Wednesday 30 March 2016
Eva Cassidy - Time Is A Healer
I found a picture of your smiling face Bringing old memories that I had locked away The burden of anger from a heart filled with pain Was finally lifted and I smile at you again
LONESOME ROAD
“Until then I had always thought of loneliness as something negative—an absence of company, and, of course, something temporary... That day I had learned that it was much more. It was something which could press and oppress, could distort the ordinary and play tricks with the mind. Something which lurked inimically all around, stretching the nerves and twanging them with alarms, never letting one forget that there was no one to help, no one to care. It showed one as an atom adrift in vastness, and it waited all the time its chance to frighten and frighten horribly—that was what loneliness was really trying to do; and that was what one must never let it do...”
― John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids
Sunday 27 March 2016
THE WEAVER GOD
“The weaver-god, he weaves; and by that weaving is he deafened, that he hears no mortal voice; and by that humming, we, too, who look on the loom are deafened; and only when we escape it shall we hear the thousand voices that speak through it. For even so it is in all material factories. The spoken words that are inaudible among the flying spindles; those same words are plainly heard without the walls, bursting from the opened casements. Thereby have villainies been detected. Ah, mortal! then, be heedful; for so, in all this din of the great world’s loom, thy subtlest thinkings may be overheard afar.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Johnny Horton - The Same Old Tale The Crow Told Me
Paracelsus (/ˌpærəˈsɛlsəs/; late 1493 – September 24, 1541), born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, was a Swiss German[5] philosopher, physician, botanist, astrologer, and general occultist.[6] He is credited as the founder of toxicology.[7] He is also a famous revolutionary for utilizing observations of nature, rather than referring to ancient texts, something of radical defiance during his time.[7] He is credited for giving zinc its name, calling it zincum.[8][9] Modern psychology often also credits him for being the first to note that some diseases are rooted in psychological conditions.[10]
Paracelsus' most important legacy is likely his critique of the scholastic methods in medicine, science and theology. Much of his theoretical work does not withstand modern scientific thought, but his insights laid the foundation for a more dynamic approach in the medical sciences.
[wikipedia]
Public Image Ltd. - RISE
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said to them, Why seek you the living among the dead?
Saturday 26 March 2016
Friday 25 March 2016
Cleopatra [on,Elm St,Dallas 1963]
Located in the same downtown block of Elm Street as the Majestic
Theater and the Melba Theater (later Capri), this Interstate Theater
operated theatre opened in 1937 and had a small box office opening on
the street that led into what appeared to be an office building. The
entry off Elm Street ran straight to the rear of the house. There were
no distinguishing decorations inside that I recall (dating back to the
1960’s), but it was obviously one of Interstate’s crown jewels. There
was a large, vertical sign on the front.
It played many hard ticket, reserved seat bookings, including “Exodus” in 1960 and “Cleopatra” in 1963.
The Tower Theater was closed in 1970 and the building was remodeled, the theater house portion became an entry mall that faces the street behind the building – Pacific Avenue. The building has been closed, but is due (in 2008) for remodeling into condo and apartments in the next couple of years.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/19850
INTERESTING,THAT,OSWALD,THE SUPPOSED,ASSASSIN, OF, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY,WAS,CAPTURED,IN, A MOVIE THEATRE, SHOWING,'WAR IS HELL'...
MAYBE,SOME, CONSPIRACY, THEORISTS,HAVE,TOUCHED, ON, THE TRUTH?.
CHICAGO MOBSTERS, ARE, CONSTANTLY,REFERENCED,AS,BEING,RESPONSIBLE,
ALONG,WITH,THE CROSS DRESSING HEAD, OF, AMERICA'S, F B I.
BUT,WHY,DID,OSWALD,RUN, INTO, A THEATRE?...
WERE,A BUNCH, OF,ACTORS,FRIENDS,INVOLVED..WHO, KNOWS?..
MAYBE, AN, INVESTIGATION,INTO,TOURING, THEATRE GROUPS, COULD, UNEARTH,
SOME,LIKELY,CANDIDATES? ...FOR,THE MISSING HOBO?...FROM, THE GRASSY KNOLL..
NIGHTMARE ,ON ,ELM ST?.
It played many hard ticket, reserved seat bookings, including “Exodus” in 1960 and “Cleopatra” in 1963.
The Tower Theater was closed in 1970 and the building was remodeled, the theater house portion became an entry mall that faces the street behind the building – Pacific Avenue. The building has been closed, but is due (in 2008) for remodeling into condo and apartments in the next couple of years.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/19850
INTERESTING,THAT,OSWALD,THE SUPPOSED,ASSASSIN, OF, JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY,WAS,CAPTURED,IN, A MOVIE THEATRE, SHOWING,'WAR IS HELL'...
MAYBE,SOME, CONSPIRACY, THEORISTS,HAVE,TOUCHED, ON, THE TRUTH?.
CHICAGO MOBSTERS, ARE, CONSTANTLY,REFERENCED,AS,BEING,RESPONSIBLE,
ALONG,WITH,THE CROSS DRESSING HEAD, OF, AMERICA'S, F B I.
BUT,WHY,DID,OSWALD,RUN, INTO, A THEATRE?...
WERE,A BUNCH, OF,ACTORS,FRIENDS,INVOLVED..WHO, KNOWS?..
MAYBE, AN, INVESTIGATION,INTO,TOURING, THEATRE GROUPS, COULD, UNEARTH,
SOME,LIKELY,CANDIDATES? ...FOR,THE MISSING HOBO?...FROM, THE GRASSY KNOLL..
NIGHTMARE ,ON ,ELM ST?.
Thursday 24 March 2016
Wednesday 23 March 2016
ORWELL,ON,C S LEWIS.
George
Orwell’s review of C. S. Lewis, That
Hideous Strength (1945)
THE SCIENTISTS TAKE OVER
Manchester Evening News, 16 August 1945. Reprinted in The Complete Works of George Orwell, ed. Peter Davison,
Vol. XVII (1998), No. 2720 (first half), pp. 250–251
On the whole, novels are better when there are no
miracles in them. Still, it is possible to think of a fairly large number of
worth-while books in which ghosts, magic, second-sight, angels, mermaids, and
what-not play a part.
Mr. C. S. Lewis’s “That Hideous Strength” can be included in their number –
though, curiously enough, it would probably have been a better book if the
magical element had been left out. For in essence it is a crime story, and the
miraculous happenings, though they grow more frequent towards the end, are not
integral to it.
In general outline, and to some extent in atmosphere, it rather resembles
G. K. Chesterton’s “The Man Who Was Thursday.”
Mr. Lewis probably owes something to Chesterton as a writer, and certainly
shares his horror of modern machine civilisation (the
title of the book, by the way, is taken from a poem about the Tower of Babel)
and his reliance on the “eternal verities” of the Christian Church, as against
scientific materialism or nihilism.
His book describes the struggle of a little group of sane people against a
nightmare that nearly conquers the world. A company of mad scientists – or,
perhaps, they are not mad, but have merely destroyed in themselves all human
feeling, all notion of good and evil – are plotting to conquer Britain, then
the whole planet, and then other planets, until they have brought the universe
under their control.
All superfluous life is to be wiped out, all natural forces tamed, the
common people are to be used as slaves and vivisection subjects by the ruling
caste of scientists, who even see their way to conferring immortal life upon
themselves. Man, in short, is to storm the heavens and overthrow the gods, or
even to become a god himself.
There is nothing outrageously improbable in such a conspiracy. Indeed, at a
moment when a single atomic bomb – of a type already pronounced “obsolete” –
has just blown probably three hundred thousand people to fragments, it sounds
all too topical. Plenty of people in our age do entertain the monstrous dreams
of power that Mr. Lewis attributes to his characters, and we are within sight
of the time when such dreams will be realisable.
His description of the N.I.C.E. (National Institute of Co-ordinated
Experiments), with its world-wide ramifications, its private army, its secret
torture chambers, and its inner ring of adepts ruled over by a mysterious
personage known as The Head, is as exciting as any detective story.
It would be a very hardened reader who would not experience a thrill on
learning that The Head is actually – however, that would be giving the game
away.
One could recommend this book unreservedly if Mr. Lewis had succeeded in
keeping it all on a single level. Unfortunately, the supernatural keeps
breaking in, and it does so in rather confusing, undisciplined ways. The
scientists are endeavouring, among other things, to
get hold of the body of the ancient Celtic magician Merlin, who has been buried
– not dead, but in a trance – for the last 1,500 years, in hopes of learning
from him the secrets of pre-Christian magic.
They are frustrated by a character who is only doubtfully a human being,
having spent part of his time on another planet where he has been gifted with
eternal youth. Then there is a woman with second sight, one or two ghosts, and
various superhuman visitors from outer space, some of them with rather tiresome
names which derive from earlier books of Mr. Lewis’s. The book ends in a way
that is so preposterous that it does not even succeed in being horrible in
spite of much bloodshed.
Much is made of the fact that the scientists are actually in touch with
evil spirits, although this fact is known only to the inmost circle. Mr. Lewis appears
to believe in the existence of such spirits, and of benevolent ones as well. He
is entitled to his beliefs, but they weaken his story, not only because they
offend the average reader’s sense of probability but because in effect they
decide the issue in advance. When one is told that God and the Devil are in
conflict one always knows which side is going to win. The whole drama of the
struggle against evil lies in the fact that one does not have supernatural aid.
However, by the standard of the novels appearing nowadays this is a book worth
reading.
Saturday 19 March 2016
Hunting Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare, is, a Fiction.
Academic, investigation,into,the 'Bard', only, serves, to,produce, confusion.
For, someone, who,supposedly, wrote, a shitload, of, classics,it's strange, that, of, the very few,Signatures,
He supposedly,made, none, are, even, remotely,identical.
I, have, previously,shown,that, the,most, likely,real, Author, was, Bacon.
https://hobbinol.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/the-hunter-and-the-hunted-in-shakespeares-venus-and-adonis/
The 'Hunter',seeks, 'His',Prey..Why?, for,fun,and,amusement?..or, Survival?..
Venus and Adonis is preoccupied with the theme of hunting. In the narrative, Adonis is out hunting boar and Venus’s desire for Adonis is predatory – an irony Shakespeare enforces with powerful imagery:
“Fondling”, she saith, “Since I have hemmed thee here
Within the circuit of this ivory pale,
I’ll be a park, and thou shalt be my deer:
Feed where thou wilt, on mountain, or in dale;
Graze on my lips, and if those hills be dry,
Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.
“Within this limit is relief enough,
[from above linked site]
Apart, from, being,Historical, 'Shakey', writes, on,an, Archetypal, and,Mythologic, 'level'...
In, 'Venus and Adonis',it, is,Venus,[Female], who, seeks, Adonis..[Male]..
Shakey's, works, all, follow, similar, Pre-defined,Archetypal,'Themata'.
[above, Quote, is, very, similar, to, the Jewish, 'Song of Solomon',Biblical, tale, etc].
The 'Hunter', is, not, necessarily, Male.
So, in,both, sexes, there, is, an, instinctual,urge, or, 'desire', to? Hunt, a 'Prey'..
Why?, for, fun, or,amusement?..or, survival ?..
'Proteus', I, have, previously, shown, appears, in,'Two Gentlemen of Verona', for, example..
So,'Proteus', too, Hunts, to,Survive.
but, occasionally, the 'Hunted', actively, seeks, out, the Hunter..and, then,?..
This,week, Liverpool, My Home Town, plays, host, to, a bunch, of, Shakespeare,Lovers...
http://www.liverpooltheatres.com/playhouse.htm
http://www.artinliverpool.com/shakespeare-the-complete-walk-comes-to-liverpool-23-24-april-2016/
As, a, Taxi Driver, I, welcome,this, Shakey Activity...bringing,interested, and, knowledgeable,
Students, to,My, Home Town, is,something,I, applaud...
If, You, ever, get, here, You, might, find, Me, in, My Cab, on, the Rank, opposite, the 'Playhouse',
in, Roe Street, right, by, the Shakespeare Pub, next, to, the Fountains.
Academic, investigation,into,the 'Bard', only, serves, to,produce, confusion.
For, someone, who,supposedly, wrote, a shitload, of, classics,it's strange, that, of, the very few,Signatures,
He supposedly,made, none, are, even, remotely,identical.
I, have, previously,shown,that, the,most, likely,real, Author, was, Bacon.
https://hobbinol.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/the-hunter-and-the-hunted-in-shakespeares-venus-and-adonis/
The 'Hunter',seeks, 'His',Prey..Why?, for,fun,and,amusement?..or, Survival?..
Venus and Adonis is preoccupied with the theme of hunting. In the narrative, Adonis is out hunting boar and Venus’s desire for Adonis is predatory – an irony Shakespeare enforces with powerful imagery:
“Fondling”, she saith, “Since I have hemmed thee here
Within the circuit of this ivory pale,
I’ll be a park, and thou shalt be my deer:
Feed where thou wilt, on mountain, or in dale;
Graze on my lips, and if those hills be dry,
Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.
“Within this limit is relief enough,
[from above linked site]
Apart, from, being,Historical, 'Shakey', writes, on,an, Archetypal, and,Mythologic, 'level'...
In, 'Venus and Adonis',it, is,Venus,[Female], who, seeks, Adonis..[Male]..
Shakey's, works, all, follow, similar, Pre-defined,Archetypal,'Themata'.
[above, Quote, is, very, similar, to, the Jewish, 'Song of Solomon',Biblical, tale, etc].
The 'Hunter', is, not, necessarily, Male.
So, in,both, sexes, there, is, an, instinctual,urge, or, 'desire', to? Hunt, a 'Prey'..
Why?, for, fun, or,amusement?..or, survival ?..
'Proteus', I, have, previously, shown, appears, in,'Two Gentlemen of Verona', for, example..
So,'Proteus', too, Hunts, to,Survive.
but, occasionally, the 'Hunted', actively, seeks, out, the Hunter..and, then,?..
This,week, Liverpool, My Home Town, plays, host, to, a bunch, of, Shakespeare,Lovers...
http://www.liverpooltheatres.com/playhouse.htm
http://www.artinliverpool.com/shakespeare-the-complete-walk-comes-to-liverpool-23-24-april-2016/
You,See, it's, a little,known,fact, that,Shakey, supposedly, played, a Gig,not, a half mile,
away, from, My, Home..
It was in Prescot, a small hilltop town near Liverpool, that scholars believe William Shakespeare may have debuted several of his most famous plays.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/news/william-shakespeare-plans-unveiled-to-recreate-merseyside-theatre-where-bard-debuted-iconic-plays-a6774801.htmlAs, a, Taxi Driver, I, welcome,this, Shakey Activity...bringing,interested, and, knowledgeable,
Students, to,My, Home Town, is,something,I, applaud...
If, You, ever, get, here, You, might, find, Me, in, My Cab, on, the Rank, opposite, the 'Playhouse',
in, Roe Street, right, by, the Shakespeare Pub, next, to, the Fountains.
Hunter Street, is, just, around, the corner...Dude.
Friday 18 March 2016
The Ronettes - Be My Baby - live [HQ]
love,the sax,in, this, classic..awesome wall of sound..
If, you, watch, this,video..near, the end, bottom right, on,screen, there, is,
an, 'Icon', to go to another, version.
I, clicked, and, was, surprised, how, the same song, can, sound, so different, when, sung, by, the same group?...The Ronettes, were, the only Girl Band, to tour, with, The Beatles..I, did, not, know, that!..
mmmm, never too old to learn..Have a good day, now, y'all...
Wednesday 16 March 2016
Mercury
Bartolomé de Medina was a successful Spanish merchant who became
fascinated with the problem of decreasing silver yields from ores mined
in Spanish America. By the mid-sixteenth century, it was well known in
Spain that American silver production was in decline due to the
depletion of high-grade ores and increasing production costs. The New Laws,
prohibiting the enslavement of Indians, had resulted in higher labor
costs as miners turned to wage labor and expensive African slaves. These
higher production costs made mining and smelting anything but the
highest grade silver ores prohibitively expensive, just as the
availability of high grade ores was in decline.[2]
Bartolomé de Medina initially focused his attentions on learning about
new smelting methods from smelters in Spain. He was approached during
his research by an unknown German man, known only as "Maestro Lorenzo,"
who told him that silver could be extracted from ground ores using
mercury and a salt-water brine.[3]
With this knowledge, Medina left Spain for New Spain (Mexico) in 1554 and established a model patio refinery in order to prove the effectiveness of the new technology. Medina is generally credited with adding "magistral" (a copper sulfate) to the mercury and salt-water solution in order to catalyze the amalgamation reaction.[4] However, some historians assert that there were already sufficient copper sulfates in the local ores and that no additional magistral was needed.[5]
Regardless of whether or not Medina's contribution was entirely original, he promoted his process to local miners and was able to obtain a patent from the Viceroy of New Spain. As a result, he is generally credited with the invention of silver amalgamation in the form of the patio process
[wikipedia]
TOXIC, MERCURY,REMAINS, IN,MEXICO,MORE, THAN, 400 YEARS, LATER..
THERE, HAVE, BEEN, REPORTS,IN,U.S.A, THAT,NATIVE AMERICANS, SUFFERED AGONIZING,
POISONING, AFTER, USING, CINNABAR,THE RED-COLOURED,EARTH-PIGMENT, IN,
SOME CEREMONIAL, FACE PAINTING, ETC..
IN, EUROPE, CREMATORIA, ARE, NOW, HAVING, TO, UPGRADE,FILTRATION,EQUIPMENT,
TO,PREVENT,AIRBORNE, MERCURY POLLUTION.
PEOPLE ,LIVING NEAR,CREMATORIA,ARE,THE MOST,LIKELY, TO HAVE,INGESTED,
UNKNOWINGLY,EXCESS,MERCURY.
SYMPTOMS, OF, MERCURY POISONING, INCLUDE, SKIN RASHES,NAUSEA, ETC..
[SEE WEB].
With this knowledge, Medina left Spain for New Spain (Mexico) in 1554 and established a model patio refinery in order to prove the effectiveness of the new technology. Medina is generally credited with adding "magistral" (a copper sulfate) to the mercury and salt-water solution in order to catalyze the amalgamation reaction.[4] However, some historians assert that there were already sufficient copper sulfates in the local ores and that no additional magistral was needed.[5]
Regardless of whether or not Medina's contribution was entirely original, he promoted his process to local miners and was able to obtain a patent from the Viceroy of New Spain. As a result, he is generally credited with the invention of silver amalgamation in the form of the patio process
[wikipedia]
TOXIC, MERCURY,REMAINS, IN,MEXICO,MORE, THAN, 400 YEARS, LATER..
THERE, HAVE, BEEN, REPORTS,IN,U.S.A, THAT,NATIVE AMERICANS, SUFFERED AGONIZING,
POISONING, AFTER, USING, CINNABAR,THE RED-COLOURED,EARTH-PIGMENT, IN,
SOME CEREMONIAL, FACE PAINTING, ETC..
IN, EUROPE, CREMATORIA, ARE, NOW, HAVING, TO, UPGRADE,FILTRATION,EQUIPMENT,
TO,PREVENT,AIRBORNE, MERCURY POLLUTION.
PEOPLE ,LIVING NEAR,CREMATORIA,ARE,THE MOST,LIKELY, TO HAVE,INGESTED,
UNKNOWINGLY,EXCESS,MERCURY.
SYMPTOMS, OF, MERCURY POISONING, INCLUDE, SKIN RASHES,NAUSEA, ETC..
[SEE WEB].
Phil Collins - You'll Be In My Heart with Lyrics
keep, deleting ,this blog, to..banish bots...not, to,leave you wondering...
know something?..this world, is, one crazy place..but,you have, to, be strong,
for, the people who matter..
Friday 11 March 2016
Summer in the City - Lovin' Spoonful
ok,it's, an ,old tune, but, check out, that ,video, for,some, great,Movie, stuntwork..
Monday 7 March 2016
Estas Tonne - The Song of the Golden Dragon (HD)
mmmmm, keep getting, a 'bot', clocking up,the hits,on,the stats...good luck with,that...
here's a couple more Vietnam Pics,that, you, asked, for,Jeff..only, next, time, use, an, e-mail?..
cheers.
Thursday 3 March 2016
Earl Zero - None Shall Escape The Judgement
apparently, Jonathan Richman,ripped,this,tune, off, with, 'Egyptian Reggae'...
common link,is, cannabis, obviously, but, still,the Egyptian falsity, is, interesting..
and, slightly ridiculous..
but, hey! no one, gets, out ,alive...Mark this Zero..Dude..
Wednesday 2 March 2016
Lefty Frizzell- Look What Thoughts Will Do
MUST,HAVE,SPENT,20 YEARS,LISTENING,TO COUNTRY, BUT, I,NEVER,HEARD, THIS, ONE,BEFORE...
Tuesday 1 March 2016
Racing Cars - They Shoot Horses Don't They (1977) TOTP
HEARD,THIS,OLDIE, ON,RADIO, THE OTHER NIGHT..ONE HIT WONDER,
BUT, KINDA, NICE, TUNE..SADLY, THE SINGER,'MORTY', DIED, FROM, CANCER...
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