Yesterday I got this message from WordPress: You’ve posted 600 days in a row on words and music and stories! Keep up the good work. In total I have published over 2000 articles so far, but this was a kind of challenge that I made with myself. At first I promised myself to reach 500… Read More Posts
These are the first words of Sonnet 31, which belongs to the collection “Astrophil and Stella” (c. 1582) by Sir Philip Sidney, begins. This is the first major sonnet sequence written in English, which tells the story of Astrophil and his hopeless passion for Stella.Sidney actually is reflecting on his unrequited love for Penelope Devereux… Read More P. Sidney’s Moon: “With how sad steps…”
On 20 June 1890 the reading public began to hear about “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, Oscar Wilde’s famous tale of a young man who purchases eternal youth at the expense of his soul.It was on that day that a shorter novella-length version of the novel was published on both sides of the Atlantic in… Read More The Picture of Dorian Gray: a novella/1
As we know, William Shakespeare the man, has remained an elusive figure. He left behind little documentation — no letters, no handwritten manuscripts, few contemporary accounts, and only six signatures, each spelled in a different way. Here are the six signatures: From the a legal lawsuit case, dated May 11, 1612: Willm Shakp From the… Read More Shakespeare’s Signatures
The first jazz record ever released (see here) helped jazz music spread worldwide and musicians everywhere were able to learn the various styles through the imitation of this and other recordings. Previously jazz had been a local phenomenon known only by those who were lucky enough to watch performers in New Orleans or other places… Read More When Jazz was Jass (2)
“Straight roads do not make skilful drivers.” (Paulo Coelho) On 1st August 1941 the first ‘Jeep‘ was produced. It was a vehicle born out of necessity, and developed in just seven weeks to meet the needs of the U.S. Army that was looking for a small, all-terrain lightweight vehicle with four-wheel-drive, able to go… Read More The Birth of the Jeep in World War II
Fake (adj) = appearing to be something it is not; made to look like something real in order to trick people ( A fake document, fake leather, a fake mustache, a fake smile.) Fake (n) = a thing that is not genuine; a forgery or imitation- a person who is not what they claim to… Read More The word “FAKE”
“None of this would’ve happened without him. It was George’s band – it was always George’s band and it was a dream he had for a long time.” – Tom Petty The Traveling Wilburys (sometimes shortened to the Wilburys) were a British-American supergroup consisting of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, and Tom… Read More THE TRAVELING WILBURYS
“O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-ey’d monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on.” ― William Shakespeare, Othello (Act 3, Scene 3) Iago is warning Othello not to be a jealous man because jealousy (the green-eyed monster) will interfere with his mind (his imagination is what feeds it)… Read More Jealousy
“Running on Faith” appeared on Journeyman, the 1989 album by Eric Clapton. which was considered the artist’s return to sobriety. During the 80s he had developed a heroin addiction and had become an alcoholic, and had also had suicidal thoughts. He is reported to have said “the only reason I didn’t commit suicide was that… Read More Journeyman
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