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21 September 2008
20 September 2008
古筝 Guzheng : Yuan Sha Performs Ming Shan 袁莎 : 冥山
Yuang Sha performs the composition "Ming Shan" on the Chinese instrument "guzheng," sometimes classified as an "Asian zither." I like this performance/composition for many reasons; a primary one is the "uncorny," abstracted nature of the music. No florid, gushing guzheng here!
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Notes from the person posting the video on YouTube: "Central Consertvatory's Yuan Sha plays Ming Shan, one of the pieces that brought her to the first prize of the 2002 International Chinese Instrumental Competition."
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15 September 2008
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Didn't It Rain
Man! What "baddass" Sister Rosetta's bein' here! Check out the stinging, curt, cursory guitar licks, and her wicked little entrance in the old horse and buggy.
25 August 2008
Mahamudra Meditation : Shambhala Tradition : Patrick Sweeney
A beautifully-filmed video, this guided meditation and dharma talk by Shambhala teacher Patrick Sweeney (California) is quite a sharp, clear, awake, alive gift of intelligence. No junk here. Oh! And check out the Rebbe in the "audience," or practitioners' group.
24 August 2008
Leonard Cohen : The Stranger : 1967
Expresses all the cynical, mournful, disappointed, bitter, frightened hunger, longing, hopelessness, alienation, isolation, slim snaky hopes, and frank love I felt when I was 16 (sixteen) years old...1967...Vermont...and Cohen on the tiny teen turntable with its coarse needle in that crude, clunky cartridge...The hissing of the vinyl...
12 July 2008
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