Best posts made by Kehaulani

Riffing off of that, when I lived in Germany the first time, my apartment had a large picture window that faced a hillside that was total forest. At fall, the view of the changing leaves was just stunning.

That painting is awesome. Bravo!

Ach so. You might find this observation interesting, then.

I was doing an abstract water colour in class at the Honolulu Academy of the Arts once, and felt this presence behind me. It was my teacher peering at what I was painting and he said, out of the blue, "Are you a musician?" And I said "Yes. How do you know?" And he answered, "I can tell by the way you use colour". Astute.

And I guess you just can't get away from it.

@J-Jericho said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

@Kehaulani Here ya go, Kehaulani:

duduki.net

My wife and I had the honor of meeting Count Basie and his lovely wife, Catherine after one of his concerts.

Sometimes an anecdote summarizes someone's character, and the one I recall follows:

As you know, Count Basie was fond of wearing his trademark nautical captain's caps, and while he was in an airport with his entourage, an elderly lady came up to him and, not knowing who he was, thinking that he was a porter, asked him to pick up her luggage and come with her. Which he did. When he returned, a young member of his group (It's important to note that this was in the mid-1960s, when racial tensions were very high.) asked him why he carried this old White woman's luggage, why he didn't tell her who he was, and how dare she presume he was a mere porter just because he was Black and wearing a cap. To which Count Basie replied: "What are you talking about? The lady obviously needed help with her luggage. She couldn't manage it by herself, and I was able to help her, so I did!"

Wow!

@Vulgano-Brother said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

I pulled up behind a car in California (where else?) that had a bumper sticker that said, "Nuke the gay whales for Jesus", LOL.

Danny Davis

I've been watching the series and I don't think it's progressed, chronologically enough to include horns. Also, Bob Wills was mentioned but I don't recall much emphasis on horn groups or Western Swing.

Uh, I think I mentioned both Bob Wills as well as Western Swing.

Regarding much of the other music, I don't think the series has gotten too many of those bands yet. Of course, maybe things have just taken longer to reach Texans. It's a little laid back, there.

My impression is that, although horns were definitely used by musicians who played Country Music, horns were not a defining part of real Country Music yet. The core instrumentation of early C&W were strings.

BTW, wind instruments were not city instruments. Great and long legacy of winds used everyplace in America.

Music touches our hearts. That simple. And, surprisingly to me, there are those for whom that doesn't apply.

Sophistication? A Mahler symphony is surely more sophisticated than a simple Appalachian folk song. It takes a great deal more sophistication, if not patience, to get through a Mahler symphony than a folk song.

But we should not confuse sophistication with quality. Shelby Flint's, The Ash Grove is a pure and beautiful song accompanied by only guitar. It touches the heart. How can it be more qualitative than a complex symphony?

We shouldn't confuse complexity and a masterly grasp of compositional techniques with quality.

Now, getting down to personal likes, that is very subjective, based on one's background, personal tastes, etc. I personally like, among others, advanced avant guarde music. My background gives me the tools to comprehend and get pleasure out of it. But my mother told me that my favourite song as a child, one that would compel me to go running to the radio, was Hank Thompson's Little Red Wagon. Different strokes and so forth. . .

@Niner said in Norman Granz Jazz at the the Philharmonic:

Lots of young guys probably never heard of Norman Granz records. And if one of them is reading this and comes across any of his old Jazz at the Philharmonic at a flea market or old record store I'd suggest consider a small investment and take a listen.

Of course, that's assuming that anyone's still got a record player, LOL.

@Comeback said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

I love my Harrelsons, too : The People vs. Larry Flynt, Kingpin, Natural Born Killers . . .

I guess it would be a bad idea to think out of the box.

@Niner said in A little humour:

Q: How long does an Irishman need to reach a Blood Alcohol Level of .08?
A: About two days of no drinking.

Was coming back to a hotel after playing, then hanging out, at a fest in Ireland. There was only one other passenger in this seatless equipment van and he was so blitzed, he was impervious to anything going around him. Every time we hit a curve in the road, I'd hear a "blugga, blugga" behind me made by the bass player rolling from side to side.

We finally got back to the hotel and this guy fell onto the grass outside. I looked at him and he was wearing a T-shirt that read,
"An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass to keep him from falling off the earth", LOL.

Ich vermisse die Weihnachtsmärkte sehr!

@tmd Here we go again.

Another surgeon dies and arrives at the Pearly Gates and Saint Peter asks,
"How have you been doing?" He answers, "Well, I make $3,000.00 dollars a month, live in a three story house, and drive a Mercedes."
"Oh, a surgeon, pass through."

Another person arrives, and "Saint Peter asks,
"How have you been doing?" He answers, "Well, I make $2,000.00 dollars a month, live in a two story house, and drive a BMW."
"Oh, an Administrator, pass through."

Yet another person arrives, and "Saint Peter also asks,
"How have you been doing?" He answers, "Well, I make $300.00 dollars a month, share an apartment with three other guys, and drive an old Pinto."
"Cool, a musician, welcome."

Man, I love these scenes. I really miss the cold, snowy weather (and warm, cozy hearths). Keep it up - as if, it seems, you wouldn't.

@Dr-GO said in A little humour:

Truly makes my hair stand on end! AND not just any bunny can do that!

Monty Python killer rabbit clip:

Are you like Bob Ross, no living beings except for maybe a V-shaped bird in the distance?
Another nice painting, BTW.

BoB Ross, to me, didn't give enough continued credit to William Alexander, but that's not to say that he gave none. In the beginning, there was a relationship between Ross and Alexander that not only related to painting technique, but to the materials, itself; cleaning supplies, paint, etc. Check out this documentary.

I've always called Ross a "warmed-over Bill Alexander". Most of Ross' followers probably don't even know who Alexander is.

IMO, Alexander is a much better painter than Ross, but Ross is a better teacher. And in the popularity and accessibility of himself, combined with the simplicity of the style itself, it has made painting relatively painless and satisfying to a large group of people.

Regarding the article itself, much of the initial information could be had by just reading Alexander's
autobiography.

As an aside, Ross is an Air Force, not Army veteran.

You mean you don't like big trees?