pianogonzology

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Ideally . . .

. . . seeking position a solo, instrumental piano performer in restaurant, bar, nightclub etc in the DelMarVa region, preferably in the Rehoboth/Ocean City/Berlin corridor, on your acoustic, grand (or baby grand) piano. Must require mostly original, instrumental music, no vocals, one day per week max. (Negotiable). Price - very reasonable and very negotiable.

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Monday, October 15, 2018

Take . . .

Shouts in the street
I hear them as I'm walking home
Shoes on my feet
Touch down and take off as I roam
Dreams lifted up
So many pies in the sky
U-flying-o's
I duck them as they fly on by

Tomorrow takes care of itself
Today has its trial and its call
Janus he waits at your door
Rising or breaking his fall
You've got your "Time"
And secrets that love has betrayed
The long yellow line down your spine
That your feeling has frayed

Take my hand we may see
Everything we mean to be

When we meet again
Should it be under blanket of night?
All that remains
Is the matter of choice in disguise

Take my hand we may see
Everything we mean to be
Am I with you or you with me?
We have our time then take our leave

Deep in the heart
Where paradox finds its resolve
Long bodies live
They've learned how to bend to absolve
Now desire is the tie
That holds us fast to life
For the sweetness of the honey
Risk the peril of the hive

Now I'm running through your veins
In exchange I know your pain
All the lies have run aground
And to this earth I'm bound

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Sunday, October 14, 2018

Beachy . . .

Sunday and Monday The OHO Duo (keys-man Ray and Just Jay) return (after the full power trio of OHO's appearance Saturday) on Monday (3-7) cause they love it at Bourbon Street On the Beach (11604 Coastal Hwy,/Ocean City, Maryland 21842/443-644-2896). Hope you show up for the fun we're all bound to have.

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Saturday, October 13, 2018

Gossip. . .

Heard somebody say
They overheard you
Just the other day
A simple word
About the way we get along
If only I were sure
Of the semantics
Having doubts 'cause I'm
One hopeless romantic
Could it be
You're slipping away from me

What will I do
If what I'm thinking is true
And you want to be
Really free of me
I won't last very long
Very far from your heart
And this third-hand intelligence
Might be the way that it starts.

Heard somebody say
They thought they saw you
Walking in their way
You were not alone
They said he didn't look like
Thinking to myself
Must be mistaken
Try not to believe
but still badly shaken
Why would you
Deceive me in things you do

So many years
Sharing our laughter and tears
Lasted very long
Maybe I was wrong
Not to ask you
Why you feel
We've drifted apart
And this third-hand intelligence
Might be the way that it starts

Are my sources reliable
Wait and see
Wait and see
Is my psyche too pliable
It could be
It could be

If somebody said
The sky was falling
Would you believe it's true
And change your direction
From spinning round
When it hits the ground
That's just not true
Any believers are few
When you've seen it all
It could never fall

Any more than
I think you could
Tear us apart
And this third-hand intelligence
Might be the way that it starts

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Friday, October 12, 2018

Guilt . . .

If there's guilt in your conscience
Perhaps you should think
Did you really do all
That you could?

Did you cover all ground
From the middle to brink
Did you serve the right purpose
That you should?

Or maybe the good
Was just too good to miss
You may well have been selfish
Fearing losing your bliss

And indignant you blustered
Full defending your place
At the height of your privilege

We all surveyed your face
With its alternate smirks,
Grimaces and tears
Leaving us to wonder
What precisely were your fears?

But now its quite clear
That you joined the right club
Those many long years ago
Your position's protected
You have gained your desire
Now your whim and your membership
Join the list of MY fears

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

Once . . .

. . . again, made America respected???. . .

(from http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-respect-20180607-story.html)

". . . "We are respected again, I can tell you that. We are respected again," Trump told the naval cadets. "A lot of things have happened. We’re respected again.". . . The evidence — both in nonpartisan polls and in the increasingly critical remarks of exasperated allies — suggests otherwise. . . leaders of long-standing allies like (Japan's President Shinzo) Abe, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May — all initially deferential to Trump and his famous ego — have grown frustrated and at times disapproving. . . Significantly, so have their citizens, increasing the pressure on foreign leaders to distance themselves from Trump’s America. Across 134 countries, the median approval of U.S. leadership dropped 18 points in Trump's first year, to a record low of just 30%, according to a Gallup survey released in January. That was before Trump's decisions to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal and impose tariffs on a number of allies, which further alienated many of them. . .The finding echoed a Pew Research Center survey last year that found in all but two of 37 nations polled, Trump got far lower marks than President Obama; the exceptions were Russia and Israel. . . "In the main, it's a preposterous claim to say the U.S. is better regarded in the world when we haven't had for many decades this many crises with our allies," said Nicholas Burns, a career diplomat under several presidents — serving as ambassador to NATO and Greece and as undersecretary of State — and now a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. . ."

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Work . . .

. . . -out (or applying 'exercise' wisdom to playing music. . .

(from http://www.wiseoldsayings.com/exercise-quotes/)
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."
-Joseph Addison

“To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise."
-Gene Tunney

“True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united."
-Wilhelm Von Humboldt

“Exercise to stimulate, not to annihilate. The world wasn't formed in a day, and neither were we. Set small goals and build upon them. "
-Lee Haney

“Exercise is labor without weariness. "
-Samuel Johnson

“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much. "
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health."
-Hippocrates

'Working out' on an old composition. . .
Epilog
(originally appearing on Critics Choice)
©2005 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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