Category Archives: Art

The Coffee Shop: L.A. – Before First Light

Posted on July 25, 2016 by wordcloud9

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. But in an open thread, … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: REVISITING

Posted on July 22, 2016 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD On Friday, July 24, 2015, my very first “Word Cloud” appeared at Flowers for Socrates. There’s been another one every Friday since, so I’ve now posted 52 profiles at this site. The first poet I wrote about … Continue reading →

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A Tribute to Isaac Stern

Posted on July 21, 2016 by wordcloud9

Happy Birthday, Isaac Stern! At the Polar Music Prize Banquet in 2000, 80-year- old Isaac Stern played “Liebeslied” by Fritz Kreisler. He and Bob Dylan were that year’s recipients. Isaac Stern was born on July 21, 1920, in what is … Continue reading →

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Political Correctness & how plagiarism goes off the light rails at the RNC

Posted on July 20, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Apparently the revolution will be televised, but the counter-revolution comes from a “series of tubes”. And it will be led by a pernicious Political Correctness (PC) that can only be eradicated by a strong, fearless, leader for the genuinely uninformed. … Continue reading →

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Soul Sacrifice

Posted on July 20, 2016 by wordcloud9

Happy Birthday, Carlos Santana! Carlos Santana was born on July 20, 1947, in Autlán de Navarro, Mexico. He moved to San Francisco in the early 1960s. This guitarist-songwriter formed the Santana Blues Band in 1966, but it became known later as Santana. His music blends … Continue reading →

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Music: First Heard on July 19, 1942

Posted on July 19, 2016 by wordcloud9

On July 19, 1942, Symphony No. 7, the “Leningrad” Symphony, by Dmitri Shostakovich, performed for the first time in the U.S. by Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra.    

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The Coffee Shop: Pursued by The FURIES

Posted on July 18, 2016 by wordcloud9

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. But in an open thread, … Continue reading →

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First Heard: ‘Water Music’

Posted on July 17, 2016 by wordcloud9

I don’t envy Royalty very often – I’ve never had a lust for power, and most of the job just looks tedious and stuffy to me. But I would love to be able to say, “I’m going to be boating … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: July 17, 2016

Posted on July 17, 2016 by wordcloud9

July 17th is Peach Ice Cream Day Yellow Pig Day Mathematicians obsess over the number 17. The Yellow Pig was the brainchild of Princeton math majors Michael Spivak and David C. Kelly in the 1960s, while they were working on an … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – SOL3 MIO (music videos)

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From SOL3 MIO: Made up of two tenor brothers, Pene and Amitai Pati from Mangere, New Zealand and their North Shore baritone cousin Moses … Continue reading →

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