Missed
a summary-day again, yesterday. So
we’ll make it up today with this three hundred and forty-first entry, in a
row. You can tell from yesterday’s
post, written in cabs and on planes, in transit that it wasn’t a time for
reflection or even basic fact checking.
A peaceful feeling, to be back at home. Even though I’m not able to post this till 2:41 in the
morning. Conditional “peace.”
Back in Beijing and it is a lovely fall day. This is, certainly, the best time of
year here in this town. Though I
don’t remember many awful days this summer. The fall is the time to visit. Two years in a row had good
friends visit at this time. A third was to have come this year, but can’t. Soon, we’ll have to brace ourselves for
the dread winter, which now begins to loom more pressingly. Each day now just a bit shorter
till its undeniable.
And with this in mind I note that this will be the last
stretch this year, of a twenty- day cycle. Five (or now four because I’m running late a day) days after
that, a twentieth year of China will have been lived and I’ll pause and
consider what, if anything to do with this collection of 365 cheng yu, and 365 musical explorations,
and 730 photos, that have been viewed approximately 7000 times. First we’ll have to live twenty-four
more good days.
Briefly, I had a scare today. For some reason the interface to Blogger seemed to be only
showing a portion of the entries for any given period. So while the number tally showed twenty
entries, the physical number available was only fourteen. This happened as I went back in time,
looking at the distance from the last 20-entry mark as well. Scratching my head for a while I broke
out the calculator and reckoned with the monthly number tallies on the side,
which seemed accurate. I’m still
not sure why that happened, but after a lot of cross checking all twenty I’d
written since the last tally were suddenly back and viewable and the overall
calculation made sense. I
started wondering about what would have happened if these suddenly started
vanishing . . .
Cheng Yu
1. 无中生有：wúzhōngshēngyǒu: to
create something from nothing (idiom)
2. 似是而非：sìshì'érfēi:
apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)
3. 振聋发聩： zhènlóngfākuì: lit. so loud that even the deaf can hear (idiom); rousing
even the apathetic
4. 一刀两断： yīdāoliǎngduàn: lit. one
knife to cut two segments (idiom); fig. to make a clean break / firm resolution
to break off a relation
5. 驴唇马觜：lǘchúnmǎzī: lit.camel's lip, horse's mouth (idiom) / fig. to
chatter / nonsense / blather
6. 后悔莫及：hòuhuǐmòjí: too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent
after the event.
7. 离乡背井：líxiāngbèijǐng: to live far from
home (idiom) / away from one's native place / to leave for a foreign land
8. 改弦易辙： gǎixiányìzhé: change of string, move out of rut (idiom); dramatic change
of direction / to dance to a different tune
9. 自吹自擂： zìchuīzìléi： to blow one's own
trumpet (idiom)
10. 势在必得： shìzàibìdé: to be determined to win (idiom)
11.就地正法 jiùdìzhèngfǎ: to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution /
to carry out the law on the spot
12. 鸟语花香：niǎoyǔhuāxiāng: lit. birdsong and fragrant
flowers (idiom); fig. the intoxication of a beautiful spring day
13.乌七八糟：wūqībāzāo: everything in disorder (idiom) /
in a hideous mess / obscene / dirty / filthy
14. 洋腔洋调: yángqiāngyángdiào: to speak with a foreign accent or
using words from a foreign language (usually derogatory) (idiom)
15.. 爱莫能助： Àimònéngzhù: unable to help however much one would
like to (idiom); Although we sympathize, there is no way to help you. / My
hands are tied.
16. 邯郸学步： Hándānxuébù: to copy the way they walk in Handan
(idiom) / slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature
17. 喜形于色: xǐxíngyúsè: face
light up with delight (idiom); to beam with joy
18. 坚壁清野： jiānbìqīngyě: to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to
leave nothing for the invader / scorched earth policy。
19. 狗血淋头；gǒuxuèlíntóu:
lit. to pour dogs blood on / to curse or berate sb (idiom)
20. 狗屎不厚： guòshíbùhòu: being late is not acceptable (idiom)
Music Shared
Thomas Chapin,
“Brooklyn Brownout” from the band he played in Machine Gun’s 1992 album “Pass
the Ammo.”
Marian McPartland, “Chelsea Bridge” from the 1956 album “After Dark”
Micachu and the Shapes “OK” from 2012
album, “Never”
Hamiet Bluiett “Happy Spirit” from the 1977 album, “Resolution.”
Chico Freeman, “Like
the Kind of Peace it Is”, from the 1976 album
“Morning Prayer”
Edith Piaf, "Non, je ne regrette rien” from 1960
Muhal Richard Adams, “Charlie
in the Parker” from the 1977 album “1 Oqa +19”
Céu “Cangote” from the
2009 album, “Vagarosa.”
Don Pullen “Big Alice”
from the 1976 album “Solo Piano Album”
George Adams,
“Intentions” from the 1979 album, ““Paradise Space Shuttle”
Anders Jormin, “Mocambique” from 1995 Album “Jord”
Curtis Knight with Jimi Hendrix “Happy
Birthday” 1965+-
Serge Gainsbourg and
Jane Birkin’s “Je t'aime Moi Non Plus” from the1969 album “Melody Nelson”
Curtis Amy and Frank Butler, “Annsome” from the 1961 album of the same name.
Hampton Hawes, 1958 release “For Real!”
Claude Williamson Trio, 1955, “My Heart
Stood Still”
Stu Williamson “Hongry Child” from the
1956 album “Stu Williamson”
Don Ellis “Angel Eyes” from the 1962
release “Essence.”
The Creation “Through My Eyes”,
1968 on the collection “Our Music
is Red – With Purple Flashes.”
Frank Wess, from 1959, “Subtle Rebutal
on “Opus De Blues.”
William Parker “Undertaker’s Dance” from
the 2002 album ““And William Danced”
Media
Shared
Marian McPartland on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_McPartland
The movie “Tommy” on Youtube . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBNagysBeXE
Vincent Canby review of “Tommy” in the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C01E6D8163BE133A25753C2A9659C946490D6CF
Micachu and the Shapes, “Golden Phone, on Youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TRkZpFgJcI
Micachu and the Shapes “Lips” on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoEA_xYaLBw
US courting Vietnam in the New York Times:
Pope Francis in South Korea:
Abe skips visit to Yasakune in New York Times:
Janet Maslen review of Quadrophenia in the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9F07E2DA1039E732A25751C0A9679D946890D6CF
Hamiet Bluiett on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resolution_(Hamiet_Bluiett_album)
Bates Gill interviewed in the Asahi Shinbun, http://ajw.asahi.com/article/views/opinion/AJ201408120066
Roger Cohen editorial in the New York Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_9AOJ_DG0I
Amalia
Rodrigues on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89dith_Piaf
Edith Piaf
on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A1lia_Rodrigues
Great French Music for a Romantic Dinner on Wiki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_9AOJ_DG0I
QQ Article on Christian thinking in
China: http://cul.qq.com/a/20140718/049772.htm
Muhal Richard Adams
“1 Oqa +19” album cover: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhal_Richard_Abrams
Demands for Tang Dynasty Stele in Japan
in the New York Times: http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/21/chinese-group-calls-on-japan-to-hand-over-tang-era-stele/?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Visible&module=inside-nyt-region®ion=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region
Spring and Autumn Period on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_period
Don Pullen on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pullen
Mingus Moves on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mingus_Moves
George Adams on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams_(musician)
Online feminist protest http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/22/womens-photo-says-it-all-no-sexual-freebies-with-work/?ref=asia
California Earthquake in the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/us/strong-earthquake-shakes-bay-area-in-california.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSumMediumMediaFloated&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Papal Nuncio recalled from Dominican Republic: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/world/americas/whisked-away-vatican-ambassador-accused-of-sexual-abuse-of-minors.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSumSmallMediaHigh&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Ferguson
video in New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/us/michael-brown-a-bodys-timeline-4-hours-on-a-ferguson-street.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=LargeMediaHeadlineSum&module=photo-spot-region®ion=photo-spot&WT.nav=photo-spot
Beheading broadcast in Dongzimen on TNP http://www.tnp.sg/news/video-james-foleys-beheading-shown-giant-screen-beijing
Anders Jormin on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_Jormin
Curtis Knight with Jimi Hendrix “Happy
Birthday” on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znucP0xqwak
Curtis Knight on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Knight
Beijing Subway official site: http://www.ebeijing.gov.cn/feature_2/BeijingSubway/
Beijing Subway map on Travel China site, http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/beijing/subway-map.htm
World metro systems on Wik, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems
De La Chapelle disease XX Syndrome on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XX_male_syndrome
Curtis Amy on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Amy
Frank Butler on Wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Butler_(musician)
Hampton Hawes on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Hawes
Blog on the effects used live by Hendrix
on “Band of Gypsies” Live at the Fillmore Shows. http://home.comcast.net/~loudfast/writeweb/mgun.htm
Minxin Pei in the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/01/world/asia/hong-kong-elections.html?ref=asia
Stu Williamson on Wiki: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/claude-williamson-mn0000121047/biography
Claude Williamson on Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/artist/claude-williamson-mn0000121047/biography
Travel to Alpha Centauri through Hacker
News on Nautilis: http://nautil.us/issue/3/in-transit/roadmap-to-alpha-centauri?utm_source=tss&utm_medium=desktop&utm_campaign=linkfrom_feature
Negative affects of social networking on
Technology Review http://www.technologyreview.com/view/530401/evidence-grows-that-online-social-networks-have-insidious-negative-effects/
Don Ellis on Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ellis
The Creation on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Creation_(band)
The Creation “Through My Eyes” on
Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7XFbKHCAdY
The Creation “Try To Stop Me” on Youtube,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pBFJaoaS08
Frank Wess on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Wess
William Parker on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Parker_(musician)
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