Sunday Open Thread: October 1st is International Music Day
World History this day
0331 BC -- Alexander the Great whupped Darius III at Gaugamela. This was a BFD
1898 -- The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration was founded, oh woe, oh woe
1918 -- T. E. Lawrence, et. al. took Damascus. Much was promised, many were shafted.
1928 -- The Soviet Union introduced its First five-year plan. I'm assuming that it failed
1931 -- Spain adopted women's suffrage. Even the US beat that, though the Saudis didn't.
1936 -- Francisco Franco became head of the Nationalist government of Spain. ***
1938 -- Germany annexed the Sudetenland. Also a BFD.
1978 -- The Voltaic Revolutionary Communist Party was founded. Sounds electrifying.
***( The US loved him, which tells you what a bastard he was.
US History this day
1800 -- Spain ceded Louisiana to France
1890 -- Yosemite National Park was established by Congress, who had finally caught on
1891 -- Stanford University opened its doors as a snooty junior version of CAL (est. 1868)
1940 -- The Pennsylvania Turnpike opened. No one knows why.
1958 -- NASA replaced NACA. The beginning of the current era. **
1979 -- The US returned sovereignty of the Panama Canal to Panama. Uh huh.
** After this date, government leaders, corporate management and highly paid consultants began renaming shit and passing that off as innovation, renovation and progress. Shareholders tend to buy it, employees, not so much.
Science & Technology this day
1811 -- The first steamboat to sail the Mississippi reached N'awlins
1880 -- First recorded electric lamp factory
1908 -- Ford put the Model T on the market (Like there was another plan?)
1947 -- First flight of the North American F-86 Sabre, possible birth of "Terry & the Pirates".
1964 -- Japanese Shinkansen began high-speed runs from Tokyo to Osaka. Ths US built bombs and shit.
1969 -- The Concorde broke the sound barrier. That was the plan, n'est ce pas?
The Arts this day
1861 -- Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management was published, and still sells, they say
1962 -- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was first aired. Looking back, this was a thing, but Steve Allen was cooler
1971 -- Walt Disney World opened near Orlando. The spirits of Beckett, Ionesco, & Genet walked the land crying.
1982 -- Epcot opened at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Athena, goddess of wisdom, fell on her sword.
1982 -- Sony launched the first consumer CD player (model CDP-101). At that price?
Misc. this day
1975 -- Muhammad Ali beat Joe Frazier. Michael Jackson found an album title.
Birthdays of Note this day
86 BC -- Sallust, an historian
1526 -- Dorothy Stafford, just go look her up
1832 -- Henry Clay Work, composer, wrote Marching Through Georgia
1847 -- Annie Besant, look her up too. (Hint) Blavatsky as well. Meditate upon right action from bad premises
1865 -- Paul Dukas, composer
1881 -- William Boeing, engineer
1885 -- Louis Untermeyer, anthologist
1903 -- Vladimir Horowitz, pianist and composer
1910 -- Bonnie Parker, businesswoman
1924 -- Jimmy Carter, peanut farmer, made Afghanistan into Russia's Viet Nam. (He thought.)
1924 -- Roger Williams, pianist
1929 -- Grady Chapman, lead singer for the Robins
1932 -- Albert Collins, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1935 -- Julie Andrews, singer and actress
1940 -- Marc Savoy, accordianist who created the Cajun accordion
1942 -- Herb Fame, singer, generally served with Peaches
1942 -- My late, great, brother Dave, journalist, human extraordinnaire, one time part-time hippie, y mas
1945 -- Donny Hathaway, singer, songwriter, pianist
1946 -- Dave Holland, bassist
1947 -- Dave Arneson, D&D dude
1948 -- Cub Koda, singer, songwriter and guitarist
Deaths of Note this day
1975 -- Al Jackson, Jr., drummer, MG
1985 -- E. B. White, E. B. White
2004 -- Bruce Palmer, bassist, Buffalo Springfield
Great Quotations
I don't care how busy you are, you are not leaving this room until you post bail for my little brother.
------ Brother Dave, peoples' park, 1969
No, we cannot and will not guarantee the mayor's safety if he should enter upon these premises.
---- Brother Dave, Stuart and Milvia, probably 1969
Other Holidays:
International Coffee Day
International Day of Older Persons (aka hug a hippie day)
Cawfee Day, awright (Yeah, yeah, you're tired of "Java Jive", so?)
Older people? I'm not old, I'm just experienced.
So now some music
Yeah, Creedence wrote it, but she owns it ------------------------------------------------
Why does the internet keep suggesting John freaking
Well, it worked once, didn't it?
Bonus:
Playlist for Brother Dave
But first, a word from our sponsor, the late Augustus Stanley Owsley III
ok, now, some tunes for a music junkie
Sorry about the ads, jump 'em quick and click through. This is a thing, listen to it all, preferably with
Photo: public domain photo of Further
Comments
Albert Collins!
you might like his first single.
recorded in downtown houston 1958.
with the rhythm rockers.
clean & chilly.
jumping like a kangaroo.
rip.
Good morning and thanks. Nice backbeat, and the sax
coming in out of nowhere is cool 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 --
glad you liked it.
check sax mimics Collins phrase. nice.
rhythm section was locked in.
The saxophonist and music teacher Henry Hayes heard about Collins from Joe "Guitar" Hughes. After seeing him perform live, Hayes encouraged Collins to record a single for Kangaroo Records, a label he had started with his friend M. L. Young.[13] Collins recorded his debut single, "The Freeze", backed with "Collins Shuffle", for Kangaroo at Gold Star Studios, in Houston, in the spring of 1958, with Hayes on saxophone.[14] Texas blues bands of this period incorporated a horn section, and Collins later credited Hayes with teaching him how to arrange for horns.
edit. still had those horns in your clip. did not release debut album until 1965.
Good morning EL and friends
Thanks for the morning greet and the vast and diverse collection of music for our listening pleasure.
I have personal good news. I got an email from the Italian Embassy informing me that Italian citizenship for me and my family has been approved. I feel as if I should now be able to now speak Italian or cook Italian food better than before - something. Instead, it's like a birthday. Something changed, but I don't feel any different. Early fall, late summer, a trip to my homeland and visit to my grandson in Sweden is on the agenda. I hope I really follow through.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
congratulazioni
Glad they didn't give you the boot! Are you going to move?
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Snickerin'
at the boot bit!
There is no such thing as TMI. It can always be held in reserve for extortion.
No
I doubt if I ever will. I did it mostly for my three millennial grandsons, one of which is working and living in Sweden. It is their heritage, and it gives them greater global opportunity as an EU citizen. Italian citizenship will automatically pass on to their kids. Italian law says citizenship is determined by blood, not location.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."--Napoleon
Morning, dk. Congrats. Glad you enjoy the tunes.
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 --
Regio Emilia
great news to be recognized for your Italian blood. Bellisima! I hope you go there on your way to Sweden or on the way back. Take trains!
http://thetravelbite.com/travel_and_food_blog/5-reasons-to-visit-reggio-emilia-in-italy/
And that's all you need to know. Heh. If you like Parmesan. I remember getting fresh pound chunks from someone who visited friends in Regio Emilia almost every year, since high school in the 60s. It was better than gold, so precious to me. There's nothing like the real thing from the real place.
I didn't get "the boot" joke. Are you Sicilian? Thanks goodness for a world map, that or a globe should be required. Not cell phones. lol
Good News! Keep going.
Reggio Emillia teaching philosophy
Thought you were talking about the teaching philosophy. I waited in line for hours to get my daughter into just such a school when she was five.
The kids voted on the theme for the year. Under the Sea won. They did hands on exercises to include all major aspects of reading, science, math, art, etc.. For instance, they researched the sizes of multiple sea creatures, and created life size replications of some. They lied (laid?) out foot to head across the parking lot in order to grasp the massive sizes of the ones that were just too big to replicate.
I did some volunteer work in my daughter's class when she was 8, and was impressed by the fact that the teacher had seated a boy with apparent ADHD near the door so he could get up and go to the restroom or water fountain at will, and not interrupt the class when doing so. Not sure if that's part of RE or if she was just an amazing 'outside of the box' teacher.
Gs! I keep forgetting the second g in Reggio
thanks, I never knew about the teaching philosophy so I am reading the wiki page right now.
cheers
"the boot" is the shape of Italy
Hey el and all
Thanks for all the music. There's a story from the early 1900's of the Georgia delegation walking out of the democratic convention when "Marching through Georgia" was played.
We play several of those old 1800's marches, but I've recently learned this one. Still working on all the words, but it's a favorite...(2.5 min)
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qDkC4yJxdc]
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Heya, Lookout. That's one of my favs, and I still have that
album. Ochs played it at my graduation, iirc. (Berkeley Vietnam Commencement, 1968)
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 --
1918
So that's where we got Damascus steal?
There is no such thing as TMI. It can always be held in reserve for extortion.
Good morning, Feeesh, great take on that phrase,
and quite accurate. The mideast is what it is thanks to the way the western powers divvied up the spoils after beating Turkey.
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 --
Happy 127'th Birthday Yosemite
Yesterday I celebrated National Public Lands Day by hiking up the Four Mile trail to Glacier Point then across the Panorama trail to Nevada Falls and finished off the 13 mile hike by heading back down to the valley floor on the John Muir trail. Today I will hike 12 Miles(round trip)the back way up to the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia Trees. Technically the grove is closed for restoration 'till November. Sunday's are pretty quiet and you can go up and check out the progress of the restoration without getting fined $5K and tossed in jail for a year. Entering the grove is a federal offense right now while the closure is in effect. Last Sunday the California Conservation Corps was working in there putting up new trail signs. Tomorrow I'll hike the 7 miles round trip from the valley floor to the top of Upper Yosemite Falls to celebrate my birthday. "Who you callin' old?" I'll post a music video for the climber from the UK who got killed in a rock fall at El Capitan this week.
Happy Birthday jbob
thanks for the vicarious hiking tour, have a great day! I still have my CCC patch, in 1978 we had to buy our own brown shirts and sew them on. We worked protecting the giant sequoias then too. If you are near enough one could you give it a hug for me? If not a giganteum, then any old redwood'll do. Ronald Reagan I can't believe he was elected Governor and President twice either: "If you've seen one redwood tree, you've seen them all."
http://www.snopes.com/quotes/reagan/redwoods.asp
peace
Sounds like Brawndo!
Mexican engineer's product allows crops to be grown in arid climates. With this invention trees grow in desert
If Trump signs the relief bill 3 Tx Dems voted against
I'm wondering if I'll get to pull my money out of my tiny 401k without a tax penalty.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/burka-blog/four-texas-democrats-vote-agains...
Wonder if I'd have to provide some type of proof I used it for repairs or if I could use it to move away from here. I really have nothing keeping me here anymore, especially since losing my job last week.
Arguably tax fraud; if you get checked ...
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 --
"Storm related expenses"
Getting the hell away from the coast is my plan. I'll look into it - jail is not the new location I had in mind.
Can't find ""Storm related expenses" in the bill or any real
clarity on what the funds may be used for. It does say that recipients must have been displaced from their residence by the hurricane.
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 --