I love the music; not necessarily the lyrics except for these.

Mmm...whacha say
Mmm...that you only meant well?
Of course you did
Mmm...that it's all for the best?
Of course it is
Mmm...whacha say?

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I like the beat. I like the voice.

For your listening pleasure (no vid)
Breathe by Abney Park

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Item: I lost my silver vocation ring while in the desert southwest. The one engraved with "Mind Body Spirit Peace Love." It wasn't expensive (circa $5) but I've worn it ever since I professed monastic vows a few years ago. I think I left it in Tucson as I didn't have it in NM ( Read more... )

Querer
Dentro del corazon
Sin pudor, sin razon
Con el fuego de la pasion
Y volar

To want
Within the heart
Without modesty
Without reason
With the fire of the passion
and to fly

Querer
Y poder compartir
Nuestra sed de vivir
El regalo que nos da el amor
Es la vida

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Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Anthony McGill and Gabriela Montero perform music by John Williams.

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Gods, I love cello.

I want to break free...

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I want it that way...

A fun rendition. this journal needs some humor!

John Gage

Silence. Not silence.

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Although commonly perceived as "four minutes thirty-three seconds of silence", the piece actually consists of the sounds of the environment that the listeners hear while it is performed.

In 1951, Cage visited the anechoic chamber at Harvard University. An anechoic chamber is a room designed in such a way that ( Read more... )

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Take me back to your house, Basement Jaxx!! I want to meet Meshell Ndegeocello where it feels like home!!

In other news, laundry is okay physically on the back; Lawn mowing not so good, actually. Holiday tomorrow. Need to clean house. Amazing it can get dirty when I spend a majority of my time flat on my back.

Sainte Colombe playing viola de gamba & dreaming of his wife (from the movie). It's about 3 minutes.

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Thank you, this_not_that for the great lead into 17th century baroque music and the viola de gamba.

( The full score for those that liked the first excerpt (7 minutes): )

I have fallen in love with the music of Henry Purcell (1659-1695) and baroque music which led me on an internet adventure to the Fairy Queen, Dido and Aeneas, Dido's Lament to Jessye Norman to the ErlKonig.