December 26, 2021

The Swingin' Nutcraker by Shorty Rogers with his Sax Quintet & The Big Band

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swingin%27_Nutcracker


Shorty Rogers - conductor, arranger

Johnny Audino, Conte Candoli, Ray Triscari, Jimmy Zito - trumpet
Harry Betts, Frank Rosolino, Kenneth Shroyer - trombone
George Roberts - bass trombone
Bud Shank - flute, alto saxophone
Art Pepper - alto saxophone
Jimmy Guiffre - clarinet
Bill Holman, Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins - tenor saxophone
Chuck Gentry - baritone saxophone
Pete Jolly, Lou Levy - piano
Joe Mondragon - bass
Mel Lewis - drums

December 24, 2021

Midnight Sleighride, Sauter - Finegan Orchestra

Original by Prokofiev

December 24, 2021

TCM Remembers 2021

December 17, 2021

Deep Throat: "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand."

https://twitter.com/TimOBrien/status/1471531204583297024

November 30, 2021

"Trump looking for 'help' from state legislatures in 2024? Let me rewrite that for you."

Trump looking for ‘help’ from state legislatures in 2024? Let me rewrite that for you.

By Dan Froomkin -

November 29, 2021 3:13 pm EST


Donald Trump and the Republican Party are laying the groundwork to steal future elections.

It’s a helluva story.

But instead of reporting on it nonstop and sounding the alarm for democracy, our corporate media political reporters are treating it like it’s just more partisan politics as usual.

Radical Republican gerrymandering and attempts to limit voting may not be new – but they are getting worse, and they are hugely threatening to the central democratic principle of majority rule.

What is new is that the GOP under Trump has gone so much further, trying to overthrow the 2020 election, actively undermining confidence in the election system, and putting Trump loyalists in a position to overturn election results that don’t go their way in the future.


more . . .

https://presswatchers.org/2021/11/trump-looking-for-help-from-state-legislatures-in-2024-let-me-rewrite-that-for-you/


much more

November 19, 2021

Black-haired moon

November 19, 2021

Rep. Jamie Raskin: I must admit Kevin McCarthy has accomplished one thing.

America is no longer woke.


https://twitter.com/RepRaskin/status/1461545602228137990

November 17, 2021

Sheep May Safely Graze - Those who rule with wisdom guiding

Sheep may safely graze
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Sheep may safely graze" (German: Schafe können sicher weiden) is a soprano aria by Johann Sebastian Bach setting words by Salomon Franck. The piece was written in 1713 and is part of the cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd, BWV 208.[a] The cantata's title translates The lively hunt is all my heart's desire, and it is also known as the Hunting Cantata.

Like the same composer's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", "Sheep may safely graze" is frequently played at weddings.[1] However, the cantata of which it forms a part was originally written for a birthday celebration, that of Christian, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Bach was based at the nearby court of Weimar, and musicians from both courts appear to have joined together in the first performance in Weißenfels. Bach is known to have used the music again for other celebrations, but it remained unpublished until after his death.

Franck's words are given to mythological characters, in this case Pales, a deity of shepherds, flocks, and livestock. Pales compares the peaceful life of sheep under a watchful shepherd to the inhabitants of a state with a wise ruler.[4]
...

Sheep may safely graze and pasture
In a watchful Shepherd's sight.

Those who rule with wisdom guiding
Bring to hearts a peace abiding
Bless a land with joy made bright.


Leon Fleisher


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep_may_safely_graze

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Franck

November 16, 2021

Heather Kurtenbach, Seattle ironworker, introduces President Joe Biden at signing ceremony

November 16, 2021

Hong Kong leader defends US bank head quarantine exemption

Source: AFP

Hong Kong leader defends US bank head quarantine exemption

Mon, November 15, 2021, 11:23 PM


Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday defended allowing the head of JP Morgan Chase to skip a three-week Covid quarantine imposed on most other visitors, saying he worked for "a very big bank".

The comments came as Hong Kong also announced more than 100 cargo pilots had been ordered into mandatory quarantine and that the city was at risk of running out of air crew.

JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon landed on Monday for a 32-hour whirlwind tour without undergoing the usual 21-day hotel quarantine even as the international business hub tightens restrictions to adhere to China's "zero-Covid" strategy.

Earlier this year HSBC's boss was forced to undergo a full quarantine during a trip to the city.




Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/hong-kong-leader-defends-us-052355687.html

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