pianogonzology

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Soothe. . .

(from http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/252000.html by William Congreve from The Mourning Bride, 1697)

Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,

To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.

I've read, that things inanimate have mov'd,

And, as with living Souls, have been inform'd,

By Magick Numbers and persuasive Sound.

What then am I? Am I more senseless grown

Than Trees, or Flint? O force of constant Woe!

'Tis not in Harmony to calm my Griefs.

Anselmo sleeps, and is at Peace; last Night

The silent Tomb receiv'd the good Old King;

He and his Sorrows now are safely lodg'd

Within its cold, but hospitable Bosom.

Why am not I at Peace?

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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Threatening . . .

. . . news . . .

. . . in addition to the Presidential Election . . .

No clowning around: Police dig through clown sightings for ...
CBS News
1 day ago
Several teenagers in Connecticut were arrested Wednesday on charges of making threats, accused of posting clown hoaxes on Instagram that led to extra security at ...

Clown-related threats haunt Dallas-area schools, the ...
Dallas News
3 days ago
Oct 03, 2016 · The creepy clown phenomenon appears to be reaching new heights in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Security at four high schools in Dallas — Spruce, Carter ...

Clown threats reported at schools throughout Chicago area ...
abc7chicago.com/news/clown-threats-reported-at-schools-throughout...
Many parents who are worried about creepy clown threats in the Chicago area took their children to class Wednesday morning.

Clown threats: 1 arrest; Schools closed after attack reported
Cincinnati
8 days ago
Sep 28, 2016 · Clown threats: 1 arrest; Schools closed after attack reported The creepy clown phenomenon — people dressed as clowns intimidating strangers — …

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Monday, October 10, 2016

Catholic . . .

". . . comprehensive, universal; especially : broad in sympathies, tastes, or interests <a catholic taste in music. . ."

". . . was first used to describe the Christian Church in the early 2nd century to emphasize its universal scope. . ."

". . .including a wide variety of things; all-embracing . . ."

". . . universal or of general interest. . . "

". . . liberal, having broad interests, or wide sympathies . . ."

. . . so what happened? . . .
(thanks to www.wikipedia.com and www.merriam-webster.com)

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Sunday, October 9, 2016

Hannah . . .

. . . from Hanoi . . .

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%E1%BB%8Bnh_Th%E1%BB%8B_Ng%E1%BB%8D)
"How are you, GI Joe? It seems to me that most of you are poorly informed about the going of the war, to say nothing about a correct explanation of your presence over here. Nothing is more confused than to be ordered into a war to die or to be maimed for life without the faintest idea of what's going on."

During the Vietnam War, Ngọ became famous among US soldiers for her propaganda broadcasts on Radio Hanoi. Her scripts were written by the North Vietnamese Army and were intended to frighten and shame the soldiers into leaving their posts. She made three broadcasts a day, reading a list of newly killed or imprisoned Americans, and playing popular US anti-war songs in an effort to incite feelings of nostalgia and homesickness, attempting to persuade US GIs that the US involvement in the Vietnam War was unjust and immoral.[1] US Navy ships and personnel were also targeted in her broadcasts, with Ngọ reading out the names of crew members and saying that they were all going to die.[5] She also received and played recorded messages from Americans who were against the war, saying later that she thought these messages were the most effective of all as "Americans will believe their own people rather than the adversary"

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Saturday, October 8, 2016

Sunday . . .

SUNDAY, SUNday, Sunday! OC Restaurant Week begins with The OHO "Teamwork" Duo at Bourbon Street On the Beach (116th Street and the beach, behind The Fountainhead) from 6:00-9:00 PM. Get a 3 or 4 course repast for a few shekels. Oh yeah... & Happy Hour specials ALL DAY! Plus...Ray tickles the ivories.

Long To Be Latin

Recorded at Bourbon Street at the Beach, Julh 2016

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Friday, October 7, 2016

Walpurgisnacht . . .

(from https://www.facebook.com/ohomusic/photos/a.707674495921502.1073741826.136202876402003/8
60487080640242/type=3&comment_id=1292401624115450&reply_comment_id=1292480447440901&force_theater=true&notif_t=photo_comment&notif_id=1475588230978668 by Jay Graboski)
Walpurgisnacht? A gathering of witches. Alfred Kubin woodcut used for "Ecce OHO!" CD release (1998, Little Wing of Refugees--LW 3053 EXP) “A witch’s nature is nothing more than exaggerated femininity carried to illicitly stimulating extremes…And so it can happen that the name and nature of the divine are merged in the monstrous, with bitch and mistress becoming one, for we are dealing after all with the arch-bitch, 'Our Gracious Lady Bitch.'”—Thomas Mann (Joseph and His Brothers, page 999) Happy Halloween!

In fairy tales and in Halloween lore "the witch represents the dark side of the great earth goddess. In our country, the cult of earth goddesses has practically vanished, the positive aspects of the mother archetype integrated into the Virgin Mary, while the negative and destructive, the death side, has been repressed into the subconscious...the evil of the subconscious in a certain form. They generally intrigue, poison, kill, or eat people, or they slander them so they quarrel with each other. These are the main activities of mythological witches, and of human witches as well." -Marie Louise Von Franz "Individuation in Fairy tales." Misogyny? This is about RESPECT (Fear of the Lordess). In my own experience I endured a 5 year ordeal with a witch, after which I have heard, she retired her broom...no shit.

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Thursday, October 6, 2016

Andrew . . .

. . . White . . .

(from http://www.capitalbop.com/musician-profile-andrew-white-keeper-of-the-trane-is-a-living-legend-unknown-to-many/) ". . . Andrew White began his career as the leader of an innovative quintet on one of the world’s top jazz labels, then went on to record with McCoy Tyner and Weather Report and toured with Stevie Wonder. . . White hasn’t been as celebrated as certain other D.C. musicians is his refusal to compromise with the music industry. In an age when so-called DIY music production and promotion were unheard of, he founded his own label, Andrew’s Music. From there, he recorded, produced, pressed and disseminated his own records – more than 40 in all. He also used the label as a vehicle for publishing his writing, which has ranged from essays and “treatises” on music and life to adult fiction to an 850-plus-page autobiography. . . With the possible exception of Sun Ra’s El Saturn label, Andrew’s Music is the longest-lasting self-run, self-produced jazz record label in the world. . . “All of my records are still in print,” he mentioned, pulling out several shrink-wrapped LPs available for me to purchase. “If you’re interested, I also have copies of my autobiography for sale. Everything is in there, at least everything up till now.” . . . As I flipped through the impossibly thick autobiography, it quickly became apparent that this aging man had done it all, seen it all – most of which he had meticulously documented in the tome titled Everybody Loves The Sugar. Sitting down with me to discuss some important moments in his life, White pinpointed his freshman year in college as the beginning of his long career in music and the arts. . . Born in D.C. but raised in Nashville, Tenn., “I came back to Washington, D.C. to attend Howard University, where my father had gone to school,” White told me. “Within six months, I was already involved on the jazz scene – and I wasn’t but 18 years old.” With an intense interest in music, he majored in music theory with a minor in Oboe. But the music program at Howard in 1960 was vastly different from how it stands today. “Back then, there were no jazz musicians there,” White recalled. “This was before the Jazz Studies program had started. There were students interested in classical music and music theory, but it was primarily an educational institution.” . . ."

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