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Hey! Here’s a not-as-common-as-it-once-was situation. I have Episode Fifteen ready. I’m just starting to write. Una and Phyllis have not yet begun their own Saturday routines.
Lets get all Jack Bauer on this post.*
1) thanks, of course to Kristi for doing all the actual, hard-work involved in maintaining this here bloghop here
2) technology ’cause were it not, (for the level of casual, everyday technology), I totally would not have been able to post this week’s train-wreck of a TToT post
3) Una
4) Phyllis (to the right, out of frame, in the above photo)
5) the Hobbomock Chronicles (in general) and, here on a Saturday(?!) is Episode Fifteen (in particular)
6) working in a business that has been deemed ‘essential’ by the two states that make up my market area.
7) Hypot-grat** March in April (see photo below)
8) ** per the Book of Secret Rules, aka the Secret Book of Rules: “…a valid gratitude citation, i.e. a person, place or thing that you totally could live without, except it has happened, so it behooves one to accept it as gracefully as possible…” (see: Mimi, and the hostinae et.al. for the true spirit of proper relating to the hypo-gratistic events and people that we, all of us, are heir to by virtue of being alive.)
9) THIS SPACE AVAILABLE
10) Secret Rule 1.3 […from what is, imo, a feature of the bloghop that Lizzi created, that is of singular utility and value, the Book of Secret Rules (aka the Secret Book of Rules)… this pretty much puts the dial that draws deliberate and perfect curved lines on your Etch-a-Sketch, causes mumbles to sound like John Luc Picard or Brenda Vaccaro, and accounts for that person who seemingly appeared out of nowhere, and insists on regarding you as you’ve always hoped someone would and...and they’re still there, the next day. You know, that kind of Book]
*perhaps not literally… just the idea of a ‘realtime’ TToT
music
Lets go with multiple videae
Naturally, the song that comes to mind, when Spring is mentioned, (provided it’s Spring on Klendathu) is Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring. I picked this particular video because they have subtitles and you really get to watch the members of the orchestra. It puts a certain amount of drama and suspense into the performance… (“Boy, clark, did you see that viola player arguing with his team mate as the conductor walked in?” …. “Boy, that oboe player seems a bit on edge… reminds me of an old Robert Klein joke.”) Story has it, there were riots at the premiere. It’s good to know our grand, great-grand parents weren’t all that different in the totally understandable human trait of reacting to the fear of the strange with anger and violence.
And, then, there’s: (Hey! Serious question here. I really love the music, melody that doesn’t sit still for a second, the arrangement (old fashioned but technically superb) and the vocal harmonies. But, then there are the lyrics. Not to get all serious and, surely not forgetting when this song was written, but what about the toxic sexism? Such a thorny question, bath water…baby. bath water…baby. Kinda can’t hear the words without getting a little cringy. Anyway, seeing how this post is threatening to be published before 10 am on a Saturday, I thought I’d solicit for your opinions.)
finally
Of course the following requires no introduction*
* for Readers of the Wakefield Doctrine or anyone more than ⇑ this old
About clarkscottroger
Did that conductor just order the orchestra to stand and bow to him?! LOL
Perhaps Gene, Gene was one of Ellen Degeneres’s influences? He could :D
Aw-w. Baby’s all comfy. Amazing how they do that, isn’t it.
So Episode 15. Got all carried away. Does make one wonder now how this is going to play out for the broker/Michael. Still think Allyson will begin to suspect soon. Or not!
#10 Hear! Hear!
really! and the viola player getting into an argument (to the right of the conductor)… and the whole ‘these are real people’ thing about this video.
My current thinking is that this, Book One of the Hobbomock Chronicles will span the few small weeks of the Summer, starting at the Open House and ending with Labor Day. Question is, how do I tie up the loose ends in time?
…thats right! This is (in part) a time travel story… no problemo (cue my favorite sight gag)
LOL
Excellent question that only the author can answer :D Although I imagine that is a most satisfactory way to write a story – breaking them down into books to be read in a series. Each book ending with the reader saying “wtf!, now I have to read the 2nd book” and so on.
just have to complete Book One… minor detail. lol
What an interesting link about whether there were riots at the premiere.
I think trying to sell Personality now would have a lot of women up in arms! That was another time, for sure.
I hope your “essential” business has been good during this time of COVID. It would seem that could be a challenge.
yeah, I remember ‘hearing’ about it in school… fun to read up on those things that there seemed to have not been enough time for the first time around… thanks to the internet.
I suspect the deeper ingrained in society an attitude is ingrained, the more difficult it is to change… in this case, so fundamentally embedded that what one might now be considered a negative was pushed as a positive and complimentary way of relating to another.
What a interesting mix of videos. Yes, I did see the Roger acting up as the audience clapped for the conductor. Those Rogers.
lol (making fun of the conductor or complaining that he was getting too much attention)
I think you asked a question that could be discussed all semester in a women’s studies college class! Personally, I think the song highlighted the inequality of the times, but I don’t think it took itself seriously. I wasn’t offended, but then again, I also enjoy “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” I believe the women in both “Personality” and “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” have more power and control of the situation than the “Let’s ban this song!” people understand. Maybe I would feel differently if I didn’t enjoy the music, or if I felt patronized or marginalized in life.
I suspect banning an example (or a song) from another time is counter-productive, especially something defining the genders (which is about as fundamental as a body could get)… that said, I believe there is a value to pointing it out*… not that this will change the attitudes in and of itself, but to allow it (the attitude to be seen in contrast).
My favorite example, not surprisingly, is the changes in what is considered funny, over time (and yes, even this is subject to the ‘but they meant well/you’re missing the point’) with my favorite comic strip ‘Andy Capp’. Popular in the late sixties, it serves as a perfect illustration of how what was funny (and therefore not a bad thing/behavior) does change (thank god) with time. Yet, the response of those who were a part of the culture that produced the humor is markedly different from those who were not brought up in that culture/era.
“Hey kids! Here’s something funny. An chronically-unemployed alcoholic often beats his wife badly enough to leave marks… wait, why are you looking at me like that??!”
lol*
My apologies for straying from the thematic guidelines we try to follow in this blog (blog motto: interesting perspectives on how people relate to the world around them since 2009!)
*this is an example of why we have tended to avoid the ‘real’ world and it’s issues in this blog… some things are interesting, other things are interesting but not very positive… we try to leave the discovery of the latter to the Reader rather than impose it on them in the name of narrative.
What train-wreck of a post? No train wrecks here that i can see, at least none worth rioting over.
I was waiting for the 🚆wreck and…nope.
maybe next week, lol
I enjoyed reading your post and the comments were quite spicy! In fact, my computer’s heat sink fan is working overtime. I also ventured into the realm of rioting audiences and figured that no one gave it much thought after 1914.
My favorite part of your posts is always Una. She really loves you. Her eyes are fixed on you without blinking. I noticed that her muzzle is graying. I guess that happens to the best of us. Your Phyllis and my husband share an equal love of being photographed.
See you soon!
Hey! Good to ‘see’ you again. (Those early 20th century folks! (though, what I got from one article is that it wasn’t unanimous. there was the old patrons (surely all cravated, monocle’d and natural pearl necklaces) who totally disapproved and there was the younger class of concert goers who were totally ruffian, bohemian and loving the turning over of a musical applecart) nothing new there, right? lol)
Una is a wonderful dog who specializes in close-ups… (dark-on-dark, you know)… what’s the deal with this time grays all beings?!