Monday Open Thread: April 29 is International Dance Day (UNESCO)
April 29 is the 119th day of the Gregorian Calendar year,
Prickle-Prickle, Discord 46, 3185 YOLD (discordian),
And let us not forget 13.0.6.8.0 by the Mayan Long Count
!["Swan lake", Ballets Russes, [1].](https://live.staticflickr.com/6160/6173569675_4acb069298.jpg)
The UK Peoples' Budget was put up and passed by the UK's "liberal government" led by Lloyd George and his trusty sidekick, Winnie Churchill. It levied both material property taxes and progressive income taxes on the UK's wealthy. The land taxes and taxes on the increase in land's value when it changed hands were based on the ideas of Henry George of the US. The funds so raised were to be used to provide various social welfare benefits for the poor. Lloyd George declared that:
This is a war Budget. It is for raising money to wage implacable warfare against poverty and squalidness. I cannot help hoping and believing that before this generation has passed away, we shall have advanced a great step towards that good time, when poverty, and the wretchedness and human degradation which always follows in its camp, will be as remote to the people of this country as the wolves which once infested its forests.
Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift, look out kid, ...
On this day in history:
1770 – James Cook arrived at and named Botany Bay, Australia
1910 – The UK Parliament passed the People's Budget, with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth.
1916 – Irish rebel leaders surrendered to British forces, ending the Easter Rising
1945 – The Dachau concentration camp was liberated by United States troops
1970 – US and South Vietnamese forces invaded Cambodia
1975 – The U.S. started evacuating U.S. citizens from Saigon. This was called Operation Frequent
1992 – The Rodney King riots began
Born this day in:
1667 – John Arbuthnot, Scottish-English physician and polymath
1854 – Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist, and engineer
1863 – William Randolph Hearst, archetypal yellow journalist
1878 – Friedrich Adler, artist and designer
1893 – Harold Urey, chemist and astronomer
1899 – Duke Ellington, pianist, composer, and bandleader
1922 – Toots Thielemans, guitarist and harmonica player
1931 – Lonnie Donegan, singer, songwriter, guitarist; the sking of skiffle
1933 – Rod McKuen, poet, singer and songwriter
1933 – Willie Nelson, singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, hop head, and actor
1935 – Otis Rush, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1936 – April Stevens, pop singer
1943 – Duane Allen, Oakridege Boy
1945 – Hugh Hopper, bass guitarist
1947 – Tommy James, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, first to plug a mike into a guitar amp tremolo
1968 – Carnie Wilson, singer and songwriter
Died this day in:
1768 – Georg Brandt, chemist and mineralogist; discovered cobalt
1905 – Ignacio Cervantes, pianist and composer
1951 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher and smart-ass
1967 – J. B. Lenoir, singer, songwriter and suitarist
1993 – Mick Ronson, guitarist, songwriter and producer
1997 – Mike Royko, jurnalist and author
2008 – Albert Hofmann, chemist
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
International Dance Day (UNESCO)
Music goes here, iirc, well,
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The UK Peoples Budget
Duke Ellington
Toots Thielemans
Lonnie Donegan
Rod McKuen
Willie Nelson
Otis Rush
April Stevens
Duane Allen
Hugh Hopper
Tommy James
Carnie Wilson
J.B. Lenoir
Mick Ronson
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Image is "Swan lake", Ballets Russes, from the National Library of Australia
It's an open thread, so do your thing
Comments
Omigosh. That is one of the most beautiful photos of the human
body that I have ever seen--and she's not even naked! (Image is "Swan lake", Ballets Russes, from the National Library of Australia.) So perfectly positioned, such compelling chiaroscuro! Thank you, el. You always serve us such yummy things and thoughts.
And if you ever get the chance, to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance, like no one is watching. Happy Tutu Day to you and you and you, and to you, too, too!
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV-Z1YwaOiw]
Good morning HAW, thanks for reading and for the Womack.
Yes, dance the night away. The Dervishes, they were on to something. In my youth I once danced right out of an open ground floor bay window (one of the kind that doubles as a door). Stone cold sober, too. I was a bit crazy in those days.
Glad you liked the pic and the OT.
Have a great one.
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 --
@enhydra lutris I got to see a
I got to see a demonstration by a Dervish troupe on a trip to Egypt once. The dance is beautiful, and the colored skirts they wear in the Egyptian form (tanoura) are downright hypnotic. I can see how it is a form of active meditation. Have a great day!
Good morning skod, thanks for reading. I hear that it is a
great experience for the participant once one is sufficiently experienced at it. I confess to being seriously and shamefully ignorant of Sufism and Rumi, but also feel it is a bit late in life for me to try to correct that oversight, I've plenty else on my plate as it is.
Have a great one.
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 --
el, I've never seen an OP of yours I didn't enjoy greatly.
And I love your sense of humor, which you sometimes exhibit when you review the notable events of the date. Wry, dry, and delicious!
Thank you, glad you like them.
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
Hope all is well with all of you.
In a couple of weeks we play a dance for the Audubon mountain workshop. We've been playing that dance for 40 years. Usually they have a telescope set up. One year they had a bat detector that used their sonar sounds to identify even the species of bat and did counts.
Here's a dance at the Folk school in Brasstown NC https://www.folkschool.org/
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_cQuBSo_jk]
Happy dancing!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning Lookout. How did I forget that wonderful
quote from Emma and the great idea behind it. A real life superhero. I feel like a dolt. Do enjoy your dance party, square dance is an interesting phenomena and was quite a major fad for a while there. My folks were big into it. Somebody tried to teach it at school, every few years times, but it never caught on. Good thing for me, I'm not much of a structure kind of guy.
Have a great one.
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 --
it's very popular in portland
https://bubbaguitar.com/essd/
Contra dance is more common than squares. And while it is structured, it is a cooperative rather than competitive activity...and builds community. It was the music that drew me into it about 50 years ago.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Another good one, e.l.
I'm listening to the Dead with new ears today after having read Rock Scully's book yesterday.
He writes about "the Bobby Problem," i.e. Weir "noodling", not playing solid rhythm, because he didn't understand the difference between acoustic and electric with respect to attack. Scully claims that the addition of the second drummer was necessary since someone had to hold down the beat.
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
Good mroning Az, thanks and thanks for reading. I listen to
the dead with new ears frequently, just picking up on something else. Bobby was Bobby, problem and blessing both but an integral part of what they were.
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 --
morning el...
et al.
well the good news and the bad news... is that people dread my blog, just received a notice in a climate group email to that effect, with the added note that there was lots of good news there so persevere... lol, to laugh or cry... fuck, it's urgent, damit janet
btw, have a good one y'all...
el, hope all is getting done for your next trip
also, check mhagele's blog out and the video in the comments
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what is the most depressing news
about magi's blog - quick survey (a friend just threw this together; now I have to figure out how to translate it to html, or not...)
1. mass extinction from global warming
2. people ignoring the fact that it is happening
3. the awesome music at the end
4. anything about trump
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Ahhh, what's to dread. Reality is what it is, face it, fight it
run if you must, but dread is nothing useful. We're getting there, I think we'll make it as far as the airport at any rate.
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 --
agree,
but I thinks it is a real shock to people as the realize the reality of the situation. it's like the stages of grief.
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A Russian choreographer
Once called Diana Vishneva's fluidity "like watching milk poured into space".
I first saw Ms. Vishneva dance back in 2005 in a performance of Swan Lake for the ABT. Her dying swan was mesmerizing. So moved by her performance, I cried.
Here's a video of Diana Vishneva performing a piece off the ballet stage which I found very innovative and beautiful.
[video:https://youtu.be/F404LHFBdNw]
Thanks EL for the great OT! I enjoyed the performances.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Thanks, Anja. Good morning and thanks for reading. Have
a great day.
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 --
The clip on Ms. Vishneva was really something to watch,
and I don't even like ballet. Thanks again.
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 always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
James Clyburn seems to like Biden
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/former-vice-president-joe-biden-probably-leade...
Good evening Shah. Thanks for the news and link, not to
mention that wonderful edit. Of course, he might be waiting to make sure that Her Royal Clinton doesn't take another shot at it.
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 --
Even trained dogs
whimper sometimes
question everything
What a sad commentary
That someone who was remembered for fighting for such a noble cause, cynically profits on his reputation and becomes a rank political sellout.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Not the first and won't be the last
Turning one's political coat has a long and inglorious history.
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
True
Pity that their actions cheapen their earlier sacrifice.
There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it. ~ Minnie Aumonier
Hey, Lonnie Donegan did “Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour”
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lonnie+donegan+chewing+gum
Good getaway day morning, lot - I was waiting for somebody
to pick up on that. Thanks.
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 --