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Here's the permanent dedicated link to my first Hey, Mom! post and the explanation of the feature it contains.

Saturday, September 30, 2017

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother ##816 - What if Thor - Ragnarok was made in the 1980s

From Journey Into Mystery Vol. 1 #88
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #816 - What if Thor - Ragnarok was made in the 1980s

Hi Mom,

So just a quickie today. Just this video and some pics. Last day of September. Makes me think of that song from The Fantastiks:

Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh, so mellow
Try to remember the kind of September


It's a good day to be the God of  Thunder. Lots of rain today in the PAC NW but no thunder.

CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE DEPARTMENT: This here content is all from the brilliant mind of my friend Josh Upson at Fanfare back in Kalamazoo this gem from the weekly Fanfare newsletter.

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This is a video put together by the Nerdist web site. It's hilarious.




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I miss you so very much, Mom.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1709.30 - 10:10

NEW (written 1708.27) NOTE on time: I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of your death, Mom, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of your death, Mom. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom.

Friday, September 29, 2017

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #815 - White Privilege and sports protests

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/when-social-media-creates-platform-for-white-privilege
Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #815 - White Privilege and sports protests

Hi Mom,

Though I have NEVER liked the San Antonio Spurs, I have always liked and admired the team's head coach Gregg Popvich.

My admiration for Popvich has sky rocketed lately in how out spoken he has been about the hateful rhetoric of Donald Trump, especially the most recent diatribe of puke and bile and vitirol spilling forth in Trump's puerile attacks on the rights of athletes to protest in a manner they deem appropriate.

Claiming his remarks are not about race, though we know they are, Trump uses his high profile to grab headlines, stir up misguided emotions, be divisive, and wave a magic wand (though without dexterity) to distract Americans from real issues, such as taxes, health care, and the entire state of the hate nation.

Popvich vocalized his disgust and then he vocalized it some more. He used his own high profile to be a spokesperson for how white people think about white privilege and to try to unpack why the mere mention of white privilege makes some white people instantly defensive and almost manic in denials, blame-shifting, and even rage.

I was misunderstood once about white privilege. A volunteer organization I worked for wanted to devote enormous time and resources to better understanding white privilege and addressing issues of race in our culture while the midst of a major business expansion. I felt our efforts would be better tuned to the expansion and to wait to address cultural issues of that kind once the business had moved to the new location and was humming along. I was out voted, which is fine, but then I resigned. I resigned because I was not able to devote my time adequately to the organization and not because I was against devoting time to unpacking white privilege. A few years later, I signed up for the exact training for my teaching job that I balked at when the organization wanted all board members to sign on.

I have often thought about my reaction. Was I right in arguing where our time should be spent? Or was this a case of "check your privilege" in which I did not want to spend the time to unpack my white privilege?

I may never know because such issues are wrapped in layer upon layer of rationalizations. And yet a friend of mine in the organization was surprised when I told him I was signed up for the racism awareness training... as if I identified as uninterested in examining my white privilege simply because I felt that it the wrong time for the organization and thus myself to do that work at that time.

I challenge anyone with a strong reaction to these protests by athletes, especially if identifying as white, to consider the question of privilege in regards to the reaction.

Because isn't it possible to respect the country, value those in the Armed Services, even love the concept of the country, while at the same time protesting the current administration and its policy of hate, division, and corporate greed?

I have both a "race" and a "racism" category for entries related to these ideas, but I have never actually written directly (yet) about white privilege.

Here's the most famous white privilege concept guide, and it's a good place to start.

UNPACKING THE KNAPSACK OF WHITE PRIVILEGE

https://www.deanza.edu/faculty/lewisjulie/White%20Priviledge%20Unpacking%20the%20Invisible%20Knapsack.pdf

Quick aside: Just read an article about Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert who received numerous hateful and viciously racist phone messages, texts, and other communications following Lebron James' negative comments about Trump and the recent sports issues.

The Hate Nation is alive and well, folks.

Even a well-liked and well-respected celebrity like James draws detestable vitriol for expressing his feelings about the Hate Nation publicly. It's shameful.

The article following provides a great read on the issues of white privilege, especially in relation to sports and on Gregg Popovich's views on the subject.

Don't be "bored."

Don't fall into the trap of "oh, that subject again."

Does this article and issue make you uncomfortable? Good. Examine that feeling. That's a good place to start.

I know I have a few steps on the path of working through these issues, but I have hardly found the end of the path yet. I am not sure any of us will, not in our life times, not in the State of the Hate Nation as it is today.

Gregg Popovich (C), head coach of the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs JACK GUEZJACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images

https://theundefeated.com/features/nba-gregg-popovich-speech-about-white-privilege-felt-like-a-personal-rebuke/

NATIONAL ANTHEM PROTESTS

Gregg Popovich’s speech about white privilege felt like a personal rebuke

But now I’m starting to understand what it means

@MIKEWISEGUY

White Privilege: (noun). The fact of people with white skin having advantages in society that other people do not have.
Monday afternoon in downtown Washington, D.C., and every one of the overhead office televisions is leading with NFL franchises responding to the 45th president of the United States, who called anthem-protesting players “sons of bitches” last week and implored owners to tell these kneeling men, reality TV-style, “You’re fired!”
Then Gregg Popovich’s cloudy-white visage filled the screen, making me feel like crap.
“We still have no clue of what being born white means,” the coach of the San Antonio Spurs said in the middle of a three-minute, Check Your Privilege, Mr. President, scolding. “It’s like you’re at the 50-meter mark in a 100-meter dash. And you’ve got that kind of a lead because, yes, you were born white. You have advantages that are systemically, culturally, psychologically there. And they have been built up and cemented for hundreds of years.”
My colleagues, almost all of whom are black, nodded approvingly because Pop “gets it,” and some vowed to become Spurs fans simply because of his comments. I did the same.
But I also had this pang gnawing at me all day and into the night.
The truth: Many well-intentioned white people I know lose their minds when they hear about their “white privilege.” It’s not that we haven’t acknowledged our ancestors’ original sin — the dehumanization of a people, manifested in tragically being able to call another human being “property.” We have.
But fully accepting that the color of our skin benefits us today is often too much to unpack.

When we hear, “Check your privilege,” we feel ostracized from the people we thought shared the common purpose of equality with us. Further, if we are directly confronting racism in our online and physical worlds, we don’t want to hear, “Thanks, but there is no extra credit for doing what is right.”
We want an impossible validation: to be told that, unlike those Confederate-lovin’ nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, we don’t have white privilege.
And that gets to dissecting the meaning of privilege — separating the feelings of personal slight from a systemic inequity. Which is flat-out hard. We either a) don’t believe it; b) don’t think we are participants in it; or c) will engage to a point but ultimately decide, “I’m sorry, I don’t share this outlook on the world.”
It was only after hearing Popovich that I realized that we who continue to bullheadedly think that way represent a real obstacle toward achieving this elusive better place we always talk about.
Look, this isn’t something Colin Kaepernick or Michael Bennett can fix alone, just as Tommie Smith and John Carlos couldn’t fix it in 1968. This isn’t something any person of color can change by himself.
This is a difficult white-person-to-white-person conversation that has to happen between white men and women of all classes for any lasting change to occur. Black and brown people already know this. It’s not news to them that we have advantages bestowed at birth that they don’t.
If you can’t accept that white people have it easier, then you will never accept why someone would kneel during the national anthem. And until those two are reconciled, we shouldn’t expect people to stand — especially those most adversely affected by society’s unfair constructs.
We want an impossible validation: to be told that, unlike those Confederate-lovin’ nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, we don’t have white privilege.
The display of unity on Sunday, with some NFL owners linking arms with their players, was indeed an act of togetherness. But it was in response to the president crudely calling out their employees — not black men being killed by police. They were standing up for the NFL, not human rights. If Sunday was it, all they did was participate in a photo op that made everyone feel good.
We don’t need to feel good right now; we need to feel uncomfortable.
It’s a process. For one, hearing we have “white privilege” feels like it carries a stigma, as if we have been branded “racist” and don’t know why. It’s almost like a virus one needs to be inoculated from at a CVS pharmacy each fall.
But, of course, it doesn’t work like that. We don’t have a disease — society does.
Author and consultant Frances E. Kendall’s 2002 essay Understanding White Privilege put it this way: “For me, the confusion and pain of this knowledge is somewhat eased by reminding myself that this system is not based on each individual white person’s intention to harm but on our racial group’s determination to preserve what we believe is rightly ours. This distinction is, on one hand, important, and, on the other hand, not important at all because, regardless of personal intent, the impact is the same.”
In other words, hearing you have “white privilege” shouldn’t carry an ounce of baggage, even if the language feels accusatory. I know it took me a while to get there.
I have, for much of my life, failed to acknowledge that privilege. I rationalized that I did not have it because my papa-was-a-rolling-stone father moved us to a rural area of Hawaii when I was 12 — and I faced ugly prejudice for being white. (Everyone, by the way, should be on the other side of the fence at least once in their life to see what it’s like.) Given my own life circumstances, I reasoned it didn’t apply to me, that my own broken-home, abusive childhood didn’t involve any suburban cul-de-sacs or regular visits to the dentist, so what do I know about privilege?
But when you begin to think deeply about your own life experiences compared with your friends of color, it’s harder to dismiss.
I’ve never had to educate my young sons to be aware of systemic racism for their own daily physical protection, to warn them of law enforcement officers who might not give them the benefit of the doubt.
I’ve never applied for a home loan and suspected that I was turned down because some of my prospective neighbors only want to live next to and around people who look and think like them.
Privilege is when a deranged racist murders multiple black worshippers at a church Bible study and, upon seeing the race of the individual who did it, you did not have to say to your friend, “Damn, now they’re going to think all of us white folk are racist killers.”
The biggest benefit of being white: Our problems are far less likely to be attributed to some racial/cultural failure. Our government will hear our cries and not tell us to get over it but rather, in point of fact, ask us how it can help (even if the help doesn’t always come).
If Popovich is honest, white privilege is what allows him to make those statements in the first place. Meanwhile, coach Mike Tomlin, who’s never had a losing season, has been to two Super Bowls, won one and has guided the Pittsburgh Steelers to more wins the past decade than any team except the Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots, is walking a tightrope at this minute, trying to keep his protest-torn team together while not being shunned by his boss and the team’s customers.
“People get bored. ‘Oh, is it that again? They’re pulling the race card again, why do we have to talk about that again?’ ” Popovich said. “Well, it’s because it’s uncomfortable and there has to be an uncomfortable element in the discourse for anything to change. People have to be made to feel uncomfortable, and especially white people — because we are comfortable.”
I don’t like hearing this. It forces me to confront truths I don’t necessarily want to accept, because I don’t remember any breaks given me or job opportunities offered because of my complexion. But I’d be in denial to not believe that in numerous situations my race has helped me — in ways I never even notice.
Popovich’s statements are a piece of a conversation between white people that needs to happen more frequently. Whether there are enough people who look like me willing to engage in that conversation is an open question.
At least this week, though, his gruffness and often-annoying certainty about everything turned out to be good for more than just lighting a fire under Tim Duncan’s tush:
“Many people can’t look at it because it’s too difficult. It can’t be something that is on their plate on a daily basis,” he said. “People want to hold their position. People want the status quo. People don’t want to give that up. And until it’s given up, it’s not going to be fixed.”
Anyone else white want to take a stab at it? It’s the only way the work of everyone from Muhammad Ali to Colin Kaepernick will ever get done.
Mike Wise is a senior writer and columnist at The Undefeated. Barack Obama once got to meet him.
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Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.

I miss you so very much, Mom.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1709.29 - 10:10

NEW (written 1708.27) NOTE on time: I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of your death, Mom, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of your death, Mom. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom.

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #814 - Will Verlander Finish with Tigers?


Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #814 - Will Verlander Finish with Tigers?

Hi Mom,

Ever since Justin Verlander was traded to the Houston Astros, he has been pitching like the MVP ace that has led the Tigers to the World Series twice and to the playoffs and division championship multiple times.

I am happy that he has a shot to win the World Series this year (or at least make the post season) with the Houston Astros, but from the time he left, I have hoped that he would return to the Detroit Tigers to finish his career, much like Greg Maddux pitched his last year with the Chicago Cubs.

I am hoping that Verlander does not spend as many years away before returning as Maddux.

I am not the only who thinks Verlander will end his career with the Tigers.

Check this out in today's share.

I know you like this one, especially, Mom, as you always thought JV was very cute.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2017/09/25/leyland-verlander-could-finish-career-tigers/105995518/

Verlander, the second overall pick in the 2004 draft, had made just two big-league starts prior to spring training 2006, Leyland's first year on the job.
Then, Verlander started the fifth game of the 2006 season, allowed no runs on two hits and — as Leyland said — the rest is history. Some pretty darn impressive history.
That said, Leyland didn't get overly sentimental over the trade of Verlander to the Houston Astros last month. It was time, for both parties. The Tigers are rebuilding, and Verlander deserves a shot at that elusive World Series ring.
He's certainly provided the boost Houston was looking for; in his four Astros starts, he's 4-0 with a 0.64 ERA. In 28 innings, he's allowed 11 hits. He's struck out 32 for the American League West Division champions.

Former Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland speaks during


"I'm happy for him because I think it was the right move," Leyland said prior to his induction into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame. "I think it was the right move for the Tigers, I think it was the right move for him to accept it at this point.
"You know, sure, there's some sentimental, and everybody would like him to finish his career with the Tigers.
"But, who knows? Maybe he will."
A reunion down the road actually makes sense. Verlander, 34, is under contract for two more seasons, but as part of the trade to Houston, his vesting option for 2020 was voided, meaning he'll be a free agent.
And it's reasonable to believe the Tigers, with a blossoming farm system thanks to a couple recent impressive drafts and several July and August trades, could be ready to contend again by the time Verlander hits the market.
In Detroit, Verlander was rookie of the year in 2006, won the MVP and Cy Young awards in an unbelievable 2011 season, and narrowly missed winning two more Cy Young awards. He threw two no-hitters and won seven playoff games, including two dominant performances in do-or-die games. Verlander is second all-time in strikeouts by a Tiger with 2,373, and seventh all-time in wins with 183.
tpaul@detroitnews.com
twitter.com/tonypaul1984

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NEW (written 1708.27) NOTE on time: I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of your death, Mom, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of your death, Mom. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom.

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #813 - Practice what you Preach, Trump




Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #813 - Practice what you Preach, Trump

Link for image above -

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2017/09/25/practice-what-you-preach-president-trump/?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.b93b50a1d3de

Hi Mom,

I have always wanted a picture only post.

This one is about as close as I will get.

Following on recent posts of mine regarding Trump's attack on black athletes, there's this gem from cartoonist and humor genius Ann Telnaes of The Washington Post.

The image says everything that I want to say.

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Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.

I miss you so very much, Mom.

Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1709.27 - 10:10

NEW (written 1708.27) NOTE on time: I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of your death, Mom, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of your death, Mom. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom.

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #812 - Star Trek Discovery takes a knee


Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #812 - Star Trek Discovery takes a knee

Hi Mom,

Continuing with my post from the other day -- Hey Mom #809 -- about issues with Trump's reactions to black athletes choice of protest, both the NBA champion Golden State Warriors who were uninterested in visiting the White House with him in it, and the many NFL athletes protesting both his "presidency" and the entire state of the Hate Nation, especially in regards to race.

I have not had a chance to see the new Star Trek show yet, but I was excited to see the cast protest in this way.

Following the share of the Star Trek article from EW, there's another EW article about the football protests and how ratings are down, supposedly, because of people not appreciating the NFL players (and owners and coaches etc.) mode of protest.

I emphasize the word "supposedly" because I feel there's faulty cause and effect reasoning in being certain that the form of protest by players is causing people who would otherwise watch a game, like the Sunday night game, to choose not to watch. There are literally millions of causes for why the ratings may have gone down. I can't say I am right to be dubious. I am just dubious about the conclusion.

That said, Directv is offering full refunds of NFL Ticket to fans who are disgusted by the form of protest by players, coaches, owners, and various folks in the NFL. This strikes me as a political statement and not a decision made by need.

So, now the shares...






link to this article

Star Trek: Discovery cast takes a knee in premiere night protest

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Star Trek: Discovery star Sonequa Martin-Green pointedly kneeled for an Instagram post along with the CBS show’s executive producer Akiva Goldsman and several other members of the cast (such as Anthony Rapp, Michelle Yeoh, Mary Wiseman, Mary Chieffo and Shazad Latif). The image included the hashtags #StarTrekDiscovery #takeaknee. The post went live a few hours after the world premiere of Discovery on CBS.


Costar Jason Isaacs likewise weighed in on Twitter:
The silent protest follows more than 100 NFL team members taking the knee and sitting in solidarity after President Trump’s during national anthem performances around the league on Sunday in protest of police brutality and injustice. Dozens of others locked arms in defiance of Trump (though the president seemed to believe that show of disapproval was actually done in support of his message).
Martin-Green’s kneeling photo provoked largely supportive reactions on her account, along with a few slams:
— “‘I’m an Aussie & I say yay for any American taking a knee. Trump is way out of line. From the other side of the world he’s a total joke. Hats off to you all. Kneel with pride.”
— “great show, congratulations, every winter I watched voyager one of my old favorite Star Trek, seen sister doing her thing it’s so inspiring, many blessings”
— “Ridiculous, lost a follower! It’s disrespectful to those that died for our flag no matter how you look at it #shameful
— “If a knee in Freddy Gray’s back pissed off the people who are mad at people taking a knee this would all be over. I love this group even more!”
— “Wow I was a huge fan of yours and you just completely screwed that up. Time to free up space on my dvr now that I won’t be recording your show.”
Later, Martin-Green added: “Thank you. All of you. CBS, writers, producers, directors, crew and cast. For your gifts and fervor. And thank you, those watching. For tuning in. For your passion, support, and love. I. Do. NOT take it lightly. I thank God for you. And I’m excited to take this journey with you.”

Previously Discovery made some waves after the show’s producer Aaron Harberts discussed with EW the political allegory being explored in the show’s first season storyline, noting the writing process “began as a commentary on our own divided nation — in terms of Trump supporters and non-Trump supporters …The Klingons are going to help us really look at certain sides of ourselves and our country. Isolationism is a big theme. Racial purity is a big theme. The Klingons are not the enemy, but they do have a different view on things. It raises big questions: Should we let people in? Do we want to change?”


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NFL Sunday night ratings down amid kneeling protest

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In the preliminary metered-market results, NBC Sports coverage of Sunday Night Football was down about 10 percent versus last year’s comparable matchup.



The Oakland Raiders vs. Washington Redskins game averaged an 11.6 rating, 20 share in metered-market households. That’s also down from the first two games of the season, last week’s Falcons vs. Packers game and Sept. 10’s Giants at Dallas game.
BUT the game was also a blowout. Viewership peaked during the second quarter and then dropped after Washington led 21-0 less than five minutes into the third quarter.
Also, CBS touted some gains for its Sunday daytime NFL coverage — at least earlier in the day. The network’s regional football coverage at 1 p.m. was up 11 percent, though its afternoon national game coverage was basically flat.
The results come amid a day of sitting and kneeling protests by NFL players after President Trump’s attack on protesting players — even the cast of Star Trek: Discovery posted a taking-a-knee photo. But while one might easily assume Sunday primetime fans switched off en masse because of all the controversy, these still-strong numbers plus the blowout factor don’t lend themselves to any clear conclusions.



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Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.

I miss you so very much, Mom.

Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.

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NEW (written 1708.27) NOTE on time: I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of your death, Mom, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of your death, Mom. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom.

Monday, September 25, 2017

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #811 - Slow Dancing Society - Musical Monday 1709.25


Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #811 - Slow Dancing Society - Musical Monday 1709.25

Hi Mom,

I had previously posted an item on THE SLOW DANCING SOCIETY, which I discovered via the HYPNAGOGUE podcast, which I have been listening to A LOT lately. It's my main go to music.

I strongly recommend THE HYPNAGOGUE PODCAST, a biweekly foray into ambient, contemporary, new age, whatever you want to call it, quiet drift, flow, music.

There's always good flow from John Shanahan and the Hypnagogue podcast, and he's posted 219 episodes so far. Astounding!!

Following this review of John's of this album from THE HYPNAGOGUE REVIEWS PAGE by THE SLOW DANCING SOCIETY is a repost of my previous item.

This is Musical Monday for 1709.25.

I am in the flowstate.

FLOW.

Try the music, you'll like it.

Try THE HYPNAGOGUE PODCAST and then sample some SLOW DANCING SOCIETY.



FROM
https://hypnagogue.net/2017/02/21/slow-dancing-society-the-wagers-of-love-and-their-songs-from-the-witching-hour/

Slow Dancing Society, The Wagers of Love and Their Songs from the Witching Hour


No one can accuse Slow Dancing Society (Drew Sullivan) of skimping on the music on The Wagers of Love and Their Songs from the Witching Hour. Sullivan offers up a full 19 tracks over 74 minutes, packed with his signature sound, a warm, round, and lovingly echoed guitar style that has held my attention since I first heard it many albums ago. The Wagers of Love… also finds Sullivan taking this style into new places and shapes, lifting it out of its usual atmosphere of dreamy melancholy and crafting a full-band sound on several tracks–and it all works. There are places here where, even as a long-standing SDS fan, I find myself surprised at moments of rock power, bluesy shreds, and even a little bit of smooth jazz sax. “Greenwood Boulevard” is packed with all the familiar SDS essentials: that tone, a pizzicato accompaniment, tons of sweet soul, gritty riffs, and an indescribable background wash that’s a sure identifier of Sullivan’s sound. In spots he lays out trills that feel like nods to Mark Knopfler. He cranks up the blues on “Evening Falls,” carving those lines out of a starting source of misty drifts and the requisite melancholy. A hit of unexpected sax and drums, and you start to feel those blues creep in until Sullivan opens up a short, sweet, slow-hand solo. There are many of those out-of-nowhere moments to enjoy. There’s a spot in “Turning In” where a sudden burst of wah-loaded goodness drops some hefty hell, yeah potency. “Are You Still There” moves from its initial quiet and moody state to develop a smooth sense of casual funk. You’ll hear the guitar’s cool gangster lean when it slides in. Aside from these ear-catching moments, what comes through as clearly as always on a Slow Dancing Society release is the incredible depth of feeling. Sullivan is a very emotive player, finding something to say with every note that rings with an amazing sense of personal relevance. These are thoughts we’ve had, things we’ve been through, moments we’ve experienced, and it takes these notes to pull them up. Even the soulful heartbreak sax that closes everything out in the last moments of “Love Isn’t Love Until It’s Passed” manages to take what could be a bit of a cheesy smooth jazz sound and make it meaningful.
There’s so much to listen to on The Wagers of Love…, and all of it’s good. Is 19 tracks a little exorbitant? Maybe, and some listeners may not prefer to take in so much of Sullivan’s signature style all at once–there is the risk of sameness. Personally, I can never get enough of this sound, and I think there’s enough variation and playing with the core idea to keep it from getting stale. Deep down, I think what you’re hearing is the sound of a talented musician really, really enjoying himself. I believe you’ll enjoy it, too. A lot.
Available at Bandcamp.

Weird, I posted this entry almost a year ago to the day!

ORIGINALLY POSTED:
http://sensedoubt.blogspot.com/2016/09/hey-mom-talking-to-my-mother-433-slow.html

Something different for Musical Monday today. All one artist.

You can't help but like this music, even you Mom. It's so beautiful. Achingly so.

I found this artist via the Hypnagogue podcast.

I was instantly captivated as the artist who is Slow Dancing Society named two of my favorite artists as his touchstones: Brian Eno and David Sylvian:

As with Brian Eno’s finest moments and David Sylvian’s ambient explorations, Slow Dancing Society music manages to dissolve its temporal markers and speak about moments removed from time. It talks to the delicious flaws of memory and feeling whilst never sullying itself with literality or simple documentation.

Contact Cam at Hidden Shoal for all licensing enquiries - cam [at]hiddenshoal.com 
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I am planning to buy the entire catalogue from Cam when I get the chance. But meanwhile, for almost a week now, I have been listening.

I am constantly amazed by the Internet. There is so much content out there, and I keep finding new and better things. This is my new favourite music. This my soundtrack.

I will not embed the entire catalogue here, but much of it, and the rest of it can be found via the link below.

It's all drifty and beautiful and atmospheric.


SLOW DANCING SOCIETY ON BANDCAMP



















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Reflect and connect.

Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you, Mom.

I miss you so very much, Mom.

Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1709.25 - 10:10

NEW (written 1708.27) NOTE on time: I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of your death, Mom, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of your death, Mom. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom.