pianogonzology

Thursday, May 3, 2018

More Gazebo . . .

. . . from GAZEBO [coming soon to a lobe near you] liner notes). . .

-All songs composed and performed by OHO (1990-2018) with the exceptions of tracks 7 and 17 used with permission: “Baltimore” (Randy Newman, Six Pictures Music), “Over, Under, Sideways, Down” (Jeff Beck, Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Keith Relf & Paul Samwell-Smith, Sony/Atv Music) with “It’s a Small World” (Richard Sherman & Robert Sherman, Wonderful Music Company, Inc.) --Sequence continuity by Michael M. Kennedy and Jerry Semler -Produced by OHO and Bill Pratt at The Bratt Studio, Woodlawn, MD. Additional recording by David Reeve at Blue Balls Studio, Stewartstown, PA; P. Daly German at his Back Room Studio, Baltimore, MD; Steve Carr at Hit and Run Recording, Rockville, MD; and David Kelly at Luna Blue Studio, Severn, MD.
-Front cover illustration by Connell P. Byrne; on-CD art by David W. Wilcox; photography by Cameron Reeve and David Norbut; back cover and left inside panel background: “Well Tempered Drummer” by Lena Samsonova; OHO logo design by Jon Considine ©2018 OHO Music
This one’s for Connell.

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Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Necessary . . .

Drowning, sometimes,
Knowing all
About the cause
And all reaction

'Know thyself'
The doctor said
The remedy
Is no transaction

Necessity will birth invention
What's needed
Has roots
In another dimension

Good Therapy
©2018 Raymond M. Jozwiak

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Together . . .

“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”
– Napolean Hill

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
– Helen Keller

“None of us is as smart as all of us.”
-Ken Blanchard

“Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.”
– Patrick Lencioni

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."
– Booker T. Washington

“The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.”
-Lee Iacocca

“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”
–Michael Jordan

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Monday, April 30, 2018

Maybe . . .

. . . the truth (of some of the observations in Michelle Wolf's routine) may just be too hard to take . . .

(from https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/comedian-michelle-wolf-sparks-fury-debate-roast-correspondents-dinner-n869931)
". . . (Margaret) Talev (senior White House correspondent for Bloomberg News and president of the correspondents' organization) said she had heard from members "expressing dismay with the entertainer's monologue and concerns about how it reflects on our mission.". . . "Last night's program was meant to offer a unifying message about our common commitment to a vigorous and free press while honoring civility, great reporting and scholarship winners, not to divide people," she said. "Unfortunately, the entertainer's monologue was not in the spirit of that mission.". . ."

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Sunday, April 29, 2018

The Past . . .

Finally it happened. A match. A 'club' that required exactly the musical product we were offering. It was a relatively roomy, oblong configuration with a large rectangular bar that encircled the tending staff, located at one end with a dance floor to the side and a stage at the far end of that. It was located in an industrial area to the south of the city, in close proximity to the docks, business of which brought many merchant marine and an assortment of blue-collar clientele for some weekend reverie. In fact, we frequently, unfairly generalizing, joked about the patrons' general lack of teeth and violent tendencies. Let's face it though, large amounts of quickly consumed alcohol frequently does result in less-than-gentlemanly behavior in humans, irrespective of type of employment or socioeconomic level. . . Our bigotry was not based entirely in fiction though. One particularly well-lubricated Friday night crowd included two, physically imposing females, complete with the teased, bouffant hairdo, each with a personalized version of a blond-streak adornment. Someone in the crowd was heard to refer to these ladies as 'skunk-heads', referring to the aforementioned blond coloring. As the evening progressed, it became obvious to us that the 'skunk-heads' had become enamored with several male members of the crowd. It became more obvious still later, that there was some discontent among the party of ladies and their newly-found, romantic interests. Eventually a real, true-to-life bar brawl erupted as a result of the developing sexual tension (or was it friction?) When the fists began flying, the entire band and our visitors were, for lack of a better description, flabbergasted. At that point, we all know precisely what happened, but each would relate a different version now if asked, one of the involved merchant marines picked up a chair from a table adjoining the dance floor, and broke it over the head of his antagonist, sending a wooden chair leg hurling meteor-like onto the bandstand. It seemed as though the frame froze at that point, all sound ceased, and we all stared toward the crowd, mouths agape in astonishment for what seemed to be a short eternity, but ended with Greg (our saxman/vocalist) picking up the disconnected furniture appendage, waving it in the direction of the audience saying something to the effect that he dared anyone to try anything NOW!

The Chariot
(Er-Nel's 1977)

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Saturday, April 28, 2018

Greener . . .

. . . grass

(https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/dnc-sues-trump-russia-wikileaks-over-2016-email-hack-n867801)
". . . The DNC is seeking recompense for what it says was millions of dollars in damages from Russia’s hacking of its internal emails, which were then published by WikiLeaks, with the encouragement of then-candidate Trump and his campaign. . . The civil complaint, filed in federal district court in Manhattan on Friday, is unrelated to the criminal investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller, as well as congressional investigations into Russian meddling. . ."

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Friday, April 27, 2018

Let Us . . .

. . . bow our heads. . .

(. . . the prayer offered by Rev. Patrick Conroy on the House floor on Nov. 6, 2017, before tax legislation was passed and signed the into law by President Donald Trump. . .)

(https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-ryan-forces-out-house-chaplain-n869421)
". . . "As legislation on taxes continues to be debated this week and next, may all members be mindful that the institutions and structures of our great nation guarantee the opportunities that have allowed some to achieve great success, while others continue to struggle," Conroy said. . . "May their efforts these days guarantee that there are not winners and losers under new tax laws, but benefits balanced and shared by all Americans," he added. . . "

(. . . then Paul Ryan FIRED him!)

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