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Man frage nicht...

Karl Kraus

Man frage nicht, was all die Zeit ich machte.
Ich bleibe stumm;
und sage nicht, warum.
Und Stille gibt es, da die Erde krachte.
Kein Wort, das traf;
man spricht nur aus dem Schlaf.
Und träumt von einer Sonne, welche lachte.
Es geht vorbei;
nachher war's einerlei.
Das Wort entschlief, als jene Welt erwachte.

[Die Fackel: Nr. 888, 10.1933, 35. Jg.. DB Sonderband: Die Fackel 1899-1936, S. 34086
(vgl. Fackel Nr. 888, S. 3-4)]

Chomsky on Obama

I do not agree with Chomsky on language... not at all. In fact I am quite certain generative grammatics are just another metaphysical model (and we don't need more of those, do we? Chomsky the political activist would certainly agree).

Anyway, here's his highly enlightening write-up on Obama and the state of US democracy (he calls it dysfuntional). It's in German only.

The soundtrack to this can be heard in minor... #5 here.

November 9

Quite a day in (German) history:

1848: Execution of Robert Blum, member of parliament (the event which actually brought to an end the revolution from March 1948)

1918: November revolution (Kiel)

1923: Hitler-Ludendoff-Putsch fails

1938: Reichskristallnacht

1989: Fall of the Berlin wall


A poem to go along - not really related, but...

Grodek

Am Abend tönen die herbstlichen Wälder
Von tödlichen Waffen, die goldnen Ebenen
Und blauen Seen, darüber die Sonne
Düstrer hinrollt; umfängt die Nacht
Sterbende Krieger, die wilde Klage
Ihrer zerbrochenen Münder.
Doch stille sammelt im Weidengrund
Rotes Gewölk, darin ein zürnender Gott wohnt
Das vergoßne Blut sich, mondne Kühle;
Alle Straßen münden in schwarze Verwesung.
Unter goldnem Gezweig der Nacht und Sternen
Es schwankt der Schwester Schatten durch den schweigenden Hain,
Zu grüßen die Geister der Helden, die blutenden Häupter;
Und leise tönen im Rohr die dunkeln Flöten des Herbstes.
O stolzere Trauer! ihr ehernen Altäre,
Die heiße Flamme des Geistes nährt heute ein gewaltiger Schmerz,
Die ungebornen Enkel.

by Georg Trakl


Here's an english translation, found on this page dedicated to Trakl.

Classical Music

Arturo Toscanini with granddaughter Sonia (her parents were Wanda Toscanini and Vladimir Horowitz)

NZZ, 22 September 1938, advert for concert of 26 September 1938 - Horowitz played a programme of Chopin pieces, the Busch quartet w/guests the first string quintet by Mendelssohn for starters, and Schubert's string quintet after Horowitz' middle section 

Jazz Fotos

Sahib Shihab, Elvin Jones, Hank Mobley, Art Blakey - backstage at Salle Pleyel, Paris Jazz Festival, November 1968 (photographer unknown)

John Coltrane & Alice Coltrane in Japan, prob. Nagasaki, July 14, 1966 (prob. from same date as the photo on the back of the original issue of "Cosmic Music", the sign in the back translates to "Groun Zero [Monument]") (photographer unknown)

Art Blakey, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones (photographer, date and location unknown)

Arnett Cobb with his daughter Lizette Cobb, Alexandra Palace, London, 1979 (Foto: Val Wilmer)

John Coltrane, dressing room, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 1963 (Foto: Henk Visser)

Duke Ellington playing baseball (Florida, 1950s, photo: Charlotte Brooks/Look)

Edith & Roland Kirk with Ronnie Scott in front of Ronnie Scott's, London, c. 1966 (photo: John Hoppy Hopkins)

Dizzy Gillespie playing tennis (date/location/photographer unknown)

Jack DeJohnette gardening, c. August 2020

Alice Coltrane and family: Michelle (7), Oran (6 months), John Jr. (3), and Ravi (2) at their home, Dix Hills, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, November 1967 (four months after John passed). (from Ebony Magazine)

Food

RS-Forum

Palasthotel

Kenneth Rexroth rehearsing (Brew Moore on ts) (photo: Harry Redl)

Lovano? Lovano!

StoneFM

Babs Gonzalez in Paris on Champs Elysées, 1956 (Photo: Jean-Marie Perier)

Sonny Rollins & Henry Grimes

Giovanni Sollima

Malamondo (1965)

Corona Tapes - radiostonefm.de

West Coast Jazz

Howard McGhee & Charlie Parker, c. 1947

Howard McGhee's band at Jade Club, Hollywood, c. 1945
From left to right: Roy Porter (d), Howard McGhee (t), TeddyEdwards (ts). J.D. King (ts)

The first Californian bebop band: leader Howard McGhee (t) with Vernon Biddle (p), J.D. King (ts), Bob Kesterson (b), Teddy Edwards (ts), and Roy Porter (d), c. 1945/1946

Hollywood Palladium, Opening Night, 23 Sep 1940

Hollywood Palladium, Opening Night, 23 Sep 1940

Brew Moore

Cal Tajder & Vince Guaraldi

The Curtis Counce Quintet at The Haig 1957: Curtis Counce (b), Carl Perkins (p), Harold Land (ts), Frank Butler (d), Jack Sheldon (t)

Teddy Eddwards

Horace Tapscott

Ornette Coleman, late 50s (photo: William Claxton)