Just More . . .

. . . sound waves . . .

(from http://www.explainthatstuff.com/sound.html)
". . . Sound is the energy things produce when they vibrate (move back and forth quickly). If you bang a drum, you make the tight skin vibrate at very high speed (it's so fast that you can't usually see it), forcing the air all around it to vibrate as well. As the air moves, it carries energy out from the drum in all directions. Eventually, even the air inside your ears starts vibrating—and that's when you begin to perceive the vibrating drum as a sound. In short, there are two different aspects to sound: there's a physical process that produces sound energy to start with and sends it shooting through the air, and there's a separate psychological process that happens inside our ears and brains, which convert the incoming sound energy into sensations we interpret as noises, speech, and music. . .

Sound is like light in some ways: it travels out from a definite source (such as an instrument or a noisy machine), just as light travels out from the Sun or a light bulb. But there are some very important differences between light and sound as well. We know light can travel through a vacuum because sunlight has to race through the vacuum of space to reach us on Earth. Sound, however, cannot travel through a vacuum: it always has to have something to travel through (known as a medium), such as air, water, glass, or metal. . ."


Space
(from Just More Music by Ray Jozwiak, ©2014 Raymond M. Jozwiak, coming in April 2015)

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Post . . .

. . . holiday . . .


The Boston Marathon bombing suspect went on trial, Sarah Palin says PETA should shake it off that her special needs son used the dog as a step stool and accusations fly that British royalty engaged in underage sex . . .


. . . and I had to go back to work. . .

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Sorry . . .

. . . I still don't dig it . . .

. . . football, that is . . .

(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_It_Was,_Was_Football)
"What it Was, Was Football" is a monologue by comedian Andy Griffith. It was recorded in Raleigh, North Carolina for the Colonial Records label in 1953. Soon, Colonial had sold nearly 50,000 copies of the record and then sold the masters to Capitol Records. Capitol released the record in the same year, which soon had sold nearly 800,000 copies, and was instrumental in launching Griffith's career in television, stage, and film. The record is still one of the biggest-selling comedy records of all time. On the original single, the monologue is credited to "Deacon Andy Griffith."   The monologue is a description of a college football game, as seen by a naive country preacher who attends the game by accident and is entirely puzzled by it. Griffith made an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1954, in large part due to the popularity of the record.

Still looks that way to me.  

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Get Off . . .

.. . . The Floor . . .



At heaven's door we pick the lock
At heaven's door we pick the lock
When all we had to do was knock
Though Alice she rattles her train of chains
The fetters are inward all the same

Take a look as you fall
Passing through another wall
Here is where the corn is cut
The wind comes down
Get off the pot
Get off the pot
Get off the pot

It's your world the way that you live
Eats the smile right off your face  
You're not in Kansas anymore
I am the sheath I cry for more

Biding trends and waves of shock
The turbulence it turns me on
Nonetheless we're born and rocked
By divas, drunks and Barbie dolls

I signed up for high-wired acts
If I lose my balance just cut me some slack
I'm holding out for what can be
EMC squared possibility

Experience to be alive
The abstract now is literalized
You have dreams and nightmares to explore
Get the goods
Get off the floor
Get off the floor
Get off the floor


Plunge
composed by John P. Graboski, performed by OHO LIVE at Johnny's Pizza & Pub, Ocean City, MD November 2014 (OHO is Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak

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My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:

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Attention . . .

The attention span of the U.S. press helps to keep the attention span of the public very short, or is it vice versa? . . .

Attention Span Statistics | Statistic Brain
www.statisticbrain.com/attention-span-statistics/
Source: National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, The Associated Press. Research Date: 1.1.2014. Attention span is the amount of concentrated time on a task without becoming distracted.

8-Second Attention Span? | Ken McCall | LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/.../20140418171300-15742110-writi...
LinkedIn Apr 18, 2014 - Online references abound about the human attention span being 8 seconds, ... Compared to us humans and the goldfish, the snail would appear to be the ... is being accused of such a short attention span (knowing his friend the snail is so ... Information · U.S. National Library of Medicine · Associated Press.

The 8-second attention span? Don't bother - Official Samuel
www.officialsamuel.com/blog/attention-span/
Oct 28, 2012 - Web surfers have a painfully short attention span, one that matches the goldfish's 9 ... According to the latest statistics verified by The Associated Press, I am ... Yes, it matters but only up to the point where it reminds us, brand  ...

the attention span of a modern internet consumer
www.theguardian.com/.../attention-span-internet-consumer
The Guardian
Feb 28, 2014 - short attention span ... A recent Pew Internet study in the US suggests that while students coming through the schools system in this always on  ...

Our Attention Spans Are Getting Shorter, And It's A Big ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../attention-span-book_n...
The Huffington Post Oct 23, 2013 - Then there are the basics of attention, the cognitive muscle that lets us follow a story, see a task through to the end, learn or create. In some  ...

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Turkeys . . .

American generosity during the holiday season is frequently exhibited by the gift of a turkey, through holiday programs for the poor. Such programs are always under the control of the “haves”,  some of which have actually complained that the programs are abused by a number of the 'ungrateful' poor. In truth though, turkey and toys programs are an embarrassment to the poor. They simply do not build self-esteem for people who are poor.  The gap between rich and poor in the U.S. today is huge and still growing. Our nation has an arrogant rich that lives apart from the poor, many of which have reached that level through manipulation and the misuse of human capital.  The poor beg for a livable wage, a decent house to live in, good education and basic health care while the rich pit the poor against one another and continue to pay poverty wages.  When the minimum wage becomes a living wage, and education, housing and healthcare become affordably available for all,  turkey and toy programs will become, and rightly so, a thing of the past.   'God bless us, each and every one.'

(Based upon writings by Rev. Howard Bess, retired American Baptist minister, who lives in Palmer, Alaska.  His email address is  HYPERLINK "mailto:hdbss@mtaonline.net" hdbss@mtaonline.net)

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Auld Lang Syne . . .

. . . no matter how hard we wish next year to be good, prosperous, happy, healthy or joyous, a year is a year.  Like life, most of it will depend upon our choices.  And as we well know we must go on when we lose people in our lives. But some part of them must and will live on.  

This poem is for Paul Penwell, a longtime Frederick are open mike participant; regular performer and workshop presenter, blues guitarist and songwriter Marjorie Thompson; and Ricardo, the Divining Sage(Richard White), guitarist extraordinaire and an old soul who helped many . . .

ABSENT FRIENDS

It was not cold but overcast,

A neutral afternoon for Christmas,

Not pointing anywhere,

Not suggesting anything,

Limned by a room splashed full of

Scarlet and white poinsettias;

Neutral plants from Mexico,

When I heard a guitar line

Falter and fade, ascending;

We have our exits and

Our entrances…

Another year –

Auld Lang Syne –

For the sake of times gone by

We take a cup of kindness

Or a glass of wine or whiskey

And salute old friends;

Our cast of characters

Changes, despite our

Holding on tightly...

So, to absent friends, who

Enriched us here, thank you!

But you moved on too abruptly,

Though maybe leaving us with

Sage counsel, or echoes –

Whispers; notes rippling and

Ringing through our memories...

-Rod Deacey

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My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:

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