Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney
JUST IN: Appeals Court affirms the detention of Timothy Hale-Cusanelli (the Jan. 6 rioter who sported a Hitler mustache to work at a naval weapons facility).
The unanimous panel also emphasizes that 1/6 rioters don’t have to be charged with violence to be detained:
Commenter: “Geez, Neomi Rao was on that appeals panel.”
Rao was on Trump’s short list for Supreme Court https://mobile.twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1412779050129625093
You had me at “The Duck cuddles mean so much to me….”
Actually, I found that downright heartfelt sentiment a poignant reminder of “Man’s Search for Meaning” (which book will no doubt soon be banned for its luridly sexist title…so one ought to read, or reread, it while one can)….
Aaand, in the spirit of the post (and the blog, generally), here’s a sensational, if Definitely-Not-Your-Run-of-the-Mill, ballet video featuring a spectacular pas-d’un (a very large “un” at that) as well as proof that not only is size immaterial when it comes to the underwater art-form but that—and this may even be more awesome—hippos DO have navels (which no doubt, some of our more astute readers may have suspected all along). And so (drum rollllll)….take ‘er away! https://www.theepochtimes.com/adorable-video-captures-prematurely-born-hippo-fiona-practicing-her-water-ballet_3868523.html
(Forgot to mention that Fiona, a tremendous talent and prodigious prodigy, has been perfecting her pirouettes and arabesques since…before her birth….)
Apparently some of the Democrat legislators who were most vocal in claiming that Georgia’s law (or any other existing or proposed voter ID requirement) amounts to GOP-orchestrated voter suppression are now changing their tune. Or at least trying to pretend that they either never made such claims. Or were just misunderstood.
I’m sure that none of this has anything to do with recent polling that shows a significant majority of Americans favor voter ID. If these “public servants” had chosen to spend a little time speaking to the people they claim to represent, instead of so much time hobnobbing with their fellow Beltway elitists, they might have figured that out without looking at a poll.
Imagine you’re a Western Journalist.
Imagine that China is harvesting foreigners’ DNA in order to (amongst other things) develop racially-targeted bioweapons.
Imagine, too, that you live in a terminally insane society where you cannot actually admit that Race exists and you have to write the entire article not mentioning or even contemplating the word Race.
Actually you don’t need to imagine. Here’s the article. The Evil Geniuses are ~40km to my North and they certainly exist, too.
Now forget about the article. Journalists are whores anyway. Think instead about the Joint Chiefs mapping out a strategy to handle this. They can’t say or think ‘Race’ either. Not gonna end well.
Too bad Richard Lewontin is dead (just the other day) or they might have aimed the first one at him just for an inscrutable laugh.
Somehow in my busy on-line life full of other intellectuals, this “Most Complex Pop Song” video got my attention. Undivided for the first 4 mins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnRxTW8GxT8
Amazing chord changes explained.
“Know thyself.
If you need help,
call the FBI.”
Tom Grey:
Good to see you again!
I’m not sure what I expected from the “Most Complex Pop Song” bait, but it wasn’t Sergio Mendes with what hit my ear as a jumped-up version of “Arthur’s Theme (Between the Moon and New York City)”. I do wonder if Mendes weren’t heavily influenced by that song which came out a couple years earlier.
I’ve no doubt about the complex chord changes in “Never Gonna Let You Go,” but Burt Bachrach, who wrote “Arthur’s Theme,” was no slouch in that department either. He is also credited with the first use of polyrhythm in a pop song — “Anyone Who Had a Heart.”
“He is also credited with the first use of polyrhythm in a pop song — “Anyone Who Had a Heart.”” – huxley
I didn’t know that detail, but remember the song as being more musically engaging than the usual popular airs of the day.
Most of Bacharach’s songs appealed to me, especially as sung by Dionne Warwick in the sixties.
Wikipedia: (I shifted some paragraphs)
His music is characterized by unusual chord progressions, influenced by his background in jazz harmony, and uncommon selections of instruments for small orchestras. …with striking syncopated rhythmic patterns, irregular phrasing, frequent modulation, and odd, changing meters.
…
[He seems to have worked with most of the famous singers of the fifties, including Joel Grey and Marlene Dietrich (was her personal arranger & conductor for 5 years).]
…
Most of Bacharach’s and David’s hits were written specifically for and performed by Dionne Warwick, [ he “discovered” her in 1961 while she was working as a session accompanist] ……
Bacharach and David then wrote more songs to make use of Warwick’s singing talents, which led to one of the most successful teams in popular music history.[36]
Over the next 20 years, Warwick’s recordings of his songs sold over 12 million copies,[37]:23 with 38 singles making the charts and 22 in the Top 40. Among the hits were “Walk on By”, “Anyone Who Had a Heart”, “Alfie”, “I Say a Little Prayer”, “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again”, and “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?” She would eventually have more hits during her career than any other female vocalist except Aretha Franklin.[35]
…
Songs that he co-wrote which have topped the Billboard Hot 100 include “This Guy’s in Love with You” (1968), “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” (1969), “(They Long to Be) Close to You” (1970), “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” (1981), and “That’s What Friends Are For” (1986).
And many, many more. I can still sing most of the ones listed.
I may have to look around and see if there are any reaction videos.
More from Warwick’s Wiki, which is full of interesting details:
“She landed some work with her group singing backing vocals for recording sessions in New York City. During one session, Warwick met Burt Bacharach, who hired her to record demos featuring songs written by him and lyricist Hal David. She later landed her own record deal”
Other interesting connections – Dionne’s real name is Warrick, but it was misspelled on her first record label so she kept it. Her family was part of a choir of gospel singers, and the group morphed into popular session back-up singers.
“Warwick’s maternal aunt is gospel-trained vocalist Cissy Houston, mother of Warwick’s cousin, singer Whitney Houston.
In her 2011 autobiography, My Life, as I See It, Warwick notes that opera diva Leontyne Price is a maternal cousin.[47]”
AesopFan:
Yes, Bacharach was a force and his music was more complex than one might have thought. I put him up there with Lennon/McCartney, which is to say Bacharach was as good as it gets in the pop song department.
I’m not sure how he and Elvis Costello got together — I suspect Costello reached out — but they had a successful collaboration in the late nineties. You can see a bit of it in the second Austin Powers movie:
A big thanks (but not Caps!) for a couple fine songs, Huxley.
Too bad I think the magic is slippin’ away from
New York City.
I kinda like it, but wife and kids were heavily unimpressed on our visits of 2 & 3 days (with a limited budget).
Best that you can do — Niagara Falls.
I had never seen it in person, and no video can capture the feelings.
Also to AesopFan
Songs bring back memories of songs, which bring back other memories.
I can sing most of those Bacharach songs too, and remember getting The Carpenters as a record buying premium of some 11 albums cheap to buy 10 over the next year or something.
Sometimes I fantasize about singing some of Karen’s hits in my baritone, trying for The Disturbed kinda treatment (listen to their mix of Sounds of Silence).
… a lot more is said, than done.
“Songs bring back memories of songs, which bring back other memories.” – Tom Grey
Four legs good.
Two legs good.
(Winston Smith has been very busy of late….)
Pretty much any number of legs good. I find one is usually plenty:
https://pro.rougie.fr/produit/confit-de-canard-conserve/
(Paul McCartney could not be reached for comment.)
Can Do will eat everything, he’s all appatites. Is this news?
Looks like someone has just shot themselves (sic) in the foot….
https://newsbinding.com/news/watch-woke-law-professor-tells-french-their-food-is-racist/
I just read an interesting essay on diversity.
Before you run screaming from the room, why not take a look at this:
https://razib.substack.com/p/out-of-africas-midlife-crisis
Noted at JustOneMinute blog:
Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney
JUST IN: Appeals Court affirms the detention of Timothy Hale-Cusanelli (the Jan. 6 rioter who sported a Hitler mustache to work at a naval weapons facility).
The unanimous panel also emphasizes that 1/6 rioters don’t have to be charged with violence to be detained:
Commenter: “Geez, Neomi Rao was on that appeals panel.”
Rao was on Trump’s short list for Supreme Court
https://mobile.twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1412779050129625093
You had me at “The Duck cuddles mean so much to me….”
Actually, I found that downright heartfelt sentiment a poignant reminder of “Man’s Search for Meaning” (which book will no doubt soon be banned for its luridly sexist title…so one ought to read, or reread, it while one can)….
Aaand, in the spirit of the post (and the blog, generally), here’s a sensational, if Definitely-Not-Your-Run-of-the-Mill, ballet video featuring a spectacular pas-d’un (a very large “un” at that) as well as proof that not only is size immaterial when it comes to the underwater art-form but that—and this may even be more awesome—hippos DO have navels (which no doubt, some of our more astute readers may have suspected all along). And so (drum rollllll)….take ‘er away!
https://www.theepochtimes.com/adorable-video-captures-prematurely-born-hippo-fiona-practicing-her-water-ballet_3868523.html
(Forgot to mention that Fiona, a tremendous talent and prodigious prodigy, has been perfecting her pirouettes and arabesques since…before her birth….)
Apparently some of the Democrat legislators who were most vocal in claiming that Georgia’s law (or any other existing or proposed voter ID requirement) amounts to GOP-orchestrated voter suppression are now changing their tune. Or at least trying to pretend that they either never made such claims. Or were just misunderstood.
I’m sure that none of this has anything to do with recent polling that shows a significant majority of Americans favor voter ID. If these “public servants” had chosen to spend a little time speaking to the people they claim to represent, instead of so much time hobnobbing with their fellow Beltway elitists, they might have figured that out without looking at a poll.
Imagine you’re a Western Journalist.
Imagine that China is harvesting foreigners’ DNA in order to (amongst other things) develop racially-targeted bioweapons.
Imagine, too, that you live in a terminally insane society where you cannot actually admit that Race exists and you have to write the entire article not mentioning or even contemplating the word Race.
Actually you don’t need to imagine. Here’s the article. The Evil Geniuses are ~40km to my North and they certainly exist, too.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/health-china-bgi-dna/
Now forget about the article. Journalists are whores anyway. Think instead about the Joint Chiefs mapping out a strategy to handle this. They can’t say or think ‘Race’ either. Not gonna end well.
Too bad Richard Lewontin is dead (just the other day) or they might have aimed the first one at him just for an inscrutable laugh.
Blood and Soil for Me but not for Thee:
https://www.dailyveracity.com/2021/07/07/israels-new-leader-says-their-citizenship-laws-are-necessary-to-preserve-a-racial-majority/
Why am I not surprised?
https://nationalfile.com/san-francisco-gay-mens-chorus-brags-were-coming-for-your-children-in-new-zoom-song/
Somehow in my busy on-line life full of other intellectuals, this “Most Complex Pop Song” video got my attention. Undivided for the first 4 mins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnRxTW8GxT8
Amazing chord changes explained.
“Know thyself.
If you need help,
call the FBI.”
Tom Grey:
Good to see you again!
I’m not sure what I expected from the “Most Complex Pop Song” bait, but it wasn’t Sergio Mendes with what hit my ear as a jumped-up version of “Arthur’s Theme (Between the Moon and New York City)”. I do wonder if Mendes weren’t heavily influenced by that song which came out a couple years earlier.
–“Christopher Cross-Arthur’s Theme- lyric video”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljt5-wY1cOU
I’ve no doubt about the complex chord changes in “Never Gonna Let You Go,” but Burt Bachrach, who wrote “Arthur’s Theme,” was no slouch in that department either. He is also credited with the first use of polyrhythm in a pop song — “Anyone Who Had a Heart.”
“He is also credited with the first use of polyrhythm in a pop song — “Anyone Who Had a Heart.”” – huxley
I didn’t know that detail, but remember the song as being more musically engaging than the usual popular airs of the day.
Most of Bacharach’s songs appealed to me, especially as sung by Dionne Warwick in the sixties.
Wikipedia: (I shifted some paragraphs)
And many, many more. I can still sing most of the ones listed.
I may have to look around and see if there are any reaction videos.
More from Warwick’s Wiki, which is full of interesting details:
“She landed some work with her group singing backing vocals for recording sessions in New York City. During one session, Warwick met Burt Bacharach, who hired her to record demos featuring songs written by him and lyricist Hal David. She later landed her own record deal”
Other interesting connections – Dionne’s real name is Warrick, but it was misspelled on her first record label so she kept it. Her family was part of a choir of gospel singers, and the group morphed into popular session back-up singers.
“Warwick’s maternal aunt is gospel-trained vocalist Cissy Houston, mother of Warwick’s cousin, singer Whitney Houston.
In her 2011 autobiography, My Life, as I See It, Warwick notes that opera diva Leontyne Price is a maternal cousin.[47]”
AesopFan:
Yes, Bacharach was a force and his music was more complex than one might have thought. I put him up there with Lennon/McCartney, which is to say Bacharach was as good as it gets in the pop song department.
I’m not sure how he and Elvis Costello got together — I suspect Costello reached out — but they had a successful collaboration in the late nineties. You can see a bit of it in the second Austin Powers movie:
–“Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach in Austin Powers 2”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK2ABpZ4F3s
A big thanks (but not Caps!) for a couple fine songs, Huxley.
Too bad I think the magic is slippin’ away from
New York City.
I kinda like it, but wife and kids were heavily unimpressed on our visits of 2 & 3 days (with a limited budget).
Best that you can do — Niagara Falls.
I had never seen it in person, and no video can capture the feelings.
Also to AesopFan
Songs bring back memories of songs, which bring back other memories.
I can sing most of those Bacharach songs too, and remember getting The Carpenters as a record buying premium of some 11 albums cheap to buy 10 over the next year or something.
Sometimes I fantasize about singing some of Karen’s hits in my baritone, trying for The Disturbed kinda treatment (listen to their mix of Sounds of Silence).
… a lot more is said, than done.
“Songs bring back memories of songs, which bring back other memories.” – Tom Grey
Almost as good as eating madeleines. 😉
https://www.finedininglovers.com/article/hundred-years-prousts-madeleine