(0648) Morning all, finally. 0757 … this one post has take ages …one reason is in Wed 5. (0811)
5. Incoming
Under bombardment here … all sorts of flying creatures coming at my window … what is it … the smell of breakfast?
I have two main rooms, both could be living or bedroom. The second I call my sunroom, as there’s a vista from the 24 panes spread across the outer wall. While it has such views and angles, it also gets wildlife. There is a wasp’s nest ten feet away but on another wall is the place bees strike.
Plus, I think, moths and butterflies … plus birds. So far, no bird attacks on the glass, they dive bonb and then obviously see me, think, “Ugly muvva,” and off they veer. So far. Two wasps got in, one a huge muvva, nasty creature. Dead insects all aling the sill, with Enid happy enough drinking in the brief sunlight.
Enid is my pet Venus Flytrap … looking fairly well just now.
4. Steve at 1414
- 5 People Arrested for Chilling “Explosive-Laden Drone” Plot Designed to Kill Thousands at White House UFC Event
- Poland Suspends Transference of MIG Fighter Jets to Ukraine – The Stated Reason, and the Probable Unspoken One
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Commander Says Hamas Will Rebuild
- What No One Is Saying About the B-52 Crash At Edwards, CA
- Russian Army Is Forming Tactical Wedge North Of Sumy
- The quiet hero: Magnesium’s role in heart health
- Sudden calls to return to hydrocarbon-generated energy expose the climate crisis hoax
- 250 Years Into The Experiment, Democrats Threaten Catastrophe
- Much more.
3. And for the ladies?
2. DAD at 1414
a)
b) The assailant of the 70-year-old woman in Saint-Charles Cathedral in Saint-Étienne (42) is Alex Covaciu, a 21-year-old Romanian who arrived in France just a week earlier; he was sentenced to two years in prison and banned from entering the country.
c) Another assault.
d) Something lighter. “Potted plants are reactionary”: in Besançon (25), the right-wing geraniums enrage the Green Party activists, who, in a shocking action, attempted to steal the flowers….
JH: All right … I’ve left that up, as DAD is nearing 90, is alone on a large property … is he well prepared? Does he have his artillery ready for this human offal? I’m thinking we’d feel better, were he to have ring defences, booby traps etc.
1. This, by a Steely Dan observer
… is not particularly interesting and certainly vastly inferior to DAD ‘s drop coming up next … but in some way, it forces my choice.
I start at the email inbox, flooded with incoming. One is Quora. Click on url, offers Chrome. Ok, that article is saved over there … for now. Coz some toerag has it on short timer. So, if I go and greet some close people, start clearing the 31 spam … by the time I get there, it’s gone. Ditto with copying the text I want. On timer some toerag put in. I want it copied until I don’t.
These are the cruddy modern IT annoyances put in by IT college graduates. No matter, stout yeomen (and women). So that’s my apology to DAD.
……
“He also told me that he didn’t (ustd what the song was about) but was entranced by the rhythm and mystery of the words. He had willingly travelled the road with an open mind and curiosity, trusting that there would be an opportunity to fill in the blanks.
Steely Dan is the same way: they are poets and world-builders. They write and perform layered and sophisticated music with poetic lyrics. This craftsmanship is why musicians like to say that “Steely Dan is your favorite band’s favorite band.” I was drawn in by some of their more accessible hits like Reelin’ In The Years and Rikki Don’t Lose Than Number, but I eventually consumed the whole catalog, voraciously.
The lyrics also confused the hell out of me. References I did not understand, words I did not know, history that was unknown to me. I scoured lyrics websites and fan forums to learn what lyrics like Drink Kirschwasser from a shell and Technicolor Motorhome might mean. Could I drive on Sunset, to the sea? Is Rudy’s a real place?
If you’d like to do down the rabbit hole, Search for “The Steely Dan Dictionary” which has been growing for 25 years. The Wikipedia articles for each song tend to have a lot of detail as well.
The advice my professor gave me applies: Don’t think too much about art you don’t understand at first. Let it wash over you with an open mind. See if you can feel emotions. You can always study afterwards. A good work of art invites lifelong inspection and study, and can provide many hours of pleasure.”
Once more I’m caught between the twin peaks of art … and meaning. Hell, even I can string words together in a smooth way, so anything I’m about to attack these “artists” over also applies to me.
Worst miscreants with nothing to say included Dylan, Elvis Costello and hundreds more. What they’re selling is musical art with emotion. They can create that libging intensity, mimicking human feelings musically, then they’d best find some lyrics to fit into it.
Were you to let it all wash over you, letting your mood rise and fall over triggers, then you are womanly, unquestioningly. Not me, mate … I understand the artistic imperative but I want real meaning first.
Therein lies the dilemma.
