Comedy Genius The Regard of Flight 1983 Bill Irwin in performance Straussian 2013-06-13 | 00:00 Introduction00:27 Curtain open / Bill in bed02:50 The lean effect which you have just seen03:56 Now is this 'New Theater'?04:32 Bill in bed05:18 Profound and deep-seated mistrust of the proscenium06:44 Manifesto07:24 Places for a dance segment08:14 Free association segment08:48 Places for a dance segment09:22 Have you got any hat tricks?10:23 Places for a dance segment. [slower dance]11:11 Stark kinetic image segment11:26 Performance is an aspect of prophecy. It is a leap of faith.12:22 Warning: costume change. [enter Critic]13:56 Places for a dance segment14:25 Warning: costume change14:58 First homesickness song-------- 'Home in Pasadena,' Warren/Clarke/Leslie, 192317:02 Warning: costume change. [Critic and coats]17:54 Places for a dance segment. [Critic fight]20:38 The rise of the actor as poet / liberation from the empty polish of conventional theater21:06 Trunk business / imagery discussion / John the Baptist / Samuel Beckett23:56 Second homesickness song-------- 'When You're a Long, Long Way from Home,' Lewis/Meyer, 191425:54 Disguise / Find a NEW New Theater28:18 Environmental staging28:44 Use the device! / One of the deceptions of the bourgeois theater30:02 I would like to involve you in the work at this time31:29 We can create a New Theater without the baggage32:46 Shakespeare! For a New Theater!33:50 Trunk business34:32 Will you my lord attend within the nobles France and Burgundy?37:23 You cue the music when you're ready38:58 Don't come--it's a trap!40:44 This is Eddy [ventriloquist act]42:44 Pantomime clown gets direction- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -14:58 First homesickness songHOME IN PASADENA(Words: Edgar Leslie/Grant Clarke, Music: Harry Warren, 1923)Home in Pasadena,Home where grass is greener;Where honey bees hum melodiesAnd orange trees scent the breeze.I wanna be a Home-Sweet-Homer,And there I'll settle downBeneath the palmsIn someone's armsIn Pasadena, Pasadena town.Gonna be an aggregationWaitin' for me at the stationPasadena town, Pasadena townOh, I want to be a roamerNow with time to think it overI want to settle downYes, I want to settle downOh, honey beesLittle bumblebeesOh, mellow syncopated melodiesI know ????? [orange?] trees are softly swingingWhile birds are sweetly singing in the breezeI want to be a happy Home-Sweet-HomerNever want to be a roamerPasadena town, Pasadena townThere away from all the worriesOf the city's hurry scurriesEvery evening when the sun goes downBeneath the ????? [... palm trees?]Someone's captivatin' fascinatin' arms of...[The Actor runs out of breath.]See Also:Billy Murray and Ed Smalle - Home in Pasadena (1924)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z32AEuLEilcMurray and Smalle sing:Gonna be an aggregation -- Waitin' for me at the stationIn Pasadena town, in Pasadena townHome [?] I long to be a rover -- Now each time I think it overI want to settle down -- I want to settle downWhere honey -- Busy little bumblebeesHum mellow, syncopated melodiesAnd orange trees are slowly swingingWhile birds are softly singing on the breezeI want to be a happy Home-Sweet-HomerNever want to be a roamerFrom Pasadena town, from Pasadena townThere away from all the worry of the city's hurry-burryEvery evening when the sun goes downBeneath those spoony-Juney honeymoony palmsIn someone's captivating fascinating armsI'll be in P-a-s-a-d-e-n-a t-o-w-n, Pasadena town.I'm going home.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -23:56 Second homesickness songWHEN YOU'RE A LONG, LONG WAY FROM HOME(Words: Sam M. Lewis, Music: Geo. W. Meyer, 1914)[Skipping the first two stanzas.]When you're a long, long way from home -- It makes you feel like you're aloneIts hard to find a pal that's true -- That you can tell your troubles toAnd when you send a letter home -- Your mother's voice rings in your earsAnd then you'll cross the T's with kisses -- While your pen gets busyAnd then you'll dot the I's with tears -- And all your sunshine turns to gloomWhen you're a long, long way from home -- oh, yeahWhen you're a long, long way from home -- from home -- from home- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -From www.bill-irwin.com:"The Regard of Flight (PBS, Great Performances), on and off Broadway, across the U.S. and in Sydney, Australia (Off-Broadway c.1983, Broadway 04/07-26/1987)"New York Times review from 1987:http://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/13/the...Playbill information from 1987:http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Det..."Synopsis: Creator Bill Irwin stars in an evening of physical comedy in the vaudeville tradition, featuring costars M.C. O'Connor and Doug Skinner."Los Angeles Times review from 1991:http://articles.latimes.com/1991-07-1...'The Regard of Flight' at www.librarymedia.org:http://librarymedia.org/MacArthur_Vids/Titles/regard_of_flight.htm
Ola Gjeilo Across the Vast, Eternal Sky CWU Chamber Choir ONE HOUR PLAYED 14 TIMES Straussian 2021-10-09 | This is an hour long video that is just a repetitive playing of the original video 14 times in a row to make it easier to listen to at length for those of us infatuated with this beautiful musical composition.The original video is here:CWU Chamber Choir: Gjeilo - "Across The Vast, Eternal Sky"youtu.be/61FaBl-5R_k[Note: Another excellent performance is the here: Gjeilo: Across The Vast, Eternal Sky -- youtu.be/70OoFZzEOTY -- which I might have used instead of this excellent CWU performance, but I could not download it at the time.]From the original video description:"Across the Vast, Eternal Sky" (Gjeilo) performed by The Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director), the Kairos String Quartet, and Ola Gjeilo (piano).In May, 2013, composer Ola Gjeilo spent 3 days on the Central Washington University Campus, joining the choir in recording 4 of his pieces. This performance is from that session.PLEASE NOTE: As the original description mentions, the composer of the piece, Mr. Ola Gjeilo, is also the pianist in this performance.00:00 Introduction00:20 01 -- One05:00 02 -- Two09:42 03 -- Three14:22 04 -- Four19:02 05 -- Five23:44 06 -- Six28:24 07 -- Seven33:05 08 -- Eight37:46 09 -- Nine42:27 10 -- Ten47:07 11 -- Eleven51:48 12 -- Twelve56:29 13 -- Thirteen1:01:10 14 -- Fourteen
Oscar Castro Neves Live At Blue Note Tokyo Rio Dawning Straussian 2017-12-04 | The regular album version of 'Rio Dawning' does not have vocals. This version, from 'Live at Blue Note Tokyo,' does have vocals.
Babettes Feast The Generals Toast Mercy and truth have met together Straussian 2014-10-15 | Mercy and truth have met together.Righteousness and bliss shall kiss one another.Man, in his weakness and shortsightedness...believes he must make choices in this life.He trembles at the risks he takes.We do know fear.But no.Our choice is of no importance.There comes a time when your eyes are opened.And we come to realize...that mercy is infinite.We need only await it with confidence...and receive it with gratitude.Mercy imposes no conditions.And, lo!Everything we have chosen...has been granted to us.And everything...we rejected...has also been granted.Yes, we even get back what we rejected.For mercy and truth are met together.And righteousness and bliss...shall kiss one another.++++++++++Babette's Feast (1987)"Babettes gæstebud" (original title)Director: Gabriel AxelGeneral Lorens Löwenhielm: Jarl Kulle++++++++++Perhaps it is a desecration to take this scene out of context, but it is so wonderful in context that it shall be risked. The General has just enjoyed the rarest of meals in the most unlikely of places. He makes an after dinner speech that is more of a sermon and prayer.
The Shawshank Redemption vs Pleasantville A/B Comparison Straussian 2014-10-13 | Arms up in the rain, view from above...A/B ComparisonThe Shawshank Redemption (1994) vs Pleasantville (1998)
A Charlie Brown Christmas versus The Calypso Singer A/B Comparison Straussian 2013-03-16 | A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)versusThe Calypso Singer (1965)
Leave It to Beaver theme versus Round and Round from The Fantasticks A/B comparison Straussian 2013-02-04 | A/B comparison of:The theme from 'Leave It to Beaver'VERSUSThe song 'Round and Round' from 'The Fantasticks'
Best Performance by a Movie Extra Category: Mugging for the Camera Straussian 2011-09-27 | My nominee is an extra in the homecoming parade scene from near the end of 'Animal House' (1978). He REALLY wants to be sure his friends can spot him when they see the movie. Sorry, I don't know his name.I hope others will post their nominees using the same title: Best Performance by a Film Extra. We should end up with hundreds of these (if not thousands). Self-nominations are great--how else will we find out about you?I used the category Film & Animation rather than Comedy or Entertainment. We could have some serious dramatic or musical or other kinds of performances, but they should all be performances by extras. Create your own sub-categories as you will.Let the highest Rating and View Counts win!And with all the great performances we will see, aren't we ALL winners? I ask YOU, Greg. (You know, Greg Marmalard? President of Omega house?).Dallas, TexasSeptember 2011
Millers Crossing Youre the big shot around here Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert Finney"You're the big shot around here, and I'm just some schnook [who] likes to get slapped around."
Millers Crossing Youre exactly as big as I let you be Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert Finney"You're exactly as big as I let you be and no bigger, and don't forget it ever."
Millers Crossing Youre a pathetic rumhead Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert Finney"You know if there was a market for little old ladies, you'd have Grandma Bernbaum first in line.""You're a pathetic rumhead.""And I love you, angel."
Millers Crossing You know I dont like to think Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert Finney"Come on, Tommy. You know I don't like to think.""Yeah. Well think about whether you should start."
Millers Crossing Yous fancy pants all o yuz Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert Finney
Millers Crossing Take your flunky and dangle Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert Finney
Millers Crossing So you want to kill him Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert Finney"So you wanna kill 'im.""For starters."
Millers Crossing People think hes scum. Well hes not. Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert Finney
Millers Crossing If youre going to laugh at me, to hell with you. Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert FinneyLeo -- Joy de veever.Tom -- Joie de vivre.
Millers Crossing Intimidating helpless women is part of what I do Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert Finney
Millers Crossing If looks, brains, and personality dont count Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert Finney
Millers Crossing I suppose you think you raised hell Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert Finney
Millers Crossing I admire a man of principle Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert Finney
Millers Crossing Dont get hysterical Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990) Director: Joel Coen Writers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert Finney
Millers Crossing Close your eyes ladies, Im coming through Albert Finney in drag Straussian 2011-09-04 | Miller's Crossing (1990)Director: Joel CoenWriters: Joel Coen, Ethan CoenStars: Gabriel Byrne, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, J.E. Freeman and Albert FinneyAdded 2011-09-06 -- Thanks to lozziecap, I found out about something I should have already known: There is an "Easter egg" in this scene; it is Albert Finney dressed up as a woman. Albert Finney's main role in the movie is, of course, as Leo, the head of all the gangsters (or whatever they might be metaphorically). He is not very hard to spot once you know to look for him. Thanks, lozziecap.
The Producers HEEEEELLLP! Straussian 2011-08-22 | The Producers (1968)Directed/Written by: Mel BrooksStarring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder
The Producers This is hardly a time for levity Straussian 2011-08-21 | The Producers (1968)Directed/Written by: Mel BrooksStarring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder
The Producers I want that money! Straussian 2011-08-21 | The Producers (1968)Directed/Written by: Mel BrooksStarring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder
The Producers An occasion like this calls for schnapps Straussian 2011-08-21 | The Producers (1968)Directed/Written by: Mel BrooksStarring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder
The Producers My friends call me LSD Straussian 2011-08-21 | The Producers (1968)Directed/Written by: Mel BrooksStarring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder
The Producers Lets assume you are a dishonest man Straussian 2011-08-21 | The Producers (1968) Directed/Written by: Mel Brooks Starring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder
The Producers I LOVE YOU Straussian 2011-08-21 | The Producers (1968) Directed/Written by: Mel Brooks Starring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder
The Producers Hitler...there was a painter Straussian 2011-08-21 | The Producers (1968)Directed/Written by: Mel BrooksStarring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder"Hitler, there was a painter. He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon. Two coats!"
The Producers Ill do it! Hell do it! Straussian 2011-08-21 | The Producers (1968) Directed/Written by: Mel Brooks Starring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder
The Producers Flaunt it! Flaunt it! Straussian 2011-08-21 | The Producers (1968)Directed/Written by: Mel BrooksStarring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder
The Producers This is an example of smartness here Straussian 2011-08-21 | The Producers (1968) Directed/Written by: Mel Brooks Starring: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder
I dont find this amusing, Guerrero Straussian 2011-08-21 | "The Man With Two Brains" (1983) starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner.Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin) is heading toward the operating room to perform brain surgery, but someone has given his surgical accouterment a lapin modification. You know--the bunny ears."I don't find this amusing, Guerrero."
I never in my wildest imagination ever thought it could be like that Straussian 2011-08-21 | "The Man With Two Brains" (1983) starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner. In this scene, Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin) and his new wife, Dolores Benedict (Kathleen Turner), nearly consummate their marriage. Dolores loves to mislead Michael as to when it will really be consummated; meanwhile, she has flings with gardeners, bell boys, etc. "I never in my wildest imagination ever thought it could be like that. That was the most exciting sexual encounter--without actually having it--that I ever almost had."
The Man With Two Brains citizens divorce Better Quality Straussian 2011-08-21 | "The Man With Two Brains" (1983) starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner.In this funny scene, Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin) has brought his wife, Dolores Benedict (Kathleen Turner), on a business trip to Europe to jump start their sex life. Unbeknownst to Michael, Dolores is an evil, scheming gold-digger who loves to frustrate her series of husbands while entertaining herself with a series of men friends. Michael discovers that Dolores has her own career--and he doesn't like it."This is the kind of thing that could ruin our marriage." "Why? Because you don't want me to work?"[This is a remake of a video I uploaded a few years ago. As of this upload, the older video had 21,744 views.]
The Man With Two Brains I want to make it up to you Straussian 2011-08-21 | "The Man With Two Brains" (1983) starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner.Dolores Benedict (Kathleen Turner) has frustrated her new husband, Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin), for the first six weeks of their marriage. She enjoys seeing his anxiety and frustration increase as she pretends that they are about to have sex and then each time let's him know she means later. This is while she is actually doing it with the gardener, the bell boy, etc. When she accidentally finds out that he has inherited a fortune (he doesn't know about it yet), she no longer wants him to divorce her. She decides to make it up to him--now."Later today?" "Now." "Right now or later now?" "Now now." "Wow wow.""I never knew it could be like that. So.... So.... Professional."
The Man With Two Brains do not disturb honeymoon Better Quality Straussian 2011-08-21 | "The Man With Two Brains" (1983) starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner.Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin) eagerly anticipates finally consummating his marriage to Dolores Benedict (Kathleen Turner). Dolores is an evil gold digger who delights in causing extreme frustration and anxiety in her series of wealthy husbands."That was the most exciting sexual encounter--without actually having it--that I ever almost had."[This is a remake of a video I uploaded a few years ago. As of this upload, the older video had 16,727 views.]
The Man With Two Brains drunk test is hard Better Quality Straussian 2011-08-20 | "The Man With Two Brains" (1983) starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner.Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin) is driving his dead wife, Dolores Benedict (Kathleen Turner), to a castle in order to swap her brain for the brain-in-a-jar of the woman he now loves (watch the movie, it sorta makes sense). During his frantic driving, the police stop the doctor for speeding. The drunk test turns out to be quite hard."Dead? My God! I better get her to a cemetery right away."[This is a remake of a video I uploaded a few years ago. That older version has 105,447 views at the time of this new upload.]
The Man With Two Brains just give me a sign Straussian 2011-08-20 | "The Man With Two Brains" (1983) starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner.Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin) has fallen in love with beautiful and kind (but secretly evil) Dolores Benedict (Kathleen Turner). He looks at a painting of his beloved, dead wife, Rebecca, and asks if there is anything wrong with his feelings for Dolores."Just give me a sign ... ... ... Just any kind of sign."
The Man With Two Brains little girl bystander Better Quality Straussian 2011-08-20 | "The Man With Two Brains" (1983) starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner.This is a very funny scene from near the beginning of the movie. Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr's (Steve Martin) car runs into Dolores Benedict (Kathleen Turner) and knocks her unconscious. He seeks help from a little girl bystander."It's not a subdural hematoma. It's epidural! Ha!"[This is a higher quality remake of the video I uploaded a few years ago. As of this upload, that video had 98,374 views.]
The Man With Two Brains might sound pompous Straussian 2011-08-20 | "The Man With Two Brains" (1983) starring Steve Martin and Kathleen Turner.Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr (Steve Martin), one of the top brain surgeons in the world, is driving while being interviewed by a reporter. He asks the reporter to read something back because he thinks it might make him sound pompous."Take out the 'probably.' It makes me sound wishy-washy."
The Night of the Hunter the river and childrens music Higher Quality Straussian 2011-08-19 | Scenes from the movie 'The Night of the Hunter.'This is a higher quality remake of a video I posted a few years ago (that earlier version had 42,655 views as of this posting). It contains four parts from John and Pearl's river journey; it leaves out the parts that do not have what I call the river music/children's music (that is, it leaves out almost all the Harry Powell/Robert Mitchum music--the darker stuff).In the 'old' days, when we just had VHS videotapes from Blockbuster, I used to rent 'The Night of the Hunter' occasionally just to watch the part where Pearl sings 'Once Upon a Time There Was a Pretty Fly.' This video begins with that part.IMDB.com, of course, has more information about the movie and the soundtrack. IMDB.com has this about Pearl's song:"Once Upon a Time There Was a Pretty Fly (Lullaby)"(1955) (uncredited)Music by Walter SchumannLyrics by Davis GrubbSung by Sally Jane Bruce (dubbed by Kitty White)The lyrics:Once upon a time there was a pretty fly.He had a pretty wife, this pretty fly,But one day she flew away, flew away.She had two pretty children,But one night these two pretty children flew away, flew away,Into the sky,Into the moon.Animal Bits0:57 spider web (John and Pearl are leaving the foreground web as Pearl sings an 'ominous' lullaby of the pretty fly who had a pretty wife; perhaps John and Pearl are like two pretty fly children leaving the Harry Powell spider web)1:11 toad (the 'land' version of a frog), sound of toad2:16 owl2:18 tortoise (the 'land' version of a turtle)2:39 two rabbits3:02 flock of sheep, sound of sheep3:24 one sheep, sound of sheep4:19 silhouette of bird in cage -- medium shot (while pretty lullaby is sung)4:26 silhouette of bird in cage -- close up4:54 four cows5:41 sound of whippoorwill, then dog barking6:02 dog barking7:03 the moon -- not an animal bit, but the fly children Pearl sung about flew into the moon 7:23 sound of fox barking, then seen in a tree7:33 sound of fox barking, then seen as it turns and leaves7:50 cricket/insect night noises8:42 rooster crows as we see heavenly clouds -- a new day has dawned
My favorite Brahms Ballade Op. 10 No. 4 Straussian 2011-07-12 | MUSICJohannes BrahmsBalladeOpus 10, Number 4PERFORMANCEPaul Cantrell(see In The Hands at http://innig.net/music/inthehands)I highly recommend that you download this performance.It is a free download from:http://innig.net/music/inthehands/category/recordings/brahmsIMAGESNational Aeronautics andSpace Administration (NASA)(see NASA.gov)NOTE 1 -- Copyrighted Music PerformancePaul Cantrell's performance is copyrighted by Paul Cantrell with this Creative Commons designation:Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5)Paul Cantrell's copyrighted performance is being used without his knowledge, at the time I put this video together in July, 2011, or endorsement.As mentioned above, a very high quality download of this performance is available for free from:http://innig.net/music/inthehands/category/recordings/brahmsAt the end of this video, if your volume isn't set high enough, you may wonder why there are images but no sound.The final sustained chord (with a final note joining the already sustained chord) lasts about 40 seconds, and it gets softer and softer. It starts at about 11:01 and ends at about 11:41. NOTE 2 -- ImagesImages used in this video were obtained from the NASA.gov website. The NASA images used are in the public domain and are NOT copyrighted, as far as I can tell, according to the information on the NASA.gov website and one of their videos here on YouTube.NASA does not endorse this video and had no prior knowledge ofits creation; I just downloaded a few of their videos and used them in THIS video.NASA.gov Video clips used whole or in part (in order):1 Solar Dynamics Observatory -- Year One2 Zooming in on Omega Centauri Stellar Motion3 Hubble 20th -- Carina Nebula4 Spacecraft Image Mashup Shows Galactic Collision5 Fermi discovers giant bubbles in Milky Way6 Swift M31 Video Tour7 Swift Finds 'Missing' Active Galaxies8 Crab Nebula -- A Flickering X-Ray Candle9 Webb Telescope -- Planetary Evolution10 Massive Solar Eruption Close-Up11 The Halloween Solar Storm of 2003NOTE 3 -- PersonalI put this video together to try to bring this performance by Paul Cantrell to as wide an audience as possible. Why? Simply because I enjoy it so much and believe that others will enjoy it, too--they just haven't heard it yet.I don't know Mr. Cantrell at all, but when searching for different versions of the Brahms Ballade, Opus 10, Number 4, a Google search found Mr. Cantrell's beautifully played and beautifully recorded performance.There are many wonderful performances of this Ballade--Thank You, Mr. Brahms--but this is easily my favorite. My second favorite is by Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli whose performance of the Adagio from Ravel's Piano Concerto is probably my favorite piece of recorded music.Mr. Cantrell's perfomance is quite a bit slower than all the other performances I found, but I am completely taken by it. I am also deeply impressed by the homemade recording and recording technique used for this performance and that Mr. Cantrell describes in great detail on his website.I should mention, perhaps, that I am not a professional in any field related to music or music performance. I am an occasionally enthusiastic fan of music of all types, though you might find that my favorites tend toward romantic or minor key or bittersweet or melancholy or angst-ridden or epiphanic.
Joseph Cross great song by Eric Taylor Straussian 2009-02-12 | The great song "Joseph Cross" by Eric Taylor from his 1981 album "Shameless Love." I bought the album that year, and this song has been a favorite of mine ever since. Joseph Cross (6:15) Vocal, Guitar: Eric Taylor Cello: John Hagen Joseph Cross lyrics (from the LP inner sleeve) There's word from the café that the old mans ailin' His eyes are pailin' and the weather took his hands They say the ring on his finger was shaped from a bone from some white man in Missouri that spilled whiskey on his wife [chorus] He has traveled in a sacred circle and he has traveled on a white man's train He's killed for hunger his buffalo brother He's killed for anger and a white man's name His name was Joseph Cross and he was raised by the mission Just one of a hundred Indian boys that wouldn't tie his shoes He cried the night his grandpa died and told him in a vision "Stay close to the ways of the rattlesnake stay close to the ways of the grizzly." [repeat chorus] In the 1919 chill of December the bear and the rattler coil sleepin' hardly breathin' It's a penny to the kitchen boy to run get sister Lydia "Now you tell her that old Indian is sleepin', hardly breathin'." [repeat chorus] Someone said it just weren't right to give him a white man's funeral. Someone said they'd just as soon as not float him on down the river But no one touched the ring and no one said a thing about his chest where it looked like a bear had ripped him and a rattler kissed his cheek. [repeat chorus] Because . . . [repeat second verse]
Calico Come On Down To Texas (1976) Straussian 2008-08-13 | "Come On Down To Texas" by the band Calico. The audio is from an old single I bought in the 1970s, so it does have some extra noise. As a kid I didn't have much money for records, and the few I bought were things like Yes, Genesis, and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. I did like Jerry Jeff Walker and Michael Murphy, but I couldn't afford to buy their albums. One of the very few singles I bought was this one by Calico because I liked the song so much.
The Regard of Flight 07 Free Association Segment Straussian 2007-12-12 | "The Regard of Flight" (1983) is a wonderful 45 minute comedy play with three performers: Bill Irwin, Michael O'Connor, and Doug Skinner. In this clip, Doug Skinner (narrator/musician) introduces the free association segment. Later, we have dance segments and a stark kinetic energy segment. Bill Irwin (The Actor) and Michael O'Connor (The Critic) discuss hat tricks (or "hat moves" as we prefer to call them) and theatrical devices. (The video is pixelated from the beginning until about the 1:08 mark.)
The Regard of Flight 20 The Rise of the Actor as Poet Straussian 2007-12-12 | "The Regard of Flight" (1983) is a wonderful 45 minute comedy play with three performers: Bill Irwin, Michael O'Connor, and Doug Skinner. In this clip, Doug Skinner (narrator/musician) mentions the decline of the role of the playwright, the rise of the actor as poet, dramaturgical vetriliquism, and the empty polish of conventional theater. This is followed by Bill Irwin (The Actor) and Michael O'Connor (The Critic) discussing the symbolism used in the play to that point.
The Regard of Flight 23 Second Homesickness Song Straussian 2007-12-12 | "The Regard of Flight" (1983) is a wonderful 45 minute comedy play with three performers: Bill Irwin, Michael O'Connor, and Doug Skinner. In this clip, Doug Skinner plays the "Second Homesickness Song" as a ukulele solo. The song is, I believe, "When You're a Long Long Way from Home" by Sam Lewis and George Meyer, published in 1914.
