tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post8328025798882135023..comments2023-10-03T07:01:41.144-05:00Comments on Always On Watch: Semper Vigilans: Musical InterludeAlways On Watchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-91357216096436223142018-05-02T20:54:36.582-05:002018-05-02T20:54:36.582-05:00She was speaking of the melody popping into her he...She was speaking of the melody popping into her head when she read "most famous" before realizing that it was the "most famous".<br /><br />She didn't mean the music was creepy.Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17720528359843578475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-73652451981847405382018-05-02T20:10:05.707-05:002018-05-02T20:10:05.707-05:00How is any of this "creepy," Z?
I don&#...How is any of this "creepy," Z?<br /><br />I don't understand what you could mean by sayng that in reference to this symphony.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-1326664580642483922018-05-02T20:06:11.705-05:002018-05-02T20:06:11.705-05:00What I really MEANT, AOW, was having my point of v...What I really MEANT, AOW, was having my point of view <i>ACKNOWLEDGED</i>. <br /><br />"Accepted" was a poor choice of words. FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-62958666631097121852018-05-02T20:01:16.835-05:002018-05-02T20:01:16.835-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-85519388600067767882018-04-24T07:46:45.242-05:002018-04-24T07:46:45.242-05:00FT,
Good luck with having it ACCEPTED -- whatever ...FT,<br />Good luck with <i>having it ACCEPTED</i> -- whatever the point might be -- by bloggers, who are, almost without exception, a contentious group.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-17367636089434246782018-04-24T06:34:28.657-05:002018-04-24T06:34:28.657-05:00I INSIST on making the point –– and having it ACCE...I INSIST on making the point –– and having it ACCEPTED –– that it is not MOZART who caused "stress" related to this beautiful post.<br /><br />It was –– and REMAINS –– perverse, trollish behavior in the part of a person or persons unequipped to appreciate anything but the abysmal content of their own warped, often demented view of life.<br /><br /><b>KNOW the TRUTH. No matter how controversial or unpalatlbe it may seem IT WILL make you FREE.</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-22095478281286328442018-04-24T04:21:18.029-05:002018-04-24T04:21:18.029-05:00Detachment is what I experience at the top of a mo...Detachment is what I experience at the top of a mountain and, as with extreme altitude, extreme detachment is dangerous. "Connection with the lord" is your experience with classical music, or rather your interpretation of that experience; obviously I'd interpret it differently since you have to presuppose the existence of something before you can connect with it. I think the experience might have something to do with shared humanity instead, something which the mountaintop analogy fails to capture.jezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14865247084509280406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-8142620670017125312018-04-23T13:41:07.444-05:002018-04-23T13:41:07.444-05:00MUSIC hath charms to soothe the savage breast.
&q...<b><i>MUSIC hath charms to soothe the savage breast.</i></b><br /><br />"NEWZICK" on the other hand is like a Siren Call either to commit MAYHEM, MURDER or SUICIDE.<br /><br />The ENEMDIA has managed to get the entire nation STUCK on STUPID ever since Donald Trump won the Republican nomination and had the collossal effrontery to WIN the presidency.<br /><br />This absurd ADDICTION to PERPETUAL RAGE over bogus SCANDALS and NONSENSE has GOT stop END.<br /><br />Go mow the grass, sweep the floor, dig a ditch, improve your vocbulary, read one of the great books, learn a new language, sing a song, wash the dishes, try a new recipe, get a haircut, volunteer at a hospital or nursing home, try raising orchids, read to the blind, adopt a cat or dog from a shelter, try a new restaurant, write a poem, learn how to make your own clothes, HAVE an AFFAIR! –– do ANYTHING but rail on and on and on and on and on and on and on about NEWZIK while swimming in the Cesspits and wading knee-depp in the Open Sewers of American Politics, and International Intrigue. <br /><br /><b>P_____H_____E_____W_____!</b>FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-75423717879923848002018-04-22T15:27:15.715-05:002018-04-22T15:27:15.715-05:00Former Speaker of the House John Bohner (the only ...Former Speaker of the House John Bohner (the only political position in America that requires an alcoholic) is a lobbyist for marijuana legalization now. (((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-66227666656119675552018-04-22T15:10:38.002-05:002018-04-22T15:10:38.002-05:00"The only Zen on the mountaintop is the Zen y..."The only Zen on the mountaintop is the Zen you take up there with you."(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-12472316113063289612018-04-22T13:51:16.720-05:002018-04-22T13:51:16.720-05:00creepy...I had no idea that's his 'most fa...creepy...I had no idea that's his 'most famous' and the melody immediately came to my mind when I read that in your intro....wonderful MozartZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-14518358552405537542018-04-22T11:15:33.987-05:002018-04-22T11:15:33.987-05:00I'm allergic to drinking. Makes my wrists brea...I'm allergic to drinking. Makes my wrists break out in handcuffs ;)(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-68039222755375839882018-04-22T11:12:11.881-05:002018-04-22T11:12:11.881-05:00Beamish,
Losing drinking buddies is a joy killer. ...Beamish,<br />Losing drinking buddies is a joy killer. <br /><br />In truth, I've never been much of a drinker. That said. I admit that I miss swilling down champagne or daiquiris on New Year's Eve, and on my birthday -- and of course on a wedding anniversary celebration. <br /><br />Ah, well. Maybe one of these days I can stop taking these meds which forbid alcohol consumption. Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-5784769184140179512018-04-22T11:07:35.846-05:002018-04-22T11:07:35.846-05:00Jim Beam was my drink of choice, and I'm curio...Jim Beam was my drink of choice, and I'm curious about JB Devil's Cut (100 Proof), but of all the multiple personalities swimming in my neurochems, Jim Beam brought out Reverend Beamish (get it) who preached fire and brimstone and damnation, and not much else.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-63289764056339793852018-04-22T11:00:33.685-05:002018-04-22T11:00:33.685-05:00I don't drink. Everyone I liked to drink with,...I don't drink. Everyone I liked to drink with, which wasn't many or often, became recovering alcoholics.(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-68091416683980959482018-04-22T10:05:35.151-05:002018-04-22T10:05:35.151-05:00All I know is prior to rebellion, Satan was God...All I know is prior to rebellion, Satan was God's favored musician.<br /><br />Whatever you do for the least of these...(((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-78069619160256218302018-04-22T09:47:24.999-05:002018-04-22T09:47:24.999-05:00"Once is a mistake, twice is jazz."
Imp..."Once is a mistake, twice is jazz."<br /><br />Improvisational forms :)<br /><br />Note the root of the word improvize is "improve." <br /><br />Also note that the earliest metal bands started out as jazz and blues guitarists. (((Thought Criminal)))https://www.blogger.com/profile/17311656184275255223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-88442570776960497352018-04-22T08:49:08.760-05:002018-04-22T08:49:08.760-05:00Bunkerville,
I know what you mean!
Next week, I&#...Bunkerville,<br />I know what you mean!<br /><br />Next week, I'll be posting a very long piece so that Warren and I have the option of taking a blog break. So much going on here on the home front that I'm overwhelmed.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-56284279050261655852018-04-22T08:21:03.082-05:002018-04-22T08:21:03.082-05:00AOW, it is getting to the point that choosing and ...AOW, it is getting to the point that choosing and posting my Respite is about all I really enjoy anymore.. The news is so chaotic, and for the most part depressing.Bunkervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427978686579892380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-55840883059549965662018-04-22T08:12:07.255-05:002018-04-22T08:12:07.255-05:00EIther a person believes in the One True God, - OR...EIther a person believes in the One True God, - OR - he's just another moral relativist –– a Lost Soul with no anchor to windward.<br /><br />Just because the violent, demented debacle that was The Sick-sties made the aggressive assertion that everything and everybody <i>must</i> be regarded as <i>EQUAL</i> in VALUE does not make it so.<br /><br />As the theme song in Harold and Maude said:<br /><br /><b><i>If you want to be high, be high<br />If you want to be low, be low ...</i></b><br /><br />That's all right, not because I like it, but because it has to be. It's Reality, HOWEVER I would insist that whatever choice you make, you MUST be aware of what it IS you are choosing.<br /><br />"LOW" could never be high, –– and vice versa.<br /><br />The popular proscription against making "Vajue Judgments" has all but killed us.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-31743798697212603782018-04-22T07:28:53.614-05:002018-04-22T07:28:53.614-05:00FT,
NO ONE can...appreciate EVERYTHING.
Although ...FT,<br /><i>NO ONE can...appreciate EVERYTHING.</i><br /><br />Although you won't agree, I think that your statement applies to different genres of music.<br /><br />I have found that my tastes in music have changed as I've aged. As you know, my taste in music is eclectic.<br /><br />Back in the day (late 1960s-mid-1970s), I listened to what was offered on rock radio (AM radio in the car) <b>and</b> the Mafia crooners -- although I didn't like <b>everything</b> on the radio.<br /><br />I was trained in classical music, went "astray" for a while, then returned to the genre.<br /><br /><i>What serious music does for me higher mathematics, or a detailed, in-depth study of genetics, history, or anthtopology might very well do for those blest with a different set of mental and spiritual capacities.</i><br /><br />I'm sure that the above statement is true. As the saying goes: "Different strokes for different folks." What a boring world this would be if we were all the same.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-77651727325735421442018-04-22T07:23:31.641-05:002018-04-22T07:23:31.641-05:00Thank you, Bunkerville!
I enjoy your respite sele...Thank you, Bunkerville!<br /><br />I enjoy your respite selections as well.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-82198917812291504772018-04-22T06:30:44.673-05:002018-04-22T06:30:44.673-05:00Warren,
Jack Black, I hope. Smoooooth....
I have...Warren,<br />Jack Black, I hope. Smoooooth....<br /><br />I haven't had a drink in over two years. These damn meds won't allow for it. **sigh**Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-16263405050272529762018-04-22T06:27:33.365-05:002018-04-22T06:27:33.365-05:00I've heard good things about Wild Turkey, Warr...I've heard good things about Wild Turkey, Warren.<br /><br />Better than Jim Beam, although Jim was a good buddy back in my drinking days. But that was more than a hundred years ago. ;-}FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4320479736034351430.post-17304303285755362982018-04-22T06:23:47.054-05:002018-04-22T06:23:47.054-05:00It wasn't MOZART who caused the "stress,&...It wasn't MOZART who caused the "stress," Bunker. <br /><br />I just wanted to be sure you realized that.FreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.com