Book Recommendation: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
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Wednesday
A Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz
A Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz:
"His name might not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world. Today, we take a journey through the life and work of Yip Harburg, the Broadway lyricist who wrote such hits as "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" and who put the music into The Wizard of Oz."
"His name might not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world. Today, we take a journey through the life and work of Yip Harburg, the Broadway lyricist who wrote such hits as "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" and who put the music into The Wizard of Oz."
Tuesday
Saturday
Wednesday
Mozart - Requiem - YouTube
Mozart - Requiem - YouTube: "Requiem Mass was first performed on January 2, 1793, in a private concert for the benefit of Mozart's grieving wife, Constanze Mozart.
The Following are the lyrics, translated from their Original Latin"
Grant them eternal rest, Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them.
You are praised, God, in Zion,
and homage will be paid to You in Jerusalem.
Hear my prayer,
to You all flesh will come.
Grant them eternal rest, Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Day of wrath, day of anger
will dissolve the world in ashes,
as foretold by David and the Sibyl.
Great trembling there will be
when the Judge descends from heaven
to examine all things closely.
The trumpet will send its wondrous sound
throughout earth's sepulchres
and gather all before the throne.
Death and nature will be astounded,
when all creation rises again,
to answer the judgment.
A book will be brought forth,
in which all will be written,
by which the world will be judged.
When the judge takes his place,
what is hidden will be revealed,
nothing will remain unavenged.
What shall a wretch like me say?
Who shall intercede for me,
when the just ones need mercy?
King of tremendous majesty,
who freely saves those worthy ones,
save me, source of mercy.
Remember, kind Jesus,
my salvation caused your suffering;
do not forsake me on that day.
Faint and weary you have sought me,
redeemed me, suffering on the cross;
may such great effort not be in vain.
Righteous judge of vengeance,
grant me the gift of absolution
before the day of retribution.
I moan as one who is guilty:
owning my shame with a red face;
suppliant before you, Lord.
You, who absolved Mary,
and listened to the thief,
give me hope also.
My prayers are unworthy,
but, good Lord, have mercy,
and rescue me from eternal fire.
Provide me a place among the sheep,
and separate me from the goats,
guiding me to Your right hand.
When the accused are confounded,
and doomed to flames of woe,
call me among the blessed.
I kneel with submissive heart,
my contrition is like ashes,
help me in my final condition.
That day of tears and mourning,
when from the ashes shall arise,
all humanity to be judged.
Spare us by your mercy, Lord,
gentle Lord Jesus,
grant them eternal rest. Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,
liberate the souls of the faithful,
departed from the pains of hell
and from the bottomless pit.
Deliver them from the lion's mouth,
lest hell swallow them up,
lest they fall into darkness.
Let the standard-bearer, holy Michael,
bring them into holy light.
Which was promised to Abraham
and his descendants.
Sacrifices and prayers of praise, Lord,
we offer to You.
Receive them in behalf of those souls
we commemorate today.
And let them, Lord,
pass from death to life,
which was promised to Abraham
and his descendants.
Lamb of God, who takes away
the sins of the world,
grant them eternal rest.
Lamb of God, who takes away
the sins of the world,
Grant them eternal rest.
Lamb of God, who takes away
the sins of the world,
grant them eternal rest forever.
Let eternal light shine on them, Lord,
as with Your saints in eternity,
because You are merciful.
Grant them eternal rest, Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them,
as with Your saints in eternity,
because You are merciful.
The Following are the lyrics, translated from their Original Latin"
Grant them eternal rest, Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them.
You are praised, God, in Zion,
and homage will be paid to You in Jerusalem.
Hear my prayer,
to You all flesh will come.
Grant them eternal rest, Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Day of wrath, day of anger
will dissolve the world in ashes,
as foretold by David and the Sibyl.
Great trembling there will be
when the Judge descends from heaven
to examine all things closely.
The trumpet will send its wondrous sound
throughout earth's sepulchres
and gather all before the throne.
Death and nature will be astounded,
when all creation rises again,
to answer the judgment.
A book will be brought forth,
in which all will be written,
by which the world will be judged.
When the judge takes his place,
what is hidden will be revealed,
nothing will remain unavenged.
What shall a wretch like me say?
Who shall intercede for me,
when the just ones need mercy?
King of tremendous majesty,
who freely saves those worthy ones,
save me, source of mercy.
Remember, kind Jesus,
my salvation caused your suffering;
do not forsake me on that day.
Faint and weary you have sought me,
redeemed me, suffering on the cross;
may such great effort not be in vain.
Righteous judge of vengeance,
grant me the gift of absolution
before the day of retribution.
I moan as one who is guilty:
owning my shame with a red face;
suppliant before you, Lord.
You, who absolved Mary,
and listened to the thief,
give me hope also.
My prayers are unworthy,
but, good Lord, have mercy,
and rescue me from eternal fire.
Provide me a place among the sheep,
and separate me from the goats,
guiding me to Your right hand.
When the accused are confounded,
and doomed to flames of woe,
call me among the blessed.
I kneel with submissive heart,
my contrition is like ashes,
help me in my final condition.
That day of tears and mourning,
when from the ashes shall arise,
all humanity to be judged.
Spare us by your mercy, Lord,
gentle Lord Jesus,
grant them eternal rest. Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,
liberate the souls of the faithful,
departed from the pains of hell
and from the bottomless pit.
Deliver them from the lion's mouth,
lest hell swallow them up,
lest they fall into darkness.
Let the standard-bearer, holy Michael,
bring them into holy light.
Which was promised to Abraham
and his descendants.
Sacrifices and prayers of praise, Lord,
we offer to You.
Receive them in behalf of those souls
we commemorate today.
And let them, Lord,
pass from death to life,
which was promised to Abraham
and his descendants.
Lamb of God, who takes away
the sins of the world,
grant them eternal rest.
Lamb of God, who takes away
the sins of the world,
Grant them eternal rest.
Lamb of God, who takes away
the sins of the world,
grant them eternal rest forever.
Let eternal light shine on them, Lord,
as with Your saints in eternity,
because You are merciful.
Grant them eternal rest, Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them,
as with Your saints in eternity,
because You are merciful.
Tuesday
Sunday
Alfred Nobel patents dynamite (November 25, 1867
[Johnny saw some dynamite
Couldn't understand it quite
But curiosity never pays
It rained Johnny for seven days.]
{Alfred Nobel patents dynamite (November 25, 1867)}
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Saturday
The Origin of Species ~~Charles Darwin
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| Charles Darwin as a young man, probably subsequent to the Galápagos visit (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
The Origin of Species
~~Charles Darwin
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Thursday
Full List | All-TIME 100 Novels | TIME.com
Full List | All-TIME 100 Novels | TIME.com:
"All-TIME 100 Novels
Critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo pick the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923—the beginning of TIME."
"All-TIME 100 Novels
Critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo pick the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923—the beginning of TIME."
THANKSGIVING PRAYER by WILLIAM BURROUGHS
WILLIAM BURROUGHS’ THANKSGIVING PRAYER
Thanks for the wild turkey and the passenger pigeons, destined to be shit out through wholesome American guts.
Thanks for a continent to despoil and poison.
Thanks for Indians to provide a modicum of challenge and danger.
Thanks for vast herds of bison to kill and skin leaving the carcasses to rot.
Thanks for bounties on wolves and coyotes.
Thanks for the American dream,
To vulgarize and to falsify until the bare lies shine through.
Thanks for the KKK.
For nigger-killin’ lawmen, feelin’ their notches.
For decent church-goin’ women, with their mean, pinched, bitter, evil faces.
Thanks for “Kill a Queer for Christ” stickers.
Thanks for laboratory AIDS.
Thanks for Prohibition and the war against drugs.
Thanks for a country where nobody’s allowed to mind the own business.
Thanks for a nation of finks.
Yes, thanks for all the memories—all right let’s see your arms!
You always were a headache and you always were a bore.
Thanks for the last and greatest betrayal of the last and greatest of human dreams.
Saturday
Mad magazine turns 60; still crazy after all these years - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com
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| mad_magazine_dec_1957 (Photo credit: Douglas Coulter) |
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| The first issue of Mad. Art by Harvey Kurtzman. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
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| Alfred E. Neuman (Photo credit: Thomas Hawk) |
"Mad continues on despite the fact that there’s a lot more satire and cultural criticism out there today (called the Internet). Happy birthday, Alfred E. Neumann, we never forgot the life lesson you taught us: What? Me worry?"
Sunday
DIANA KRALL LYRICS - Cry Me A River
DIANA KRALL LYRICS - Cry Me A River:
"Now you say you're sorry
For being so untrue
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you"
"Now you say you're sorry
For being so untrue
Well, you can cry me a river
Cry me a river
I cried a river over you"
Phantom Noise by Brian Turner
Phantom Noise
by Brian Turner
There is this ringing hum this
bullet-borne language ringing
shell-fall and static this late-night
ringing of threadwork and carpet ringing
hiss and steam this wing-beat
of rotors and tanks broken
bodies ringing in steel humming these
voices of dust these years ringing
rifles in Babylon rifles in Sumer
ringing these children their gravestones
and candy their limbs gone missing their
static-borne television their ringing
this eardrum this rifled symphonic this
ringing of midnight in gunpowder and oil this
brake pad gone useless this muzzle-flash singing this
threading of bullets in muscle and bone this ringing
hum this ringing hum this
ringing
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Academy of American Poets
http://www.poets.org
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Thursday
The Blue Moon Review
The Blue Moon Review: "THE NEWS FROM MARS
" . . . the diaspora of human civilization is bound to go on
and out, as it always has done in the process of setting new
frontiers."
--Gerald K. O'Neill"
" . . . the diaspora of human civilization is bound to go on
and out, as it always has done in the process of setting new
frontiers."
--Gerald K. O'Neill"
Wednesday
Monday
Quotes About Politics (1460 quotes)
Quotes About Politics (1460 quotes):
"“If you are bored and disgusted by politics and don't bother to vote, you are in effect voting for the entrenched Establishments of the two major parties, who please rest assured are not dumb, and who are keenly aware that it is in their interests to keep you disgusted and bored and cynical and to give you every possible reason to stay at home doing one-hitters and watching MTV on primary day. By all means stay home if you want, but don't bullshit yourself that you're not voting. In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.”
― David Foster Wallace, Up, Simba!"
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"“If you are bored and disgusted by politics and don't bother to vote, you are in effect voting for the entrenched Establishments of the two major parties, who please rest assured are not dumb, and who are keenly aware that it is in their interests to keep you disgusted and bored and cynical and to give you every possible reason to stay at home doing one-hitters and watching MTV on primary day. By all means stay home if you want, but don't bullshit yourself that you're not voting. In reality, there is no such thing as not voting: you either vote by voting, or you vote by staying home and tacitly doubling the value of some Diehard's vote.”
― David Foster Wallace, Up, Simba!"
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| Evey Hammond (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Evey Hammond: [voiceover] Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot...
But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes and I know, in 1605, he attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. But who was he really? What was he like?
We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. I've witnessed first hand the power of ideas, I've seen people kill in the name of them, and die defending them...
but you cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it, or hold it...
ideas do not bleed, they do not feel pain, they do not love...
And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man...
A man that made me remember the Fifth of November. A man that I will never forget.
~~from Alan Moore's V for Vendetta
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Athanasius, Underground | The Public Domain Review
Athanasius, Underground | The Public Domain Review:
"ATHANASIUS, UNDERGROUND
With his enormous range of scholarly pursuits the 17th century polymath Athanasius Kircher has been hailed as the last Renaissance man and “the master of hundred arts”. John Glassie looks at one of Kircher’s great masterworks Mundus Subterraneus and how it was inspired by a subterranean adventure Kircher himself made into the bowl of Vesuvius."
"ATHANASIUS, UNDERGROUND
With his enormous range of scholarly pursuits the 17th century polymath Athanasius Kircher has been hailed as the last Renaissance man and “the master of hundred arts”. John Glassie looks at one of Kircher’s great masterworks Mundus Subterraneus and how it was inspired by a subterranean adventure Kircher himself made into the bowl of Vesuvius."
Sunday
Written Inc.
Written Inc.:
""There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president."
Kurt Vonnegut "
""There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president."
Kurt Vonnegut "
Thursday
National Novel Writing Month
National Novel Writing Month: "What is NaNoWriMo?
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000 word, (approximately 175 page) novel by 11:59:59, November 30."
National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 50,000 word, (approximately 175 page) novel by 11:59:59, November 30."
Tuesday
The War of the Worlds
Seventy years later, Orson Welles' "The War of the Worlds" remains electrifying
Scar "War" put Welles on map
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008310729_waroftheworlds27.html
Ball St. recreating 'War of the Worlds' broadcast
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-marsattacks-broad,0,5630576.story
Orson Welles' complicated feelings for Kenosha
http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/33095059.html
A history of Grover's Mill
http://www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk/grovers_mill.htm
The Mercury Theatre on the Air [Real Player]
http://www.mercurytheatre.info/
Monday
Crisfield Maryland News and Photography: Patron Saint Gertrude of Nivelles
Crisfield Maryland News and Photography: Patron Saint Gertrude of Nivelles:
"Ye Shall not possess any beast, my dear sisters, save only a cat."
~ Gertrude of Nivelles
Filtered for watercolor effect.
iPhone photo...
"Ye Shall not possess any beast, my dear sisters, save only a cat."
~ Gertrude of Nivelles
Filtered for watercolor effect.
iPhone photo...
Sunday
Friday
Sunday
The Exonerated -- UF School of Theatre and Dance on Vimeo
The Exonerated -- UF School of Theatre and Dance on Vimeo:
"Clips and images from the UF production of "The Exonerated"
by Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank,
directed by Yanci Bukovec."
"Clips and images from the UF production of "The Exonerated"
by Erik Jensen and Jessica Blank,
directed by Yanci Bukovec."
Herb Alpert - This Guy's in Love with You - YouTube
Herb Alpert - This Guy's in Love with You - YouTube: ""
a little lady, as they say "the love of my life", "the one you never forget". . . she was always on the verge of leaving me, and eventually she did.
on one such ocassion, i'd actually seen it coming, i fully expected that she'd finally had enough and she surprised me. she stuck around and i didn't immediately see why, she was a gorgeous woman, and i wasn't half the loser that i'd eventually become, but i was well on my way, and the signs were evident . . . but she stayed, she stayed much to my perplexity . . .
one day out of the blue, she tells me that she loved me because of Herb Alpert and Burt Bacharach.
huh?
she meant that this song, this song, reminded her of me. . . .
so, thank you Burt & Herb . . .
she eventually did leave, when i no longer expected her to . . . life surprises us this way
. . . and my heart keeps breaking.
a little lady, as they say "the love of my life", "the one you never forget". . . she was always on the verge of leaving me, and eventually she did.
on one such ocassion, i'd actually seen it coming, i fully expected that she'd finally had enough and she surprised me. she stuck around and i didn't immediately see why, she was a gorgeous woman, and i wasn't half the loser that i'd eventually become, but i was well on my way, and the signs were evident . . . but she stayed, she stayed much to my perplexity . . .
one day out of the blue, she tells me that she loved me because of Herb Alpert and Burt Bacharach.
huh?
she meant that this song, this song, reminded her of me. . . .
so, thank you Burt & Herb . . .
she eventually did leave, when i no longer expected her to . . . life surprises us this way
. . . and my heart keeps breaking.
Friday
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| Dante gazes at Mount Purgatory in an allegorical portrait by Agnolo Bronzino, painted c. 1530 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate.
* All hope abandon, ye who enter in*
~ Dante Alighieri {from THE INFERNO} ~
Wednesday
50 Banned Books That Everyone Should Read | Online College Degrees
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| is everything permissible? (Photo credit: the|G|™) |
"50 Banned Books That Everyone Should Read
By Britney Wilkins
As long as there have been books, there have been people opposed to what is said in some of those books. Authors who challenge the accepted norms in their literature are often the target of angry people who do not understand or appreciate their literature. The following books are excellent examples of great literature that has become banned or challenged in an attempt to shield the public from what some see as inappropriate."
Saturday
The Implacability of Things | The Public Domain Review
The Implacability of Things | The Public Domain Review: "THE IMPLACABILITY OF THINGS
Jonathan Lamb explores the genre of ‘it-narratives’ – stories told from the point of view of an object, often as it travels in circulation through human hands."
Jonathan Lamb explores the genre of ‘it-narratives’ – stories told from the point of view of an object, often as it travels in circulation through human hands."
Friday
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