May 2009
12 posts
Thus Flows the Seine
Thus flows the Seine, it which
ebbs with such powerful narcotics.
Thus flows the Seine, its sky stirred
to a Starry Night; the blood-inheritence
of great vengeance flowing forth as a mighty
fire.
Liberty, Fraternity, Equality, or Death!
(The latter being all the easier.)
So sits Sydney, just like him,
directionless man of destiny;
uninspired inspiration to the dead
and dying,...
Cello
Reserved, good posture, eyes glow as she leans forward and smiles,
“Nangi-aka! Can you hear me?”
The voices come in rapid succession, but rarely overlap; a conversation.
A dark piece; the wood tuned down; an 18th-century Jazz.
“I mean, the war is over, right?”
I drown in the notes, powerless in the grasp of the Cello, and am thrown to and fro, stroke by stroke.
...
The Waterloo Campaign, 1815
via PBS.ORG: Napoleon: Napoleon at War.
During the last months of 1814, Napoleon grew bored playing at Emperor of Elba. He never took his eye off France, where the Allies had made the mistake of restoring an eager but weak Bourbon king to the throne. King Louis ...
MF DOOM - Great Day (Instrumental)
Thanks, West.
