tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.comments2023-11-05T04:15:44.564-08:00Robert Frost's BanjoAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comBlogger9059125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-24457111447039070872018-01-11T13:19:41.906-08:002018-01-11T13:19:41.906-08:00Thanks so much!Thanks so much!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-69977610164795975132018-01-11T12:03:15.833-08:002018-01-11T12:03:15.833-08:00I'm impressed.I'm impressed.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-53016380825017448562018-01-03T04:37:08.564-08:002018-01-03T04:37:08.564-08:00I'm not sure I can think of another poem where...I'm not sure I can think of another poem where the poet talks about the making of the rhythm as they make it! Was it WCW said you can write a poem about anything? I'Ll be looking at bric-a-brac in a new light...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-34206962193536483012017-11-15T13:55:03.534-08:002017-11-15T13:55:03.534-08:00I love it. 😁 I love it. 😁 Stan Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090284487338697247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-64091089358439263112017-11-12T16:20:38.835-08:002017-11-12T16:20:38.835-08:00Amazing to read such an old account of an activity...Amazing to read such an old account of an activity (neatly transplanted to English, btw) that has changed very little! Anyone who has taken down a piece of trellis will know exactly what he's on about! And it's not so long since I sat watching a flock of sparrows all sitting the rungs of a trellis, all keeping an eye out for any crumbs I might let fall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-55442762681121826162017-11-04T18:06:24.616-07:002017-11-04T18:06:24.616-07:00Really like the sense that these feel simultaneous...Really like the sense that these feel simultaneously like individual poems while at the same time being parts of one big poem. (Are all the poems we write part of one big poem I wonder?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-6780623908849519322017-11-04T18:02:07.715-07:002017-11-04T18:02:07.715-07:00November Steps was the first piece of Takemitsu I ...November Steps was the first piece of Takemitsu I came across. I was too young to "get it" then, I think, but sensed there was something there to be "got" (a feeling I frequently had back then!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-48647739122997718962017-11-04T17:53:53.254-07:002017-11-04T17:53:53.254-07:00He had a real talent for writing "approachabl...He had a real talent for writing "approachable potentially difficult" music, if you know what I mean. I didn't know that one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-11823192745042996462017-09-03T06:25:49.665-07:002017-09-03T06:25:49.665-07:00Ahhhhh! September is going to be very interesting!...Ahhhhh! September is going to be very interesting! I first encountered Takemitsu's music some time in the '80s, and I've been listening ever since. Good pick, John!Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-72403741414330379202017-08-27T06:50:01.403-07:002017-08-27T06:50:01.403-07:00Fantastic! Thanks, John!Fantastic! Thanks, John!Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-80591256046827163362017-08-19T02:13:08.164-07:002017-08-19T02:13:08.164-07:00Rats! You've found an Ashby Youtube video I...Rats! You've found an Ashby Youtube video I've not heard! I thought I'd found the lot. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-73034033756783081772017-08-06T06:26:26.789-07:002017-08-06T06:26:26.789-07:00Nice! I'd never heard of Dorothy Ashby before....Nice! I'd never heard of Dorothy Ashby before. I'd heard Jazz harp before, of course, from Alice Coltrane. There was also a Boston area Jazz harpist who used to show up on Eric Jackson's and Ron Della Chiesa's shows on WGBH, but I can't for the life of me remember her name. This looks to be an interesting August!Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-8148354310873900042017-07-16T05:23:37.163-07:002017-07-16T05:23:37.163-07:00Absolutely beautiful! And Jerry Douglas and Bill F...Absolutely beautiful! And Jerry Douglas and Bill Frisell do their usual stellar job. Thanks, John!Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-3108263500735470742017-06-11T05:38:12.713-07:002017-06-11T05:38:12.713-07:00Ah, I remember this well! Thanks John.Ah, I remember this well! Thanks John.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-78161890017814703842017-06-05T20:50:29.601-07:002017-06-05T20:50:29.601-07:00Ah! Great choice! I'm definitely looking forwa...Ah! Great choice! I'm definitely looking forward to June on your blog.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-64996275860019963662017-05-21T05:31:45.609-07:002017-05-21T05:31:45.609-07:00Another pleasant start to a Sunday morning. Thanks...Another pleasant start to a Sunday morning. Thanks, John! Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-58175589273573648182017-05-13T07:30:46.192-07:002017-05-13T07:30:46.192-07:00Nice! I couldn't see the video on my computer ...Nice! I couldn't see the video on my computer earlier,so I assumed it was purely Marvin. Now I'm on a different device and lo and behold, it's Rahsaan Roland Kirk riffing on Marvin, and that's even better! Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-17219180476535137622017-05-13T05:27:31.330-07:002017-05-13T05:27:31.330-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-84155920055996294242017-05-07T05:40:36.104-07:002017-05-07T05:40:36.104-07:00Cool! Some of the most interesting music has been ...Cool! Some of the most interesting music has been coming from Iceland in the last 20 years or so, like Björk and Sigur Rós. It must be something about the isolation and the Aurora Borealis that inspires the floating, ethereal vibe that prevails in most of that music.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-60818610479359585222017-05-06T06:35:54.271-07:002017-05-06T06:35:54.271-07:00Ahhhhhh! Alice Coltrane is always a good way to st...Ahhhhhh! Alice Coltrane is always a good way to start the day!Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-76628533260077198692017-04-29T05:38:01.838-07:002017-04-29T05:38:01.838-07:00Ahhhhhhh! It's always good to have some 'T...Ahhhhhhh! It's always good to have some 'Trane in the morning! Thanks John.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-75224019073945647282017-04-23T07:53:57.598-07:002017-04-23T07:53:57.598-07:00Beautiful! Beautiful! Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-29221487124148697522017-04-22T05:43:40.529-07:002017-04-22T05:43:40.529-07:00Ahhhhhhhh! Bill Evans! Thanks, John. Happy Earth D...Ahhhhhhhh! Bill Evans! Thanks, John. Happy Earth Day.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-77162538946967150732017-04-16T06:07:58.205-07:002017-04-16T06:07:58.205-07:00Ah! I just listened to this last night while brows...Ah! I just listened to this last night while browsing through YouTube. Excellent versions!Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4821243838031243709.post-461342976868789122017-04-14T06:29:52.148-07:002017-04-14T06:29:52.148-07:00Thanks, Roy! I'll check it out : )Thanks, Roy! I'll check it out : )Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.com