Esta tarde llueve, como nunca; y no tengo ganas de vivir, corazón. Esta tarde es dulce. Por qué no ha de ser? Viste gracia y pena; viste de mujer. Esta tarde en Lima llueve. Y yo recuerdo las cavernas crueles de mi ingratitud; mi bloque de hielo sobre su amapola, más fuerte que su “No … More Heces de César Vallejo
Now it is the weekend, so we must sing. Did you know that Nietzche wrote music? I remember hearing this through a glass. Now we can listen to some of his compositions with John Bell Young, Constance Keene and Thomas Coote on piano. Singing is John Aler, tenor. Nicholas Eanet is on violin. Nietzsche: Einleitung … More Music of Friedrich Nietzche
Early on we see a young Oscar Ghiglia. The video heats up when Segovia loses patience with another student and bursts into Spanish. At the end comes the key comment, on “the delicate lack of respect we have for the rhythm – a lack of respect which defines both the good and the bad artist.” … More Andrés Segovia – Master Class 1965
Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It” was the official theme song of President Rafael Correa of Ecuador’s recent election campaign. Ecuador is South America’s second largest exporter of crude oil and it hosts the only U.S. military base on the continent, from which we organize our drug war. Here is a much more recent … More Rafael Correa
My appointment is split between two departments and I would be delighted to have formal affiliations with two others. None of these departments speak French but I now see I have been affiliated with one which does. In a parallel event I was elected to Academic Senate, although I did not run. I am not … More Les Frères Jacques
From nine to five my student worker and I updated the websites for both my departments. This involved checking facts, rethinking information architecture, writing prose, deciphering handwriting in several languages, resizing pictures and finally sweeping code, much of it by hand. While doing this we listened to old time work songs. We decided Leadbelly might … More Pick a Bale a Day
It is the weekend, so we will sing! Convicts rest Like lizards on rocks. Same period, same region: In the Pines. Listen closely. Axé.
Here, in French and in English, are the lyrics to Parlez-nous à boire, for it is the weekend and we must sing. Speak to us of drinking, not of marriage. Axé.
CTK is a truly great performer. Here he is on Da Thrill Is Gone (From Here). *** My statement for today is unrelated to CTK. It seems important to recall that the reason I call Reeducation, Reeducation is that in it we had to engage in such constant and severe self-criticism. Rather than meditate so … More Chris Thomas King
We have not been singing nearly enough lately, and now it is the weekend. This is Julio Jaramillo, the Nightingale of America: “Quiero comprarle a la vida / cinco centavitos de felicidad” – “I would like to buy from life / just five cents’ worth of happiness.” Axé.
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