Ok, so because folks have shown an interest in what I listen to, I decided to share today. This isn't a weighty diary, just a fun one to help take the edge off. Because once in a while we need to clear the palate. If you have an incense stick or some Cannabis handy, both improve the experience of music. If not, coffee will work in a pinch.
George Martin had quite the career! After getting out of the army and then going to the Guildhall School of Music, he got a job at the BBC and then moved on to Parlophone.
In discussing his life you kind of have to focus on the records he helped make. Although he wanted to be the next Rachmaninoff he found himself producing whatever was given him, like this classic (for those of us old enough to remember!)
Let's take a look at the items in my Facebook feed. They're great!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-d-rosenstein/sanders-as-democratic-n...
Sanders as Democratic Nominee Makes No Sense
As I write this it's "yesterday", Feb. 3rd, the anniversary of that plane crash in 1959. I had sort of vaguely heard Buddy Holly while he was alive but after the disaster his music was played a lot. With that extra airplay I became a wild full-fledged fan. I took my allowance (saved up over a month, I think) and, for the first time ever, with my own money bought a record. That was the collection of his hits, The Buddy Holly Story
Today is Martin Luther King Day
18 is a multiple of 9, 3, and 6, leading to suspicions that it will generate unending fractions (more later)
Wanting a conversation beyond politics; I do. Vignettes.
6-Pack Band comprises six transgenders singing original songs, including a cover version of Grammy-winner Pharrell Williams' hit "Happy". They have been joined by Bollywood star Sonu Nigam for their debut collection.
I might have been too young for the folk boom. When some people had tuned out rock n roll in favor of Pete Seeger et al I was still listening to The Orlons...and liking what I heard. Later I found out there was a "Cuban Missile Crisis". I missed it. I was too busy with "He's a Rebel", "Do You Love Me", "Green Onions" and "James, Hold the Ladder Steady". "If I Had a Hammer" was on the charts, though, and I did like it but in a musical way rather than as a cultural lifestyle.
Happy Solstice! (December 21, at 20:48 PST)
There are only 10 days left in 2015
21 is 3 x 7 (uh huh)
21 is the sum of the first 6 natural numbers. 1+2+3+4+5+6 = 21
21 is a fibonnacci number 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21
