jueves, 31 de diciembre de 2009

Painter: Bruegel Pieter. The Elder (1525 -1569) Part 6

Haymaking (July). Detail. 1565. Oil on panel. Narodni Gallery, Prague, Czech

Head of the Old Peasant Woman. c. 1568. Oil on wood. Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Storm at Sea. 1569. Oil on panel. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

Music: Paco Ibañez - Romance del Conde Niño - Anónimo español - Siglos XV-XVI

Romance del Conde Niño
[Poema: Texto completo]
Anónimo español - Siglos XV-XVI

Conde Niño, por amores
es niño y pasó a la mar;
va a dar agua a su caballo
la mañana de San Juan.
Mientras el caballo bebe
él canta dulce cantar;
todas las aves del cielo
se paraban a escuchar;
caminante que camina
olvida su caminar,
navegante que navega
la nave vuelve hacia allá.
La reina estaba labrando,
la hija durmiendo está:
-Levantaos, Albaniña,
de vuestro dulce folgar,
sentiréis cantar hermoso
la sirenita del mar.
-No es la sirenita, madre,
la de tan bello cantar,
si no es el Conde Niño
que por mí quiere finar.
¡Quién le pudiese valer
en su tan triste penar!
-Si por tus amores pena,
¡oh, malhaya su cantar!,
y porque nunca los goce
yo le mandaré matar.
-Si le manda matar, madre
juntos nos han de enterrar.
Él murió a la media noche,
ella a los gallos cantar;
a ella como hija de reyes
la entierran en el altar,
a él como hijo de conde
unos pasos más atrás.
De ella nació un rosal blanco,
de él nació un espino albar;
crece el uno, crece el otro,
los dos se van a juntar;
las ramitas que se alcanzan
fuertes abrazos se dan,
y las que no se alcanzaban
no dejan de suspirar.
La reina, llena de envidia,
ambos los mandó cortar;
el galán que los cortaba
no cesaba de llorar;
della naciera una garza,
dél un fuerte gavilán
juntos vuelan por el cielo,
juntos vuelan a la par.

Music: John Mayer - Edge of Desire (Battle Studies Full Album Version) - Lyrics

Lyrics:
Young and full of running
Tell me where is that taking me
Just a great figure eight
Or a tiny infinity

Love is really nothing
But a dream that keeps waking me
For all of my trying
We still end up dying
How can it be

Dont say a word
Just come over and lie here with me
Cause I'm just about to set fire to everything I see

I want you so bad I'll go back on the things I believe
There I just said it
I'm scared you'll forget about me

So young and full of running
All the way to the edge of desire
Steady my breathing, Silently screaming
I have to have you now

Wired and I'm tired
Think I'll sleep in my clothes on the floor
Maybe this mattress will spin on its axis
And find me on yours

Dont say a word just come over and lie here with me
Cause I'm just about to set fire to everything I see
I want you bad I'll go back on the things I believe
There I just said it
I'm scared you'll forget about me

Dont say a word just come over and lie here with me
Cause I'm just about to set fire to everything I see
I want you so bad I'll go back on the things I believe
There I just said it
I'm scared you'll forget about me

miércoles, 30 de diciembre de 2009

Music: Weather Report - River People

Music: Mamphis Minnie - I'm A Bad Luck Woman - 1936 - Memphis Blues Guitar Legend

Music: Bob Marley - One Love

Botany: Fungus. Hongos. Funji: Boletus. Part 8

Boletus Smithii

Boletus sp

Boletus subtomentosus

Boletus Truncatus

Boletus zelleri

Music: Texas Johnny Brown - Ain't No Way

martes, 29 de diciembre de 2009

Music: Sheryl Crow - Can't cry anymore (live)

Music: LeadBelly - Rock Island Line

Recorded:
1944
Lead Belly (vcl) (g), Paul Howard (cithare)

Huddie William Ledbetter, (January, 1888 -- December 6, 1949) was an American folk and blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich songbook of folk standards he introduced.
He is best known as Leadbelly or Lead Belly. Though many releases list him as "Leadbelly," he himself spelled it "Lead Belly." This is also the usage on his tombstone, as well as the Lead Belly Foundation.
Although he most commonly played the twelve string, he could also play the piano, mandolin, harmonica, violin, concertina, and accordion. In some of his recordings, such as in one of his versions of the folk ballad "John Hardy", he performs on the accordion instead of the guitar. In other recordings he just sings while clapping his hands or stomping his foot. The topics of Lead Belly's music covered a wide range of subjects, including gospel songs; blues songs about women, liquor and racism; and folk songs about cowboys, prison, work, sailors, cattle herding and dancing. He also wrote songs concerning the newsmakers of the day, such as President Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Jean Harlow, the Scottsboro Boys and multi-millionaire Howard Hughes. Fame in 1986.
The day of his birth has also been debated. The most common date given is January 20, but other sources suggest he was born on January 21 or 29. The only document we have that Ledbetter, himself, helped fill out is his World War II draft registration from 1942 where he gives his birth date as January 23, 1889
Lead Belly's boastful spirit and penchant for the occasional skirmish sometimes led him into trouble with the law, and in January 1918 he was thrown into prison for the second time, this time after killing one of his relatives, Will Stafford, in a fight. He was incarcerated in Sugar Land, Texas and it is there that he got the inspiration for the song Midnight Special. It is said that he was released two years into his 35-year sentence after writing a song appealing to Governor Pat Morris Neff for his freedom. Lead Belly had swayed Governor Neff by appealing to his strong religious values. That, in combination with good behavior (including entertaining by playing for the guards and fellow prisoners), was Lead Belly's ticket out of jail.
In 1930, Lead Belly was back in prison, this time in Louisiana for attempted homicide. It was there, three years later, that he was "discovered" by musicologists John and Alan Lomax, who were enchanted by his talent, passion and singularity as a performer, and recorded hundreds of his songs on portable recording equipment for the Library of Congress. The following year Lead Belly was once again pardoned, this time after a petition for his early release was taken to Louisiana Governor O.K. Allen by the Lomaxes. The petition was on the other side of a recording of one of his most popular songs, "Goodnight Irene". The state's prison records, however, show he was released due to

Photos: Edward Weston - Part 5

Tina Modotti (por Edward Weston) 1923

Edward Weston. Nude 1934

Squash

Shell

Mexico DF 1925

Drift wood stump 1937

Music: Paco Ibañez - Canción del Jinete - Federico García Lorca

CANCION DEL JINETE
Federico García Lorca

En la luna negra de los bandoleros, cantan las espuelas
en la luna negra de los bandoleros, cantan las espuelas
¡Ay! Caballito negro
¿Dónde llevas tu jinete muerto?
¿Dónde llevas tu jinete muerto?

Las duras espuelas del bandido inmóvil, que perdió las riendas
las duras espuelas del bandido inmóvil, que perdió las riendas
¡Ay! Caballito frío
Que perfume de flor de cuchillo
Que perfume de flor de cuchillo

En la luna negra sangraba el costado, de Sierra Morena
en la luna negra sangraba el costado, de Sierra Morena
¡Ay! Caballito negro
¿Dónde llevas tu jinete muerto?
¿Dónde llevas tu jinete muerto?

En la luna negra un grito y el cuerno, claro de la hoguera
en la luna negra un grito y el cuerno, claro de la hoguera
¡Ay! Caballito frío
Que perfume de flor de cuchillo
Que perfume de flor de cuchillo

(un día sentirás orgullo de haberme enseñado este camino. caballito. rm)

Music: Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night?

Music: Leadbelly - Good night Irene

Music: Paco Ibañez - Vendrá la muerte y tendrá tus ojos

Music: Leadbelly - James Baker and gang - Black Betty - Lyrics and data

This is the first known recording of this song. Done in 1933 by John Lomax at Central State Farm in Texas. Performed by James Baker and a gang of fellow convicts. Leadbelly recorded his version of this song, again for John Lomax about 3 years later. Taken from Library Of Congress lp.

What is Black Betty? After reading numerous books and scouring sleeve notes and booklets I can say there is no diffinative answer. Popular meanings are a prison transfer wagon, a bull whip (or guard carrying one), a woman, a whiskey bottle and a gun. A song recorded by Lomax "Let Your Hammer Ring" also refers to Black Betty. Being interviewed by Lomax about the song a prisoner stated it refered to the transfer wagon.
It is of course possible prisoners being interviewed wouldn't want to give away the meaning as being a guard or guard with whip for obvious reasons.

Prison songs, spirituals and hollers could be used to convey messages to fellow workers and prisoners etc. Say about a revival meeting or whereabouts of guards and such. It's important to remember though the circumstance of the singers. Their workdays were long, hard, unfulfilling and often against their will. As such, for the most part, the songs served as a cadence to get the work done or a means to lift the spirit.

Here's the lyrics as we hear them:

Remember every sentence is followed by a "bam-a-lam"/"bam-ba-lam". The "x2" in brackets indicates the sentence is sung twice. The words in brackets indicate the change for the second repition.

Oh black betty (x2)
Black Betty where you come from (x2)
Well I come from.....?...
Well I'm going to Texacana
Black betty what's your number (x2)
750 (x2)
Oh lord (lordy) black betty (x2)
Black betty had a baby (x2)
and the damn thing crazy
ah, she dipped it's head in gravy (x2)
Oh lord black betty (x2)
Black betty where she (you) come from (x4)
Oh lord (lordy) black betty (x2)
Now (oh) the baby had blue eyes (x2)
Well it must have been the captains (x2)
Oh lordy black betty (x2)

Painter: Burne Jones. Sir Edward. Part 6

Girl's Head. 1897. Gouache and gold paint on purple paper. Fulham Library, London.

Girls in a Meadow (detail). 1860. Oil on panel. Private Collection.

Fatima. 1862. Gouache and gum. Private collection, UK.

Hesperus. The Evening Star. 1870. Gouache. Private collection, UK.

Girl and Goldfish. 1861. Gouache and gum. Carlisle Art Gallery, UK.

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American Pit Bull Terrier

Amstaff American Staffordshire Terrier

American Staffordshire Terrier

Staffordshire Bull Terrier heads

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Music: Leadbelly - Cotton fiels

Music: Leadbelly - The Midnight Special - Lyrics

Yonder come Miss Rosie, how in the world do you know
Well I know by the apron and the dress she wore
Well an umbrella on her shoulder, piece of paper in her hand
Well I'm gonna ask the governor, he turn a-lose a-my man

Let the midnight special, shine the light on me
Let the midnight special, shine the ever-lovin' light on me

When you get up in the mornin', when that big bell ring
You go and march to the table, see the same damn thing
Knife and fork are on the table, there's nothin' in my pan
And if you say anything about it, havin' trouble with the man

Well I went to the nation and to the territo(ry)
Well I thought about the girl I love, in that Mexico

If you ever go to Houston, oh you better walk right
And you better not squallow and you better not fight
Sheriff Rocko will arrest you, Eddie Boone will take you down
You can bet your bottom dollar, penitentiary bound

Well jumpin' little Judy, she was a mighty fine girl
Well Judy brought jumpin' to this whole round world
Well she brought it in the mornin', just a while before day
She brought me the news, that my wife was dead
That started me to grievin', then hollerin' and a-cryin'
Then I had to give the worry about a been a long time

another one:

Well you wake up in the morning, hear the ding dong ring,
You go a-marching to the table, see the same damn thing
Well, it's on a one table, knife, a fork and a pan,
and if you say anything about it, you're in trouble with the man

Let the midnight special, shine her light on me
Let the midnight special, shine her ever-loving light on me

If you ever go to Houston, you better walk right, you better not stagger, you better not fight
Sheriff Benson will arrest you, he'll carry you down
And if the jury finds you guilty, penitentiary bound

Yonder come little Rosie, how in the world do you know
I can tell her by her apron, and the dress she wore
Umbrella on her shoulder, piece of paper in her hand
She goes a-marching to the captain, says, "I want my man"

"I don' believe that Rosie loves me", well tell me why
She ain't been to see me, since las' July
She brought me little coffee, she brought me little tea
Brought me damn near ever'thing but the jailhouse key

Yonder comes doctor Adams, "How in the world do you know?"
Well he gave me a tablet, the day befo'
There ain't no doctor, in all the lan'
Can cure the fever of a convict man

Music: Leadbelly - House of the rising sun

Music: The Beatles - Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Rare Version)

Music: The Beatles - I'm so tired

lunes, 28 de diciembre de 2009

Music: The Beatles - Abbey road - Here Comes The Sun - Sun King - Mean Mr Mustard - Polythene Pam - She Came in through the bathroom window - Lyrics - documentary video

THE BEATLES ABBEY ROAD PART 4

1) Here Comes The Sun
2) Sun King
3) Mean Mr Mustard
4) Polythene Pam
5) She Came in through the bathroom window.

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HERE COMES THE SUN BY GEORGE HARRISON

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
It's all right, it's all right

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SUN KING BY JOHN LENNON & PAUL MCCARTNEY

Here comes the sun king
Here comes the sun king
Everybody's laughing
Everybody's happy
Here comes the sun king

Quando para mucho mi amore de felice corazón
Mundo paparazzi mi amore chicka ferdy parasol
Presto OBRIGADO tanta mucho cake and eat it carousel.

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POLYTHENE PAM BY JOHN LENNON & PAUL MCCARTNEY.

Well you should see Polythene Pam
She's so good looking
But she looks like a man
Well, you should see her in drag
dressed in a polythene bag
Yes you should see Polythene Pam
Yeh, yeh, yeh

Get a dose of her in jackboot and kilt
She's killer diller when
she's dressed to the hilt
She's the kind of a girl
that makes the news of the world
Yes you could say she was attractively built
Yeh, yeh, yeh

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SHE CAME IN THROUGH THE BATHROOM WINDOW
BY JOHN LENNON & PAUL MCCARTNEY
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She came in through the bathroom window
Protected by a silver spoon
But now she sucks her thumb and wanders
By the banks of her own lagoon

Didn't anybody tell her?
Didn't anybody see?
Sunday's on the phone to Monday,
Tuesday's on the phone to me

She said she'd always been a dancer
She worked at 15 clubs a day
And though she thought I knew the answer
Well I knew but I could not say.

And so I quit the police department
And got myself a steady job
And though she tried her best to help me
She could steal but she could not rob.

Didn't anybody tell her?
Didn't anybody see?
Sunday's on the phone to Monday,
Tuesday's on the phone to me
Oh yeah.

Photos: Margaret Bourke White - Part 4

Newly-constructed, unident. exhibition bldg. featuring large circular cutouts in the pole-supported eave of its roof, before the Apr. 30th grand opening at the World's Fair, NY 1939

1939 New York World's Fair (clic here Wiki)