Ravi Shankhar was nominated for another Grammy in 2014. He died in 2012, at 92 years old. I was thinking about him, so I put together a few pieces to […]
Indian Classical Music
Indian classical music is principally based on melody and rhythm, not on harmony, counterpoint, chords, modulation and the other basics of Western classical music. The tradition of Indian classical music […]
So shall it be written, so shall it be done.
I promise to you, and myself, that I will not implode this site again…not completely. ~ me I am excited to have this site. A web notebook to I keep […]
en flight
– from the Ballerina Project
"the original bebop man"
Bob Kaufman Born: April 18, 1925 Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana Bob Kaufman was, other than Langston Hughes, the greatest jazz poet who ever lived. He remains one of […]
Poems
Poems poetically pole the Poet into a balancing axis for endlessly revolving surfaces, tender leaves are forest gifts to represent the earth growing out of decay, the minds’ youngest buds […]
long year
It has taken that long, a year, to get to this point. I cannot bear to list the details – but I will say that AT&T blocking my free hosts […]
Valentine's Day
Saint Valentine Valentine was a holy priest in Rome, who, with St. Marius and his family, assisted the martyrs in the persecution under Claudius II. He was apprehended, and sent by the emperor to the prefect […]
Happy Valentine’s Day?
Saint Valentine was said to have supported young couples in a time when marriage was banned for young men. Emperor Claudius II desperately needed soldiers, not lovers. Saint Valentine […]
grunge to gorgeous: Paris metro makeovers
Architectural sketches of proposed repureposing of Paris’ long abandoned metro stations. 75 years long. The project comes from mayoral candidate, Natalie Koziuscot-Morizet. So Parisian. Read more at: http://www.messynessychic.com/2014/02/04/metro-makeovers-for-the-abandoned-stations-of-paris/ Edited […]