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Was Brahms a wiseass? By Jan Swafford - Slate Magazine

Was Brahms a wiseass? By Jan Swafford - Slate Magazine:
"It was not easy to be a fan of Brahms. He hated effusive praise from strangers. At parties mounted by friends, the guest of honor would preside in the middle of the fray, downing ham rolls and mugs of beer, and have at anyone foolish enough to approach him: 'Did the gracious lady have all those beautiful feelings thanks to my poor quartets? And where did they lodge? Beneath the little blue shawl? Or maybe under the bird on her hat?'"

tonight

eatin yr
fruit stripe
and listening
to the piano
guy whine
good room
nice lights
no people

TDU
in full effect

long day
oh yeah
long day

THE BEAT � Blog Archive � FIGHT OF THE CENTURY!

THE BEAT � Blog Archive � FIGHT OF THE CENTURY!:
"Ah…the complaint. It is a work of art. If nothing else comes of this, it has already spawned a bunch of phrases that can be used in myriad situations: “Tiny but hostile.” “Secret tropical vacation.” “Fecklessness.” “Somewhat jejune.” Imagine Gandalf and Saruman going at it with thesauruses!"

disaster averted

for at least another month...

saw "get your war on" at Diverseworks tonight...
it was great again.

didn't have time to stop at my house to change
so I borrowed a shirt from my step dad
- it was huge - came down almost to my knees...

and I'm still getting over being sick

and I was fairly exhausted

so I probably wasn't the best of company

and I should be in bed right now...

gotta get up in the mornin'
and go sell the candy...

come see me at the candy store
tomorrow if ya get the urge
for a sugar rush...

this is not code
or a metaphor

I work
in a candy store

blogging will remain light for the next week or so
as I am house sitting at the folks and using the computer here
just isn't as fun or convenient as it is at home...

I miss my miserable house
and my bike
and my routines...
the big screen hdtv and the car
are nice,
but no substitute for
the lumpy couch
and things
the way I like them.


oh yeah,
you missed TDU at Brasil friday...
we're playing Java Junction next Sunday...
wish I knew where Java Junction was -
Charlie says they are on myspace
but I'm too lazy to look them up right now.

looks like the cabaret may get pushed back
mostly because I've let life interfere and don't
have a band together yet...

working on sound design
for the next mildred's show
it's a challenge - but it's coming along

the show is gonna be great...

haven't been having readings
at the place for a while...
gonna try probably just a couple
more times this year -
then start again in earnest
in january -
although if I do the next show I'm thinking about
when I'm thinking about it
I'll need to start rehearsing by the end of january,
so we'll see...

and I really need to go out and get cast in something again...
need to keep those chops up...
not to mention I miss it.

uh, what else do you need to know
imaginary audience?

hmmm?

so, what's up with you?

I can't sleep.

May be getting evicted soon...

need a roomie?

zorn won an award...

hooray for him I say...

it was one o' them genius grants...




Ornette won the same thing a year or two back...

how'm I doin'?

doin' great.

Life's a gas...

the continuing saga of mallah and the brain

you uncultured maroons!

where was ya?
where was ya? huh?
ya missed it.
entirely...

heard some amazing music tonight -

Bach
Beethoven
Shostakovich
Milhaud

chamber music groups -
winds -

FREE!

incredible basoon, and french horn...
not that everybody wasn't great,
but how often do you hear great basoon,
or french horn?

the brass quintet was my favorite group,
but whattaya expect...
I play trombone.

Hearing musicians of this calibre
puts the Ives piece back in my head...
I caught myself pencilling it in for 2008
during certain fantasy seque moments.

anyway, the show was put on by
The Sonus Chamber Music Society.
They don't update their webpage.

It was in that big church you used
to park at when ya went to see
the movin' pictures down ta the
museum of fine arts...


I wish the lighting had been better,
and the photographer less present...
but otherwise a great night.

I'll post more later when I feel like
lookin' at the program...


I hope you got some culture tonight
before during or after
yr booze...

not much time for blogging...

when you are fighting wage-slavery for your very soul...

or something like that...

work is draining me a bit right now,
it'll get better as I adjust...

half-written a couple of things
in the last few days,
if I finish 'em they'll
show up here...

having a job

means starting to buy things you've put off

like new boxers

I got some the other day
at family dollar

not familiar
with family dollar?
the neighborhood
you live and shop
in probably has
a higher avg.
household income
than mine

anyway,
label inside says
family values -
same font as
family dollar -
a house brand

and what is on
the boxers
with the house label
of family dollar?

1 pair - blue with mostly red american muscle cars

1 pair - green with cards - straights - and the words "Texas Hold 'Em"

I find this very entertaining
and troubling all at the same time...

and that
is the story
of my new
underwear.

Modern humans, not Neandertals, may be evolution's 'odd man out'

Modern humans, not Neandertals, may be evolution's 'odd man out':
"The most unusual characteristics throughout human anatomy occur in Modern Humans, argues Trinkaus. 'If we want to better understand human evolution, we should be asking why Modern Humans are so unusual, not why the Neandertals are divergent. Modern Humans, for example, are the only people who lack brow ridges. We are the only ones who have seriously shortened faces. We are the only ones with very reduced internal nasal cavities. We also have a number of detailed features of the limb skeleton that are unique."

obivously
modern humans
are genetic hybrids
of aliens and
native earth creatures

obviously

FIle under: Ron is Right

REAL ART (and politics and culture):

"I know what I'm going to do the next time somebody in my presence negatively criticizes sexuality or nudity: I'm going to call him a big dumb cunt-face."

MIKE OEMING DISCUSSES HIS OMEGA FLIGHT PLAN - NEWSARAMA

MIKE OEMING DISCUSSES HIS OMEGA FLIGHT PLAN - NEWSARAMA:

"Mark thought that out of Civil War, there would be those heroes who for one reason or another, did not fit on either side, either because they became fugitives or they hated what’s happened to their superhero culture, or they were being deported, all kinds of reasons. But 'running to Canada Vietnam style' was never in the picture. There will be characters like that, but they wouldn't be in Flight, you don’t put cowards on your team."

Yeah, cause everyone who dodged the draft, is a pacifist, or against war must be a coward.

it's been a while

since I've had dealings
with the devil
but I'm pretty sure
he poured
the second glass
of champagne
and is currently
making the room
spin
and
the naseua
naseaute...
grrr...

Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things

Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things:

"The last captive thylacine died in the Hobart Zoo on September 7, 1936. Today in Australia, the day is now known as “Threatened Species Day.” Ten years ago it was known as “National Thylacine Day.”"

the amount of species wiped out in the 20th century makes me angry when I think about it,
which is rarely...

LBJ Night Before JFK Assassination: "Those SOB's Will Never Embarrass Me Again"

LBJ Night Before JFK Assassination: "Those SOB's Will Never Embarrass Me Again":

"Brown said that in the immediate aftermath of the convention Hunt and Johnson mapped out a strategy to kill Kennedy.

'It was a total political crime and H.L. Hunt really controlled what actually happened to John Kennedy - he and Lyndon Johnson,' said Brown."

Nikola Tesla's 'Black Magic' Touring Car: Tesla's Free Energy Pierce-Arrow | 150th Anniversary of Tesla's Birth | What powered the electric 1931 Pierc

Nikola Tesla's 'Black Magic' Touring Car: Tesla's Free Energy Pierce-Arrow | 150th Anniversary of Tesla's Birth | What powered the electric 1931 Pierce-Arrow?: "As the story goes, Tesla inserted the two metal rods and announced confidently, 'We now have power' and then proceeded to drive the car for a week, 'often at speeds of up to 90 mph.' One account says the motor developed 1,800 rpm and got fairly hot when operating, requiring a cooling fan. The 'converter' box is said to have generated enough electrical energy to also power the lights in a home."

Tesla.
death rays and free energy.
right on.

so...

left my phone at the axiom

good thing

otherwise
I'd be
making calls
I have no business
making...

as it is blogging
to avoid
e-mails
I shouldn't send

coming home
instead of going to notsuoh
to avoid saying things
I shouldn't say...

this was not
the night
I had planned.

it never is.

I take this as evidence
that plans are bad
not that mine are faulty...

best laid
aft gang agley
all that.

g'night.