Archive for 'Daily Ramble' Category
124 Main Street Centerbrook, CT 06409
We’ve moved up to the country baby… gonna paint our mailbox blue… Map: 124 Main Street Centerbrook, CT 06409
Group Survival
Holidays often bring us together with people who share vastly different opinion and philosophy from us. One can argue, or find common ground. One thing I know is the survival of groups – be it from a scientific and evolutionary perspective, social or religious perspective; Groups only survive when their members learn how to take [...]
Time Travel
I’ve heard men say time travel isn’t possible. This past weekend I discovered it is real. I went to an outdoor music festival with my son. I saw myself at 18, standing there among the crowds. I heard myself at 18 singing along to the music. I felt my awkwardness at 18 trying to meet [...]
Taking Bin Laden’s Side
Nick Kristoff, award winning jounalist from the New York Times has writtn a brilliant article on the proposed “Near Ground Zero Mosque”. The article an be found here – http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/opinion/22kristof.html?_r=1#
Alicia Keys in Africa – Bringing AIDS Antiretroviral Drugs To Those In Need
I Am the Captain of My Soul
My Mother used to quote this poem to me when I was a child. I hadn’t heard it since, until recently, spoken by actor Morgan Freeman in the trailer to the film Invictus, while I’ve yet to see. Invictus by William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from [...]
Jitterbug Waltz
I adore Fats Waller’s Jitterbug Waltz. As I continue on my journey to become a “real” pianist, it is one of the tunes I really enjoy playing. Here’s my latest version – http://www.socci.com/jitterbug06.mp3 And for a recording of the master Fats Waller, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1R0vWC9PzM
Bipolar Caravan
This is an aural experiment I did one day, playing alto and tenor and recording to my laptop with a CAD E100 microphone and Mackie preamp. The effects were created in Audacity. Trip and enjoy. http://www.socci.com/bipolarcaravan.mp3
My Piano
I’m not a professional pianist. While the saxophone is my main axe, and the one I used to earn a living with, lately I’m more at home on the piano. When I return to the saxophone, the things I’ve worked out on the piano are there for me. My chops get a little rusty – [...]
Our Nuclear Arsenal
Ben from Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream for TrueMajority.org