Clogs

Clogs

Clogs are shoes or sandals that are made entirely of wood or have wooden soles and leather uppers. They are associated with the Netherlands and Sweden, where they are considered part of the national dress. In England, clogs were traditionally made of alder and were commonly worn by all classes throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The Lancashire cotton mill workers habitually wore clogs to avoid slipping on the wet floors in the cotton mills. How are clogs used in some styles of dance? More… Discuss

Today’s Birthdays in Music Wednesday, June 3rd 2015

Today’s Birthdays in Music

Birthdays in Music for Wednesday 3rd June 2015

Birthdays 1 – 57 of 57

1657 – Manuel de Egues, composer

1660 – Johannes Schenck, Dutch born composer, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Baptism date)

1738 – Johann Christoph Oley, composer

1746 – James Hook, composer

1750 – Frederic Thieme, composer

1773 – Michael Gottard Fischer, composer

1801 – Frantisek Jan Skroup, composer

1819 – Thomas Ball, US, sculptor/painter/singer

1828 – Jean Alexander Ferdinand Poise, composer

1828 – Jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer

1829 – Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer

1832 – Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer

1841 – Eduardo Caudella, composer

1844 – Emile Paladilhe, composer

1867 – Bela Anton Szabados, composer

1868 – Lvar Henning Mankell, composer

1887 – Emil Axman, composer

1888 – Tom Brown, American musician (d. 1958)

1897 – Memphis Minnie, rocker

1904 – Jan Peerce, [Jacob Pincus Perelmuth], tenor (NY Met Opera), born in NYC, New York

1906 – Josephine Baker, American dancer/Parisian night club owner (Folies-Bergere) in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1975)

1907 – Antonio Emmanvilovich Spadavecchia, composer

1922 – Ivan Patachich, composer

1924 – Jimmy Rogers, Ruleville, Mississippi, Blues musician (Muddy Waters’ Band), (d. 1997)

1926 – Carlos Veerhoff, composer

1926 – Janez Maticic, composer

1927 – Boots Randolph, Paducah KY, saxophonist (Yakety Sax)

1930 – Dakota Staton, American jazz singer (d. 2007)

1931 – Francoise Arnoul, actress/composer (French Cancan, Jacko & Lise)

1932 – Dakota Staton, [Rabia Aliyah], US jazz singer (In the Night)

1935 – Ted Curson [Theodore], Jazz Trumpeter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)

1939 – David Frederick Stock, composer

1942 – Anita Harris, singer/actress (Follow that Camel)

1942 – Curtis Mayfield, rock vocalist (Freddie’s Dead, Superfly), born in Chicago, Illinois

1943 – Mike Dennis, rocker (Dovells)

1944 – Michael Clarke, rock drummer (Byrds-Turn! Turn! Turn!), born in NYC, New York

1946 – Eddie Holman, rocker

1946 – Ian Hunter, England, rocker (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes)

1947 – Mickey Finn, British guitarist and percussionist (T. Rex) (d. 2003)

1949 – Stephen Ruppenthal, composer

1950 – Suzi Quatro[cchio], singer (Stumblin’)/actress (Happy Days), born in Detroit, Michigan

1951 – Deniece Williams, [Chandler], IN, singer (Love Wouldn’t Let Me Wait)

1954 – Dan Hill, rocker (Sometimes When We Touch)

1956 – Danny Wilde, rocker (Rembrandts)

1964 – Kerry King, American musician (Slayer)

1964 – Doro Pesch, German singer

1965 – Mike Gordon, American musician

1965 – Jeff Blumenkrantz, American composer and actor

1968 – Samantha Sprackling, Nigerian singer

1969 – Hiroyuki Takami, Japanese musician

1970 – Esther Hart, Dutch singer

1970 – Julie Masse, French Canadian singer

1970 – Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician (Hypocrisy) and producer

Singer Kelly Jones (1974)

1974 – Kelly Jones, Welsh singer (Stereophonics)

1976 – Yuri Ruley, American drummer

1978 – Lyfe Jennings, R&B singer and song-writer

1987 – Lalaine, American actress and singer

today’s holiday: Parentalia (2015)

Parentalia (2015)

This was an ancient Roman festival held in honor of the manes, or souls of the dead—in particular, deceased relatives. It began a season for remembering the dead, which ended with the Feralia on February 21. This week was a quiet, serious occasion, without the rowdiness that characterized other Roman festivals. Everything, including the temples, closed down, and people decorated graves with flowers and left food—sometimes elaborate banquets—in the cemeteries in the belief that it would be eaten by the spirits of the deceased. More… Discuss

picture of the day: Abraham Lincoln ratifies The Thirteenth Amendment

The Thirteenth Amendment
On February 1, 1865 Lincoln’s home state of Illinois became the first to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery throughout the United States. President Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier, but it had not effectively abolished slavery in all of the states–it did not apply to slave-holding border states that had remained with the Union during the Civil War. After the war, the sentiment about blacks was mixed even among anti-slavery Americans: some considered Lincoln’s address too conservative and pushed for black suffrage, arguing that blacks would remain oppressed by their former owners if they did not have the power to vote. After the amendment was passed, the Freedmen’s Bureau was created to help blacks with the problems they would encounter while trying to acquire jobs, education and land of their own.

Image: Library of Congress

– See more at: http://www.historynet.com/picture-of-the-day?podMonth=2&podDay=1&pod=GO#sthash.l1mr06rn.dpuf

Valentina Lisitsa si pianul fermecat: Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on theme of Paganini Lisitsa Baltic Youth Philharmonic Berlin Philharmonie , great compositions/performances

Great Compositions/performances:

Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on theme of Paganini Lisitsa Baltic Youth Philharmonic Berlin Philharmonie

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Baltic Youth Philharmonic debut at Berlin Philharmonie.
January 22, 2014 .Kristjan Järvi conducting .

I was “caught” landing in Washington – headed back to Europe on the same flight to step in for indisposed Denis Matsuev.
This video is a part of soon-to-be-coming-out DVD. You can find out when by visiting the orchestra website http://www.baltic-youth-philharmonic….
The complete program was:
A German-Russian Voyage and a debut at Philharmonie Berlin
Programme Feel the Energy – German-Russian Voyage
22 January 2014, 19:30 at the Philharmonie Berlin
Baltic Sea Youth Philharmonic

***Kristjan Järvi – conductor
***Julia Fischer – violin

***D̶e̶n̶i̶s̶ ̶M̶a̶t̶s̶u̶e̶v̶ – piano ( Nope, it was me – stepping on a day’s notice :))))
Richard Strauss – Don Juan op. 20
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op. 43
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra a-minor, BWV 1041
Alexander Scriabin – The Poem of Ecstasy op. 54

CRUX: 2014: The year in review in Catholicism

2014 snapshot

Catholic News Service

Published on Dec 31, 2014

A look back at some of the images that made us laugh, cry and think.
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By Michael O’Loughlin

National reporter December 31, 2014

Debate, diplomacy, and dynamism: 2014 was a headline-generating year for Pope Francis and the Catholic Church. The pope encouraged open debate about controversial topics, stepped up his diplomatic game on the world stage, and continued to shape the Church in his unpredictable yet wholly entertaining style.

The Synod of Bishops on the Family in October riveted the Catholic world, with cardinals battling one another in the media while taking on previously verboten topics such as divorce and homosexuality. The pope encouraged the back-and-forth, although the result had something of a roller-coaster feel as leaked documents made their way into the press before eventual retraction and clarification.

Ending months of speculation about his future after being booted from the powerful Congregation for Bishops a year ago, Cardinal Raymond Burke was removed as head of the Vatican’s highest court by the pope.

More HERE

 

 

Musical Jewels: Glenn Gould talks about J S Bach: make music part of your life series (i#make music part of your life series)

Glenn Gould talks about J S Bach

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Glenn Gould talks about J S Bach

At 31:50 an unknown Bach´s choral is played.

this day in the yesteryear: Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat (1955)

Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat (1955)

Dubbed the “Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement” by the US Congress, Rosa Parks was an African-American civil rights activist who became famous in 1955 for refusing to vacate her seat on a municipal bus for a white man. This act of civil disobedience sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which launched Martin Luther King, Jr., into prominence and became one of the largest and most successful movements against racial segregation. How many thousands of commuters took part in the boycott? More… Discuss

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just a thought: “the reality of a conspiracy is that it stays a theory!”

just a thought:  “the reality of a conspiracy is that it stays a theory!” –George-B

Jasmine

Jasmine—also known as jessamine—is a genus of shrubs and vines in the family Oleaceae. It has about 300 species native to all continents except North America. Jasmine is prized for its very fragrant white or yellow blossoms, which, when dried, can be used to flavor tea. Jasmine oil is popular for perfumes and aromatherapy, even though jasmine flowers are too delicate to be distilled in the same way as true essential oils. Jasmine is thus called an “absolute” oil. What is Sampaguita? More… Discuss

Special Report: Traffickers use abductions, prison ships to feed Asian slave trade— Special Reports

Special Report: Traffickers use abductions, prison ships to feed Asian slave trade http://t.co/AZKRmIivHB pic.twitter.com/Do50efQDJ2

— Special Reports (@specialreports) October 22, 2014

Possible Mass Anthrax Exposure at CDC Labs (loosing the grip on reality?)

Possible Mass Anthrax Exposure at CDC Labs

As many as 75 scientists working in US federal government laboratories in Atlanta, Georgia, may have been accidentally exposed to live anthrax bacteria after staff members at a high-level facility failed to follow proper procedures to inactivate the deadly bacteria before sending the samples to lower-level labs for experimentation. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, under whose watch the breach occurred, is now investigating the incident and is offering antibiotic treatment and vaccines to those who might have been exposed. More… Discuss

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Blue Skies (gypsy jazz) – Gonzalo Bergara Quartet with Leah Z on vocals – Steve’s Live Music

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Gypsy Jazz with the right balance of vocals and hot instrumentals, and above all rock steady driving rhythm. Thanks to Charlie and Steve for bringing this group through Atlanta.

THE CRYPT OF CIVILIZATION

Sealed in a chamber on the grounds of Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, is an elaborate time capsule called the Crypt of Civilization. Inspired by the lack of information about ancient civilizations, university President Thornwell Jacobs devised the crypt in 1935 and spent the next five years deciding what to put in it. Likely the world’s first time capsule, it was sealed in 1940 and is slated be reopened in the year 8113. What items were selected to be stored in the crypt? More… Discuss