tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post3728653076629844387..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Weekend Break From PoliticsAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-69139602412326780342012-09-23T15:47:35.535-05:002012-09-23T15:47:35.535-05:00Thersites,
There is Shakespeare verse for EVERY oc...Thersites,<br />There is Shakespeare verse for <b>EVERY</b> occasion!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-37662614500681482802012-09-23T15:46:36.013-05:002012-09-23T15:46:36.013-05:00FT,
Films in b&W rule!
I first think of The G...FT,<br />Films in b&W rule!<br /><br />I first think of <i>The Grapes of Wrath</i>. Wouldn't have worked at all in color.<br /><br /><i>Gone with the Wind</i> is the opposite; we must have it in color.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-50824790127506558572012-09-23T15:43:45.833-05:002012-09-23T15:43:45.833-05:00BTW, recently the twenty-somethings and even those...BTW, recently the twenty-somethings and even those a big younger have recently "discovered" Sinatra, particularly the tune "That's Life."Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-26973476257741235742012-09-23T15:42:41.359-05:002012-09-23T15:42:41.359-05:00FT,
Some of the most poignant music that Sinatra e...FT,<br />Some of the most poignant music that Sinatra ever recorded was after his breakup with Ava Gardner. The haunting sound in his voice -- a heart breaker!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-6884799856819563122012-09-23T15:41:40.401-05:002012-09-23T15:41:40.401-05:00I have several favorite Sinatra tunes.
"One ...I have several favorite Sinatra tunes.<br /><br />"One for My Baby" has to be in my personal top 5!<br /><br />I had the privilege of seeing Sinatra perform that song twice in person. It was a large venue, but the large size didn't matter for that song. I felt as if I were in a piano bar.<br /><br />By the second time I saw Sinatra live, his pipes were not what they once were. That didn't matter at all when he sang "One for My Baby."<br /><br />Back in the day when I studied voice, my teachers used Sinatra's phrasing as <b>THE</b> model. Still holds true for me.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-15678663643106590012012-09-23T08:23:01.144-05:002012-09-23T08:23:01.144-05:00When Sinatra does "One for My Baby" it m...When Sinatra does "One for My Baby" it may be even better than Billie Holiday's version, Freethinker.<br /><br />And that's saying something.<br /><br />B&W in film is becoming a lost art, Freethinker. It has to be lit in a completely different manner. <br />The differentiation of objects and the frame depth require a different technique.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-37813086761184390022012-09-23T06:28:31.305-05:002012-09-23T06:28:31.305-05:00Funny! What you said about color, Ducky! I have al...Funny! What you said about color, Ducky! I have always felt it was an intrusion into cinematic art, and a vulgarization thereof.<br /><br />I can't explain why, but most of the movies I have found particularly appealing were shot in black and white.<br /><br />Travelogues and nature films are a notable exception.<br /><br />~ FTFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-19131471899590380892012-09-23T06:21:25.838-05:002012-09-23T06:21:25.838-05:00Frankie could sing with remarkable sensitivity and...Frankie could sing with remarkable sensitivity and depth. I always enjoy listening to him -- and have for more than sixty years.<br /><br />Where I live you can still hear some of his stuff played as background music in some of the restaurants -- fewer and fewer, and with less and less frequency unfortunately.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-48521664267236201622012-09-22T18:22:19.301-05:002012-09-22T18:22:19.301-05:00About "The Princess Swan"....Now i know ...About "The Princess Swan"....Now i know why the girl was so dismayed. Hehehe.<br /><br />Swans are notoriously temperamental -- and mean!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-36670663258910945722012-09-22T18:20:17.355-05:002012-09-22T18:20:17.355-05:00Duck,
I explained in a comment why I liked that co...Duck,<br />I explained in a comment why I liked that color photo. I'm not particularly partial to color photos if street art; "Blow up" was an exception.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-212359343098754402012-09-22T16:38:18.517-05:002012-09-22T16:38:18.517-05:00You do have a good eye, duckman. That I grant you...You do have a good eye, duckman. That I grant you. :)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-57777089708257105642012-09-22T16:21:45.792-05:002012-09-22T16:21:45.792-05:00That particular spot with the willows is an attrac...That particular spot with the willows is an attractive area of the Gardens. You appreciate it more in "September".<br /><br />I missed the shot in "Down Boy". The dog had just tried to jump up on the woman with the baby. That wasn't her husband. <br />Missed another one. I snapped the girl near the swans just after one bit her finger.<br /><br /> <br />I was shocked at the number of homeless sleeping out in the Commons just across the street. Not a sign of them in the Gardens.<br /><br />I meandered around quite a bit at random and kept bumping in to that busking couple in "Rest on the Flight from Egypt". Might be the best I've taken in a while. I'm going to have it professionally printed and framed.<br /><br />I took the color photo down partially because I have a 200 photo limit on Flickr and I'm close and partially because color is a fad.<br /><br />"Your first 10,000 photos are your worst."<br />-- Henri Cartier-Bresson<br /><br />"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept."<br />-- Robert Doisneau<br /><br />I love the french. Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-54184087725076249872012-09-22T13:39:07.414-05:002012-09-22T13:39:07.414-05:00Duck,
I took a look at your most recent photos.
T...Duck,<br />I took a look at your most recent photos.<br /><br />The ones I particularly like: "Down boy," "Ducks" (Love those weeping willows -- a childhood homeplace thing for me!), and "Bulldog."<br /><br />Hey, what happened to that color photo that you flipped and posted? I don't see it now.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-19299565005883516422012-09-22T10:21:23.230-05:002012-09-22T10:21:23.230-05:00Practically defines bitter sweet.
AOW, I went to ...Practically defines bitter sweet.<br /><br />AOW, I went to the Public Gardens looking for America.<br /><br />I think I found it. I didn't post half the keepers.<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/breathless400/<br /><br />Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-85072382875307710582012-09-22T09:54:19.798-05:002012-09-22T09:54:19.798-05:00That's a great song AOW. We all need a break ...That's a great song AOW. We all need a break now and then. Hubby and I took a long, 333 miles, motorcycle ride to Ft. Pillow, a state park. Hubby is a history buff, civil war in particular. We had never been there and lived so close all these years. <br /><br />The weather was beautiful, clear sky, sunshine, a beautiful sunset behind us as we rode home. A little chilly at night, but we had all the right gear to stay warm. Just the two of us. <br /><br />Like you and Mr. AOW take your excursions, it is a good thing to get away from it all now and then.<br /><br />Debbie<br />Right Truth<br />http://www.righttruth.typepad.com<br />Right Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18274108313586611205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-80966624461269910972012-09-22T09:48:33.288-05:002012-09-22T09:48:33.288-05:00Shakespeare, Sonnet 73
That time of year thou may...Shakespeare, Sonnet 73<br /><br /><i>That time of year thou mayst in me behold<br />When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang<br />Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,<br />Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.<br />In me thou see’st the twilight of such day<br />As after sunset fadeth in the west;<br />Which by and by black night doth take away,<br />Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest.<br />In me thou see’st the glowing of such fire,<br />That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,<br />As the deathbed whereon it must expire,<br />Consumed with that which it was nourished by.<br />This thou perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong,<br />To love that well which thou must leave ere long.</i>Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-52532323505585599702012-09-22T09:38:28.844-05:002012-09-22T09:38:28.844-05:00A Classic!A Classic!Woodsterman (Odie)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00423574390748358762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-33697970625596417332012-09-22T07:27:24.186-05:002012-09-22T07:27:24.186-05:00Nice!Nice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com