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29. Are you an inny or an outty?

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original post 5/4/07 I’ve been blogging a little more than a month and have made some observations about people’s blogs and personalities. They are like belly buttons: some are innies and some are outties. I am usually an inny.  I am using my blog to explore the  world through my reactions to it, mainly through artistic expression. Rather than post a political or social essay, I gravitate to commentary through a poetic or photographic reaction in order to make my statement. Somehow the abstract is easier for me. I react to stimuli within. I am more of a filter.   … Continue reading →

49. Freddy Osborn, Kansas City, 1936 Part II

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Yesterday I mentioned that something caught me at that exhibit and didn’t let me go; there were several front pages of  The New York Times   from 1936.  The first grabbed me, the second one hit me.  Here is the previous post. The pages both had large articles about Robert Moses opening a new swimming pool. However, on the first, in the lower left corner, was the following news: Hitler had decided that his army should no longer wear blue, the color of past oppression; hence, the Nazi regime decided to switch to green. And then I thought: if I could … Continue reading →

48. Robert Moses, My New York, and 1936: Part 1

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Last week my son and I went to the Queens Museum in Flushing, New York, to see a part of an exhibit in various museums in the city on Robert Moses.  If you are not familiar with Robert Moses, suffice it to say he changed the face and infrastructure of New York City and its environs.  He was referred to as the “master builder” of the city.  He was a visionary, who was born in 1888; he was a participant in the construction of the 1939 and 1964 World’s Fairs, he was influential in getting the United Nations established in … Continue reading →

228. From Mahler x 3, to postal poop, to getting screwed, to lightening bolts…

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This has been a strange week, indeed.  Bear with me and let me do my stream of consciousness. 1. It started with Tuesday Several people have asked about the Mahler concert (Mahler’s 8th “Symphony of a Thousand”); it was an experience.  Getting up to the balcony at good old Carnegie Hall was like an upwards trek in the outback.  Elevator? Who needs the elevator, we are already in the crowd pushing up the stairs. The equivalent of 8 flights. Or more.  I am still panting.  Then once up, it’s straight down to the seats.  I felt I needed a reverse … Continue reading →

115. Happy Holidays to all! MEOW Along with Sans Souci!

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May your kibble bowl be full~ Your water bowl be clean, Your litter box be scooped, Your bed be comfy, And may you always be surrounded by wonderful friends.                         16 CommentsChronological   Reverse   Threaded reply shoppingfreedom wrote on Dec 24, ’07 Ehehehehehehe…have a very Merry Xmas there for you, Sue. Have fun there with your family and friends. And when the celebration is over, just go home and enjoy your time cuddling in warm blanket, have a hot cocoa, and do your charm bracelets. You can come … Continue reading →

118. Song Saturday: 12/29/07 Rob Schwimmer’s CD…seriously…jazz…theremin

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                  Original Compositions for piano and theramin Yesterday I introduced you to the Polygraph Lounge; The Cerebral Jukebox proudly presents Cousin Rob Schwimmer’s Beyond The Sky Addendum! **Hello, Theremin enthusiasts, friends, interested non-enthusiasts, and anyone I’ve missed– Start off your New Year on the right foot at the first THEREMIN SOCIETY concert of ’08 this Friday (1/4/08) @ 8PM at the Issue Project Room in beautiful Brooklyn! (Directions below) “Rob Schwimmer’s Pellucid Dream(s) for Theremin is a 20 minute work depicting the unpredictability of the dream state. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes funny, serious, … Continue reading →

6. What’s Left Of Me

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I am a righty. Have always been. There is nothing I can do with my left hand that is anywhere near what I can do with my right. So it was strange when my left elbow locked, just barely noticeably angled from where it should be. It wouldn’t release. This happened maybe 5 years ago. A visit to the chiropractor; he took me by the hand and jolted my arm, and me, like he was pumping water to the desert. After I put my eyes back into my head, I looked at my arm. It hadn’t budged. (My shoulder approached … Continue reading →

345. Sunday Funnies: Need a hobby? Get down and dirty!

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THIS is SCOTT WADE. Check out what he does with the dirty cars by carefully and artfully removing portions of the dirt. According to his web site, he lives real close to a dirt road in San Marcos , Texas …                                                     23 CommentsChronological Reverse Threaded reply sweetpotatoqueen wrote on Feb 1, ’09 This is great! I love urban art that uses materials we never think of as anything other than our usual surroundings. reply … Continue reading →

27. It’s An Avatar World

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I woke up this morning at 4:00 A.M. with my brain burning.I never give in to the writing process when I am semi conscious; I usually just lie in bed and think and lose some of my best ideas to the sunrise. Today was different; this time I got up and wrote on paper instead of my pillow. It takes me a while to run with an idea; the seed is planted by a sentence I’ve heard, something I’ve seen, whether it be a strand of music, or a strand of hair on a brush. Eventually it all comes together, … Continue reading →

1. May 28, 2007: It starts here…with a decision

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1. To blog, or not to blog???? I can see how this will consume me! Ok, I’ll blog!       It is a big decision to venture out there, in public, and lay out my thoughts.   You’ll find poetry that I have written recently and a while back, a story here and there, photography, art, and all the music that plays in the background. I have a feeling this will be the discipline I need to pull it all together. Blogland looks like an interesting place. I guess I’ll unpack and stay a while.   Time is passing … Continue reading →