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SEPTEMBER 1913 What need you, being come to sensebut fumble in a...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:09:00 -0400

SEPTEMBER 1913

What need you, being come to sense
but fumble in a greasy till
and add the halfpence to the pence
and prayer to shivering prayer until
you’ve dried the marrow from the bone
for men were born to pray and save, pray and save
Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone
It’s with O’Leary in the grave, in the grave

Yet they were of a different kind,
the names that stilled your childish play
They have gone about the world like wind
but little time had they to pray
for whom the hangman’s rope was spun
and what, God help us, could they save, could they save?
Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone
It’s with O’Leary in the grave, in the grave

Was it for this the wild geese spread?
The grey, grey wing on every tide
For this that all the blood was shed?
For this Fitzgerald died?
And Robert Emmett and Wolfe Tone
- all that delirium of the brave, of the brave
Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone
It’s with O’Leary in the grave, in the grave

Yet could we turn the years again
and recall those exiles as they were
in all their loneliness and pain
you’d cry “Some woman’s yellow hair
has maddened every mother’s son!”
They weighed so lightly what they gave, what they gave
But let them be, they’re dead and gone
They’re with O’Leary in the grave, in the grave
Let them be, they’re dead and gone
They’re with O’Leary in the grave, in the grave
Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone
It’s with O’Leary in the grave, in the grave

lyrics: Mike Scott

painting: John O’Leary by John Butler Yeats

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:13:00 -0500

As Galileo receded from its second flyby of Earth on December 16...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:59:00 -0500

As Galileo receded from its second flyby of Earth on December 16 and 17, 1992, it captured this sequence of Earth rotating as the Moon zipped by on its orbit. There are 56 frames in total, each separated by 15 minutes, spanning about 14 hours.

(via Galileo view of an Earth-Moon conjunction | The Planetary Society)

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:58:01 -0500

Feeling blue this Valentine’s? Take comfort,...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:15:00 -0500

Feeling blue this Valentine’s? Take comfort, friend.

above: Concept Ben and Jerry’s ice cream flavours by Jon Defreest (via adammadam)

below: Tom Waits - Blue Valentine

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole. -Samuel...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:53:52 -0500

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

-Samuel Richardson

Photo

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:36:43 -0500

Bob Marley by Ben Heine “Life and Jah are one in the same....

Wed, 06 Feb 2013 09:48:50 -0500

Bob Marley by Ben Heine

“Life and Jah are one in the same. Jah is the gift of existence. I am in some way eternal, I will never be duplicated. The singularity of every man and woman is Jah’s gift. What we struggle to make of it is our sole gift to Jah.”

Highlight reel of 2-year old hoops sharpshooter has everything...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:15:00 -0500

Highlight reel of 2-year old hoops sharpshooter has everything we want in a viral video.

And yes, I have to admit: seeing such accuracy on display from a child the age of my own boy does rouse my inner tiger dad.

“Honey, don’t put him to bed just yet! We need to practice!”

On a positive tip, still Ruffin. “Besides roaches and...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:40:00 -0500

On a positive tip, still Ruffin.

“Besides roaches and rats, we birth scholars. My daughter got a 4 in Italian, a proud father is what i be, a G’s what I was born. My stepping stones turn into stairs when I perform. My lessons form visuals, visible in a storm. Accept the wrong and live with the sh— you do in the morn.” -Guappy

The video above captures a recent moment from WBAI’s legendary Underground Railroad radio show, in which DJ 3D was joined by Guappy Ruffin, Smoothe da Hustler, Tony Steele, Jewels Anate and Neno Best. In this clip we see Guap and Smoothe get busy, build and destroy during their freestyle spots. Check out that fire from these Brooklyn originals, plus below, hear Guappy, Jewels and Steele on “Nothing to Lose” from the forthcoming Bucktown USA project produced by San Antonio slinger Maserati Marcus aka The Kid Mazi.

Dig this brass attack on the Erik B and Rakim classic...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:30:00 -0500

Dig this brass attack on the Erik B and Rakim classic “Follow the Leader.”

via Modern Groove Assembly:

All Original Music written and arranged by Steve Catanzaro, featuring:

Hodges, James, and Smith, Vocals
Oscar Brashear, Trumpet
Louis Taylor, Tenor Saxophone
Stewart Killen, Percussion
Sekou Bunch, Bass
DJ Theory, Turntables
Steve Catanzaro, Keys and Programming
Joe Swafford, Additional Programming

Willowy street dancer Charles “Lil Buck” Riley has...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:30:00 -0500

Willowy street dancer Charles “Lil Buck” Riley has mesmerized audiences across the world, collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma and been featured in a Janelle Monáe video. Here the Memphis Jook master pays homage to Fred Astaire’s classic ceiling dance from the film Royal Wedding. As a new father, talents like Riley make me wonder if in addition to all the other things I should be doing, I should make it a priority to be a graceful as possible whenever my impressionable toddler is watching. Wouldn’t that be something!

New Orleans jazz casket via

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:11:42 -0500

New Orleans jazz casket via

Amazingly and inevitably, the directions to the new SF Jazz...

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:11:00 -0500

Amazingly and inevitably, the directions to the new SF Jazz Center are the same as those countless have taken to get to NYC’s Carnegie Hall: “Practice.” And that got us wondering. A year ago “12-year old trumpet sensation” Gabriel Angelo started to blow up, with appearances on Ellen and this SF Chronicle video feature. He started a new blog off by setting bold practice time goals (that he’d presumably meet out on bustling Market St corners), scored a Yoshi’s gig, even. Still, I’d imagine he needs to put in a lot more woodshedding before we’d see him move on up to this instant crown jewel of west coast jazz venues. But it would be a blast to be proven otherwise.

This Dizzy Gillespie portrait became an instant fave, the day I...

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 10:11:00 -0500

This Dizzy Gillespie portrait became an instant fave, the day I was introduced to the work of James Gayles via a friend who works with the Bay Area painter and illustrator at the Ethnic Arts Institute. Of the many brilliant homages to jazz figures that Gayles has created, this particular work sees the transformative power of the artist’s journey come through as expressively as a Bebop riff.

artandlyfe: Louie (mixed media on linen) 13x16”

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:30:39 -0500

artandlyfe:

Louie (mixed media on linen) 13x16”

via WFMU

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:12:42 -0500

via WFMU

“Well, I figured out a long time ago that there was one...

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:58:00 -0500

“Well, I figured out a long time ago that there was one thing really more important than swing in jazz, and that was the essence of swing. If those elements aren’t in place it won’t swing and that is a fact. Now whether somebody wants to deal with that fact is another thing, but that is a fact. If spontaneity isn’t in place, if momentum isn’t in place, if combustion isn’t in place, it’s not gonna swing. But I figured out how to take those elements and use ‘em to, as far as I’m concerned—let me just say, I figured out how to take that essence of swing, and use it in another way, and figured out how to get an ensemble to swing in a totally different way.”

-Lawrence “Butch” Morris (February 10,1947 - January 29, 2013)

photo via

Week 3 of Chris Rob’s ‘Free joint Fridays’...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:20:00 -0500

Week 3 of Chris Rob’s ‘Free joint Fridays’ features the artist as keytarded nomad.

archiemcphee: Redditor resgestae, who always has his camera...

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:00:25 -0500

archiemcphee:

Redditor resgestae, who always has his camera with him, captured this awesome moment while shopping at a Home Depot.

He titled his photo, “I know a good dad when I see one.”
We couldn’t agree more.

[via Neatorama]