plaisir: Charlie
11/11/2016 § Σχολιάστε
Charles Edward «Charlie» Haden
(August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014)
American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator known for his deep, warm sound, and whose career spanned more than fifty years. In the late 1950’s, Haden achieved early legendary status as an original member of the ground-breaking Ornette Coleman Quartet that turned the jazz world on its head.
Haden revolutionized the harmonic concept of bass playing in jazz. “His ability to create serendipitous harmonies by improvising melodic responses to Coleman’s free-form solos (rather than sticking to predetermined harmonies) was both radical and mesmerizing. His virtuosity lies…in an incredible ability to make the double bass ‘sound out’. Haden cultivates the instrument’s gravity as no one else in jazz. He is a master of simplicity which is one of the most difficult things to achieve.” (Author Joachim Berendt in The Jazz Book) Haden played a vital role in this revolutionary new approach, evolving a way of playing that sometimes complemented the soloist and sometimes moved independently. [wikipedia]
Listen carefully: Charlie Haden Quartet West – Deep Song
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G o n e [Leonard Cohen, 1934-2016·
11/11/2016 § Σχολιάστε
Obituary
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Sung at Woodstock/Isle of Wight, 1970
Suzanne
Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever
And you know that she’s half-crazy but that’s why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her
Then he gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer that you’ve always been her lover
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you’ve touched her perfect body with your mind
And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him
He said all men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them
But he himself was broken, long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him, and you want to travel blind
And you think you maybe you’ll trust him
For he’s touched your perfect body with her mind
Now, Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river
She’s wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor
And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love and they wil lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds her mirror
And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
And you know that you can trust her
For she’s touched your perfect body with her mind
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Suzanne lyrics © Leonard Cohen/ Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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plaisir: John -the Unique·
10/11/2016 § Σχολιάστε
“My name’s John Ford. I make Westerns”
Δεκαετία του ’50. Στο Σωματείο Σκηνοθετών (Directors Guild of America) την εποχή του «μακκαρθισμού» μια κλίκα με επικεφαλής τον Cecil B. DeMille πίεζε ασφυκτικά τα μέλη να υπογράψουν δήλωση νομιμοφροσύνης ενάντια στον «φιλο-σοσιαλιστή» τότε πρόεδρο Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Τελικά η Γενική Συνέλευση συγκλήθηκε. Η ομάδα που επηρέαζε ο Cecil B. DeMille εκφωνούσε λόγους ατέλειωτους, ο ίδιος δε (ο Cecil B. DeMille) έβγαλε λόγο διάρκειας τεσσάρων ωρών(!) που θα ζήλευε και ο Φιντέλ Κάστρο. Όπως αναφέρει ο Mankiewicz, όλοι αναρωτιόντουσαν τι σκεφτόταν και τι θα πει -και αν θα πει κάτι- ο John Ford ως μία από τις μεγάλες τότε προσωπικότητες του Σωματείου, ώστε να επηρεασθούν από αυτόν. Όταν επιτέλους τέλειωσε το λογίδριό του ο Cecil B. DeMille επικράτησε μια βουβή παγωμάρα ενός περίπου λεπτού·και τότε ο… John Ford σήκωσε το χέρι του και είπε: “My name’s John Ford. I make Westerns” («Τ’όνομά μου είναι John Ford. Κάνω γουέστερν») και συνέχισε: I don’t think there’s anyone in this room who knows more about what the American public wants than Cecil B. DeMille — and he certainly knows how to give it to them…. [looking at DeMille] But I don’t like you, C.B. I don’t like what you stand for and I don’t like what you’ve been saying here tonight.” (δεν υπάρχει κανείς σε αυτή την αίθουσα που να ξέρει περισσότερα για το τι θέλει το Αμερικάνικο κοινό από τον Cecil B. DeMille» Ύστερα [κοιτώντας τον DeMille] «Όμως δεν μ’ αρέσεις, κι ούτε μ’ άρεσαν αυτά που είπες εδώ απόψε). «Ας δώσουμε τώρα ψήφο εμπιστοσύνης στον Joe (Mankiewicz) κι ας πάμε σπίτι μας να κοιμηθούμε.» -Όπως κι έγινε!
Μια άλλη φορά, θα γράψω για μερικά από τα υπέροχα γουέστερν του που· τόσο αγάπησα. Ε δ ώ η πλήρης φιλμογραφία του.
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stercore*
09/11/2016 § Σχολιάστε
Breaking News: Poop happens -pick it up and move on
stercore = shit in latin, δηλαδή σκατά στα λατινικά
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