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Topic: THE POWER OF THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE...
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 81888 From: From a galaxy, far, far away... Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 08, 2014 01:34 PM
At least there are pics.IP: Logged |
Ellynlvx Knowflake Posts: 10490 From: the Point of Light within the Mind of God Registered: Aug 2013
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posted July 08, 2014 02:47 PM
Yeah, good ones too!I spoke to the people who are working to restore it, even considered Volunteering to be a once a month tour guide. (I used to get that SMCNHA letter.) Not really much of a people person. Long drive, too. Probably will, someday. Tried to persuade a local Artist to design a cup, but no go. They're supposed to be restoring it, though. IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 81888 From: From a galaxy, far, far away... Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 09, 2014 11:51 AM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 81888 From: From a galaxy, far, far away... Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 10, 2014 02:07 PM
Maybe they will let you volunteer.IP: Logged |
Ellynlvx Knowflake Posts: 10490 From: the Point of Light within the Mind of God Registered: Aug 2013
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posted July 10, 2014 02:52 PM
Yeah, I could pull weeds, if nothing else.When the Time Comes. Til then, I'll have to make do waking up to this. Cause I am enjoying my Very First Cup even as we speak. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/sparkly.gif) IP: Logged |
HRH-FishAreFish Knowflake Posts: 1180 From: Neptune next to Mike & Pluto Registered: May 2013
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posted July 13, 2014 02:18 PM
quote: Originally posted by Ellynlvx:
Also a decent shot of the Anniversary Relighting they used to do once a year. Yeah, that's got to be my own personal vision of the whole White Picket Fence Dream...
Pretty Beacon Light!!! ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/light.gif) It looks like it could second purpose as a crystal chandelier in a fancy hotel... Last year, when I took my kids to the Paul McCartney concert in Milwaukee, we visited the lighthouse there. The beacon from this lighthouse guided ships on Lake Michigan for 139 years until the U.S. Coast Guard decommissioned it in l994. — at Lake Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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HRH-FishAreFish Knowflake Posts: 1180 From: Neptune next to Mike & Pluto Registered: May 2013
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posted July 13, 2014 02:55 PM
It's a long story, but here's a picture of the Milwaukee police giving us a police escort to the Lighthouse...
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HRH-FishAreFish Knowflake Posts: 1180 From: Neptune next to Mike & Pluto Registered: May 2013
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posted July 13, 2014 04:17 PM
quote: Originally posted by Ellynlvx: It's got a Fresnel Lens It's named after the boat [Carrier Pigeon] that brought the original Wells Fargo Stagecoach. ... Cosmic Irony, no doubt.
Speaking of Wells Fargo & Paul McCartney... quote: Fargo The area that is present-day Fargo was an early stopping point for steamboats floating down the Red River during the 1870s and 1880s. The city was originally named "Centralia," but was later renamed "Fargo" after Northern Pacific Railway director and Wells Fargo Express Company founder William Fargo (1818−1881). The area started to flourish after the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad and the city became known as the "Gateway to the West." ... Fargo sits on the western bank of the Red River of the North in a flat geographic region known as the Red River Valley. The Red River Valley resulted from the withdrawal of glacial Lake Agassiz, which drained away about 9,300 years ago. The lake sediments deposited from Lake Agassiz made the land around Fargo some of the richest in the world for agricultural uses. Early settlers sometimes called the Red River Valley a new "Garden of Eden".
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 81888 From: From a galaxy, far, far away... Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 14, 2014 02:10 PM
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Randall Webmaster Posts: 81888 From: From a galaxy, far, far away... Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 15, 2014 10:18 AM
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Ellynlvx Knowflake Posts: 10490 From: the Point of Light within the Mind of God Registered: Aug 2013
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posted July 20, 2014 01:30 AM
Wow, that's a cool lighthouse.Think I've seen it in some of the books. How Neat. And thanks for the close-up, you can read the sign, and the reflection in the prisms looks really Ghostly... Man, the more I see my Cup, the more I love it. The Colours... If I can't wake up to the Real Thing, it certainly does at least make my day Smile. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/sparkly.gif) I really miss the Ocean. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/frown.gif) Lucky you! Anyhoo... Was reading these lyrics, and thought of the Foghorn and it somehow brought me here... quote:
Into the Mystic We were born before the wind Also younger than the sun Ere the bonnie boat was won As we sailed into the mystic Hark, now hear the sailors cry Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic And when that fog horn blows I will be coming home And when that fog horn blows I wanna hear it, I don't have to fear it And I wanna rock your gypsy soul Just like way back in the days of old Then magnificently we will float into the mystic When that fog horn blows You know I will be coming home And when that fog horn whistle blows I gotta hear it, I don't have to fear it And I wanna rock your gypsy soul Just like way back in the days of old And together we will float into the mystic Come on, girl Songwriters MORRISON, VAN According to Morrison, he couldn't decide whether the first line should be "We were born before the wind" or "We were borne before the wind."
Like my answering machine (Skye Boat) song. ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/rainbow.gif) Thanks again for the close-up!
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HRH-FishAreFish Knowflake Posts: 1180 From: Neptune next to Mike & Pluto Registered: May 2013
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posted July 24, 2014 01:35 AM
...I love Van Morrison! I'm an Astral Weeks kinda girl...Sweet Thing is one of my favorite songs to sign (ASL) along with to the words.SWEET THING - VAN MORRISON AND I WILL STROLL THE MERRY WAY AND JUMP THE HEDGES FIRST AND I WILL DRINK CLEAR CLEAN WATER FOR TO QUENCH MY THIRST AND I SHALL WATCH THE FERRY BOATS AND THEY'LL GET HIGH UPON A BLUER OCEAN ‘GAINST TOMORROW'S SKY AND I WILL NEVER GROW SO OLD AGAIN AND I WILL WALK AND TALK IN THE GARDENS ALL WET WITH RAIN OH, SWEET THING, THIS SWEET THING AYE, YEAH, SWEET THING, AH YEAH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH MY, MY, MY, MY LITTLE SWEET THING I SHALL DRIVE MY CHARIOT DOWN YOUR STREETS AND CRY HEY IT’S ME, I'M DYNAMITE AND I DON'T KNOW WHY AND YOU SHALL TAKE ME STRONGLY IN YOUR ARMS AGAIN AND I WILL NOT REMEMBER THAT I EVER FELT THE PAIN WE SHALL WALK AND TALK IN GARDENS ALL MISTY WET, A MISTY WET WITH RAIN AND I WILL NEVER, NEVER, NEVER GROW SO OLD AGAIN OH OH OH, YOU SWEET THING OH OH OH, YOU SWEET THING, YOU SWEET THING MY, MY, MY, MY, MY, MY, MY, MY, MY, MY AND I WILL RAISE MY HAND UP INTO THE NIGH TIME SKY AND COUNT THE STARS THAT’S SHINING IN YOUR EYES JUST TO DIG IT ALL AND NOT TO WONDER THAT'S JUST FINE AND I'LL BE SATISFIED NOT TO READ IN BETWEEN THE LINES written by Van Morrison ©Caledonia Soul Music / Warner Chappell North America Ltd ORIGINALY FOUND ON THE ALBUM: ASTRAL WEEKS (1968) IP: Logged |
HRH-FishAreFish Knowflake Posts: 1180 From: Neptune next to Mike & Pluto Registered: May 2013
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posted July 24, 2014 02:01 AM
ASTRAL WEEKS - VAN MORRISONIF I VENTURED IN THE SLIPSTREAM, BETWEEN THE VIADUCTS OF YOUR DREAMS WHERE IMMOBILE STEAL RIMS CRACK, AND THE DITCH IN THE BACK ROADS STOP COULD YOU FIND ME? WOULD YOU KISS MY EYES? AND LAY ME DOWN IN THE SILENCE EASY, TO BE BORN AGAIN TO BE BORN AGAIN FROM THE FAR SIDE OF THE OCEAN, IF I PUT THE WHEELS IN MOTION AND I STAND WITH MY ARMS BEHIND M (sic), AND I PUSH ANOTHER DOOR COULD YOU FIND ME? WOULD YOU KISS MY EYES? LAY ME DOWN IN THE SILENCE EASY, TO BE BORN AGAIN TO BE BORN AGAIN THERE YOU GO STANDING WITH THE LOOK OF AVARICE TALKING TO HUDDIE LEADBELLY, SHOWING PICTURES ON THE WALLS WHISPERING IN THE HALLS AND POINTING A FINGER AT ME THERE YOU GO, THERE YOU GO STANDING IN THE SUN DARLING WITH YOUR ARMS BEHIND YOU AND YOUR EYES BEFORE THERE YOU GO TAKING CARE OF YOUR BOY SEEING THAT HE'S GOT CLEAN CLOTHES PUTTING ON HIS LITTLE RED SHOES SEEING THAT HE'S GOT CLEAN CLOTHES PUTTING ON HIS LITTLE RED SHOES POINTING A FINGER AT ME AND HERE I AM STANDING IN YOUR SAD ARREST TRYING TO DO MY VERY BEST LOOKING STRAIGHT AT YOU AND COMING THROUGH, DARLING IN ANOTHER WORLD, DARLING IN ANOTHER WORLD, IN ANOTHER TIME GOT A HOME ON HIGH AIN'T NOTHING BUT A STRANGER IN THIS WORLD I'M NOTHING BUT A STRANGER IN THIS WORLD I GOT A HOME ON HIGH IN ANOTHER LAND SO FAR AWAY WAY UP IN THE HEAVEN IN ANOTHER TIME, IN ANOTHER PLACE AND ANOTHER FACE written by Van Morrison ©Caledonia Soul Music / Warner Chappell North America Ltd ORIGINALY FOUND ON THE ALBUM: ASTRAL WEEKS (1968) Sunday - Sun Monday - Moon Tuesday - Mars Wednesday - Mercury Thursday - Jupiter Friday - Venus Saturday - Saturn ~ http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/Forum5/HTML/000172-7.html IP: Logged |
HRH-FishAreFish Knowflake Posts: 1180 From: Neptune next to Mike & Pluto Registered: May 2013
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posted July 24, 2014 02:29 AM
Personally, I think that if the EYES are "Windows to the Soul", then St. Van Morrison is most certainly in the "Window Washing" business... ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/biggrin.gif) CLEANING WINDOWS - VAN MORRISON - BEAUTIFUL VISION
Oh, the smell of the bakery from across the street Got in my nose As we carried our ladders down the street With the wrought-iron gate rows I went home and listened to Jimmie Rodgers in my lunch-break Bought five Woodbines at the shop on the corner And went straight back to work. Oh, SAM was up on top And I was on the bottom with the v We went for lemonade and Paris buns At the shop and broke for tea I collected from the lady And I cleaned the fanlight inside-out I was blowing saxophone on the weekend In that down joint. What's my line? I'm happy cleaning windows Take my time I'll see you when my love grows Baby don't let it slide I'm a working man in my prime Cleaning windows (number thirty-six) I heard Leadbelly and Blind Lemon On the street where I was born Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters singin' "I'm A Rolling Stone" I went home and read my Christmas Humphreys' book on Zen Curiosity killed the cat Kerouac's "Dharma Bums" and "On The Road" What's my line? I'm happy cleaning windows Take my time I'll see you when my love grows Baby don't let it slide I'm a working man in my prime Cleaning windows (say it again) What's my line? I'm happy cleaning windows Take my time I'll see you when my love grows Baby don't let it slide I'm a working man in my prime Cleaning windows (number one hundred and twenty-six) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYyVxQgnhDo IP: Logged |
Ellynlvx Knowflake Posts: 10490 From: the Point of Light within the Mind of God Registered: Aug 2013
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posted July 24, 2014 07:21 PM
No wonder "Tupelo Honey" has been on my mind...Was going to look up that Chivalry lyric. Really, "Into the Mystic" has got to be my favourite. Even though "Brown Eyed Carl" was "Our" Song... IP: Logged |
HRH-FishAreFish Knowflake Posts: 1180 From: Neptune next to Mike & Pluto Registered: May 2013
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posted July 24, 2014 08:05 PM
I just wanted to jump back a couple pages on this thread...back to Sam O. Goodman & SAMO.As I said before, Banksy was famous for his balloons and rats and Jean-Michel Basquiat became famous for signing his name "SAMO". Jean-Michel Basquiat was also famous for his trademark images of Crowns & Halos, symbols he used as a sign of respect to his heroes by either 'crowning' them as members of a royal family or by beatifying them into sainthood with a halo (or HAL-O) . IP: Logged |
Ellynlvx Knowflake Posts: 10490 From: the Point of Light within the Mind of God Registered: Aug 2013
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posted July 24, 2014 09:19 PM
Well, it had to be the Telepathic Language that had me thinking of "Teach Your Children" in the context of the Kerouac Title.(You, who are On the Road must have a code) That; of course, came in turn of this: You can't stop us On the Road to freedom You can't keep us 'cause our eyes can see Men with insight, men in granites Knights in armor bent on chivalry ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/laugh.gif) You'd have thought this one would have popped up too, but no. quote:
Back in 1958 we drove an old V8 And when it'd gone a hundred thou We got out and pushed it a mile We didn't know who we were We didn't know what we did We were just on the road Headin' down from Canada On a gravel road a mile from Montana Then my daddy read a sign And took us in the wrong direction I asked my daddy, "Where are we goin'?" He said, "Well just follow our nose" So I looked out the window And dreamed I was a cowboy We didn't know who we were We didn't know what we did We were just on the road I met a girl in a truck cafe Fell in love almost right away Then the Mercury was ready to go And I had to leave her Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-sh-doo Shoo-be-doo-be-doo-sh-doo-sh-doo Go home said the man in the moon go home Go home said the man in the moon go home Because it's gettin' sorta late And I'll soon turn out my light Go home said the man in the moon, go home We didn't know who we were We didn't know what we did We were just on the road We didn't know who we were We didn't know what we did We were just a ridin' on We were just a ridin' on the road
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HRH-FishAreFish Knowflake Posts: 1180 From: Neptune next to Mike & Pluto Registered: May 2013
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posted July 25, 2014 02:29 AM
quote: Originally posted by Ellynlvx: Well, it had to be the Telepathic Language that had me thinking of "Teach Your Children" in the context of the Kerouac Title.(You, who are On the Road must have a code)
I might have gone a little "Further " down On The Road because I've lived in a Carpenter school bus and I lost track of how many times I've seen Crosby, Stills & Nash now, but one of my favorite concert t-shirts is my CS&N "Teach Your Children Well" tee. Going from "On The Road" to being back "at see"...with lighthouse beacons, of course...at another CS&N concert I got a Wooden Ships tee that reads "IF YOU SMILE AT ME I WILL UNDERSTAND THAT IS SOMETHING EVERYONE EVERYWHERE DOES IN THE SAM LANGUAGE."
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HRH-FishAreFish Knowflake Posts: 1180 From: Neptune next to Mike & Pluto Registered: May 2013
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posted July 25, 2014 02:31 AM
*SAME* ...lol.IP: Logged |
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posted July 25, 2014 03:12 AM
So back to the "SAM O." language, here are a few pics of Basquiat's Crowns & Halos...Recall this one I already posted after my "Miles Davis & Angels with Trumpets in the Bible" post on page 3 of this thread... ...I like how Basquiat put the Halo on the saxophone in this one. By the way, "Ornithology" is a jazz standard by saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Benny Harris...the song's title is a reference to Parker's nickname, "Bird" (ornithology means the study of birds). IP: Logged |
HRH-FishAreFish Knowflake Posts: 1180 From: Neptune next to Mike & Pluto Registered: May 2013
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posted July 25, 2014 03:15 AM
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posted July 25, 2014 06:14 AM
I became a fan of Basquiat while shopping for shoes. My usual plain white Reebok sneakers needed replacing, so as usual I went to buy a replacement pair of white Reebok sneakers at www.reebok.com My usual model of white Reebok sneakers weren't available, so I had to look for alternative pair to purchase. While looking for a different model of sneaker on www.reebok.com, I started getting really upset because it seemed like the Reebok shoes in my size were all crazy-colored--and not white. Naturally, I called Reebok expressing my frustration. The Reebok customer-care representative said they did not have any white Reebok sneakers at the moment, but they might re-release white Reebok sneakers next season. I explained that I'm just a mom who needs a pair of plain white Reebok shoes right now and I can't wait until next season. After spending a couple hours with a (very patient) Reebok consultant who had me type in different model numbers on their website to look at different shoes. This was the Plain-est Jane-est monochrome shoe we could find that I really liked... When I first saw it, I was actually pretty awe-struck and said "Wow, that shoe has my name all over it..." She started to go on to the next shoe, probably thinking I was being sarcastic instead of just sighing and saying, "No...it's too busy," again. But, I stopped her saying, "No, really...wait! You don't understand. My name is Stephanie. It means "Crowned" in Latin. That's the shoe I want. It has crowns. It has my name on it." The patient customer-care representative was so nice in sharing my enthusiasm...probably for a different reason though ...lol From there I became very interested in wanting to know more about the artist whose apparently iconic images of crowns were on my shoes...and felt a strange kinship because we both have the letter Q in our last names. IP: Logged |
HRH-FishAreFish Knowflake Posts: 1180 From: Neptune next to Mike & Pluto Registered: May 2013
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posted July 25, 2014 07:23 AM
To make a long story short, I became worried I wouldn't be able to get anymore of the "crown shoes", so I bought a couple more pairs of that same shoe... And found a couple more pairs of "crown shoes" I also really fancied... ------------------ Got the Wings of Heaven on my Shoes. I'm a dancin man and I just can't lose. You know it's all right. Its ok. I'll live to see another day. We can try to understand the New York Times' effect on man. Whether you're a Brother or whether you're a Mother, you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive. Stayin' Alive ~ The Bee Gees IP: Logged |
HRH-FishAreFish Knowflake Posts: 1180 From: Neptune next to Mike & Pluto Registered: May 2013
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posted July 25, 2014 07:35 AM
Then (with help from the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) I started to get pretty brave (for me) in regards to colorful footwear... ... ![](http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/star2.gif) <-- This pair doesn't even match, but I don't care!..they're still currently my favorite pair. ------------------ As if everybody here would know what I was talking about Talking about diamonds on the soles of her shoes She makes the Sign of a teaspoon He makes the Sign of a wave The poor boy changes clothes and puts on aftershave To compensate for his ordinary shoes And she said, “Honey take me dancing” But they ended up sleeping in a doorway By the bodegas and the lights on Upper Broadway St. Paul Simon ~ Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes IP: Logged |
HRH-FishAreFish Knowflake Posts: 1180 From: Neptune next to Mike & Pluto Registered: May 2013
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posted July 25, 2014 11:44 AM
For anyone who's interested in Basquiat, there are a couple good movies about him, Basquiat and Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child. I've only seen the first one, Basquiat. Michael is "Mr. Movies" and has seen them both. Mike and I have had some lengthy discussions about Jean-Michel Basquiat, SAMO and his mom using O for his dad's middle name...but another interesting coincidence Mike noticed is that shortly before his death, Jean-Michel went to Hawaii and returned to New York, but he had often spoke of wanting to move to Hawaii to write poetry and play music again. Basquiat (11/12) Movie CLIP - Amoco Artwork/Hawaii (1996) ~ One of my favorite scenes in the movie,Basquiat, is when Jean-Michel tells this story about a little prince with a magic crown: quote:
"There was this little prince with a magic crown. An evil warlock kidnapped him, locked him in a cell in a huge tower and took away his voice. There was a window made of bars. The prince would smash his head against the bars hoping that someone would hear the sound and find him. The crown made the most beautiful sound that anyone had ever heard. You could hear the ringing for miles. It was so beautiful, that people wanted to grab the air. They never found the prince. He never got out of the room. But the sound he made filled everything up with beauty."Basquiat (12/12) Movie CLIP - A Prince With a Magic Crown (1996)
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