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From Cummings through Hacker, Heaney and Hughes to Kazma.For Ulrich's triptych game Kindly featured by hummbuzz You Meet the Nicest People in Your Dreams, XIIITo read is to dream . . .
Humble heart by artisalma Book Landscape by ConnyLu A Tortoise's book by altergromit
Owl Studies by Markelli stories by theluckynine .TK. by dasTOK
Outside of a dog by altergromit
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oh my. I thought the Doors were good when I was young and just had their records. But a couple of years ago I started listening to the CDs of them LIVE that were finally being released. On record they were good - live they were in-freaking-credible.
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. . . nobody ever sounded like the Doors - so many groups back then - had such an immediately identifiable sound - esp from the mid 60's to mid 70's ( best 
I was working in the rug dept of a big dept store - hated my job - quit one day - felt great ! -- went down one floor to the rec dept and bought The Doors first album - took it home - played it - and felt like a rebel 
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What a great story, thanks for that
Yes, that first album was awesome - and Morrison can be faulted for his definite faults - but when he was more or less with it the synergy of the four of them was amazing.
It was such a different time. Musicians had to get up on stage with their instruments and make the music themselves rather than be singers and dancers in front of a track made by a "producer." Of course tons of musicians still do it the old way - but this other thing is the formula for the biggest pop stars now. The Doors and all those other great bands were on the radio!
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~ always interesting that ( the late - rip ) Manzarek played the bass live with his little bass gizmo - leaving only one hand free for his keyboards - ( although they used to often use regular bass players in the studio ) - you'd think they'd just add on a regular bass player live - and call him a Door . That seems the way of that back then -- so many groups like Cream, Hendrix, Led Zep would forgo another musician to flesh out there sound - especially a rhythm player - when Cream reformed for their semi recent Albert Hall concerts - Clapton said it was quite a challenge to fill in all those parts that were on the record - ( I guess in the olden days the band and audience were so stoned that no one was looking for perfection ) ....but , I guess , in one sense , most bands back then didn't want to screw with the chemistry the main members had between them -- which maybe was the case for the Doors . . . loved their one and only appearance on the Ed Sullivan show - hard to kick ass with the primitive gear of the time - and playing live on TV - but they did it ! --------------------cheers !
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Manzarek is amazing to me, I'd swear sometimes he's using two hands on the organ, but the bass line is still going. I read a comment somewhere by one of the band members, that if they'd had a bass player live they would have been too much like the Rolling Stones - in sound and look both, I think he meant. The Doors musicians were very into jazz - in the live stuff I've heard, Krieger often quotes "My Favorite Things" in his "Light My Fire" solo - that's not because of the Broadway show but because of Coltrane's huge hit with the song.
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I'm not sure I see any similarity between the Stones and Doors - with or without an on stage bass player . . . but that Coltrane influence on Krieger is interesting - always liked his somewhat unorthodox style of playing ( for a rock guitarist ) - I don't think he used a pick much .
Coltrane also had a huge effect on the Byrds song Eight Miles High - both the initial notes played by Roger McGuinn on the lead note intro and subsequent jangly - all over the fret board lead - he said he was also trying to emulate Coltrane's 'sound' of the sax valves opening and closing - on his Rickenbacker twelve ...you can hear it at the 2:00 minute mark here -- youtu.be/IIgP6-HqKhs.....and the Byrds song - youtu.be/WH6UnvSlahc
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Yeah, they are two extremely different bands. I pass that on for what it's worth.
That's right about Krieger, finger-picking, an amazing player. And yes, Coltrane's "India" and "Eight Miles High" - I heard "Eight Miles High" first and loved it but always wondered "what the heck is going on there?" - then I heard Coltrane - and read McGuinn's acknowledgment.
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..yes - Eight Miles High - lots of stories around that one - but I'm pretty sure McGuinn overdubbed a lot of bits on that one - could never be played live with those incredible lead guitar stretches - and I've never heard anything that ever came close live ... I don't even think he could remember all of the improvised sections - the original still knocks my socks off
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There's no surpassing some of the music from the sixties. It's good to have been around then
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~ Every generation may make that claim for their generation - but in our case -- it's true !
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..sorry - link didn't work for Coltrane --- here is the correct one -- youtu.be/IIgP6-HqKhs
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you can get lost in the new emote search window!
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New emote search window...that sounds dangerous.
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click "add media" in the bottom of the reply field - then put a search term in the field at the right - "book" or "llama" or anything
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Yup, the shelves are sorted - most of them... but beside my bed there is a nightstand with bookshelves, and it has overflowed onto the floor to a considerable degree, no sorting at all. It causes me a small amount of distress but it is so very convenient for bedtime reading.
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I am in a permanent struggle for expansion of bookshelves, and of course every new book would ruin the previews sort operation, as every shelf is packed to death... So of course, the latest batch will stay not on but next to the nightstand until all is read.
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Thanks, Mark. I admit, I still feel slight intimidation when posting a photo, because of my talented friends, definitely including you. But we Lutherans have a saying "sin boldly" - which is obscure - but I take it to mean if you're going to try to do something you're not sure you can pull off, take your best shot at it
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a delightful moving poem came to my mind when i found Seamus Heaney here - St Kevin and the Blackbird 
this bookshelf was a wonderful idea, Richard!
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oh that's a wonderful poem! and how very cool that your sister heard Heaney read it, wow.
here is one of the first poems by him that i read, it's the one that made me say, i have to read more by this guy [link]
and thanks very much, Lúcia
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it's beautiful indeed. we can almost picture the scene and feel fascinated by such mystical vision... but that last line seems fundamental and it's not too clear to me...
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"Out of the marvellous as he had known it"? i think it's a reversal - to the monks praying the ship in the air was a mystery and a wonder - but to the crewman who climbed down the anchor rope the monks and their world was strange and marvelous.
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oh yes, i see
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that's right, the abbot could have said "we need to understand this - nobody move" - but instead he makes a humane response that is willing to let go of the extraordinary moment. the open hand is all. what a poem
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you're very welcome, Lúcia
i like all the connections in the world - your sister heard Heaney read, he's in my bookshelf, you saw this image, we talked
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yes, this is really wonderful...!
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One shelf of many! B. has a Kindle and it makes sense for her because she travels. I stick with "real" books... and of course the Kindle is notorious for bad formatting of poetry
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good reason to get really bookish 
i think i bookmark this for future reference
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Hughes is a black American poet from the mid-20th century, very wonderful and one of my chief inspirations. A lot of other good reading there too, some well known - Heaney won a Nobel prize - and a couple by friends of mine.
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It was certainly time that the game gets a little poetic touch
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I'm glad you like it - it took many tries to get it the way I wanted - but each time I took the three shots within three minutes
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Of course, you did ! What do you think about publishing all contributions in a Blurb book ? I guess I will ask the participants about that after the presentation ....
One triptych per page, with name and place of the photographer on the other side. including title and a quotation given by the artist. A bit of work, but maybe worthwhile ...
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