More Low Down On Music

One thing i really like about LJ is the wonderful music other people post that i have not heard of before and thanks to lilchiva here is a haunting song -

Gaelynn Lea - Someday We'll Linger In The Sun

This is an original song by Gaelynn Lea entitled "Someday We'll Linger in the Sun". Gaelynn Lea is a musician, fiddle teacher, and public speaker from Duluth, MN/

Talking of Duluth here is one of my favourite bands from that town -

Low - Just Make It Stop

Low is an American indie rock group from Duluth, Minnesota, formed in 1993. As of 2010, the group is composed of founding members Alan Sparhawk (guitar and vocals) and Mimi Parker (drums and vocals), joined by newer addition Steve Garrington (bass guitar).

The music of Low is characterized by slow tempos and minimalist arrangements. Early descriptions sometimes referred to it as the rock subgenre called "slowcore". However, Low's members ultimately disapproved of the term.

Parker and Sparhawk's striking vocal harmonies represent perhaps the group's most distinctive element; critic Denise Sullivan writes that their shared vocals are "as chilling as anything Gram and Emmylou ever conspired on—though that's not to say it's country-tinged, just straight from the heart."

Low - Down

More Low behind the cut -

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Enjoy.

A history of rock in 15 minutes

This montage or mega mix is awesome so i just had to share. Very cleverly done too.

Originally posted by andrewducker at A history of rock in 15 minutes

History of Rock from Ithaca Audio on Vimeo.

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Original post on Dreamwidth - there are comments there.

More Post Midnight Grooves

In one of the posts by spikesgirl58 she wanted to know how we relax in the evening and i replied that music is a great comfort to me apart from this -



I just cannot live without music. So having said that here is the final post on music in these post midnight hours.

Daryl Hall and John Oates - Someday We'll Know

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My Milano

Found this interview with Alyssa Milano on You Tube. Porr quality though.

Alyssa Milano talking about Charmed and Rose McGowan - 2016

If Mulder & Scully could make a return after so many years, then perhaps CBS could pull the same with creating a similar mini season 9 with 6-8 episodes if they are up to it.

I am a big fan of her and Charmed of course as you may well know folks. Good night and sleep tight.

Philosophy On The Radio

The book of the week on BBC Radio 4 is Sarah Bakewell's "At The Existentialist Cafe", one which i want to get and read.


From the iPlayer Radio app -
"Paris, 1933: Three contemporaries meet over apricot cocktails at the Bec-de-Gaz bar on the rue Montparnasse. They are the young Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and longtime friend Raymond Aron, a fellow philosopher who raves to them about a new conceptual framework from Berlin called Phenomenology. "You see," he says, "if you are a phenomenologist you can talk about this cocktail and make philosophy out of it!"

It was this simple phrase that ignited a movement, inspiring Sartre to integrate Phenomenology into his own French, humanistic sensibility, creating an entirely new philosophical approach inspired by themes of radical freedom, authentic being and political activism. This movement swept through the jazz clubs and cafés of the Left Bank before making its way across the world as Existentialism.

Featuring philosophers, playwrights, anthropologists, convicts and revolutionaries, At the Existentialist Café follows the existentialists' story - from the first rebellious spark through the Second World War, to its role in postwar liberation movements such as anticolonialism, feminism, and gay rights.

Interweaving biography and philosophy, this is an epic account of passionate encounters - fights, love affairs, mentorships, rebellions, and long partnership. It's also an investigation into what the existentialists have to offer us today - at a moment when we are once again confronting the major questions of freedom, global responsibility and human authenticity in a fractious and technology-driven world.

Written by Sarah Bakewell
Read by Sasha Behar
Abridged by Polly Coles"




I have read one of her books before and reviewed here on LJ -



Anywya the book is serialized this week till Friday.

To Julian

I just spoke to Julian on the old battered Nokia mobile and i realized that my post is at least a page full behind my recent posts , so Julian click on the link here -

http://davesmusictank.livejournal.com/2089366.html

Natalie Haynes: The Ancient Guide to Modern Life

Through the eyes of "the angriest man in the ancient world," the satirist Juvenal, comedian and classicist Natalie Haynes reveals how the search for the meaning of life has stood the test of time.

Natalie is a reformed comedian who is a little bit obsessive about Ancient Greece and Rome.

Funny and informative.

The Ancient Guide to Modern Life 2

Natalie Haynes, writer and critic, gives a talk entitled "The Ancient Guide to Modern Life" at Emory University (January 22, 2014). Talking bout Aristophanes and the sex strikes in his play The Clouds.

His powers of ridicule were feared and acknowledged by influential contemporaries; Plato singled out Aristophanes' play The Clouds as slander that contributed to the trial and subsequent condemning to death of Socrates although other satirical playwrights had also caricatured the philosopher.
His second play, The Babylonians (now lost), was denounced by the demagogue Cleon as a slander against the Athenian polis. It is possible that the case was argued in court but details of the trial are not recorded and Aristophanes caricatured Cleon mercilessly in his subsequent plays, especially The Knights, the first of many plays that he directed himself. "In my opinion," he says through the Chorus in that play, "the author-director of comedies has the hardest job of all."

LOL! Funny and informative.

Perception

Your Perception Skills Match Those Of A Shark





Your brain is able to analyze pictures very quickly, resulting in an edge over most of the population.
You can analyze different sizes and realize the real aspect ratio, even when the images prove to be tricky ones.
Just like a killer shark, you rely on your vision to lead your way.

Can you pass the Perception Test?

http://www.playbuzz.com/ashleystevens10/can-you-pass-the-perception-test

Joss Whedon Talks To Natalie Haynes

Here is a discussion between Joss Whedon and Natalie Haynes. Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, interviews critic and comedian Natalie Haynes about her debut novel, The Amber Fury. In part 1 of a series of three videos, they discuss schools, teenagers, writing, grief and structure.

The Amber Fury is a dark psychological page-turner about an inexperienced teacher who builds a powerful - and ultimately dangerous - connection with her students. When Alex Morris loses her fiancé in dreadful circumstances, she moves from London to Edinburgh to make a break with the past. Alex takes a job at a Pupil Referral Unit, which accepts the students excluded from other schools in the city. These are troubled, difficult kids and Alex is terrified of what she's taken on.

There is one class - a group of five teenagers - who intimidate Alex and every other teacher on The Unit. But with the help of the Greek tragedies she teaches, Alex gradually develops a rapport with them. Finding them enthralled by tales of cruel fate and bloody revenge, she even begins to worry that they are taking her lessons to heart, and that a whole new tragedy is being performed, right in front of her...