Useless quote for 16 December: "… Audiences want to support artists, which is pretty much how it's always been except during the last 100 years where it's turned into this really vicious, cutthroat, nasty business with all these blood-thirsty, parasitic middle-men." ~ Nina Paley, speaking at "Power to the Pixel: The Cross-Media Film Forum", October 2009 in London, UK Link to video: Link to Power To The Pixel:

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It's 1977 in Brain DJ land, and the rhythm section of The Rumour is in the studio playing reggae with Elvis (not that one) and Steve Nieve – Elvis Costello, "Watching the Detectives" (1977) #Music #ElvisCostello

Useless quote for 15 December: "Power expands through the distribution of secrecy." ~ John le Carré (David John Moore Cornwell, in an interview with Pip Ayers The Daily Mail, (updated 15 July 2011) Link to source (list):

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Baroque Sunday Morning, with a sonata from the late baroque period – Francesco Maria Veracini (1690 -1768), "Sonata duodecima in F major", Op. 1 No.12 (1721) Performed by Musica Antiqua Roma archlute: Luca Pianca cello: Marco Ceccato harpsichord: Ottaviano Tenerani violin: Riccardo Minasi Recorded in Santa Maria in Portico di Fontegiusta, Siena, Italy, March 2008. #Music #BaroqueSundayMorning #BaroqueMusic #FrancescoMariaVeracini

Useless quote for 14 December: "Natural, reckless, correct skill; Yesterday's clarity is today's stupidity" ~ Ikkyū (一休宗純, Ikkyū Sōjun; 1394-1481) From "Ikkyū and the Crazy Cloud Anthology: A Zen Poet of Medieval Japan" by Sonja Arntzen (1986) #UselessQuote #Ikkyuū #一休宗純

Listen to a bit of Suzi Quatro and the Brain DJ heads off to the 1970s for more. Nice to wake up to this, though! Suzi Quatro, "The Wild One" (1974) #Music #SuziQuatro

Useless quote for 13 December: "Enter and see, Salute the Door, your Exit shall be free." ~ John Cleveland (1613-1658), in his poem "The Publick Faith" (1656?) Link to poem: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A33421.0001.001/1:23?rgn=div1;view=fulltext #UselessQuote #JohnCleveland