According to an interview with Brian Eno which I happened to hear on the radio last night, the lyrics for one of my all-time Eno favorites, namely "The roil, the choke" were structured according to a traditional bell-ringing patterns.  The four syllables correspond to the four bell tones used in the pattern (correction - a fifth syllable appears in ( Read more... )

Вчера сбылась у меня типичная мечта идиота и побывал я на концерте Shpongle Live...  Но запись не о концерте вообще, а об одной песне, которая вне сомнения запомнится мне надольше, чем всё остальное.  Речь идёт о композиции Nothing is Something Worth Doing, в которой вступление играется на инструменте под названием Hang (произносится по-немецки, ( Read more... )

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"А бедному-то мужу во чужом пиру похмелье, да и в своем тошнит. "

А.С. Пушкин - Наталии Николаевне Пушкиной

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 Dmitry Ozersky "Girls Sing", translated from the Russian by Max Abelev (special thanks to Betty Abelev)

For the lighter-than-air, there is no, there is nowhere to depart
Why the fuss, no use, and then again, I hate trains with all my heart.
Flying high as light; you say: wait, wait, do not go
I never made it back home,
Never made it
Played/re-played it
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Just formulated my feelings about the contemporary American right in response to Mr.K's post

 
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