Hey it is the first of May, you know what begins today.
So this work seems appropriate.
Enjoy, no matter how you celebrate today, Jack
Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune (L. 86), known in English as Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, is a symphonic poem for orchestra by Claude Debussy, approximately 10 minutes in duration. It was composed in 1894 and first performed in Paris on 22 December 1894.
The composition was inspired by the poem L’après-midi d’un faune by Stéphane Mallarmé. It is one of Debussy’s most famous works and is considered a turning point in the history of Western art music. Pierre Boulez considered the score to be the beginning of modern music, observing that “the flute of the faun brought new breath to the art of music.
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A translation of the French poem that inspired Debussy
“the first of May, you know what begins today”
tornadoes?
The Crazy Woman
by Gwendolyn Brooks
I shall not sing a May song.
A May song should be gay.
I’ll wait until November
And sing a song of gray.
The 2022 White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton was one for the books as President Joe Biden and comedian Trevor Noah, who was the featured entertainer this year, both poked fun at the Republican Party, former President Donald Trump, the pandemic and the press.
if you want the full monte, here’s the whole thing courtesy of C-Span, 1 hour and 23 minutes:
2022 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner – YouTube
looks like nancy & co. had other plans last night
wapo:
We celebrated May Day, until the gqp got their drawers wedged into their rears and declared we were celebrating communism. At least for my family it is Vappu day.
BB, use to be may 1st was time to dance around the maypole or march in labor day parades or for a young man’s fancies to stray …
I don’t know if I want a bunch of virgins tying their ribbons to my maypole.
If they wanna sit and have some coffee—OK, fine.
volodymyr sure gets around these days. he must do an interview with outside media every day in addition to his daily message to the ukrainian people. this is different from the one scott pelley did with him a couple of weeks ago.
I guess if you don’t want young nymphs dancing around your maypole or playing your flute then you can join the communist and have a serious celebration of hard honest workers, who don’t have time for such nonsense.
Jack
The Switchblade –
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/switchblade-drone-how-the-kamikaze-anti-tank-weapon-works/
Gettin’ in the Bear’s head –
https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-general-killed-along-side-100-of-his-soldiers-ukraine-claims-2022-5
Saw a story about the logistics from Dover AFB . Loading 3,000 155 mm rounds on a private 747 cargo plane. It’s on the ground in Poland now. (?)
We are about to see what those Russians know about radar controlled counter battery fire.
First time they’ve come up against that ever.
Much talk about the May 9th festivities in Red Square , IE what will Putin do ?
My question is what will President “Z” do ?
Watched Dr. Lucy Worsely’s program on the fall of the Romanoff’s last night. She ends with Putin bringing them back to Russian myth , because of the idea of empire. On May 9th Lenin’s tomb is covered up.
He doesn’t want to be Stalin , he wants to be Czar .
Then this morning CBS ran a story about how the war has split the the Orthodox Church.
Turns out that old man in Moscow running that branch may have been KGB , and may be worth a Billion dollars.
Gas Powered Gangsters.
There is pressure to change the name , because of what Webb thought and did back in the 60’s .
But Webb saved NASA when congress was ready to pull it’s plug.
That’s why it got it’s name.
Here’s the issue –
New Revelations Raise Pressure on NASA to Rename the James Webb Space Telescope
E-mailed exchanges show the space agency’s internal struggle to address pleas to change the controversial name of its latest, greatest observatory
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-revelations-raise-pressure-on-nasa-to-rename-the-james-webb-space-telescope/
Kellyanne Conway speaking at Trump Nebraska rally just now, attacking immigrants
Immigrants –
The CEO of that company that makes those tank killer drones is from Afghanistan. He watched Russian helos being shot out of the sky by “Stingers”.
I just wrote yet another deep insight into the state of our world, and right on que this site ate it.
Clearly the universe is trying to tell me something.
A. I need to hone my thinking or –
B. I’m full of horse shit
I fear the “B” is at work.
AH < AH< AH –
Russians plunder $5M farm vehicles from Ukraine — to find they’ve been remotely disabled
There is a quote from Hitler on the eve of Operation Barbarosa , where he thought the whole rotten mess would collapse. If he kicked in the door.
Putin kicked Ukraine’s door , and the whole rotten mess is about to collapse.
The Russian Bear is headed for the Antique Roadshow.
And if he does something really stupid. We’ll kill him in a heartbeat. And everyone around him.
Every morning these ducks should wake up with their GPS readings sent from Langley, VA.
Get in the Bears head.
Pull his teeth , make him scared, fill his mind with fear.
Flower Power
I completely agree with Craig from a couple of days ago. Waiting out the armed conflict in Ukrain no longer seems like the best option
there will be nothing left and all the people will be living else where
Good night Naomie , God Speed.
You fought the good fight.
To battle depression to 76 is a big deal , and be good at what to do .
The girl had guts,
Guts –
In the end , and I see it from here, life is a matter of guts.
Not brains , or luck but guts, and the heart to carry on.
All living things hold this in common.
Life has guts.
Jim’s Mustang is lost , we have no idea where this car is.
I really like that .
As a lover of the past , I am rather -sick of rich people buying up all of it.
This one they can’t buy.
That’s a song , the things a rich man can’t own.
Nite all I hear thunder.
this
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