pianogonzology

Monday, September 18, 2017

Revisions. . .

Upcoming OHO Dates

Monday, September 18th, 2017
BOURBON STREET ON THE BEACH
Just Jay (with occasional special guests) - 4:00PM
Coastal Highway & 116th Street
Ocean City, MD 21842
443-664-2896
Price: na
OHO's Jay Graboski goes solo and unplugged, well, ACOUSTIC at least with a plethora of thought-provoking cover tunes and some OHO originals mixed in.

Tuesday, September 19th, 2017
BOURBON STREET ON THE BEACH
Just Jay (with occasional special guests) - 4:00PM
Coastal Highway & 116th Street
Ocean City, MD 21842
443-664-2896
Price: na
OHO's Jay Graboski goes solo and unplugged, well, ACOUSTIC at least with a plethora of thought-provoking cover tunes and some OHO originals mixed in.

Saturday, October 14th, 2017
PLEASANT VALLEY GOLD CLUB
OHO at Music Nights at the Valley - 6:00PM
8467 Pleasant Valley Road
Stewartstown, PA 17363
USA
717-993-2184
Price: Members only
Now a new date and the full band. Join OHO for a rockin' night of originals and thought-provoking cover tunes

Friday, October 27th, 2017
MILLSTONE CELLARS
OHO at Millstone Cellars - 7:30PM
2029 Monkton Road
Monkton, MD 21111
USA
443-895-9991
Price: $5.00
OHO brings their unique, refined rock/prog/folk/pop/jazz music to Millstone Cellars for a beautiful late autumn evening.

Friday, November 17th, 2017
MILLSTONE CELLARS
OHO at Millstone Cellars - 7:30PM
2029 Monkton Road
Monkton, MD 21111
USA
443-895-9991
Price: $5.00
OHO brings their unique, refined rock/prog/folk/pop/jazz music to Millstone Cellars for a beautiful late autumn evening.

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Sunday, September 17, 2017

Molding . . .

. . . this clay . . .

Round every corner and fade into blue
The Angelus rings, she comes into view
Nine is her number
In nine she is due
She will never fail you

Singing creation, look into her eyes
Out of her mouth she is speaking the sky
Circling heaven, higher than high
She in time is movement

Why should I move from her world vibration?
Molding this clay into
Paleolithic Goddess Figurines

Streaming to rivers, she floats on the sea
Gathers her children who sit on her knee
Showing and telling them where they are free
She is softly speaking

Holding the line when she seems unpleasant
Molding this clay into
Paleolithic Goddess Figurines

There is no real dilemma
She has her own agenda
Though there's a vulture hovering above our heads
Go on and trust the pattern
Her sun and moon are lanterns
Painting the firmament with stars

She is the vision of attention engaged
Breaking the spell of automaton rage
A circuit of heaven, a luminous wave
All is seen before her

Why should I move from her world vibration?
Molding this clay into
Paleolithic Goddess Figurines

Round every corner and fade into blue
The Angelus rings, she comes into view
Nine is her number
In nine she is due
She will never fail you

Paleolithic Goddess Figurine
OHO Live at Millstone Cellars, September 2017 (OHO is Jay Graboski, David M. Reeve & Ray Jozwiak

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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Right . . .

. . . you ARE . . .

. . . two lushly complex chords and a somewhat exotic, latin inflection (offered by OHO's Jay Graboski) were the inspiration for an AABA structured composition which presents the improviser with numerous, quick-changing chords, challenging the imagination and the technique. . .

Righteously
Written by Jay Graboski & Ray Jozwiak

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Friday, September 15, 2017

Community . . .

(from John Adams by David McCullough)
". . . He described how the shrieking "rabble" pelted the soldiers with snowballs, oyster shells, sticks, "every species of rubbish," as a cry went up to "Kill them! Kill them!" One soldier had been knocked down with a club, then hit again as soon as he could rise. "Do you expect he should behave like a stoic philosopher, lost in apathy?" Adams asked. Self-defense was the primary canon of the law of nature. Better that many guilty persons escape unpunished than one innocent person should be punished. "The reason is, because it's of more importance to community, that innocence should be protected, than it is, that guilt should be punished.". . . "

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Wisely . . .

. . . managed . . .

. . . time. . .

. . . when Cinderella danced with the prince, a compunction she found unavoidable after making eye contact across the crowded room. . .

(http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2015/03/13/392358854/a-girl-a-shoe-a-prince-the-endlessly-evolving-cinderella)
". . . The actual Cinderella tale, while a nebulous thing that can be hard to pin down with precision, is more than that. There's very little that's common to every variant of the story, but in general, you have a mistreated young woman, forced to do menial work, either cast out or unloved by her family. She has an opportunity to marry well and escape her situation, but she gets that chance only after being mistaken for a higher-status person, so she has to get the man who may marry her to recognize her in her low-status form, which often happens either via a shoe that fits or some kind of food that she prepares. . . It's partly a fantasy about simplifying the relationships between social standing and coupling — one that makes the most sense in a world in which class differences are an accepted barrier to a good man choosing to marry a woman. If the prince is a man who believes from the outset that love conquers all, the story doesn't really make any sense. It would be hard to set Cinderella on a properly functioning egalitarian collective. . ."

Dance The Night Away
©2017 Ray Jozwiak

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Birds . . .

(from http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451202/hillary-clinton-book-tour-she-cares-about-herself-not-democrats)
". . . Hillary’s Tour of Petty Proves She Cares More about Herself than Her Party. . ."

(from me)
"Party? What about country?"

(from http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451202/hillary-clinton-book-tour-she-cares-about-herself-not-democrats)
". . . it’s almost as if she’s more concerned about her own desperate quest for vindication than about the Democratic party itself. . ."

(from me)
"Not unlike the current president with continuous rallies and an election commission. . . "

(from http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451202/hillary-clinton-book-tour-she-cares-about-herself-not-democrats)
". . . preview quotes suggest that it’s (her book) going to be a lot more of her dwelling on the past. . ."

(from me)
"see above from me"

(from http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451202/hillary-clinton-book-tour-she-cares-about-herself-not-democrats)
". . . quote about her primary opponent, Bernie Sanders: “His attacks caused lasting damage, making it harder to unify progressives in the general election and paving the way for Trump’s ‘Crooked Hillary’ campaign.” . . . Clinton is accusing Bernie Sanders of tearing apart the party by criticizing her during the primary — which, by the way, is a normal thing for an opponent to do when he’s trying to win an election — while she’s continuing to criticize him when there’s nothing left to be won. If Sanders’s comments really upset Clinton because she thought they damaged party unity, then she wouldn’t be going out of her way to continue the fight long after it was over. Ironically enough, Bernie is the one who has continued to demonstrate his commitment to the progressive platform over personal pettiness. Bernie had much more of a right to be miffed by his loss in the primary than Hillary did by hers in the general — what with the DNC basically rigging the primary in her favor — and yet, the moment he lost, he immediately encouraged his supporters to exit primary mode and support her. . ."

(from me)
"True, true and true. Certainly the bigger man. Not without flaws though, mind you. He did encourage his supporters to support her after the primary. But then I guess that's the party unity mentioned at the start."

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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

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
OHO Live at Millstone Cellars Sept 2017 (OHO is Jay Graboski, David M. Reeve & Ray Jozwiak

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