Monday Open Thread: October 8 is the 281st day of the year
October 8 is also Sweetmorn, Bureaucracy 62, 3184 YOLD (discordian)
If you search "octopus" on the internet archive, it is amazing how many squid you get. This implies that 8=10 and, hence, 2=0. If 2=0, then 21/2 is also zero. Per the pythagorean theorem, this leads us inescapably to the conclusion that 1=0 and since 1 times any number is the same number, all numbers must be zero too. Math is dead.
Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift, look out kid,
...
On this day in:
Wars, battles, coronations, treaties, assassinations, ho hum.
451 - The Council of Chalcedon gathered to make up some stuff to resolve the conflicts between and among all the stuff they and their predecessors and peers had already made up. Some rejected and boycotted it.
after more wars, battles, seiges, and shit
1582 - Nuthin; in Poland, Portugal and Spain there is no 10-08 thanks to the Pope.
more wars and shit and then
1860 – They ran a telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The first message was from somebody claiming to be Microsoft Technical Support about how the telegraph told them it had a virus
1871 – Four major fires broke out around Lake Michigan; in Chicago, Illinois, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan. The one in Chitown was "the Great Chicago Fire", but the one in Peshtigo was deadlier
1967 – Che and his men were captured in Bolivia with an assist from the CIA
1974 – The Franklin National Bank, part of a money laundering scheme, failed due to fraud and ineptitude. Mafioso Michele Sindona went down, but Nixon, the GOP and the Vatican Bank skated. Citicorp gobbled up the scraps.
2001 – G. W. Bush announced the establishment of Das Heimstadt Sekuritatspolizei the Office of Homeland Security.
Born this day in:
1930 – Pepper Adams, saxophonist and composer
1940 – Fred Cash, one of the Impressions
1941 – George Bellamy, singer, guitarist, and producer
1944 – Susan Raye, country singer
1948 – Johnny Ramone, guitarist and songwriter
1949 – Hamish Stuart, singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist and producer
1950 – Robert "Kool" Bell, singer, songwriter and bass player
1955 – Lonnie Pitchford, singer and guitarist
1961 – Steven Bernstein, American trumpet player and composer
1963 – Steve Perry, ska singer, songwriter and guitarist
1965 – C. J. Ramone, singer, songwriter and bass player
Died this day in:
1469 – Filippo Lippi, artist
1754 – Henry Fielding, author and playwright
1955 – Iry LeJeune, accordianist
1962 – Solomon Linda, singer and songwriter
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Indigenous Peoples' Day
World Octopus Day
Native American Day
National Pierogi Day
National Fluffernutter Day
International Lesbian Day
National Pierogi Day
mmmm, octopus pierogi
OK, so this is the first column after we return, and I'm doing it before we leave so I don't feel rushed to get it out while we unpack (and recover). Of course, I'm rushing to get it out while we finish packing. It is familiar, not just the day, because each month has an 8, but the artists and songs, which should make it easier, but it makes it harder, and I get to the end and there is Solomon Linda with Mbube and now I'm gonna have to do the whole thing over.
Solomon Linda was a South African singer, musician and composer who wrote Mbube which became the inspiration for theMbube style of isicathamiya a cappella. He formed a group with which he performed which came to the attention of somebody who saw to it that Mbube became that 1939 record. Recognize it? I did. Damn, time to deep dive
In due time, the illustrious Alan Lomax discovered that record and gave it to Pete Seeger, whereupon he and the Weavers then began performing something of a translation thereof, retitled based on their attempt at a phonetic rendition of the chorus, the zulu word "uyembube". It became as popular as anything the Weavers did, so they put in on a 1952 album which became a hit. A hit!, for the Weavers. wow. So, first the Kingston Trio, and then assorted others covered that version. I mean assorted, even Bert Kaempfert and his orchestra on the "Swinging Safari" album, Hugh Masakela, Chet Atkins, Chris Barber, Jimmy Rodgers, Jimmy Dorsey, Desmond Decker, Glen Campbell, Yma Sumac, The Springfields (featuring Dusty herself) and more
Meanwhile, various african performers recorded their own covers of the original, both as recorded and as rendered in their own native tongue or dialect.
Zo, all that said, here's Mama Africa herself:
Mbube - 1966; Miriam Makeba
And the Weavers, 1952 -
And some Ivy League Folkies
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The Zambezi Marimba Band
And these guys
picture: Octopus - detail of mosaic floor of the female thermae at Herculaneum, buried by Vesuvius' eruption on 79 AD by Carlo Raso
It's an open thread, so do your thing
Comments
@JtC - truthdig.com - therealnews.com
I would love to have the sites www.truthdig.com and www.therealnews.com added to the list of 'Sites of political interest'. Are there any objections to it? Just for convenience reasons. I go there often and doing it with one click from here would be nice.
Thanks.
Good morning, mimi. That is, of course, up to JtC. Thanks
for reading and have a wonderful 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 --
Yes...
I will when I get a chance mimi.
One more?
And while you're at it, perhaps a link to Caitlin Johnstone's personal site: https://caitlinjohnstone.com/
Sure...
good one!
Thanks for Miriam Makeba ... and all other goodies /nt
My pleasure. ;-)
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 --
Wow, the man behind the curtain! :)
Good to see you dude! How the heck are you?
Hey, have been meaning to ask... just curious... when I vote for a comment on C99 a turning wheel appears as if it is taking a while for the vote to be transmitted or received. Right now have several of those turning wheels lined up. Love to know what is happening.
All the best, do and jb.
A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.
Howdy do...
I'm doing well, thanks for asking.
The spinning wheels means the server is trying to decide whether to take a dump or get off the pot. When that happens stop the server request by clicking the "x" stop icon in your browser, then try voting again one comment at a time, let one finish before clicking another. That'll usually help.
I'll be doing a meta-dump in tomorrow's OT and taking questions.
Donald Trump: Business as Usual Under Capitalism
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgKikHgs_as]
World Socialist Website on Kavanaugh Confirmation
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
Good morning, Aspie. Thanks for reading. Thanks for the vid
which I hope to get to soon.
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 --
good morning
Interesting story about Mbube
http://performingsongwriter.com/lion-sleeps-tonight/
I'm celebrating the first nations people today. Hope you all have a good one!
PS I agree with mimi about the real news and Truthdig.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning, Lookout. Thanks for all of the information on
Linda's heirs' too expected fate at the hands of a predatory industry.
Right on! Yes to Indigenous Peoples Day. Columbus knew little, discovered nothing and destroyed much. He did so with the blessing and encouragement of an abysmally evil Pope Gregory, one of the few instances in which it is appropriate to use the word "evil".
Thanks for reading and 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 --
Columbus stumbled upon
tha Garden of Eden and was too stupid to realize it. Tens of millions died as a result.
Kinda set the pattern.
Thanks for the OT.
And the background history of that tune. The Tokens will never sound the same again.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Good afternoon, earthling1 - thanks for reading. Yeah,
Chris the Colon fucked up badly, as did many others of his ilk. There is really nothing one can say.
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 --
Unless you are Cuomo the lesser...
This fucking ass just decided to put the Statue of Columbus in the circle with his name at the south west corner of central park up for a spot on the national register of historic places.
link to article about this
The State of NY already moved to protect this statue at their level by adding it to the state register last month.
link to article
The Italian mafia is still very powerful in NY. Native Americans not so much!
Pope Gregory? Do you perhaps mean Pope Alexander VI?
Pope Gregory XII: held papacy 1406–1415
Pope Gregory XIII: held papacy 1572–1585
best known for commissioning the Gregorian calendar
Pope Alexander VI: held papacy 1492–1503
promulgated papal bulls interpreted as authorizing conquest and enslavement
morning el...
today the ipcc said that yeah, we are in deep kimchee... and need to stop carbon emissions faster than evah! have a good one and thanks for the ot.
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Afternoon, magi. Heard something about that n the radio
this morning. I am incapable of believing that we would be willing and able to rise to what we previously perceived to be the needed behavior, let alone today's restraints. This is where a real government would step in, but we don't have 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 --
Heh, el, you funny. How goes it?
www.AskBobRankin.com had warned us in his weekly email recently about the latest Windows 10 update fiasco so had to laugh at your funny haha. Thanks, I needed that!
FWIW we recently went through the hoohah of applying for a ballot, got it pretty quickly, then voted by mail. No Greens on our ballot, so needless to say I was less than enthusiastic about voting. jb and I agreed that it was good to good to do the online research on the candidates though.
Some people are still enthusiastic about voting it seems:
NextGen America Retweeted
We had a look at our credit card points and airmiles accumulation this morning to see if we have enough yet for next years budget camping in our own tent in southern Africa. Getting close and a little excited. Even though we are still recovering physically and in no mood to go back any time soon, getting the dates we want for Zambia and South Africa tied down, and reserving the campsites way ahead in Kruger require getting on this way out ahead.
African Wild Dogs, aka Painted Wolves, are up and running around, pumping each other up for the evening hunt. South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, May, 2018
A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.
Good afternoon, do. I'm working on a few trips for next year
myself right now, but nothing so wonderful as yours. I fear that I'll have to settle for memories of our trip to Kenya and the pics you post from SA.
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 --
Thanks for the ot
and the interesting bit of music history. Our once upon a time garden of eden planet needs us to stop destroying it. I wonder if we can.
Good afternoon, randtx. The OT is my pleasure. I too worry
tht we won't be able to change our ways quick enough on the climae front.
Have a good 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 --
late 'ello, el, welcome home.
Busy, off to wilderness tomorrow, no connections available. Always a pleasure to see what you think about it all.
Thanks, smiley7, time to crash here. Enjoy your wilderness.
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 --
National Fluffernutter Day you say?
Well, I know what a Fluffer is. And I know what a nutter is...
Had to google Fluffernutter though.
I should have known, a New England thing.
A friend in Boston texted pics of his visit to the annual marshmallow fluff festival in Somerville. Looks godawful. But better than vegemite I guess.
Hope all is well with you el.
Good morning, peachcreek, thanks for reading. Hope all
is well with you too, and have a good 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 --