Summary 221

Finally have a morning to sit down at home.  There are fifteen must-do things pressing but still I don’t have to get in a cab and go any where for another four hours.  Overshot the twenty-post summary marker again last night. Realized it, post already written earlier in the day, flying around in a cab.  So today we’ll reckon with all that’s been covered in the last twenty days. Looking over the various titles, I smile.  I think we have too many cab-ride entries these days.

We have another, by this I mean a third, railroad slasher case in China.  This time it was in Guangzhou.  Uyghur’s, apparently.   China must reconsider its policy in Xinjiang, but nothing justifies running up to random people and slashing them.  Every time this happens I have an odd reflex, and muse on how much worse it would be in the U.S., where someone would invariably get their hands on an automatic weapon, making the carnage infinitely worse.  These repeated incidents will soon make travel all the more of a nuisance in China.  I am sure. 

I tried to watch, what appeared to be a very cool video on the NY Times profiling a jumping desert spider.  But the thing loaded up so slowly I gave up.  My Booker Ervin on Rdio is streaming no problem.  Outside they are banging away.  I’d love to hope these gents are done with this damn porch they’re building my neighbors to the rear, by the time my next summary twenty comes due.  Some good milestones though noted, internally, on this last passage of twenty.  It’s getting interesting and very busy. 

Chengyu

1. 汗流浃背： hànliújiābèi:  to sweat profusely (idiom) / drenched in sweat

2. 一丝不挂： yīsībùguà:  not wearing one thread (idiom); absolutely naked / without a stitch of clothing / in one's birthday suit

3.  姹紫嫣红：chàzǐyānhóng: fig. beautiful purples and brilliant reds (idiom); lit. beautiful flowers

4. 好奇上衣： hàoqíshàngyì:  liking what odd, interested in what is different (idiom); curious about the exotic / inquisitive

5. 改弦易辙：gǎixiányìzhé：change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune

6.  筋疲力尽 jīnpílìjìn:  body weary, strength exhausted (idiom); extremely tired / spent

7.  拭目以待： shìmùyǐdài: lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see

8. 良知良能：  liángzhīliángnéng: instinctive understanding, esp. of ethical issues (idiom); untrained, but with an inborn sense of right and wrong / innate moral sense

9. 名落孙山：míngluòsūnshān:  (idiom) to fail in imperial exam

10. 世态炎凉： shìtàiyánliáng:  the hypocrisy of the world (idiom)

11.色胆包天：sèdǎnbāotiān:  to be driven by strong sexual urge (to do sth) (idiom)

12.弃农经商：qìnóngjīngshāng:  to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)

13. 负荆请罪：fùjīngqǐngzuì:  lit. to bring a bramble and ask for punishment (idiom) / fig. to offer sb a humble apology

14. 呕心沥血: ǒuxīnlìxuè:  lit. to spit out one's heart and spill blood (idiom) / to work one's heart out / blood, sweat and tears

15. 乌烟瘴气： wūyānzhàngqì:  foul black smoke atmosphere (idiom); fig. everything in a tremendous mess / pandemonium reigns

16. 清新自然：qīngxīnzìrán:  as fresh and clean as nature (idiom)

17.  心乱如麻：xīnluànrúmá: one's thoughts in a whirl (idiom); confused / disconcerted / upset

18.  蜗行牛步： wōxíngniúbù:  lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom) / fig. to move at a snail's pace / to make slow progress

19.  不疾不徐： bùjíbùxú:  neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)

Music Shared

Wilbur Ware, on Blue Mitchell’s “Kinda Vague” from the album “Blues Moods”, 1960.

Sam Jones, “Off Color” from the album “Soul Society”, 1960

Rat Lema,  “Anikulapo” from the album, “V.SN.P- Very Special New production”, 2013

Buster Williams, “Betcha By Golly Wow”, from the album Dreams Come true, 1980.

Multiple tunes from “Bambara Mystic Soul (The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979).”

Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou “Ko Guere” from the album: "The Bariba Sound 1970-1976"

Menahan Street Band, album ““Make Road by Walking”, 2006

The Budos Band from the album “The Budos Band”, 2005

Li Huanzhi, "Socialism is Good", 1958

Doug Watkins, “One Guy” from the album Soulnick, 1960

Lucille Brogan, “Shave em Dry”, 1935

Booker Little, “Victory and Sorrow” from the album “Booker Little and Friend,” 1961

Reggie Workman on Eric Dolphy’s set, “Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise- Live In Germany 1961 “, 1961.

Isley Brothers, “Fight the Power” from the 1975 album “The Heat is On”

The Nightcrawlers, Fredie King’s “Hideaway” 2014

Bennnie Green, “Melba’s Mood”  from the album “The Capitol Vaults Jazz Series”, 1958

Alice Coltrane and Joe Henderson “Earth” from the album “Elements” 1973

Joe Henderson, “Punjab” from the album “In And Out”, 1964

Tony Williams, “Tee” from the album “Spring”, 1965

Media Shared

Wilbur Ware on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Ware

Sewol boat tragedy in South Korea in New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/19/world/asia/south-korean-ferry-accident.html?hp

Student messages before they drowned in New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/world/asia/messages-from-students-on-south-korean-ferry.html

The Post Mountain Art Space: http://site.douban.com/192672/ 

Ray Lema’s song Anikulapo on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy14h3MAd7c

Wattis Fine Art in Hong Kong:  http://www.wattis.com.hk/gallery/maps/20/

Map from Jean Baptiste Du Halde from the book: “The General History of China Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea, and Thibet; Including an Exact and Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Religion, Arts, and Sciences : The Whole Adorn'd with Curious Maps, and Variety of Copper-Plates.”

Du Halde on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Du_Halde

Burkina Faso on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burkina_Faso

Félix Houphouët-Boigny on Wiki  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Houphou%C3%ABt-Boigny

Analog Africa on Orchestre Super Borgou de Parakou http://analogafrica.blogspot.com/2013/04/analog-africa-no11-le-super-borgou-de.html 

“The Mind of Empire” by Christopher Ford, http://www.kentuckypress.com/live/title_detail.php?titleid=2412#.U1oJ6-aSxCc

Web site for the Beijing World Art Museum, http://www.worldartmuseum.cn/sjysg_en/

Li Qingzhao on Wiki   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Qingzhao

Beijing’s Yu Yuan Tan park, http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/851403.shtml#.U1uwpeaSxCc

Socialism is Good on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism_is_Good

Doug Watkins on Wiki, ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Watkins

Li Huannzhi on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Huanzhi

Etymology of Hypocrisy on Wiki,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocrisy

Lucille Brogan lyrics to Shave Em Dry and uncut version: http://badassdigest.com/2013/07/30/shave-em-dry-a-totally-filthy-song-from-1935/ 

Lucile Brogan on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Bogan 

Economist article “Building the Dream” on China, http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21600797-2030-chinese-cities-will-be-home-about-1-billion-people-getting-urban-china-work

Reuters on China power projection in South China Sea and byond: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/22/us-china-navy-idUSBREA3L1P120140422 

Oliver Stone on Chinese filmmaking: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oliver-stone-slams-chinese-film-697058

Article on China pollution levels: https://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/6921-Almost-one-fifth-of-our-arable-land-is-polluted-admit-Chinese-officials/en

Reggie Workman on Wiki:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggie_Workman

Divided Memories and Reconciliation Stanford project.  http://aparc.stanford.edu/research/divided_memories_and_reconciliation/

Second Internationale on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_International

International Work Day on Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day

Haymarket Affair on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair

May Day on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_day

Cannabis Parade on Wiki: http://cannabisparade.org/history-of-the-parade/

The Isley Brothers on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Isley_Brothers

O Steak restaurant review in City Weekend: http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/beijing/restaurants/french/osteak/

LG Planning on building a tower on the Palisades in the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/opinion/lgs-plan-to-deface-the-palisades.html?mabReward=RI%3A1&action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&region=Footer&module=Recommendation&src=recg&pgtype=article

Civilizing China, long on line book  by the Australian Centre on the Chinese World, http://www.thechinastory.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Civilising-China-Geremie-R.-Barme_sml.pdf

Bennie Green on Jazz.com, http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/green-bennie-bernard

Alice Coltrane’s album “Journey in Satchidananda” on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_in_Satchidananda

Joe Henderson’s album “In And Out” on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_'n_Out

Tony Williams on Wiki,  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Williams_(drummer)