Wednesday, November 16, 2016
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Monday, November 14, 2016
Frank Schaeffer, Son of Evangelical Royalty, Turns His Back, and Tells the Tale - The New York Times
Frank Schaeffer, Son of Evangelical Royalty, Turns His Back, and Tells the Tale - The New York Times
Schaeffer was interviewed on NPR today, Monday, November 14, 2016, vis-à-vis Trump, Republican wins, etc. and in researching him, I found this five-year-old feature....
Schaeffer was interviewed on NPR today, Monday, November 14, 2016, vis-à-vis Trump, Republican wins, etc. and in researching him, I found this five-year-old feature....
Sunday, November 13, 2016
This is why we love journalism
Two killer stories in recent Bloomberg Businessweeks:
How Goldman Sachs exploited Libya
Gaming the system, ripping off investors in rural Vermont
The nature of the human animal is to steal.
How Goldman Sachs exploited Libya
Gaming the system, ripping off investors in rural Vermont
The nature of the human animal is to steal.
Friday, November 11, 2016
Passings 2016
Boulez, Bowie, Harnoncourt, Prince, Zoltan Kocsis and now Leonard Cohen.
Who was more obsessed with God than Leonard Cohen?
Everybody Knows
Leonard Cohen
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long-stem rose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah, give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah, when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows
And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows
And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
I first heard the name "Leonard Cohen" at college. One of the roommates was East Coast, from Long Island, and much taken with him. It was back when everyone had a guitar, and I did, too, and I thought Cohen was certainly artistic, kind of dark, and sometimes depressing.
So much water gone by the bridge since then. Leonard made and lost and remade a fortune, spent years in a Buddhist monastery.
He was always artistic, never more so than with his last release, just a few days ago, and I am surely sad he is gone. If you haven't read the New Yorker interview with him, just four short weeks ago, I recommend it.
R.I.P. to all.....
Who was more obsessed with God than Leonard Cohen?
Everybody Knows
Leonard Cohen
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died
Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long-stem rose
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah, give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah, when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows
And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows
And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows
I first heard the name "Leonard Cohen" at college. One of the roommates was East Coast, from Long Island, and much taken with him. It was back when everyone had a guitar, and I did, too, and I thought Cohen was certainly artistic, kind of dark, and sometimes depressing.
So much water gone by the bridge since then. Leonard made and lost and remade a fortune, spent years in a Buddhist monastery.
He was always artistic, never more so than with his last release, just a few days ago, and I am surely sad he is gone. If you haven't read the New Yorker interview with him, just four short weeks ago, I recommend it.
R.I.P. to all.....
Coaxing Knee Cartilage to Regrow
Coaxing Knee Cartilage to Regrow
Later on, the researchers checked 66 of the patients' knees. They found signs of regrown cartilage in 42 cases. In 18 cases, regrown cartilage looked the same as normal cartilage, Stone's team reports.
Later on, the researchers checked 66 of the patients' knees. They found signs of regrown cartilage in 42 cases. In 18 cases, regrown cartilage looked the same as normal cartilage, Stone's team reports.
Tuesday, November 08, 2016
Monday, November 07, 2016
Zoltan Kocsis, Hungarian Pianist and Conductor, Dies at 64 | Billboard
Zoltan Kocsis, Hungarian Pianist and Conductor, Dies at 64 | Billboard
I met him back stage, one time, March 1, 1987, at Orchestra Hall, Chicago, following his program (I was 35, he was 34, how the time goes by....):
He was a very great artist; R.I.P. Z.K.
I met him back stage, one time, March 1, 1987, at Orchestra Hall, Chicago, following his program (I was 35, he was 34, how the time goes by....):
| Liszt | Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5 |
| Liszt | Ave Maria |
| Liszt | Grosses Konzersolo |
| Schubert | Sonata A, D. 959 |
He was a very great artist; R.I.P. Z.K.
Friday, November 04, 2016
Wednesday, November 02, 2016
10 Classical Composers With Extreme Eccentricities
You can't make this stuff up: Composers are just people, too, after all. Still.....
10 Classical Composers With Extreme Eccentricities - Listverse
10 Classical Composers With Extreme Eccentricities - Listverse
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