Nine Kinds of Pie Philip Nels Blog

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Posted on September 30, 2020September 30, 2020 by Philip Nel I am posting to inspire those fighting for democracy in the United States, and anywhere else where liberty is in peril. It has two parts: Part I: This Mix Kills Fascists Part II: 3 Quotations to Keep You Fighting Part I: This Mix Kills Fascists Here is my annual RESIST! mix, featuring many genres of Worried about the 2020 US Elections? I haven’t slept well in months either. But I do have some words of encouragement. Donald Trump’s presidency will end in January 2021. This is not wishful thinking. And his removal from office will require our active participation. But there are many reasons for hope. And that should inspire Bringing you the words of Buddy DeSylva and the music of Jerome Kern to — as the song says —  banish sadness and strife. Written in 1919, this is the earliest in my Plague Songs series and the last regular weekly Plague Song. Appropriately, perhaps, this song dates to the pandemic of a century ago. Written for The balloons are not red, and there is no toy shop. The narrator doesn t dream of red balloons either. But, like its English-language counterpart ( 99 Red Balloons ) Nena s 99 Luftballons (1983) is about an accidental, apocalyptic war triggered by 99 balloons. Luft means air, and ballon means balloon. So, literally, a luftballon is an air 1 There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. —John Cage, “Experimental Music” (1957), in Silence: 50th Anniversary Edition (Wesleyan UP, 2011), p. 8 Philip Nel, guitar and vocal, Manhattan, Kansas, 26 July 2020. 2 John Cage’s 4’33” was first performed How do you translate children’s colloquial speech —with its flexible syntax, unusual diction —into another language? In celebration of Ruth Krauss’ 119th birthday (or what she would have called her 109th birthday), I’ll sketch two possible answers to that question by looking at A Hole Is to Dig in the language her grandmother spoke: German! Only five chords —in fact, the same I-IV-V chords played in two different keys (E and F#). Two and a half minutes. In sum, classic Ramones. I chose the song because it combines boredom and urgency: Nothing to do, nowhere to go and Hurry, hurry, hurry before I go insane. I think many of us This hopeful, aspirational song is the first musical number in The Muppet Movie (1979), the first and best of the Muppet films. I chose it because I figure we could all use a little hope. Written by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher, Rainbow Connection, is one of two songs most closely associated with Kermit the Yesterday, 98 distinguished professors from four Kansas universities called for an immediate end to the Trump administration s cruel and reckless decision to revoke the visas of any international students attending a college that goes fully on-line this fall. The full text is on Kansas State University s news pages, and Kansas State University s English Department s blog . When I started assembling my COVID-19 Spotify mix (at Boston s Logan airport, 13 March 2020), R.E.M. s It s the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) led the playlist. It still does. At that time, I didn t think I would actually try to learn it. The music isn t difficult, but what A note on mp3s Mp3s are for sampling purposes. If you like what you hear, please go and buy it. Go to the artists' concerts. Tell your friends about them. If you represent an artist or a label and would prefer that I remove a link to an mp3, please email me: philnel at gmail dot com. Graphic Design50 WattsSpiekerblogStopping Off Place

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