016 Raymond M. Jozwiak, from the forthcoming 'No Frills'

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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Limousine . . .

She comes out of the night she wrote every book you've read
Fingering her pearls every bead a lover dead
She wears that feathered hat ends up burning on the bed
Her freedom ring's not cheap the beast the till both must be fed

We twins sit on this leather seat this woman this man
One lives the level of her heart the other's gland's in hand
She serves that wicked brew opens minds opens eyes
Holds up the looking glass cracks to cut the shame that binds

What is is what is not is too
This emptiness inside includes
The mystery awaiting moving you
To be released and not removed

And she runs me down in my limousine
And she picks me up in my limousine
And we drive it home give our breath away
Though I'm left alone no way am I the same

The hand extends the fingers eyed they fondle urging every word
You only have what you give up fluxing in the flow
Holding on to what you want will only keep it out of reach
And lock you up inside yourself and block epiphany

Read the beat the rhythm takes and gives
The bodies dance in primal play
Forever steps alive into today
Here each word points but does not say

And she runs me down in my limousine
And she picks me up in my limousine
And we drive it home give our breath away
Though I'm left alone no way am I the same

Monday, February 15, 2016

Rehearsal . . .

This is going to have to be done. . . eventually. Blood Brother will be one of the tracks on OHO's forthcoming, tentatively titled 'Male Pattern Radness'.

Practice makes perfect, right???

Blood Brother
© 1998 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Sunday, February 14, 2016

Suspects? . . .

. . . possibly one closely connected to and loved by that particular camp . . .

(from https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dnc-allowing-donations-from-federal-lobbyists-and-pacs/2016/02/12/22b1c38c-d196-11e5-88cd-753e80cd29ad_story.html)
". . . The Democratic National Committee has rolled back restrictions introduced by presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008 that banned donations from federal lobbyists and political action committees.

The decision was viewed with disappointment Friday morning by good government activists who saw it as a step backward in the effort to limit special interest influence in Washington. Some suggested it could provide an advantage to Hillary Clinton’s fundraising efforts.

“It is a major step in the wrong direction,” said longtime reform advocate Fred Wertheimer. “And it is completely out of touch with the clear public rejection of the role of political money in Washington,” expressed during the 2016 campaign. . ."

Saturday, February 13, 2016

Our Wonderful . . .

. . . Press . . .

Why do I have to hear, see, read about Donald Trump every day as if he really is a serious, viable, candidate for president of the United States of America? Because of our wonderful press - gawd bless 'em!

"You can say what you want I have no doubt that it (waterboarding) does work in term of information and other things," Trump told (Jake) Tapper. ["other things"? - my note]

Jacob Paul "Jake" Tapper is an American journalist, cartoonist and author. As of 2016, he is the Chief Washington Correspondent, anchor of the CNN weekday television news show The Lead with Jake Tapper

Did Jake Tapper ask Trump to provide empirical evidence of maybe an example or two of instances where he (Trump) could prove that the statement he had just made was, in fact, accurate?

NNNNOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Our dedicated, objective, informative press at work? (Maybe "Jake" is a better cartoonist?)

Friday, February 12, 2016

That's . . .

. . . life. . .

(from https://offbeatenglish.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/life-quotes/)
". . . Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today. ~James Dean

As you grow older, you’ll find the only things you regret are the things you didn’t do. ~Zachary Scott

And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. ~Abraham Lincoln

I’m less interested in why we’re here. I’m wholly devoted to while we’re here. ~Erika Harris

You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.~Charles Buxton

You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted. ~Ruth E. Renkl

You may delay, but time will not. ~Benjamin Franklin

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older. ~Larry McMurtry, Some Can Whistle

Minutes are worth more than money. Spend them wisely. ~Thomas P. Murphy

Begin doing what you want to do now. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand, and melting like a snowflake. ~Marie Ray

Whether it’s the best of times or the worst of times, it’s the only time we’ve got. ~Art Buchwald

If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance. ~Andrea Boydston

Life is always walking up to us and saying, “Come on in, the living’s fine,” and what do we do? Back off and take its picture. ~Russell Baker

Every second is of infinite value. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We are always getting ready to live but never living. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

You only live once; but if you live it right, once is enough. ~Adam Marshall

Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons. ~Ruth Ann Schabacker

Don’t ever save anything for a special occasion. Being alive is the special occasion. ~Author Unknown

When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets.~Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human

Every day of our lives we are on the verge of making those slight changes that would make all the difference. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960 . . ."