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Spinning My Dad’s VinylVolume 163: 100 Years of RhapsodyOne hundred years ago tomorrow, February 12, 1924, in Aeolian Hall, New York City, Paul Whiteman's band played the first public performance of Rhapsody in Blue with composer Gorge Gershwin playing the piano. It was orchestrated by Whiteman's arranger Ferdie Grofé.
This album is one of at least three versions my dad owned of the famous song. He has a 1939 version from Whiteman that was released on 12 inch 78 RPM discs from the Decca record label. The Rhapsody is broken down into two sides. There's Gershwin's solo piano first recorded on piano roll, then transferred to the LP format in 1958. Th...2024-02-1148 min
The Merwomanist PodcastBeyonce is a Mermaid - Part 2Welcome back, everyone! I'm your host, Mami Melusine, also known as Dr. Jalondra A. Davis in academic circles. In this thought-provoking episode, we're diving in again to Beyonce's connection to the fascinating realm of water spirits, and its profound connection to rivers, danger, and transformation.
Through Beyonce’s Black is King, we explore some of the complex issues around Mami Wata, including her associations with wealth, infertility, sexuality, and colorism. Let's dive in!
Art and Media Referenced:
Movie: Lion King (2019)
Music Albums: Lemonade (2016), Black is King (2020), Homecoming (2019) Beyonce
Snake Char...2023-07-0940 min
Pop Culture LeftoversEpisode 456: The Flash 2023 (SPOILERS)Welcome to our review for THE FLASH. We are joined by Philip Guillet as well as Joe Vitale from The Vintage Geeks Podcast.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents “The Flash,” directed by Andy Muschietti (the “IT” films, “Mama”). Ezra Miller reprises their role as Barry Allen in the DC Super Hero’s first-ever standalone feature film.Worlds collide in “The Flash” when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which G...2023-06-191h 59
Against the tideOn entropy, the Creation and the devilThe complex relationship between consciousness and the force of the universe towards increasing disorder and how this relates to the creation stories and the Devil.2022-01-2420 min
Against the tideOn being hypnotisedWe are hypnotised all the time and the media exploits this for their own purposes.2022-01-2419 min
Against the tideOn intelligenceThere are a number of factors to what what we call intelligence and intelligence and they lay outside of so-called intelligence tests.2022-01-2022 min
Against the tideOn experiencing multiple dimensionsIt's possible to do exercises that enable you to experience the reality of dimensions beyond the 3½ dimensions we usually live in.2022-01-1021 min
Against the tideOn following ordersCovid has brought out a polarisation of views. One aspect of this is those who follow their consciousness and those that follow rules.2022-01-0721 min
Against the tideOn out of body experiencesWestern medicine doesn't understand the true nature of the mind and body.2022-01-0721 min
Against the tideOn love and understandingOur time on earth is to understand opposites.2022-01-0721 min
Against the tideOn quantum theoryQuantum theory wave and particle duality and consciousness2022-01-0721 min
Against the tideOn past lives and the cosmosWhy the Atheists are so shallow in their thinking.2022-01-0722 min
Against the tideOn emotionsOn emotions, analogy, statistics and understanding.2022-01-0722 min
Against the tideOn relational and instrumental understandingThe Milligram experiment showed how people would obey orders in the right circumstances. they will obey rules rather than follow their conscience.2022-01-0721 min
Against the tideOn microagression and trigger wordsInstead of encouraging strength and resilience we are cultivating weakness and immaturity. We have developed a generation of people prone to anxiety and unable to deal with the everyday interactions of society.2022-01-0720 min
Against the tideOn political polarisation and emotional manipulationHow emotions undermine rationality. In fact it's often the people who talk most often about being rational who are most easily manipulated emotionally. It's a part of what Jung called the shadow.2022-01-0722 min
Against the tideOn mindfulness and meditationBy moving into the right side of the brain you can detach from thoughts and open yourself up to an awareness of a different dimension of existence.2022-01-0722 min
Against the tideOn mind, body and healthDoctors are trained to se the body as a machine, but the body and mind cannot be separated. 2022-01-0621 min
Against the tideOn time and moneyTime and money can v=be seen in quantum terms - as particles or waves.2022-01-0620 min
Against the tideOn the shortest distance between two pointsThe shortest distance between two points in 2, 3, 4 or 5 dimensions.2022-01-0620 min
Against the tideOn Heisenberg, quantum mechanics and what we call 'reality'Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in one sense underlies reality. Whether we see a photon as a particle, which is in the moment, or as a wave, which is to see it in time. shows us the two versions of the universe that we live in.2022-01-0621 min
Against the tideOn science and assumptionsThere is science, which requires a certain assumption about the universe, and religion which makes other assumptions. And then there is science as a religion.2022-01-0622 min
Against the tideOn patternsLife is patterns within patterns. Two dimensional, three dimensional and more dimensions.2022-01-0620 min
Against the tideOn our multi-dimensional universe.We live in a multi dimensional universe of which we can perceive only 3½ dimensions, in that we see the forth dimension (time) in the backwards direction only.2022-01-0620 min
Against the tideOn the law of attractionHow we attract things towards ourself - and why sometimes we shouldn't.2022-01-0621 min
Against the tideOn left and right brain thinking and anxiety, autism, Asperger'sAutism and Asperger's are related but different syndromes. To understand this you have too understand how the brain works in terms of left and right brain activity. This also relates to mindfulness and anxiety.2022-01-0621 min
Against the tideOn science and intuitionWe are told that trusting our gut is unreliable. What people don't realise is that trusting 'logic' and 'science' is also unreliable. Gut - thinking can become more relabel when you learn how it works.2022-01-0623 min
Against the tideOn left and right brain - the four stages of learningMore on left and right brain thinking and the four stages of learning.2022-01-0623 min
Pierrou TissanLime House Blues (DDJohn & Pierrou)This is a huge pleasure to play that old standard with Stephane a.k.a. DDJohn (we have a special thought for Michel Martineau who suprised us as a swing lover before he left)
(Limehouse Blues" is a popular 1922 British song written by the London-based duo of Douglas Furber (lyrics) and Philip Braham (music). It was made famous by Gertrude Lawrence.[1] It has been recorded hundreds of times since, and remains in the standard jazz repertory. Some of the most notable recordings include those by Sidney Bechet, Django Reinhardt, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Tony Bennett, Stan Kenton, The Dave Brubeck...2016-12-1702 min
Pierrou Tissan privateLimehouse garage Blues (McWilliams, Spiderdrum, DDJohn and Pierrou)From Wiki : "Limehouse Blues" is a popular 1922 song written by Douglas Furber (lyrics) and Philip Braham (music).
Here is an idea from David playing an old gipsy jazz song in garage rock sound style. Spiderdrum, DDjohn and myself added our garage sounds on ...
hi hi hi ...
Guitar: https://soundcloud.com/davidmcwilliams
Drum: https://soundcloud.com/spiderdrum
Clarinet: https://soundcloud.com/ddjohn
Bass and lead guitar: Pierrou2015-10-2402 min
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Title: Billy Bathgate: A Novel
Author: E.L. Doctorow
Narrator: Mark Deakins
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Release date: March 4, 2014
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Author: E.L. Doctorow
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