Sunday in the Park

Sunday, March 23rd, 2021, Flagstaff Hill

 Last Sunday was a fascinating performance and more importantly a celebration of a new season in our social functions.

The playlist included the following:

• "Canzonetta sull'aria", The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart)
• "Madamina, il catalog e questo", Don Giovanni (Mozart)
• "Un di see ben rammentomi", Rigoletto (Verdi)
• "Par le rang...Salut a la France", The Daughter of the Regiment (Donzetti)
• "Tous less trois reunis", The Daughter of the Regiment (Donizetti)
• "Acerba volutta" Adirana Lecouvreur (Cilea)
• "Au fond du temple saint", The Pearl Fishers (Bizet)
• "Signore, ascolta", Turandot (Puccini)
• "Largo al factotum", The Barber of Seville (Rossini)
• "Habanera, Carmen (Bizet)
• "La donna e mobile", Rigoletto (Verdi)
• "Pa-pa-pa...", The Magic Flute (Mozart)
• "Ah! Quelle est cette voix...Chere infant que j'appelle". The Tales of Hoffman (Offenbach)

High-hat

 Whatever tears apart that elegant high-hat hubris and the delirious "Know All" attitude, is a step toward enlightenment.

Onward and Upward

 (In the middle of the hassle, when I am overrun and wolves are surrounding me)

I listen to the tunes, carried by the wind

You are here, vividly and omnipresently, 

Lost the taste for rusted joy,

and the colorful fabrics of the universe, 

I saw through the smiles,

I walked through the frowns,

I shrugged off the indifference,

I fathomed the depth of despair, 

Onward and upward,

To where light devours 

Pedram 

4/18/2021

Night-Sight

 

2/26/2021

Thank You Scientist: Stranger Heads Prevail

 

What an astonishing album. A crossover of Rock, Metal, and Jazz. Highly sophisticated music lines and very technical. This 2016 album was lost in the shuffle for a while.

Glacier

 There are philosophical qualms to the detriment of everyday normal life. Most of them are unnecessary, excessive, and manageable. 

Inauguration Day

I am a staunch believer in baby steps. As Michael K. Williams put it more accurately "concrete baby steps". That is the way civil society moves forward and evolves. Peaceful, calm, and yet exciting. Pretty much all the elements of modern civilization share commonalities such as gradual formation. The temple so to speak is built by these small but sustainable actions. Those are the most productive ones as history has shown. 

On The Anniversary of The Dreadful Downing of Flight PS752

 It is not convenient to uncork a monologue here. This is just dedicated to the memory of all 176 passengers who died on that fateful night. Those who died so young, so innocent, so unjust...

Pedram

1/5/2021