December 26, 2016 Open Thread; Happy Kwanzaa!
December 26 is the 360th day of the year. There are 5 days left.
Today's number is 26
Uh, 2 x 13, both primes
26 is Iron
26 is "breakfast" a notorious darts score where an attempted score of 180 (3 x triple 20) is misthrown as 1 + 20 + 5
There are 26 letters in the English Alphabet, making a string of letters a stronger password than a string or numbers
Switzerland has 26 cantons
Title 26 of the US Code is Internal Revenue Code
26 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Taurus
26 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Sabinus
Pontius Pilate was appointed prefect of Judea.
Tiberius retired to Capri
On this day in:
1825 -- The Decembrist revolt.
1862 -- 38 Native Americans were hung in Mankato, Minnesota.
1898 -- Marie and Pierre Curie announcd the isolation of radium.
1944 -- Patton's Third Army broke through to Bastogne.
1963 -- The US release of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There".
1966 -- The first Kwanzaa was celebrated
1972 -- 120 American B-52 bombers attacked Hanoi.
1991 -- The Supreme Soviet officially dissolved the Soviet Union.
Born this day in:
1536 -- Yi I, Korean philosopher and scholar
1780 -- Mary Somerville, Scottish mathematician, astronomer, and author
1791 -- Charles Babbage, mathematician and engineer, inventor of Difference engine
1891 -- Henry Miller, author and painter
1893 -- Mao Zedong, revolutionary & politician
1921 -- Steve Allen, actor, singer, talk show host, and screenwriter, "Stevarino" to some
1939 -- Phil Spector, American singer-songwriter and producer, "Asshole" to some
1951 -- John Scofield, guitarist and composer
1963 -- Lars Ulrich, drummer, songwriter, and producer
Died this day in:
1771 -- Claude Adrien Helvetius, philosopher and activist
1909 -- Frederic Remington, painter and illustrator
1931 -- Melvil Dewey, librarian and educator, created the Dewey Decimal System, should be under 921-928 somewhere
1972 -- Harry S. Truman, politician
1974 -- Farid al-Atrash, singer, songwriter, oud player, and actor; "King of the oud"
1996 -- JonBenet Ramsey, the butler did it in the Post Office with a six iron
1999 -- Curtis Mayfield, singer, songwriter and producer
2010 -- Teena Marie, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:
First day of Kwanzaa
Boxing Day
The Feast of Stephen
St. Stephen's Day (public holiday in Alsace, Austria, Catalonia, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland), and its related observances:
Feast of Stephen, sort of requires --
And St. Stephen's Day, sort of requires --
So, for music
Steve Allen
Phil Spector
John Scofield
Lars Ulrich
Farid al-Atrash
Curtis Mayfield
Teena Marie
Steve Allen (on piano) with Jack Keroac (vocals)
Phil Spector (and the wrecking crew)
John Scofield
Lars Ulrich
Farid al-Atrash
Curtis Mayfield
Teena Marie
OK, what's on your minds?
Bonus tune(s):
Comments
I think Steve Allen accompanied Jack Kerouac better than
anyone else. In addition to the LP shown, there's the 3 CD box of the commercial recordings Jack made. Kerouac was excellent at reading his own writing and I recommend his collaboration with Steve Allen.
In addition to having jack Kerouac on his tv show, Steve Allen also gave air time to Lenny Bruce.
"Good King Wenceslas looked out, On his feets uneven" - Thanks Pogo!
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
Ahhh, Pogo. Thanks for that special perspective & the
info on Keroac and Steve Allen. One would expect Allen, a Jazz dude, to be a good fit for and appreciative of the beats and their rhythms and cadences, which, to my mind, includes Lenny and Mort too.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Regarding piano & Beat poetry: Michael McClure & Ray
Manzarek put out two albums of Ray backing Michael as he read. It's good. Manzarek is more of an equal partner than Steve Allen was for Jack and it works well.
"The justness of individual land right is not justifiable to those to whom the land by right of first claim collectively belonged"
Good morning
Have a great Kwanzaa. Cloudy and warm here. Here's Doc with "Windy and Warm"
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I've never learned the words, but I enjoy playing "Good King Wenceslas". I read somewhere the tune can be dated back to 600 AD, but the only reference I find this AM puts it in the 1200s.
Well it's Monday all day long. Do your best to enjoy it!
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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Thanks and Feliz Kwanzaa to you too.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
There is some kind of thesis buried in that
Mamas & Papas video. Why the Golden Gate? Well, they're a California band, right.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
RIP George Michael
heart broken
"need someone to hold me while I wait for something more"
Thanks for the contribution.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Bonnes fêtes covers it all...
Here's a little Steve Earle for the season...
https://youtu.be/f0CAIx1cmUg
Once upon a time, in a far off land
Wise men saw a sign and set out aross the sand
Songs of praise to sing, they travelled day and night
Precious gifts to bring, guided by the light
They chased a brand new star, ever towards the west
Across the mountains far, but when it came to rest
They scarce believed their eyes, they'd come so many miles
And this miracle they prized was nothing but a child
Nothing but a child could wash those tears away
Or guide a weary world into the light of day
And nothing but a child could help erase those miles
So once again we all can be children for awhile
Now all around the world, in every little town
Everyday is heard a precious little sound
And every mother kind and every father proud
Looks down in awe to find another chance allowed
Nothing but a child could wash those tears away
Or guide a weary world into the light of day
And nothing but a child could help erase those miles
So once again we all can be children for awhile
Nothing but a child
You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again you did not know. ~ William Wiberforce
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Thanks. As a hard core empiricist, I have nothing but the
celebratin itself to celebrate, but a chacun son gout.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
I should have mentioned, Steve Earle didn't have anything
to do with the picture montage or the religious theme. It was the best You Tube I could get my hands on.
He's one of the type of musicians who either dies or gets cleaned up. Thankfully he cleaned up and we have some great music because of his success.
He's also responsible for this nugget (Christmas Time in Washington):
https://youtu.be/Qbi2rMQveHo
My favorite version is his Norway concert. His speech about peace prior to singing the song, is priceless.
You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again you did not know. ~ William Wiberforce
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Good morning, Happy Kwanzaa and Happy Boxing Day!
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And no, that wasn't coming off an unusual high. Wow.
Thanks for the tunes!
"They told me to follow my dreams. So I went back to bed." - Anonymous
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I drove the sortof empty streets today, half of the businesses
are still closed. But I did get a 20lb bag of CaCl to spread hither and yon over my ice rink driveway. The most exciting part of the drive being the last 900 feet, some on glare ice. The car did some drifts and at the last microsecond before a tire hit the snowbank traction was restored. I am glad I know where the curves are. No car or tree was harmed. I think I have some crampons somewhere...I feel safer driving than walking.
Spit in a tube and extracted my DNA for 23andme. I am registered an filled out their 15 min health questionnaire. All for science. They did not inquire what my PhD was in, but did ask about my parents' highest education attained. Typical faculty brat here. There may be additional surveys later.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
Love it or hate it
Phil Spector's Wall of Sound recording technique was considered very innovative at the time.
Hi Ho Steverino! I remember Steve Allen had a greyhound that he named Steverino after himself. He was a prolific talent in multiple genres.
Some good walks down memory lane this morning of Kwanzaa celebration. Thanks EL.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Wall of Sound is still great, hard to separate from the killer
his recordings are so distinctive you can't help but notice "it's a Phil Spector production" and then you think about the guy and then you have to compartmentalize and think only of the music...but sometimes that's hard to do.
His house band was pretty damned awesome too,
I ponied up sombux for a kickstarter to doa vid on "The Wrecking Crew" and got 2 DVDs of outtakes - awesome ,usicians and engineers.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Besame, from TOP, FWIW, says hi to Joe, JtC & NCTim.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
muchos besames ...
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Thanks, mimi, and thanks for reading.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
26 letters of the alphabet
forget about that quick brown fox!
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs!
clever
you must be a musician...
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
I read it last night in Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
and it fits in well with the "26 letters".
I bought a couple of those Ripley books for shaz for Christmas, along with her other presents. I'm enjoying what I got her!
"English Alphabet", that is.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Good morning cc99%'ers
Thanks for the music and numbers EL. To some? A murderous pig asshole to me. I do like his Christmas album. But I was so much younger then and had no idea what he was about. I just looked at his discography and it's amazing no wonder many artist's I admire wanted him to produce their work. His single's are some of the best hits from the late 50's early 60's.
I bought Shah a compilation packaged in a spiffy hat box that was filled songs by the girl groups for Christmas several years ago. He loves the Brill Building songwriters of this era. One good thing about being married to a pop musician is I've learned the history of popular music from way back. Hope you all are having a good middle of winter holiday. So who was St. Stephen? Was he a Celt?
Here's another version of a famous Ronette song by a group I like a lot. While producing the Ramones album End of the Century Phil Specter pulled out his gun and waved it around but Dee Dee said It's not like he held us hostage or anything.
Some great tunes by Phil the psycho...Once again how do you separate the artist from the work they do? Cellini comes to mind or that well known murderer Carriagio
Darlene Love
Angel Eyes
And even this...
The Ronettes
My first name, and according to two previous bosses, why they thought I'd "be Black". I believe it's why I get so little contact after sending out resumes. Add racism to sexism in the IT field - they're probably afraid I'm an uppity Black woman, when I'm just me, at times, an uppity white woman, I suppose.
I refuse to change or lie about my name so I can be hired by a racist, sexist f*ckhead.
Sorry for the off topic rant
I loved the Ronnettes
It seems like I once read where Phil Spector fell in love with Ronnie's voice and that is why he married her. She was lucky to escape him before he got really psycho.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Many said that Spade Cooley was the real king of western
swing, not Bob Wills, until he shot his wife, that is.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Underrated Beatles
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"You can't just leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution."---Tyree Scott
One of the all time top opening lines for a song and
a personal favorite.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --