The Backgammon of the Book of the Book
bialy:
many incarnations difficult to imagine even by the authors of the book are possible
por ejemplo
it can be laminated and carried about for use as a placemat in restaurants, or at home
it can be printed and left in conspicuous and inconspicuous places
its url can be widely sent via mass email programs
etc.
not a day goes by when i do not thank al for the internet
bialy:
work is a word that badly needs re/membering – in the Lord Robert Duncan sense
work = anything one does that is not done for money
(the usual use of the word is now replaced by the phrase “earn money”)
CStein
who who hath not the joy of the work
legs it in sadness
to the post office and returns
from the post office in sadness
who who hath not the joy of the work
thinks his sky a hat that pinches
who who hath not the joy of the work
does not know his belly’s a cauldron (sic) of barley brews
his house a book his book a dome his dome a sky his animals the eyes of the gods
who who hath not the joy of the work
consumes his own arguments
plays another’s instruments
happy the one who has found the joy of the work
bialy:
Nice Work If You Can Get It
was the most frequently recorded tune of Billie Holiday.She recorded it 7 times. The first was in 1937 and then almost yearly, from 1954 until her passing.
i know this because of the complete spreadsheet discography of Lady Day that is available here and came to me from the remarkable website of Alberto Varela some years ago.
When i initially downloaded this treasure, the first questions i put to it were what were the songs Lady recorded only once, and what was (were) the most frequently recorded.
i wrote the most Estimado Alberto, thanking him for his Very Good Work, and inquiring if it might be possible to obtain audio files of the songs in the two categories.
It was, and thanks to him (and you for reminding me), the complete chronological recording of Nice Work is available here today.
bialy:
and before you ask what were the unicos…mostly they are well known
one, however, is not. it was recorded in two takes in 1957.
Dean Esmay