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Relative Esoterica: Turpentine and Truth
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Monday, November 23, 2009. I was watching Warner Brothers' not insignificantly flawed but immensely atmospheric The Two Mrs. Carrolls. Sally Carroll (Barbara Stanwyck), having gushed into an upper-floor studio, freezes, instantly sick and horrified at the sight of Geoffrey, her artist spouse (Humphrey Bogart), assiduously and zealously going over a canvas with a turpentine-soaked rag. Sally: Geoffrey, what are you doing? Geoffrey: Well, I don't care what other people think – it's what I think. Funny that...
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Relative Esoterica: November 2008
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Sunday, November 23, 2008. One must have courage to really live in the world. Sometimes you just have to split the infinitive. . Yes, really living – as opposed to merely existing, which demands neither effort nor bravery – requires determination and great courage. Living is an active state; existing passive. In living, you make things happen; in existing, you let them happen. What are you doing? What do you want to do? I want to live, to really live! Wednesday, November 19, 2008. This passage in "Kiss o...
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Relative Esoterica: Doggone!
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Monday, July 27, 2009. Ah, what the heck . I feel like following up a post about two dogs that I love with a little tribute to a record whose title features a canine exclamation: doggone! 8211; as in "Doggone, I've Done It.". Trumpet; Joe Venuti, violin; Dick McDonough, guitar; Artie Bernstein, bass; Stan King, drums. . Oh, and that's Martha, the eldest of the sisters, providing that fine piano comping; I love her on this side. Hear him getting on mike; the sudden increase in his volume gives the record ...
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Relative Esoterica: June 2009
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Eternity begins in forty-five minutes. Spencer Tracy as Father Flanagan in Boys Town. My pal, Nelson: here and everywhere, now. I love you, Boy. Labels: Golden Age Cinema. Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Sometimes, I just have to watch. I thought of a line, in tune with my current thinking, and plopped. Into the DVD player. Well, to digress a moment:. My movie ratings book. Rather out-of-date but, then, considering my viewing preferences, it hardly matters) doesn't esteem. Murky past"; ...
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Relative Esoterica: February 2009
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Friday, February 20, 2009. This ain't real, what's happenin'; you're havin' a dream. Edward G. Robinson as. Nothing is real and nothing to get hung about.". From "Strawberry Fields Forever" by John Lennon (Lennon/McCartney). Is reality a condition created through the forces, combined but not concerted, of nature and all human beings? If reality is a state of existence based in what is real and true, why are some people said to be "living a lie"? Is reality a perception? Labels: Edward G. Robinson. Well, ...
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Relative Esoterica: May 2009
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Saturday, May 30, 2009. Benny, Tram and My Little Dog, Too. Listening exclusively to BG, born 100 years ago today . and being reminded that a musical organization under the direction of no other leader has provided me a more satisfying aural experience than have the many outfits captained by this incomparably dedicated instrumentalist, Benjamin David Goodman. That's how I spent my day. Saturday, May 16, 2009. Ompared to the life I lead, the last man in a chain gang thoroughly enjoys himself. Which is the...
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Relative Esoterica: March 2009
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Monday, March 30, 2009. Another Time, Another Place. Smiling and gracious, Joan attempts a conventional good-bye; Dan counters with an exquisitely pronounced "Auf Wiedersehen," on which vocabularic premise the film's remaining sixty-some minutes proceed. It is a profoundly touching moment in one of Cinema's most poignant offerings. Those of us who converse in English get the idea of auf Wiedersehen. The Free Dictionary's explanation. See/dig you later; so long. And casual attitude toward the bonds of mat...
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Relative Esoterica: July 2009
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Monday, July 27, 2009. Ah, what the heck . I feel like following up a post about two dogs that I love with a little tribute to a record whose title features a canine exclamation: doggone! 8211; as in "Doggone, I've Done It.". Trumpet; Joe Venuti, violin; Dick McDonough, guitar; Artie Bernstein, bass; Stan King, drums. . Oh, and that's Martha, the eldest of the sisters, providing that fine piano comping; I love her on this side. Hear him getting on mike; the sudden increase in his volume gives the record ...
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Relative Esoterica: August 2008
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Sunday, August 31, 2008. Bigger than the Great Norvo . and All of Us. After having consulted Whitney Balliet's American Musicians: 56 Portraits in Jazz. For a recent post. Red Norvo in the Balliet book:. The main thing is that jazz should be fun. After all, the. I strongly agree – the music is more important. Music and Words by Ned Miller, Chester Cohn,. Jules Stein, Bennie Krueger. I'm blue ev'ry Monday, thinking over Sunday –. That one day when I'm with you. How I long for you! And then comes Thursday;.
