“Yes, that was another very important full stop for me, actually. In fact, that was the most valuable one, because a particular incident happened while I was convalescing. (That's when I got this scar, actually, from that accident.) A friend of mine came over to see me, and I was confined to bed, I couldn’t move. But as she left she said, ‘Shall I put a record on?’ And I said please. And she put a record on, and then left. The record was much too quiet. But I couldn’t reach to turn it up. And it was raining outside, and so – it was a record of 18th century harp music, I remember. And so I lay there at first kind of frustrated by this situation. But then I started listening to the rain, and listening to these odd notes of the harp that were just loud enough to be heard above the rain. And this was a great musical experience for me, and I suddenly thought of this idea of making music that didn’t impose itself on your space in the same way, but created a sort of landscape that you could belong to, you could be part of. And this, I called this – I pompously gave it a new name, which I called ‘ambient music.’ And it became – something I no longer recognize.”
axenicely
Eno was interviewed in June, 2011 by Riz Khan on his show, "One on One." The full interview (25 min) can be seen on the Al Jazeera website: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/oneonone/2011/06/20116313403611848.html
“Yes, that was another very important full stop for me, actually. In fact, that was the most valuable one, because a particular incident happened while I was convalescing. (That's when I got this scar, actually, from that accident.) A friend of mine came over to see me, and I was confined to bed, I couldn’t move. But as she left she said, ‘Shall I put a record on?’ And I said please. And she put a record on, and then left. The record was much too quiet. But I couldn’t reach to turn it up. And it was raining outside, and so – it was a record of 18th century harp music, I remember. And so I lay there at first kind of frustrated by this situation. But then I started listening to the rain, and listening to these odd notes of the harp that were just loud enough to be heard above the rain. And this was a great musical experience for me, and I suddenly thought of this idea of making music that didn’t impose itself on your space in the same way, but created a sort of landscape that you could belong to, you could be part of. And this, I called this – I pompously gave it a new name, which I called ‘ambient music.’ And it became – something I no longer recognize.”
“Yes, that was another very important full stop for me, actually. In fact, that was the most valuable one, because a particular incident happened while I was convalescing. (That's when I got this scar, actually, from that accident.) A friend of mine came over to see me, and I was confined to bed, I couldn’t move. But as she left she said, ‘Shall I put a record on?’ And I said please. And she put a record on, and then left. The record was much too quiet. But I couldn’t reach to turn it up. And it was raining outside, and so – it was a record of 18th century harp music, I remember. And so I lay there at first kind of frustrated by this situation. But then I started listening to the rain, and listening to these odd notes of the harp that were just loud enough to be heard above the rain. And this was a great musical experience for me, and I suddenly thought of this idea of making music that didn’t impose itself on your space in the same way, but created a sort of landscape that you could belong to, you could be part of. And this, I called this – I pompously gave it a new name, which I called ‘ambient music.’ And it became – something I no longer recognize.”
updated 11 years ago
“Yes, that was another very important full stop for me, actually. In fact, that was the most valuable one, because a particular incident happened while I was convalescing. (That's when I got this scar, actually, from that accident.) A friend of mine came over to see me, and I was confined to bed, I couldn’t move. But as she left she said, ‘Shall I put a record on?’ And I said please. And she put a record on, and then left. The record was much too quiet. But I couldn’t reach to turn it up. And it was raining outside, and so – it was a record of 18th century harp music, I remember. And so I lay there at first kind of frustrated by this situation. But then I started listening to the rain, and listening to these odd notes of the harp that were just loud enough to be heard above the rain. And this was a great musical experience for me, and I suddenly thought of this idea of making music that didn’t impose itself on your space in the same way, but created a sort of landscape that you could belong to, you could be part of. And this, I called this – I pompously gave it a new name, which I called ‘ambient music.’ And it became – something I no longer recognize.”
Puzzle code :
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“The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it, you think it's real 'cause that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down, and round and round, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud. And it's fun for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question, ‘Is this real, or is this just a ride?’ And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and they say, ‘Hey, don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because – this is just a ride.’”
HAYES: All right, Senator Sanders, let me start with this. There was another example this weekend of some really upsetting violence at a Trump rally -- a Trump supporter beating up a protester. He was arrested. And this comes in the wake of a lot of protests, the roadblock to an event.
There are some commentators who are saying, as responsible as Donald Trump is for what is happening at his rallies, that the protest efforts now at those rallies -- the disruptions, the blockages -- are essentially playing into his hand. What do you think of that?
SANDERS: Well, look, I think, you know, that Trump has been incredibly divisive. I think he has insulted almost every group in America. I think his policies are outrageous. But in America, people have a right to hold rallies. So, I think my own feeling is it is absolutely appropriate for thousands of people to protest at a Trump rally, but I am not a great fan of disrupting rallies. So, people want to be outside, they want to talk about attacks on Mexicans, his outrageous attacks on Muslims, on women, on African-Americans, that is absolutely appropriate. But I think in some ways you're right. I think it plays into Trump's hands. It's counterproductive. Protests yes, disruptions, no.
HAYES: That is not the answer I would have expected from you.
SANDERS: Why not? I don't believe -- You know, people have a right to give a speech. People have a right to protest. But I'm not great fan of disrupting people's speeches.
The images are paintings in the style of the Hudson River School (except A1):
A1) Lullaby - Francis Day (1829-89)
A2) Home in the Woods (1847) - Thomas Cole (1801-48)
A3) The Garden of Eden (1828) - Thomas Cole
B1-B4) The Voyage of Life (1840): Childhood, Youth, Manhood, Old Age - Thomas Cole
C1) Lullaby - Francis Day
C2) The Picnic (1846) - Thomas Cole
C3) Dream of Arcadia (1838) - Thomas Cole
C4) The Return (1838) - Thomas Cole
D1) Expulsion from the Garden of Eden (1828) - Thomas Cole
D2) Expulsion (1828) - Moon and Firelight - Thomas Cole
D3) Twilight in the Wilderness (1860) - Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900)
D4) Sunset (1856) - Frederic Edwin Church
D5) Twilight in the Wilderness (1865) - Alfred Bricher (1837-1908)
D6) Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came (1859) - Thomas Moran (1837-1926)
D7) A Country Home (1854) - Frederic Edwin Church
D8) Twilight, Short Arbiter Twixt Day and Night (1850) - Frederic Edwin Church
E1) Moonlight (1834) - Thomas Cole
E2) Ruins in a Landscape (1828) - Thomas Doughty
E3) El Rio de Luz (1877) - Frederic Edwin Church
E4) Lake George (1869) - John Frederick Kensett (1816-72)
E5) Sommerliche Flusslandschaft an einem Bauerngehöft - Paul Weber (1823-1916)
E6) View in the Catskill Mountains (1864) - Asher Durand (1796-1886)
E7) Forest Sunrise - Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)
F1) Mount Ktaadn (1853) - Frederic Edwin Church
F2) Autumn (1860) - On the Hudson River - Jasper Cropsey (1823-1900)
F3) Harvest Scene in the Delaware Valley (1867) - George Inness (1825-94)
F4) Landscape with Sheep - Robert Duncanson (1821-72)
F5) Landscape - Albert Bierstadt
F6) Indian at Sunset (1847) - Thomas Cole
In this video, the two "expulsion" paintings by Thomas Cole (D1 & D2) have been flipped horizontally.
Elegant and informative Thomas Cole site:
http://www.explorethomascole.org
Video clips from 'Delusional Downtown Divas'
Girls don't want to play like that
Just want to talk to the boys
Just want to do what's in their hearts
And the girls want to be with the girls
And the boys say, "What do you mean?"
The boys say, "What do you mean?"
Well, there's just no love
When there's boys and girls
And the girls want to be with the girls
The girls want to be with the girls
Girls want things that make common sense
The best for all concerned
Don't want to have to go out of their way
And the girls want to be with the girls
Girls are getting into abstract analysis
Would like to make an intuitive leap
They're making plans that have far-reaching effects
And the girls want to be with the girls
And the boys say, "What do you mean?"
The boys say, "What do you mean?"
Well, there's just no love
When there's boys and girls
And girls want to be with the girls
Yes, the girls want to be with the girls
(Watch when they do...)
http://bit.ly/1fvtbBB. Appearing in the video are Dr. Gabor Maté and Jamison Monroe. The article that Maté refers to is "The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder" by Alan Schwarz, NY Times, 12/14/2003. It can be read here: http://nyti.ms/18sGq6P. Schwarz also appears in the segment.
Full video (18 min): http://www.pgatour.com/video.html/2013/05/12/woods-news-conference-after-winning-the-players
Transcript: http://web.tigerwoods.com/news/article/2013051247383326/news
Q: Four wins in May, I think the last time you did that was when you were talking about, when you won a few majors after that. How does this compare in your career, this little stretch that you're on now? Where are you putting it so far, and are you surprised?
You take care of me, won't you, Peter?
You take care of me when I go.
I don't want to be walking around Like That.
Don't do it til you're sure I am coming back.
I'm gonna try not to.
I'm gonna try not to come back.
I'm gonna try not to.
Roger: Scott H. Reiniger
Peter: Ken Foree
You take care of me, won't you, Peter?
You take care of me when I go.
I don't want to be walking around Like That.
Don't do it til you're sure I am coming back.
I'm gonna try not to.
I'm gonna try not to come back.
I'm gonna try not to.
Roger: Scott H. Reiniger
Peter: Ken Foree
Alice Walker: "Well, I feel very happy. I feel that we actually moved closer to Gaza. We didn't get to Gaza, of course, but the people will know that we made every effort to get there. And so I feel that we succeeded. I feel that we have won whatever victory there was. It was in our doing this together, peacefully, and more or less happily, and now we're going back to port."
Reporter: Aaron Maté
Activists: Alice Walker (1:36), Gail Miller (1:43), Hedy Epstein (1:58), Ken Mayers (2:08), Ann Wright (2:40), Medea Benjamin (2:43)
Full report: http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/6/audacity_of_hope_inside_report_aboard
Background info from Wikipedia:
"Freedom Flotilla II -- Stay Human" was a flotilla [10 ships with 1000 activists] that planned to break the maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip by Israel by sailing to Gaza [from Greece] on 5 July 2011. Ultimately, the sailing did not take place. [...]
The flotilla was publicly opposed by the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Canada, the Middle East Quartet (consisting of the European Union, Russia, the United Nations, and the United States), and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. [...]
Greece forbade the vessels from leaving its ports, citing safety concerns [...]
On 1 July, the American-manned flotilla boat, [The] Audacity of Hope, which was not carrying any aid, sailed from Perama in violation of the Greek ban. It was intercepted after about ten minutes by an armed Hellenic Coast Guard boat and two Zodiac speedboats. An hours-long standoff ensued, with the coast guard initially trying to persuade the boat to turn back. Eventually, the boat was boarded by armed coast guard personnel and escorted to a Greek naval facility.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Flotilla_II
The paintings are 17th century Dutch ("Dutch Golden Age") :
The Suitor's Visit - Gerard ter Borch (1617-81)
The Duet: Singer and Lutenist - Gerard ter Borch
Duet - Frans van Mieris (1635-81)
A Young Woman Composing Music - Gabriel Metsu (1629-69)
Presentation of the Medallion - Caspar Netscher (1639-84)
The Hunter and a Woman - Gabriel Metsu
Breakfast - Gabriel Metsu
The Intruder - Gabriel Metsu
Musical Company in an Interior (*) - Jacob Ochtervelt (1634-82)
The Chess Players - Cornelis de Man (1621-1706)
Young Woman Drinking (*) - Pieter de Hooch (1629-84)
Maidservant at the Window - Gerrit Dou (1613-75)
(*) The image was cropped for an enlarged subject.
The images are paintings by Edward Hopper: Automat 1927, Summertime 1943, New York Movie 1939, New York Office 1962, City Sunlight 1954, Chop Suey 1929, People in the Sun 1960, Nighthawks 1942, Drug Store 1927, Room in New York 1932, Summer Interior 1909.
Silverman's opening monologue at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards WAS at http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/151702/sarah-silverman-disses-paris-and-rips-hollywood-a-new.jhtml -- and the Paris Hilton joke was at 3:36 -- but no longer.
The joke can now (2017/7/22) be seen at http://www.mtv.com/video-clips/zp7ojk/movie-awards-2007-movie-awards-confidential-paris-hilton -- at 1:30.
Synergy website: http://synergy-emusic.com
The full segment can be seen at:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/40363218#40363218
"Is depression manufactured? Two decades after the introduction of antidepressants, it's become commonplace to assume that our sadness can be explained in terms of a disease called depression. The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that more than 14 million Americans suffer from major depression every year and more than three million suffer from minor depression. Some 30 million Americans take antidepressants at a cost of over $10 billion a year. Gary Greenberg argues that while depression can be debilitating, it has also been largely manufactured by doctors and drug companies as a medical condition with a biological cause that can be treated with prescription medication."
Unedited interview: http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/1/gary_greenberg_manufacturing_depression_the_secret
The full debate can be viewed at http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/FaceOff/. This excerpt starts at 6:44 in the segment entitled "Science Can Explain Life."
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In a blog post dated Oct 12, 2012 (http://is.gd/GgmEpp), Sam Harris wrote:
"And, unlike many neuroscientists and philosophers, I remain agnostic on the question of how consciousness is related to the physical world. There are, of course, very good reasons to believe that it is an emergent property of brain activity, just as the rest of the human mind obviously is. But we know nothing about how such a miracle of emergence might occur."