There’s a virus infecting our politics and right now it’s flourishing with a scarlet heat. It feeds on fear, paranoia and bigotry. All that was required for it to spread was a timely opportunity — and an opportunist with no scruples. Continue reading
Source: Trump, His Virus and the Dark Age of Unreason – BillMoyers.com
As I listen more to French singers performing songs they’ve translated from English, I’m becoming fascinated by the inherent complexities of that process. Even in a proper translation, a song’s rhyme and poetic qualities may suffer.
In a poor translation, a song’s meaning can be completely lost. “It’s like searching for the best path through the forest which must satisfy several conflicting criteria,” says Russian translator Stanislov Korotyginit, “It must be the shortest path, the nicest and the safest. And you have to meet the wolf on the way.”
A show at the Pompidou Center in Paris, “Beat Generation: New York, San Francisco, Paris,” is the first major retrospective on the Beats since the 1990s.
Source: The Beats’ Countercultural Ferment Still Bubbles, in Paris – The New York Times
Not long after Toots Thielemans came up with his inspired jazz tune Bluesette in 1961, his style caught the ear of a young Dutch whistler named Geert Chatrou.
Source: How Toots Thielemans inspired a champion whistler from the Netherlands | Public Radio International
More wonderful photographs of Paris by Tom Plevnik. Take a look at his amazing work by clicking the image below.
Today I booked a hotel and air ticket to Paris. See you on 21. October.
Heaven has a new angel, and Jesus can this one whistle a tune.
Belgian jazz legend Toots Thielemans has passed away. Just yesterday, I was online checking the dates of the Toots Thielsmans Jazz Festival which takes place annually at La Hulpe, Belgium. I was hoping to attend next summer, and wondered if Toots would still be able to perform his magic.
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