tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56658113018806558382024-03-18T19:55:12.401-07:00Oh, by the way...Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.comBlogger6169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-26807001040491819632024-03-17T07:00:00.000-07:002024-03-17T07:00:00.136-07:003.17.24I'll have a boxty and a Guinness...<br />
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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWKCjwDczegfTMEmUVecynYLRSwzMSgPaU5weT3jRPkd3xaMNMQlnnwR5WHqdXuEnP8YB-WKVaRwfoOZ3nwN4IRqhQgYPINrxdFEtWlzGOq1T5l4Lh3sOpM4CoFROlVLAbs1wAZTYKoxb/s1600/DSC01801.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="480" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585148351021185986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWKCjwDczegfTMEmUVecynYLRSwzMSgPaU5weT3jRPkd3xaMNMQlnnwR5WHqdXuEnP8YB-WKVaRwfoOZ3nwN4IRqhQgYPINrxdFEtWlzGOq1T5l4Lh3sOpM4CoFROlVLAbs1wAZTYKoxb/s400/DSC01801.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /></a>Top to bottom: St. Mary's Old Parish graveyard, Cahir, Ireland; Roadside sign, Cahir, Ireland; Ben Bulben mountain from Drumcliffe, Ireland; St. Columba's Church, Drumcliffe, Ireland; grave of W.B. Yeats, St. Columba's Church, Drumcliffe, Ireland; Giant's Causeway sign, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; Giant's Causeway sign, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland; basalt columns at Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland<br />
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All photos above by JEF<br />
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<u><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
"Belfast Child" by Simple Minds</span></u><br />
<b>When my love said to me</b><br />
<b>Meet me down by the gallow tree</b><br />
<b>For it's sad news I bring</b><br />
<b>About this old town and all that it's suffering</b><br />
<b>Some say troubles abound</b><br />
<b>Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down</b><br />
<b>One day we'll return here</b><br />
<b>When the Belfast Child sings again</b><br />
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</b> <b>Brothers, sisters, where are you now?</b><br />
<b>As I look for you right through the crowd</b><br />
<b>All my life here I've spent</b><br />
<b>With my faith in God, and Church, and the Government</b><br />
<b>But there's sadness abound</b><br />
<b>Some day soon they're gonna pull the old town down</b><br />
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</b> <b>One day we'll return here</b><br />
<b>When the Belfast Child sings again</b><br />
<b>When the Belfast Child sings again</b><br />
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</b> <b>So come back Billy, won't you come on home?</b><br />
<b>Come back Mary, you've been away so long</b><br />
<b>The streets are empty, and your mother's gone</b><br />
<b>The girls are crying, it's been oh so long</b><br />
<b>And your father's calling, come on home</b><br />
<b>Won't you come on home, won't you come on home?</b><br />
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</b> <b>Come back people, you've been gone a while</b><br />
<b>And the war is raging through the Emerald Isle</b><br />
<b>That's flesh and blood man, that's flesh and blood</b><br />
<b>All the girls are crying but all's not lost</b><br />
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</b> <b>The streets are empty, the streets are cold</b><br />
<b>Won't you come on home, won't you come on home?</b><br />
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</b> <b>The streets are empty</b><br />
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</b> <b>Life goes on</b><br />
<b><br />
</b> <b>One day we'll return here</b><br />
<b>When the Belfast Child sings again</b><br />
<b>When the Belfast Child sings again</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.simpleminds.com/sm/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.simpleminds.com</a>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-24970141555894727782024-03-16T07:00:00.000-07:002024-03-16T12:17:50.421-07:00Even More Collage...2024Regular readers may recall that during the pandemic, I spent some of my downtime creating a lot of new art work including a series of collages previously seen <a href="https://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2022/08/even-more-collage2022.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2022/05/more-collage2022.html" target="_blank">here</a>, <a href="https://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/more-collage2021.html" target="_blank">here</a>, and <a href="https://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2020/03/time-for-art.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I was recently inspired to revisit this technique but this time with a few different goals. I wanted to work with texture, color, and shape alone, and not try to create anything representational like my prior works. I wanted to leave white space around each composition. I wanted to assemble each composition very, very quickly, using instinct, without overthinking or fussing too much with placement--since I had all the pieces pre-cut, I spent about an average of a minute or so on each one, just grabbing what seemed right. Even the titles came quickly, in just a few seconds--I chose simple, one-word titles and not the narrative titles I used in previous collage pieces. Goals met! I found it a fun way to kickstart creativity.<br />
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Top to bottom: <i>Union; Ticket; Farm; Mycelium; Kingdom; Tectonic</i>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-74284158465371283452024-03-15T07:00:00.000-07:002024-03-15T09:27:56.464-07:00BEAUTY: Interior Design--Pierce and WardSingular and stellar design firm Pierce & Ward worked with homeowner and star of "The Big Bang Theory" Johnny Galecki to place his lifetime collection of antiques and objects into a wonderful context in his home in Nashville. They created a labyrinthine home that is part antique, part retro (20s, 30's 40's, punctuated with a few elements and accessories from the 60s and 70s), part Alice In Wonderland, and part Dark Nostalgia. The result is an unexpected and fascinating mélange--and their use of wallcovering is unparalleled. I would love to tour Galecki's home and take time to absorb each room and tableau, to ask after the history and story of each piece...<br />
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By Harmeet Kaur, CNN<br />
Sun March 10, 2024</span><br />
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In September, standing before a room full of Christian conservatives, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a bold pronouncement: “I don’t know how you could be a leader without having faith in God.”<br />
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Being an atheist is still a political liability in the US — though it’s not as bad as DeSantis would have you think. While a 2020 Gallup poll found that six in 10 people would vote for a well-qualified atheist presidential candidate, fewer people said they would be willing to vote for an atheist than a candidate who was gay, lesbian or Muslim. Only socialists ranked lower among poll respondents.<br />
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Though the share of Americans who say they don’t believe in a higher power has increased in the past decade, some people still view atheists negatively. A 2017 study found that people believe atheists are more likely to be serial killers than believers, even though federal data suggests they are far less likely to commit crimes than religious people.<br />
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Just like people of faith, not all atheists believe the same things. Aside from their lack of belief in a higher power or powers, atheists vary widely in their answers to spiritual and existential questions.<br />
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Given the misconceptions surrounding this group, many people are reluctant to say that they’re atheists — which means it’s hard to pinpoint connections and differences among their numbers.<br />
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What is atheism?</span></u><br />
An atheist is someone “who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods,” according to Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary.<br />
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Because atheists are defined by what they don’t believe, it’s difficult to generalize what they do believe. In the words of comedian and outspoken atheist Ricky Gervais on X, “Saying ‘Atheism is a belief system’ is like saying ‘not going skiing, is a hobby.’”<br />
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Some atheists, like evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and neuroscientist Sam Harris, are steadfast in their rejection of organized religion. Others are skeptical or apathetic when it comes to philosophical questions of whether a god exists.<br />
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Because of the social stigma atheists may face in the US and around the world, some people have complicated feelings about the term, said Nick Fish, president of the organization American Atheists. Plenty of people who fit the definition of an atheist don’t self-identify as such, instead preferring less fraught terms such as agnostic, humanist or freethinker, he added.<br />
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Then there are the cultural Catholics, the non-practicing Jews, the secular Muslims — people who don’t necessarily believe in a deity but identify with a particular faith because of their family upbringing, ethnicity or culture.<br />
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“A simple dictionary definition doesn’t necessarily encapsulate people’s self identity, and people use a variety of terms even when ultimately they believe the same thing,” Fish said.<br />
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What do atheists believe?</span></u><br />
Atheists also have different interpretations of what it means to not believe. While nearly all self-described atheists don’t believe in the God described in the Judeo-Christian Bible, 23% do believe in God or some other higher power or spiritual force in the universe, according to a Pew Research Center report published in January.<br />
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Belief for atheists goes deeper than the question of whether there is a higher power.<br />
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Notably, a fifth of self-described atheists consider themselves spiritual, Pew’s recent survey on the religious “nones” found. The report contains other surprising insights, too: Most atheists say the natural world is all there is, but nearly a quarter believe there’s something spiritual beyond our present environment. About a third believe animals other than humans can have spirits or spiritual energies, and a slightly smaller share believe spiritual energies can be found in parts of nature, like mountains, trees or rivers. Just under one in five atheists believe cemeteries or memorial sites can have spiritual energies, while fewer than one in 10 say the same about objects such as crystals. Nearly a third of atheists believe humans have souls or spirits in addition to their physical body.<br />
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These responses might seem confusing or contradictory, but atheism and spirituality aren’t necessarily at odds. Though some people associate spirituality with a connection to a god, for others it can mean feeling connected to other people or to something else bigger than oneself.<br />
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Indeed, there are atheists who believe in cosmic interconnectedness or in transcendent moments of wonder without considering themselves religious. Long distance swimmer and self-proclaimed atheist Diana Nyad discussed this distinction in a 2013 interview with Oprah.<br />
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“I’m an atheist who’s in awe,” she said. “I think you can be an atheist who doesn’t believe in an overarching being who created all of this and sees over it. But there’s spirituality because we human beings, and we animals and maybe even we plants — but certainly the ocean and the moon and the stars — we all live with something that is cherished and we feel the treasure of it.”<br />
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How many atheists are there?</span></u><br />
It’s hard to know just how many atheists there are when some people are reluctant to claim the label.<br />
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While a 2018 Pew survey found that 10% of US adults say they don’t believe in any higher power or spiritual force, only about 4% of US adults identify as atheists. A 2022 Gallup poll puts the number of nonbelievers higher, with 17% of Americans saying they don’t believe in God.<br />
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Some scholars, however, consider these numbers underestimates — an analysis by psychologists Will Gervais and Maxine B. Najle suggests the true count is closer to 26%. Gervais points to Cold War era associations of atheists as “godless communists,” as well as Christianity’s enduring influence on American culture, as some reasons people may be hesitant to identify as nonbelievers.<br />
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“The term atheist has attracted some unsavory connotations,” he added. “Also, religion (in the US) is politically and socially rewarded, so people might be reluctant to out themselves as an atheist.”<br />
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It’s also worth noting that atheism — at least in the West — is often defined in relation to monotheistic traditions, namely the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. As the organization American Atheists notes on its website, older dictionaries previously defined atheism as a “belief that there is no God” — the singular, proper noun typically used by Christians and some Jews. Even Gallup’s 2022 poll asked about belief in “God.”<br />
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Framing atheism in these terms doesn’t capture a range of other beliefs that atheists could conceivably hold. Strands of atheist thought can be found in non-theistic traditions such as Buddhism, Jainism and Hinduism, as well cultures around the world that practice animism.<br />
What is the difference between an atheist and an agnostic?<br />
There are all kinds of labels to describe nonbelievers. While atheism and agnosticism are among the most common, there are some differences between those terms.<br />
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Though the two are often considered distinct worldviews, technically, they aren’t mutually exclusive. Rather, the terms atheism and agnosticism answer different questions, Nick Fish of American Atheists said. Atheism answers whether a person believes in a god or gods, and agnosticism answers whether it is possible to know if a supreme being exists.<br />
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But again, dictionary definitions prove limiting here. In reality, many people think of agnosticism as a less stringent form of atheism.<br />
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“If you spend a bit of time digging in, I think (many agnostics) will ultimately say, ‘I don’t believe in a God but I’m not sure, so I’m agnostic,’” Fish said.<br />
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Jocelyn Williamson, co-founder of the Central Florida Freethought Community, doesn’t believe in a higher power but says she can’t be certain. Technically, that fits the definition of an agnostic atheist. But she said she typically tells people who ask about her religious beliefs that she’s a secular humanist.<br />
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“Most people don’t know what that means, and then I can actually have a conversation,” Williamson said. “There’s too many preconceived notions if I just say I’m an atheist.”<br />
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The term atheist only conveys what she doesn’t believe in, Williamson said. The term humanist, meanwhile, signals that she’s motivated by compassion for others and that she believes societal decision-making should be grounded in reason and science.<br />
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What do people get wrong about atheists?</span></u><br />
One of the most common misconceptions about atheists is that they lack morals that others typically attribute to religion.<br />
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In a 2019 Pew survey, 44% of US residents said belief in God was necessary to be moral and have good values — in other countries, that share is much higher.<br />
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Williamson is all too familiar with such notions. When she was first getting to know faith leaders in her state, through her work with the Central Florida Freethought Community, she recalls a clergy member asking her what stops her from killing other people if she doesn’t believe in a higher power.<br />
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“I had always thought that was a meme, a trope,” she said. “I didn’t think anybody actually believed that.”<br />
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In fact, various studies suggest that atheists are no more immoral than religious people. They’re also just as likely to participate in civic life as those who are affiliated with a religion and just as likely to engage in community service, according to Pew’s recent survey of religious “nones.”<br />
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Atheists also get stereotyped as angry people who vehemently oppose religion and its followers. Like any other population, though, they aren’t a monolith. Williamson, for example, is part of the Interfaith Council of Central Florida and works with faith leaders toward common goals. Plenty of nonbelievers volunteer with religious organizations out of a desire to serve their communities, she added — her father worked as a local director for the Christian nonprofit Habitat for Humanity despite not being religious.<br />
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Another misconception about atheists is that they’re certain or unwavering in their beliefs, Fish said. People often tell him that they aren’t sure on the big existential questions, and therefore can’t be atheists. But many atheists are figuring it all out, too.<br />
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“Just because we don’t believe in a god doesn’t mean that we have all the answers to everything else,” he said. “In fact, for many, for most of us, it’s the opposite. We recognize that we don’t.”</b><br />
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Link to original article on CNN:<br /><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/10/us/atheism-beliefs-explained-cec/index.html" target="_blank">https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/10/us/atheism-beliefs-explained-cec/index.html</a>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-12024839167159024962024-03-09T07:00:00.000-08:002024-03-09T11:19:54.101-08:00"Portals" by Christian LöfflerAfter our recent string of songs heavy with meaning (<a href="https://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/keep-going-by-guster.html" target="_blank">"Keep Going" by Guster</a>, <a href="https://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/boys-by-amen-dunes.html" target="_blank">"Boys" by Amen Dunes</a>, <a href="https://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/time-by-eels.html" target="_blank">"Time" by EELS</a>), here is a touching song both sad and uplifting, disguised as a dance song..."Portals" by Christian Löffler with Mogli on vocals.<br />
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I had a long-forgotten classmate from my middle school reach out to me a while back. He said he just wanted to make sure I made it. And we both knew what he meant, the secret sign. "I wanted to make sure you got out. I just wanted to know that you made it."<br />
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This doesn't feel like<br />
Any one thing I<br />
Have ever felt before<br />
Like the next chapter<br />
Written in language<br />
I don't know<br />
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Mm<br />
Feels like magic<br />
Mm<br />
Feels like magic<br />
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Portals<br />
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And even though I didn't plan to cross this portal, I<br />
Felt it comin' all my life<br />
A quiet pull inside<br />
Is there a secret sign to give each other that says, "I<br />
I made it"?<br />
Yeah, I broke it<br />
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Portals<br />
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Ooh, mm<br />
Feels like magic<br />
Ooh, mm<br />
Feels like magic<br />
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And even though I didn't plan to cross this portal, I<br />
Felt it comin' all my life<br />
A quiet pull inside<br />
Is therе a secret sign to give еach other that says, "I<br />
I made it"?<br />
Yeah, I broke it</b><br />
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Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Together we can forge women's equality. Collectively we can all #InspireInclusion.<br />
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Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness about discrimination. Take action to drive gender parity.<br />
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IWD belongs to everyone, everywhere. Inclusion means all IWD action is valid.<br />
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The campaign theme for International Women's Day 2024 is Inspire Inclusion.<br />
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When we inspire others to understand and value women's inclusion, we forge a better world.<br />
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And when women themselves are inspired to be included, there's a sense of belonging, relevance, and empowerment.<br />
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Collectively, let's forge a more inclusive world for women.</b><br />
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Visit the International Women's Day website to learn more:<br /><a href="https://www.internationalwomensday.com/" target="_blank">https://www.internationalwomensday.com/</a>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-27007298332548090462024-03-08T07:30:00.000-08:002024-03-08T23:05:09.761-08:00"Woman In Chains" by Tears For FearsFor International Women's Day: "Woman In Chains" by Tears For Fears with Oleta Adams.
Just phenomenal. After more than thirty years, this song still moves me to absolute tears.<br />
<br />"Somebody, somewhere is trying to breathe..."<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QzkK3ZtI9SU" width="640"></iframe> </div><div><br /></div><div><b>You better love loving and you better behave<br />
You better love loving and you better behave<br />
Woman in chains<br />
Woman in chains<br /><br />
Calls her man the Great White Hope<br />
Says she's fine, she'll always cope<br />
Woman in chains<br />
Woman in chains<br />
<br />
Well I feel lying and waiting is a poor man's deal<br />
And I feel hopelessly weighed down by your eyes of steel<br />
It's a world gone crazy<br />
Keeps woman in chains<br />
<br />
Trades her soul as skin and bones<br />
(You better love loving and you better behave)<br />
Sells the only thing she owns<br />
(You better love loving and you better behave)<br />
Woman in chains<br />
(The sun and the moon)<br />
Woman in chains<br />
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Men of Stone<br />
Men of Stone<br />
<br />
Well I feel deep in your heart there are wounds time can't heal<br />
And I feel <i>somebody somewhere is trying to breathe</i><br />
Well you know what I mean<br />
It's a world gone crazy<br />
Keeps woman in chains<br />
<br />
It's under my skin but out of my hands<br />
I'll tear it apart but I won't understand<br />
(Somebody somewhere is trying to breathe)<br />
I will not accept the Greatness of Man<br />
It's a world gone crazy<br />
Keeps woman in chains<br /><br />
</b></div><div><b>So free her<br />
So free her</b></div><div><b>(The sun and the moon</b></div><div><b>The wind and the rain)</b></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9xQ-bOA_fkfB86a1uy3oirrglaWR4ANAScDBIcuktKU1hyno_STXFX3Toc_TEagygx5xb6bFG6aWMsTFhVGAm45Nu7FGug2eX47ga6jqZE57Oxriwc_A_FNEcFoaaFTCct3a7Ug2bGg/s454/Roland%252C+Oleta%252C+and+Curt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="454" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9xQ-bOA_fkfB86a1uy3oirrglaWR4ANAScDBIcuktKU1hyno_STXFX3Toc_TEagygx5xb6bFG6aWMsTFhVGAm45Nu7FGug2eX47ga6jqZE57Oxriwc_A_FNEcFoaaFTCct3a7Ug2bGg/w640-h240/Roland%252C+Oleta%252C+and+Curt.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /><a href="http://tearsforfears.com/" target="_blank">http://tearsforfears.com/</a></div></div>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-71698009425388417802024-03-08T07:00:00.000-08:002024-03-08T09:29:45.410-08:00"Time" by EELSWell, this must be the season for profound songs...with <a href="https://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/keep-going-by-guster.html" target="_blank">Guster's lovely "Keep Going,"</a> and yesterday's new song <a href="https://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2024/03/boys-by-amen-dunes.html" target="_blank">"Boys" by Amen Dunes</a>...here is "Time" by EELS. Oh, where do I start... where we come from, who we love, who we must leave behind, how we miss them, our own journey, the limitation of our presence...you'll need a tissue for this.<br />
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Time, it's all about time now<br />
Tick-tock I rock, but then I look at the clock<br />
Knock-knock, who's there?<br />
Well, I don't dare...<br />
Open the door<br />
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Time, there was nothing but time there<br />
Click-clack riding down the tracks<br />
Never worried about coming back<br />
Anyplace looked good to me<br />
Why not stop and see...<br />
What's there?<br />
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Time, there isn't much time now<br />
What's the fear, well, I like it here<br />
With the ones I love so near<br />
Maybe there's just somе way<br />
Dear god...<br />
I can stay</b><br />
<br /><a href="https://www.eelstheband.com/" target="_blank">https://www.eelstheband.com/</a>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-61692082509679374372024-03-07T07:00:00.000-08:002024-03-07T12:52:04.426-08:00"Boys" by Amen DunesA new song from Amen Dunes. "Boys."<br />
To repair the damage. To recognize the power to stop the cycle. To see clearly.<br />
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It takes a long time to know that<br />
It takes a long time to know that<br />
It takes a long time<br />
It takes a long time to know that<br />
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Still out on a Sunday<br />
He died over the weekend<br />
<br />
He tried hard<br />
Tried hard<br />
But he caved right in<br />
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Do you really want it?<br />
Oh, you always said you would<br />
Do you really want it?<br />
Though I know it isn't true<br />
Do you really want it?<br />
Though it always felt untrue<br />
Do you really want it?<br />
Though I never said I would<br />
You said you couldn't save him<br />
You know he always thought you could<br />
You said you couldn't save him<br />
Though he always thought you would<br />
People 'round you talking, but you never listen to them<br />
<br />
But I never lied on Sunday, ain't go no one to listen to<br />
He's still out on Sunday, he's got no one to listen to<br />
He's still out on Sunday, you can't tell him what to do<br />
You're still out on Sunday, you can't tell him what to do<br />
He's still out on Sunday, he's got no one to listen to<br />
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It takes a lot to care<br />
As if they're even there<br />
<br />
And do you dare to tell me, you have done all you could do<br />
But do you mean to tell me, you have done all that you could do<br />
No suicide, no damage, depends on who you answer to<br />
No suicide, no damage, you can't tell him what to do<br />
You won't find me breaking, no one tells me what to do<br />
<br />
The kids come out to kill<br />
The streets have made you bad<br />
The kids come out to kill<br />
'Cause everything you've done, it's been done to you too<br />
Everything you've done, it's been done to you too<br />
<br />
You know that all my lies are true<br />
May all your lies come true</b><br />
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I bought a ticket but the train didn’t stop<br />
Ended up walking all the way singing “Ooh La La”<br />
I made it home and put the radio loud<br />
Was just static but still turned me on<br />
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Well the world brought us here<br />
If we let it now, all good things reappear<br />
<br />
It’s ok I’m alright<br />
It’s ok I’m alright<br />
<br />
Keep going<br />
Keep going<br />
To the light<br /><br />
It’s ok I’m alright<br />
It’s ok I’m alright<br />
<br />
Slow motion on a video tape<br />
We had magic, it still turns me on<br />
And at the end of this dark night<br />
Which way to go<br />
I may just take a walk to the bright side, the bright side<br />
<br />
Well the world brought us here<br />
If we let it now, all good things reappear<br />
<br />
It’s ok I’m alright<br />
It’s ok I’m alright<br />
<br />
Keep going<br />
Keep going<br />
To the light<br />
It’s ok I’m alright<br />
It’s ok I’m alright<br />
<br />
Keep going<br />
To the light<br />
<br />
Keep going<br />
Keep going<br />
To the light<br />
<br />
It’s ok I’m alright<br />
It’s ok I’m alright<br />
It’s ok I’m alright<br />
It’s ok I’m alright</b><br />
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Hurry up and wait</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;">The New York Times | The Morning<br />
March 2, 2024<br />
by Melissa Kirsch</span><br />
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Racing to catch a subway train recently, I tripped on the stairs leading to the platform, steadying myself only barely by grabbing the arm of an unsuspecting and rightfully alarmed fellow passenger. I sustained no major damage — a scraped knee, a bruise on my thigh I’d discover a week later. These injuries were, I told myself in the aftermath, well deserved. I’d disregarded one of my precepts for personal happiness, the one that stipulates, “Most misery is caused by rushing.”<br />
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My fall was the most basic evidence of this, a frying-pan-over-the-head reminder that running late and reckless from one place to the next puts one at risk of a spill. But there was also all the incidental unhappiness I’d incurred and inflicted in the lead-up: I’d been rushing to get out of the house, which put me in a foul mood. I’d been impatient with everyone I encountered on the way to the subway, adding some measure of unpleasantness to their mornings.<br />
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We rush because we’re late. We also rush because we want to move quickly away from discomfort. We rush to come up with solutions to problems that would benefit from more sustained consideration. We rush into obligations or decisions or relationships because we want things settled.<br />
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Worrying is a kind of rushing: It’s uncomfortable to sit in a state of uncertainty, so we fast-forward the tape, accelerating our lives past the present moment into fearsome imagined scenarios.<br />
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A friend and I remind each other regularly of a radio news segment she heard years ago. The reporter concluded the story, about a mess of delays on the Long Island Rail Road, with the line, “These commuters are ready for this day to be over, once and for all.” Of course the message was the commuters wanted to get home and have dinner and go to bed already. But the finality of “once and for all” made it sound as though the commuters were so fed up that they wanted to end that day and all days. Or, as my friend wrote: “Certainly at one point the day will definitely be over once and for all for each of us. Is that what we’re rushing toward?”<br />
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This obsession with being done with things, of living life like an endless to-do list, is ridiculous. I find myself sometimes having a lovely time, out to dinner with friends, say, and I’ll notice an insistent hankering for the dinner to be over. Why? So I can get to the next thing, who cares what the next thing is, just keep going. Keep rushing, even through the good parts.<br />
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In Marie Howe’s poem “Hurry,” she describes running errands with a child in tow. “Hurry up honey, I say, hurry,” she urges, as the little one scampers to keep up. Then she wonders: “Where do I want her to hurry to? To her grave? / To mine? Where one day she might stand all grown?”<br />
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This is not novel advice, to stop and smell the roses, to be here now, to slow down. But it’s not easily heeded. Our culture, now as ever, rewards hustle. The Silicon Valley maxim “Done is better than perfect” can be constructive when applied to procrastination. But we bring it to bear on situations in which “done” is not necessarily a desirable goal.<br />
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Since my subway incident, I’ve been trying to notice when I’m rushing, physically and psychologically. “Where are you going?” I ask myself. “And why are you in such a hurry?” That pause helps put a little space between here and there, and might, with any luck, avert future misery.</b><br />
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Link to original article in the New York Times Morning Newsletter:<br /><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/briefing/why-we-cant-stop-rushing.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/02/briefing/why-we-cant-stop-rushing.html</a>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-56879559975018514962024-02-28T07:00:00.000-08:002024-03-02T15:54:51.427-08:00New Romantic NostalgiaToday I am feeling a bit of nostalgia for a time when <a href="https://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/when-i-was-new-romantic.html" target="_blank">I was a New Romantic</a>, and the music I listened to then...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yaRXdqe_JPQ?si=aaPQRNA16jHBuQwT" title="YouTube video player" width="640"></iframe></div>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-74155423419034749632024-02-26T07:00:00.000-08:002024-02-26T07:00:00.175-08:00BEAUTY: Clothing--Versace and FerragamoMilan Fashion Week is currently happening...not to be confused with Milano Moda Uomo which is for menswear. Traditionally for womenswear, this week features lots of houses, brands, and designers showing men's and women's collections together, on the same runway at the same time.<br />
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And two things caught my eye... at Versace and Ferragamo who both showed very high boots for men.<br />
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At Versace, they were thigh high and amazing.<br />
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And at Ferragamo they were even higher, inching up to the very top of the leg (look #3). The bulk of the collection though was made up of some effective monotonal (the autumn trio of olive green, mustard, and deep plum) looks in leather.<br />
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Based on the life of Eleanor of Arborea or Eleanor De Serra Bas (1347— June 1404), the queen who united all of Sardinia under her rule, the show featured garments that mixed contemporary cuts with Medieval silhouettes and details to wonderful effect. The results are quite powerful. Marras is from Sardinia, and much like Dolce and Gabbana who love to use various iterations and aspects of Italian culture and history specifically from Sicily as a springboard for inspiration, Marras uses his beloved home island the same method. The show itself opened in a highly theatrical way with an actor sporting the first look of the show (a lovely doublet made of a cable knit sweater with slashed sleeves) entering the runway space in search of Eleanor herself. Her spirit soon found him and the show began...watch the video below!<br />
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<br /><a href="https://antoniomarras.com/" target="_blank">https://antoniomarras.com/</a>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-6070465741977810772024-02-24T07:00:00.000-08:002024-02-24T07:00:00.147-08:00Snow Moon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABv5tmrBItO-XyavpE81gWf-aacYlaHzu5isWYxz5uec8BgjlZARR8s-l5-uBDUyuqKIC8-JjdV9KW3rwdBNd39dlf9bn0Ek5qOOog3wwg1SukEDBEETcoyoXJLg2bwGgauboSufMijJwd3D_s_JZgpVKVgkKQov-wmZSyC1nmIqYdyeH78utItkpBbo/s355/2-24%20Snow%20Moon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="221" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABv5tmrBItO-XyavpE81gWf-aacYlaHzu5isWYxz5uec8BgjlZARR8s-l5-uBDUyuqKIC8-JjdV9KW3rwdBNd39dlf9bn0Ek5qOOog3wwg1SukEDBEETcoyoXJLg2bwGgauboSufMijJwd3D_s_JZgpVKVgkKQov-wmZSyC1nmIqYdyeH78utItkpBbo/w249-h400/2-24%20Snow%20Moon.jpg" width="249" /></a></div>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-46274303934443453912024-02-19T07:00:00.000-08:002024-02-23T16:25:40.093-08:00BEAUTY: Clothing--Paolo CarzanaWelsh designer Paolo Carzana showed up on my radar last year when I saw his SS '24 collection "My Heart is a River For You to Bend" shown at London Fashion Week (seen <a href="https://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2023/09/beauty-clothing-paolo-carzana.html" target="_blank">here</a>). He is a newer designer but has already amassed some clout: he is a recipient of the British Fashion Council NewGen award and has BFC support money to put on shows, and is also an artist in residence at the Sarabande Foundation, the arts foundation supported at the bequest of Lee Alexander McQueen.<br />
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His vision is fairly singular, much like McQueen. While promoting his Fall Winter '23 collection entitled "Queer Symphony," he said, "It’s mainly related to this idea that everything I was ashamed of as a kid is now my strength. Up until I was 17, I would literally pray every night to wake up straight, and pray to be normal. And every single day, I was bullied in school, when I didn’t even know who I was." It is a shared story among many of us in the gay community, one I have heard many times...surviving emotional, psychological, and often physical abuse to emerge on the other side, despite or probably because of it all, with a hunger and drive to create something beautiful, to express a force that could not be taken from us. I can attest to the truth of this from my own personal experience. So I feel great tenderness toward and interest in the creations of Paolo Carzana.<br />
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His sartorial vernacular is made of delicate fabrics tied and stitched together that seem like creations from some dream world, as if those wearing his garments should be lounging around on marble terraces in bright Pre-Raphaelite splendor, or in a lush production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." There is a hushed beauty to the silhouettes and construction of the garments that casts a spell. And while this Fall-Winter '24-'25 collection might have originated in a dark place, it is still this other, brighter world he strives toward. "It’s very much sort of journeying through the darkness, passing through the storm, up through the clouds, and onto the top where the light shines. I’ve called the collection 'Melanchronic Mountain.' Everyone around is feeling a lot in this moment, the way the world is. It's this feeling I have that it’s so hard to try and be positive, but we can. It’s within the bones that we carry, how we can transform that pain into hope."<br />
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I like that sustainability is important to Carzana: he is committed to using deadstock or recycled fabric, and he uses plant dyes and spices to color his fabrics, including introducing sappanwood reds and black walnut browns in this collection. But here is what I truly love: his cuts feel like they are memories of historical clothing, like tattered remnants of a far-away homeland after a shipwreck, and his beautiful sheer, ripped, ruched tops and trousers seem like they belong on wood sprites, elves, fairies. Or just those who wish to live in a softer, gentler world.<br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.paolocarzana.com/" target="_blank">https://www.paolocarzana.com/</a>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-56521949954014017972024-02-18T07:00:00.000-08:002024-02-23T16:26:09.914-08:00BEAUTY: Clothing--Simone RochaSimone Rocha is riding high after being the most recent guest designer for Jean Paul Gaultier. Since Gaultier retired, the house is hosting a rotating cast of artistics to reinterpret the Gaultier catalog (see my post about creative director of Balmain Olivier Rousteing's turn <a href="https://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2022/07/beauty-clothing-olivier-rousteing-for.html" target="_blank">here</a>) and Rocha's Fall Winter '24-'25 collection at London Fashion Week continued a Gaultier vibe. Interestingly, while she was allowed to go through the Gaultier archives to create her collaboration with the house (she delights in the fact that the Gaultier vault keeps garments in boxes they actually refer to as coffins!), she was allowed to view the mourning dress of Queen Victoria in the British royal archive at Hampton Court palace. Victoria of course wore only black after the death of her husband Albert...for the rest of her life, all forty years of it (what a love!). The confluence of history from two different sources along with her own creative juices gave birth to this collection titled "The Wake" which was aptly presented in the circa 12th century St. Bartholomew’s Church. It was a co-ed show but I am only showing the menswear here. Reflective of the period she was evoking, jackets sported twin shooting patches in faux fur or glass beading, a pair of Wellies were jeweled with pearls, and there was lots and lots of mourning black in silhouettes of a wistful, historical feeling.<br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.simonerocha.com" target="_blank">https://www.simonerocha.com</a>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-52604956514158018712024-02-17T07:00:00.000-08:002024-02-17T18:51:01.177-08:00BEAUTY: Clothing--Chet LoThis year is flying by already. Here we are, mid-February for London Fashion Week. Yesterday was the first official day and the Fall-Winter '24-'25 collection Chet Lo sent out was pretty interesting. Definitely looking to the future, with perhaps a little dash dystopia (or is that just me and I seem to be projecting dystopia everywhere I look these days, ha ha...but not really), his set played with fabrics that look like they were used in the criminally underrated sci-fi film <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d11loPMnC2w" target="_blank">"Aeon Flux."</a> Garments were made of Lo's famous spiked materials which resemble the outside of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumis_metuliferus" target="_blank">horned melon</a>. Models sported horns on their heads as well but it certainly feels more like a comment about some kind of biomorphic body modification than a reference to anything demonic. There was also a marvelous skirt among the loose, flowing trousers (and some wonderful loose, flowing tops!)<br />
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The current crop of talent at Fashion East includes young designer Olly Shinder who showed his FW '24-'25 collection at London Fashion Week. Shinder is inspired by his interaction with the underground gay fetish world. He <a href="https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/fashion-east-aw24" target="_blank">told Vogue UK</a>, "My fascination lies in uniforms with an underlying theme of kink. Delving into subcultures, I previously explored everyday uniforms. This season, I’ve taken the collection to the lab – think a bit scientist, a bit testing lab. I was drawn to the silhouettes of more extreme uniforms like hazmat suits, imagining how the fetish community might incorporate these pieces. Alongside, there are cotton and wool pieces reminiscent of ceremonial guards’ uniforms, with a more decorative flair evoking an old, classic English – perhaps aristocratic – aesthetic. My focus isn’t on specific places; I’m much more interested in a world of function, which is much more contemporary."<br />
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Shinder does not have a site for his brand yet but you can follow him on Instagram.<br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/olly.shinder" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/olly.shinder</a>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-17377219025754882052024-02-16T07:00:00.000-08:002024-02-17T18:52:09.959-08:00BEAUTY: Clothing--Thom BrowneThom Browne closed New York Fashion Week with a spectacular, theatrical performance showcasing his Fall-Winter '24-'25 men's and women's collection. He took inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe's iconic poem "The Raven" and sent models out with black talon nails, black feathered hairpieces, and garments featuring ravens and of course the word "Nevermore." During the show, the Poe poem was read in its entirety by actress Carrie Coon who plays Bertha Russell on HBO Max's "The Gilded Age." Her reading should go down in history as the definitive version...watch the video below (the streaming and pre-show lasts until 23:00 when the show gets underway) and listen to Coon's effective, escalating emotion that leads to a chilling state of utter madness, while taking in the staging and set of a snow-covered field populated with bare, gnarled trees. And the clothing? Perfection.<br /><br />
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text-align: center;"></div>Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03054844603488738852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5665811301880655838.post-21052151389666310232024-02-13T07:00:00.000-08:002024-02-13T09:56:55.387-08:00"Connecticut" by Lo MoonAnother great track from Lo Moon's new release "I Wish You Way More Than Luck" (see a previous post of the track "Evidence" <a href="https://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2024/02/evidence-by-lo-moon.html" target="_blank">here</a>). This beautiful, compelling song, "Connecticut" is moody yet resolute.<br />
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I hear the voice of my father<br />
Without a shadow of doubt <br />
There's no more hope in the water<br />
I can't believe we've run out <br />
I can't believe we've run out<br />
<br />
He said we're cut from the same cloth <br />
Stuck in the same head<br />
If I turned my back I can't pretend you will be there in the end <br />
He said <br />
I wish you were all wrong<br />
Asleep in the same bed <br />
I see the gleaming crown of Connecticut doing 80 round the bend<br />
Now I've got nothing to lose <br />
I've got nothing to prove <br />
I have nothing to lose <br />
Cause it's just an illusion <br />
<br />
I know you hear when I talk back<br />
Born in the same bed <br />
Upside down and inside Just like a spider in your web <br />
<br />
Now everyone that I knew<br />
Disappeared in a suit<br />
There goes the wonder of youth <br />
What a poor substitute <br />
Are we all disillusioned?<br />
No doubt in my mind <br />
The voice of my father <br />
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There's no doubt in my mind<br />
The voice of my father</b><br />
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