Useless quote for 10 December: "I don't think that it's possible to have a truly rewarding experience in travel if it's simple." ~ Paul Theroux, in a 2013 interview with Veronica Gould Stoddart, "Author Paul Theroux on his final African journey", USA Today, 23 May 2013 Link to source:

Author Paul Theroux on his final African journey

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Back to the 1970s we go with the Brain DJ, for all those who were young then – Wreckless Eric, "Whole Wide World" (1977) #Music #WrecklessEric

Useless quote for 9 December: "The pundits of the status quo have in common with all dominating classes and hegemonic powers the assumption that the existing world is the only realistic world, and no alternative world is possible." ~ Issa Gulamhussein Shivji, in "Silences in NGO Discourse: The Role and Future of NGOs in Africa" (2007) #UselessQuote #IssaGShivji

The Brain DJ is now going though the 1950s, for whatever reason. Good song, though! Bo Diddley, "Who Do You Love?" (1956) That's not a Bo Diddley beat, though. Sounds more like rockabilly … #Music #BoDiddley

Useless quote for 8 December: "It is the very nature of this vice, which is neither based on personal merit nor on virtue, but on riches, posts, influence, and useless knowledge, to render a man as supercilious to those who are below him as to over-value those who are of a loftier rank than they themselves are." ~ Jean de La Bruyère, (1645-1696), in "Des biens de fortune" (Of the Gifts of Fortune) from "Les Caractères" (1688), trans. Henry Van Laun, 1885 #UselessQuote #JeanDeLaBruyère

Daily Haiku Prompt for 6 December: cherries (South) one or two or three in a cluster of cherries? Some more to make sure … #DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #Poetry

Baroque Sunday Morning, and more from the late baroque. I just feel like listening to a Bach piece played well – Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), "Trio sonata for flute, violin and continuo" (Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale) from Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079 (1747) Performed by the Netherlands Bach Society at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam on 6th July 2020. violin: Shunske Sato traverso: Marten Root viola da gamba: Mieneke van der Velden fortepiano: Leo van Doeselaar #Music #BaroqueSundayMorning #BaroqueMusic #JohannSebastianBach #Bach

Useless quote for 7 December: "Have you forgotten what we were like then when we were still first rate and the day came fat with an apple in its mouth" ~ Frank O'Hara, from his poem "Animals" (1950), in "The Collected Poems of Frank O’Hara" (1971) Link to full poem:

Frank O'Hara.org

Frank O'Hara.org - Poems

ANIMALS Have you forgotten what we were like then when we were still first rate and the day came fat with an apple in its mouth it's no use wo...

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Good morning, Saturday! We've been invited by Theresacityinmymind (@Theresacityinmymind) to post live performances as part of "Saturday On Stage" to complete the music week! Phi-Psonics, "First Step" (2020; live at Zebulon, Los Angeles, in 2023) "deeply soulful music [that] draws on jazz and classical influences" ~ Godwana Records profile* * Link to band profile:

Gondwana Records

Phi-Psonics - Gondwana Records

#Music #SaturdayOnStage #AvanteGardeJazz # PhiPsonics #SethFordYoung

This morning the Brain DJ has skipped back to the 1960s, but I don't mind because I like this one – Small Faces, "Song of a Baker" (1968, mono) #Music #SmallFaces