John King 2112

Inquiry: How does she manage those foot pedals in stilettos? 

What else can one say, three beautiful ladies playing beautiful music! Enjoy!

A free-for-all on things you find irrational in today's woke crowd.

The woke crowd tells us to refer to Women as 'Birthing People', for the sake of being inclusionary. Yet they are also now telling us that 'Men can give birth', and even have an emoji for it, again, for the sake of being inclusionary. What is to be the new designation: "Birthing People Who Are Not Men"? I'd just as soon say Women.

Ever wonder what a 'Heavy Metal Cellist' would look like? Well, here's Tina Guo! Solo: 

 With Joe Bonamassa: 

And, with Caroline Campbell: 

Two by Traffic. Lyricist Jim Capaldi knew how to pen 'em, and Steve Winwood knew how to sing 'em. 

Should check out Barbara Dennerlien on the electric organ. Not just the keys, check out her talent with the foot pedals! (Plus check out drummer Daniel Messina, how he's getting into the mood during her pedal solo!) 

Here's two sung by Steve Winwood, one with his band Traffic, the other solo. Odd choice in one respect: Winwood most often worked with a lyricist, not that he couldn't write them, just that in his own words, he had to 'work on them'. 

And here is where she's joined by Big Sister Gvantsa! Yes, Kharismatic Khatia & Gvorgeous Gvantsa, the Beautishviliful sisters! 

Plus a recital done, where they even sing at the end! Enjoy! 

Nothing flashy or fancy, just some easy listening jazz by a nice looking all female quintet!

Ah, YouTube has rendered the links defunct (and I can't find the mechanism to edit the links out). So, here is a new concert (or is that 'Khoncert?) by the Kharismatic and Khurvaceous Khatia!

Rhetorical question: If a tree falls in the forest, and there's nobody there to hear it, is a Social Justice Warrior still offended?

Siblings from Britain, genre rockabilly, blues & funk. In concert you'll see them flanked by their Dad on rhythm acoustic guitar (and always seated), and Mom on either upright or electric bass. Each sibling sings lead, and switches from playing guitar, keyboards and drums (which I've never seen in another group period, let alone a group of siblings!). Enjoy! 

Ah, three lovely ladies playing lovely music! 

From Hawaii, lady was described as having a 'lioness on the prowl' look while she plays. I agree! 

Lady hails from Japan, has some CDs out, talented, and is both pleasing on the ears and the eyes! Speak Low

PS- No bunnies have been harmed during the production of this video;-)  Autumn Leaves

Go to this YouTube segment:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bI6UCs1xzKk&feature=youtu.be  and listen to what he says at 2:20. Did I hear right? Did Yaron describe Executive Order 9066 which authorized the internment of more than 110,000 Americans of Japanese descent, both 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation, as "legitimate"?

Link:  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098582/  I came across this film being mentioned in The Intellectual Activist, in that it was based on a true case, the real-life murder of an Iranian journalist living in Orange County. The movie was made, but in the aftermath of the Ayatollah Khomeini's death threat against Salmon Rushie, it failed to find a distributor. I had seen references to a Polish VHS release called Grozba , but no clue as to where to purchase a copy, or even an URL to where one can watch it on the internet. Can anyone help out? Here are two images on the VHS cover.

Who hasn't heard of Anne-Sophie Mutter, the classic violinist who has graced auditoriums for over 4 decades! Talented, beautiful, passionate, and with her trademark habit of wearing sleeveless gowns and not using a chin rest, she is a feast for the senses! Here are three of her performances, one accompanied by a pianist, one with an orchestra, and one of her soloing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNEICX5H8ck  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K67o86CS5uo&t=180s  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbco9NuzxEw  

Her life story is an incredible one of overcoming adversity. Rachel was born 15 weeks premature, weighing 1 pound 5 ounces at birth, which would afflict her with Retinopathy From Prematurity , leaving her blind. She would develop an affinity and talent for music. First learning piano, then flute, later guitar, she would take a liking to the progressive rock of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, even eliciting praise from Keith Emerson himself.She released her 1st CD of all self-compositions, where she performs everything except drums!  Her song "Greg's Favorite" was written and dedicated to Greg Lake.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57vS_T1urD8   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP0n-fDTLMs  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hcrM82Ryq8

From Croatia, a classical guitarist who is as pleasing to the eyes as she is to the ears! (Always helps!).   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwjX-m4LkYk   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF81YRi10HM  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inBKFMB-yPg

2 hours ago, Mark said:

Where on Estore.aynrand.org did you find it?  All I see are edited reprints of the articles by Peter Schwartz.

ARIwatch.com

 

 

Ah, I guess I should have read the fine print: "The author of these articles is Peter Schwartz". DAMN, that was a waste of money for what I thought I was getting!

Whatever they put into her Russian Caravan Tea..........wow!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1-LCnGojnw    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJXaIwl7Z2Q   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FIEPSEqKJU

I was just about to start a thread on this very subject! I had subscribed to The Intellectual Activist when it came out in 1979, but that was several address changes ago, and my copies got lost. So a few months ago, I started buying the PDF form from Estore.aynrand.org, and started printing out the issues for a local Staples store to cerlox bind into a readable periodical form. And.........I started noticing references to an article by George Reisman that were missing. And.....no articles by Reisman, period! Or even a review - by Robert Getman - of the book "In Defence Of The Corporation" by Robert Hessen. I still am going through Volume 4, but the song remains the same, they omitted "Truth And Toleration" by David Kelley, and anything by Reisman or Walsh. It's like someone's quip:"A good Soviet Historian is one who can predict the past"! 

And it's also rangles me that the Ayn Rand E-Store is not forthright enough to announce/describe these PDF files as 'truncated', before you buy!

Anyone ever come across this lady on YouTube? Talented, expressive, beautiful. Originally from the Republic of Georgia, now living in France, Khatia has 5 CDs out, as well as several hours of TV/video appearances on YouTube. Often plays with her talented sister Gvantsa ( also beautiful and a Salma Hayak look-alike!). Here are two solo performances, and one duet with her sister: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwIDIJwBsAs&t=34s  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJbO_VWX9rQ  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UXlf_ZMb8E