Realism provides only amoral observation, while Absurdism rejects even the possibility of debate.
Frances Babbage, playwright, "Augusto Boal"
This is unbelievable.
You can find the entire article at Huffington Post
Esbjörn Svensson Tribute BBC Jazz On 3 2008
Esbjörn Svensson Tribute : BBC Jazz On 3 (2008)
Jazz | MP3 | CBR | 320KBPS | 138mb
Tracks
01-From Gargarin's Point of View
02-Dodge the Dodo
03-Spam-Boo-Limbo
04-When God Created The Coffee Break
05-Serenade For The Renegade
06-Believe, Beleft, Below
07-Behind The Yashmak
Personnel
Esbjorn Svensson - piano
Dan Berglund - bass
Magnus Ostrom - drums
All music performed and composed by e.s.t.
Jazz | MP3 | CBR | 320KBPS | 138mb
Tracks
01-From Gargarin's Point of View
02-Dodge the Dodo
03-Spam-Boo-Limbo
04-When God Created The Coffee Break
05-Serenade For The Renegade
06-Believe, Beleft, Below
07-Behind The Yashmak
Personnel
Esbjorn Svensson - piano
Dan Berglund - bass
Magnus Ostrom - drums
All music performed and composed by e.s.t.
Hmm...
“Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), playwright, poet
A man in sober meditation battling with a powerful internal struggle...
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), playwright, poet
A man in sober meditation battling with a powerful internal struggle...
Stylish Ants
“Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungi, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, capture slaves, engage in child labor, exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television.”
Lewis Thomas (1913-1993), physician and writer
Take a close look at the ant just left of center (you have to click on the photo) and you can see it has a faux Mohawk. I could have come a bit closer, but the persistent creatures started for my shoes.
Lewis Thomas (1913-1993), physician and writer
Take a close look at the ant just left of center (you have to click on the photo) and you can see it has a faux Mohawk. I could have come a bit closer, but the persistent creatures started for my shoes.
To The Moon...
Dick Gordon of Apollo 12 was asked what did we learn from going to the moon. He replied, "we discovered the Earth.
Forty years ago today, Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. It was the fifth human spaceflight of Project Apollo and the third human voyage to the Moon.
Launched on July 16, 1969, it carried Mission Commander Neil Alden Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene 'Buzz' Aldrin, Jr.
On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, while Collins orbited above.
In this July 1969 file photo, most of Africa and portions of Europe and Asia can be seen in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its translunar coast toward the moon, during the month of July, 1969. Apollo 11 was already about 98,000 nautical miles from earth when this picture was made. (AP-Photo/NASA, file) moon0714a
1. The Apollo’s Saturn rockets were packed with enough fuel to throw 100-pound shrapnel three miles, and NASA couldn’t rule out the possibility that they might explode on takeoff. NASA seated its VIP spectators three and a half miles from the launchpad.
2. The Apollo computers had less processing power than a cellphone.
3. Drinking water was a fuel-cell by-product, but Apollo 11’s hydrogen-gas filters didn’t work, making every drink bubbly. Urinating and defecating in zero gravity, meanwhile, had not been figured out; the latter was so troublesome that at least one astronaut spent his entire mission on an anti-diarrhea drug to avoid it.
4. When Apollo 11’s lunar lander, the Eagle, separated from the orbiter, the cabin wasn’t fully depressurized, resulting in a burst of gas equivalent to popping a champagne cork. It threw the module’s landing four miles off-target.
5. Pilot Neil Armstrong nearly ran out of fuel landing the Eagle, and many at mission control worried he might crash. Apollo engineer Milton Silveira, however, was relieved: His tests had shown that there was a small chance the exhaust could shoot back into the rocket as it landed and ignite the remaining propellant.
6. The "one small step for man" wasn’t actually that small. Armstrong set the ship down so gently that its shock absorbers didn’t compress. He had to hop 3.5 feet from the Eagle’s ladder to the surface.
7. When Buzz Aldrin joined Armstrong on the surface, he had to make sure not to lock the Eagle's door because there was no outer handle.
8. The toughest moonwalk task? Planting the flag. NASA’s studies suggested that the lunar soil was soft, but Armstrong and Aldrin found the surface to be a thin wisp of dust over hard rock. They managed to drive the flagpole a few inches into the ground and film it for broadcast, and then took care not to accidentally knock it over.
9. The flag was made by Sears, but NASA refused to acknowledge this because they didn’t want "another Tang."
10. The inner bladder of the space suits—the airtight liner that keeps the astronaut’s body under Earth-like pressure—and the ship’s computer’s ROM chips were handmade by teams of “little old ladies.”
Craig Nelson uncovered these facts in various NASA archives while researching his new book, Rocket Men (Viking; $28).
Solitude-- A Chair of One's Own
“The last stroke of midnight dies.
All day in the one chair
From dream to dream and rhyme to rhyme I have ranged
In rambling talk with an image of air:
Vague memories, nothing but memories.”
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), poet, writer
Upon closer inspection, it's a bit tattered and torn and sadly symbolic of how society treats its elderly -- tossed aside and placed out of the way...
All day in the one chair
From dream to dream and rhyme to rhyme I have ranged
In rambling talk with an image of air:
Vague memories, nothing but memories.”
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), poet, writer
Upon closer inspection, it's a bit tattered and torn and sadly symbolic of how society treats its elderly -- tossed aside and placed out of the way...
Censorship through Kindle and Other Devices
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, and author.
The joys of reading and the agony of censorship, which almost half the population seems to be okay with, can be experienced by readers who own a Kindle.
If you had downloaded George Orwell’s famous novels “1984” and “Animal Farm” you no longer have them on your Kindle because the publisher decided it did not want to give the rights to Kindle, so Amazon.com used its wireless connection to each Kindle to delete copies on the owners' Kindles and refunded their money.
If you have decided to call your friends on your iPhone or other network tethered devices you need not feel so superior.
Daughter sent THIS to me and you too should read it and be aware:
"tethered appliances," that is, appliances like the Kindle and the iPhone that feature a combination of hardware and software services connected by a network. The manufacturer of the tethered appliance can easily discover what consumers are doing with the product, can restrict what end-users do with the hardware, and can alert the features of the product by remote control. It simultaneously offers the possibility of privacy invasions and retroactive alterations of features. The Kindle story shows that it also offers the possibility of private censorship.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, and author.
The joys of reading and the agony of censorship, which almost half the population seems to be okay with, can be experienced by readers who own a Kindle.
If you had downloaded George Orwell’s famous novels “1984” and “Animal Farm” you no longer have them on your Kindle because the publisher decided it did not want to give the rights to Kindle, so Amazon.com used its wireless connection to each Kindle to delete copies on the owners' Kindles and refunded their money.
If you have decided to call your friends on your iPhone or other network tethered devices you need not feel so superior.
Daughter sent THIS to me and you too should read it and be aware:
"tethered appliances," that is, appliances like the Kindle and the iPhone that feature a combination of hardware and software services connected by a network. The manufacturer of the tethered appliance can easily discover what consumers are doing with the product, can restrict what end-users do with the hardware, and can alert the features of the product by remote control. It simultaneously offers the possibility of privacy invasions and retroactive alterations of features. The Kindle story shows that it also offers the possibility of private censorship.
RIP Walter Cronkite
Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.
Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) journalist
I am delighted that I was able to see Walter Cronkite live a couple of years ago where he was interviewed by Anderson Cooper.
All the news reports on Cronkite tonight show how far news delivery has declined, which also includes understanding by viewers.
Sadly, that's the way it was and is today.
The post I wrote about seeing Cronkite: My Post
Walter Cronkite (1916-2009) journalist
I am delighted that I was able to see Walter Cronkite live a couple of years ago where he was interviewed by Anderson Cooper.
All the news reports on Cronkite tonight show how far news delivery has declined, which also includes understanding by viewers.Sadly, that's the way it was and is today.
The post I wrote about seeing Cronkite: My Post
Mel Gibson to Star in Jodie Foster's Beaver
It's the most disturbing headline I've seen in a while. Full story here, but you've already read the best part. Trust me.
Happy Birthday to My Wife
You are the love of my life -- and I am happy to be celebrating another Bastille Day with you.
Bruce Springsteen adds new dates to U.S. Tour, including Tampa .
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN &
THE LEGENDARY E Street BAND 2009 US Tour DATES
19-Aug Hartford, CT Comcast Theater On Sale Now
22-Aug Mansfield, MA Comcast Center On Sale Now
23-Aug Mansfield, MA Comcast Center On Sale Now
25-Aug Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center On Sale Now
10-Sep Nashville, TN Sommett Center 25-Jul
12-Sep Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre 24-Jul
13-Sep Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center 24-Jul
16-Sep Greenville, SC Bi-Lo Center 31-Jul
20-Sep Chicago, IL United Center 1-Aug
30-Sep East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium Sold out
2-Oct East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium Sold out
3-Oct East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium Sold out
8-Oct East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium On Sale Now
9-Oct East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium Sold out
13-Oct Philadelphia, PA Spectrum 27-Jul
14-Oct Philadelphia, PA Spectrum 27-Jul
25-Oct St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center 8-Aug
26-Oct Kansas City, MO Sprint Center 8-Aug
2-Nov Washington, D.C. Verizon Center TBA
3-Nov Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena28-Aug
7-Nov New York, NY Madison Square Garden TBA
8-Nov New York, NY Madison Square Garden TBA
10-Nov Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena 22-Aug
13-Nov Auburn Hills, MI Palace At Auburn Hills 22-Aug
15-Nov Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center 1-Aug
On June 27, Springsteen played to 135,000 fans, his largest audience in over 20 years as the Glastonbury Festival's headliner. Footage of the Glastonbury performance of "The River" posted below; for more, visit Bruce's website.
Please Act Now!!
If you have an ounce of charitable feelings, please I deplore you to support "Buy One Anyway." Without these people we would have never known about:
Tip of the hat to On The Mark for pointing this out.
- Watergate
- No stinkin' WMDs in Iraq
- Brownie doing a heck of a job
- That Cheney was holding secret meetings with energy company CEOs
- That Rumfeld used scripture to duped "W" moving forward with bad military choices
- That $9 billion allotted for Iraqi reconstruction went up in smoke
Tip of the hat to On The Mark for pointing this out.
Rebekka Bakken Leipzig Germany 2002
Wolfgang Muthspiel & Rebekka Bakken: 26th Leipziger
Jazztage, Alte Oper, Leipzig, Germany,
28-09-2002, circa 57 min
Wolfgang Muthspiel - guitar, electronics
Rebekka Bakken - voice
Tracks
1. Beloved
2. Welcome Me
3. Overmade Full Av Nade
4. Later
5. Which One Of Your Lovers
6. Good-Bye
7. Love Of Another
8. Sister
9. Drawing Lines
Source Fm Bitrate 320
28-09-2002, circa 57 min
Wolfgang Muthspiel - guitar, electronics
Rebekka Bakken - voice
Tracks
1. Beloved
2. Welcome Me
3. Overmade Full Av Nade
4. Later
5. Which One Of Your Lovers
6. Good-Bye
7. Love Of Another
8. Sister
9. Drawing Lines
Source Fm Bitrate 320
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