I DROPPED A PEBBLE IN A POND
By Charles Robert Lindholm – 3-9-2017 at 6:00 p.m.
I dropped a pebble in a pond
and watched the ripples run
racing toward a distant shore
because of what I’d done
I knew that soon they’d wash ashore
with a playful, warm embrace
and the gentle kiss I sent
from me, here in my place
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“Do the next right thing”
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Excellent!
Every shining star
Hopes to be the special one
That you’ll wish upon
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Song: “Intergalactic Lesbian Love Song” from the album COMING OUT ELECTRIC
Artist: Atomic Swindler
Artist Location: Rochester, New York
Info: This is Atomic Swindlers’ debut album.
“Otherworldliness is something which has got lost in the JLo video vacuum, where life is an endless procession of choreographed pretty vacuity and bragging about the amassing of consumer durables. Step up, then, the sublimely named Atomic Swindlers who are ready to catapult you into another world far, far away from the soulless confines of corporate pop. “ — Chris Mitchell, SPIKED
“It’s easy to talk about Atomic Swindlers in the contexts of their image or sexuality, but what many overlook is the songwriting and musicianship. Though Atomic Swindlers have planted themselves firmly in the aesthetics of glam, Coming Out Electric is more than the glitter and androgyny. Without the songs, androgyny is a gimmick, glitter is passé. Atomic Swindlers have the songs.” — Dave Brecheisen, POPMATTERS
Price: $5 for 12-track album; the price for the song is Name Your Price (Includes FREE)
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Language
• Sometimes, not knowing a language well may be an advantage. Arturo Toscanini was displeased with the performance of a musician so he ordered him out of rehearsal. At the exit, the musician turned around and shouted, “Nuts to you!” Mr. Toscanini remained firm and said, “It is too late to apologize.”
Media
• Famed conductor Arturo Toscanini disliked giving interviews and to get out of giving them, he occasionally played tricks on reporters. Samuel Chotzinoff, the music critic of the New York World, once had an interview with Mr. Toscanini, but he was surprised that the Maestro had only a very weak grasp of English. There was nothing to do but to give up on the interview and leave, which Mr. Chotzinoff did. Later, Mr. Chotzinoff found out that Mr. Toscanini spoke English much better than he had pretended. Eventually, the two men became friends, and Mr. Toscanini was pleased with Mr. Chotzinoff’s praise of his acting ability as demonstrated the first time they met.
• In January 1933, the great dancer Bill Robinson, aka Mr. Bojangles, was dancing at the Loews State Theater in New York, when a rat made its way onstage. At first Mr. Bojangles ignored the rat, but members of the audience began to see it and started screaming. Mr. Bojangles knew that the audience would panic, so he picked up a block of wood and began dancing toward the rat. In the middle of the stage, he threw the block of wood at the rat, wounding it, then ran over to it and brained it with the wood — to the orchestra’s long drumroll followed by clashing cymbals. The newspapers the next day gave much play to the story.
• Grandma Moses grew up in and loved the country. She once stopped in New York City on her way to accept an achievement award from the Women’s National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Reporters interviewed her, and she told them, “It’s nice to be here, but the city doesn’t appeal to me.” They asked, “As picture material?” She replied, “As any material.”
• American dance pioneer Ted Shawn once danced a duet with Martha Graham. The dance was Spanish, and his pants split with a loud noise. The next day, a reviewer wrote that the splitting of the “incredibly tight Spanish trousers” was something he had prayed all his life to witness.
Mishaps
• Despite his obvious high intelligence, Isaac Asimov could be absent-minded. When he was married to his first wife, he once took a bill to the gas company and complained about how much it was. He said, “We have never used enough gas to bring us up to the minimum. We have no children. We both work. We cook perhaps four meals a week. How can we possibly get a gas bill for $6.50? I demandan explanation.” The gas-company employee had a good explanation: “This is an electricbill.” By the way, television reporter Walter Cronkite once interviewed Mr. Asimov, who wanted to tell him, “My father will be very thrilled, Mr. Cronkite, when he finds out you’ve interviewed me.” However, he was afraid of sounding immature and so refrained from saying it. During a break in the filming, Mr. Cronkite said to Mr. Asimov, “Dr. Asimov, my father will be very thrilled when he finds out I’ve interviewed you.”
• While performing Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Götterdämmerungin the Vichy Opera House, Australian soprano Marjorie Lawrence was determined to be on a live horse — something she had previously done to great effect at the Metropolitan Opera. However, the Vichy Opera House did not have its own stable, so an army horse with close-cropped tail and mane would have to play Grane. Because Grane must have a long, flowing tail and mane, an artificial tail and mane was used. At the performance, all seemed to be well. Grane swished its long, flowing tail around, and the scene seemed to be set for a magnificent departure from the stage. However, Ms. Lawrence heard laughter as she rode off — Grane had lost its artificial tail.
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