pianogonzology

Friday, November 25, 2016

Suspense? . . .

". . . This email is to let you know that your song, "Third Hand Intelligence" performed by Oho which was entered into the Performance category, has officially been reviewed by the listening committee of the International Songwriting Competition. Please be aware that if you have entered multiple songs or the same song into multiple categories, then you will receive a separate notification for each one. These may also come at different times as the competition progesses, so don't be alarmed if you don't receive all of your confirmations at once. . . We ask that you please do not request any feedback on your entry as we are extremely busy going through the evaluation process. The purpose of this email is to stay in contact with our entrants and to keep you updated on the process of the competition. . . ISC 2016 Semi-Finalists will be announced in February 2017, Finalists in March 2017 and the Winners in April 2017. All entrants will receive emails regarding the results and they will also be posted on the ISC website - www.songwritingcompetition.com ! . . .Thank you for your participation and we wish you the best of luck!. . ."

. . . not really. A good song is a good song. . .

Third-Hand Intelligence
from the forthcoming, tentatively titled album "Gazebo" by OHO (Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak)

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Thursday, November 24, 2016

Struck . . .

(http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-david-horsey-message-to-red-state-trump-voters-i-want-my-country-back-20161114-story.html)
". . . Yes, congratulations. At the same moment you elected a billionaire who claimed he would drain the special interest "swamp" in Washington, D.C., you kept in power insiders like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, one of the biggest snakes in the swamp, plus all the other Republicans in Congress who have fought to keep the mighty flow of corporate dollars streaming in. . . You think you have struck a blow against the "elites" on the coasts who look down on "real Americans" in the heartland. . ."

. . . . Well, YOU DIDN'T!!

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Wednesday, November 23, 2016

All ? . . .

. . . or just the ones YOU know?

It always amazes me when someone uses the word "all" in reference to a group of people, such as gender, religious, professional, age, race, national origin or anything else. The reason this began to trouble me many years ago was a conversation, of which I was a party, where someone made reference to men, a group to which I belong, and "how they are." In fact, the attribute, characteristic, nature or other aspect of men to which this person referred was clearly not one that I shared and I was, quite honestly, anxious to inform the person of this. All of which, after some additional consideration, led me to the realization that although it comes quickly and frequently to the mind (and to the lips), the word "ALL" should be employed only with the utmost discretion, unless of course you are referring to a smaller, more manageable group than 'men', such as 'the three stooges', 'two of my friends' or maybe even 'a dozen eggs.' Another recent conversation involved me where another man was considering that portion of the population to which I will refer to here as women, in a somewhat dismissive and disparaging way. More specifically, and also unfortunately, he cited as his evidence female members of his own immediate family. My efforts to diplomatically bring to his attention that female members of my family were in fact not so easily categorized, a fact that in utilizing logic, negated his entire premise. At this point, it appeared that he had finally gotten my proverbial 'drift.' But then before parting he smirked and said, 'But you know they're ALL cut from the same cloth.'

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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

What More . . .

. . . is there to say?

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Monday, November 21, 2016

No . . .

. . . chopping ingredients for dinner

. . . selecting the proper accompanying wine

. . . discussing the ups and downs of our day

. . . forecasting the future of our country

. . . joking and teasing and . . .

. . . sending her off to work on her projects

. . . cleaning up the kitchen

. . . playing the piano

. . . surfing for a quick, intelligent hour (or half) of entertainment

. . . settling down for a good night's sleep

. . . at least tonight . . .

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Sunday, November 20, 2016

So Many . . .

. . . things to do . . .

(from Michael Moore and http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/11/10/just-in-michael-moore-releases-plan-to-immediately-impeach-donald-trump-details/)
". . . Day Two’s To-Do List:
1. Must quickly and decisively form an opposition movement, the likes of which hasn’t been seen since the 1960s. I will do my part to help lead this as I’m sure many others (Bernie, Elizabeth Warren, MoveOn, the hip-hop community, DFA, etc.) will, too. The core of this opposition force will be fueled by young people who, as with Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter, don’t tolerate b.s. and are relentless in their resistance to authority. They have no interest in compromising with racists and misogynists.

2. Prepare to impeach Trump. Just as the Republicans were already planning to do with President Hillary from Day One, we must organize the apparatus that will bring charges against him when he violates his oath and breaks the law — and then we must remove him from office.

3. Must commit right now to a vigorous fight (including civil disobedience, if necessary) which will block any and all Donald Trump Supreme Court nominees who do not meet our approval. We demand the Democrats in the Senate aggressively filibuster any nominees who support Citizens United or who oppose the rights of women, immigrants and the poor. This is non-negotiable.

4. Demand the DNC apologize to Bernie Sanders for trying to fix the primaries against him, for spinning the press to ignore his historic campaign, for giving Clinton the questions in advance at the Flint debate, for its latent ageism and anti-Semism in trying to turn voters against him because of his age or religious beliefs, and for its anti-democracy system of “superdelegates” who are elected by no one. We all know now had Bernie been given a fair shot, he probably would have been the nominee and he — as the true outsider and “change” candidate –would have inspired and fired up the base and soundly defeated Donald Trump. If no apology is soon forthcoming from the DNC, that’s ok — when we take over the Democratic Party (see yesterday’s To-Do List, #1), we will issue the apology in person.

5. Demand that President Obama establish a Special Prosecutor to investigate who and what was behind FBI Director James Comey’s illegal interference into the Presidential election 11 days before the vote was held.

6. Begin a national push while it’s fresh in everyone’s mind for a constitutional amendment to fix our broken electoral system: 1. Eliminate the Electoral College — popular vote only. 2. Paper ballots only — no electronic voting. 3. Election Day must be made a holiday for all — or held on a weekend so more people vote. 4. All citizens, regardless of any run-ins with the criminal “justice” system, must have the right to vote. (In swing states like Florida and Virginia, 30-40% of all Black men are prohibited by law from voting.)

7. Convince President Obama to immediately do what he should have done a year ago: Send in the Army Corps of Engineers to Flint to dig up and replace all the poisoned pipes. NOTHING HAS CHANGED; the water in Flint is still unusable.

Will try to get these done by sundown. More To-Do tomorrow…
–Michael Moore . . ."

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Saturday, November 19, 2016

Drama . . .

. . . is perpetual . . .

dra·ma

[ˈdrämə]

NOUN

a play for theater, radio, or television:

"a gritty urban drama about growing up in Harlem"

synonyms: play · show · piece · theatrical work · dramatization
an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances:

"a hostage drama" ·
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synonyms: incident · scene · spectacle · crisis · excitement · thrill ·
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