Sunday, January 6, 2008

Three great women, songs

C'mon, check these out. All of these are wonderful, but, as a performance, Leslie Feist's cover of "Secret Heart" gets my undying devotion (even if she does hit a sour note on her guitar at the end). When I watch this, I can't help but smile, and the smile lasts.

PJ HARVEY: she rules


DIONNE WARWICK: great singer, not thinker. Dionne + David/Bacharach = great


PATTI SMITH: because I couldn't find a good version of her "Gimme Shelter." This'll do.


Kinda like LESLIE FEIST, too: "Secret Heart," live

The big soak (watching and waiting)

The OC Register reports that
.....A slide caused the evacuation of horses this afternoon from a stable in Modjeska Canyon, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Mike Blawn reports.
....."It appears part of a hill came down when an intense storm cell moved through the area, bringing heavy rain and hail," Blawn said.
.....Mud slid into the stables at 17286 Modjeska Canyon Road, forcing the evacuation of about 12 to 15 horse to the Orange County Fairgrounds.
....."There were no reported injuries to people or horses," Blawn said.
.....Modjeska Canyon road is closed at Siverado Canyon Road as work crews clean up the mud, Blawn said. It in unknown what time the road will be reopened.
.....…The National Weather Service at 3:55 a.m. today issued a flash-flood watch until 3 a.m. Monday.
.....While light mud covers some canyon roads, no heavy mudslides or debris flow occurred in the area overnight, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Mike Blawn said today.
.....Residents in Modjeska, Harding, and Williams canyons remain under a voluntary-evacuation request today.
.....…"The hillsides are still dangerous even though we've had no damaging slides or flows, Blawn said.
.....…Light showers will continue through most of today with a heavier storm forecast to arrive between 10 tonight and 3 a.m. Monday. This third storm to hit the county since Friday night could dump another 2 inches of rain on the foothills and canyons, and a quarter- to a half-inch on other areas, the National Weather Service reported.
....."The main thrust of the storm will be felt early Monday but there will be lots of light showers until Monday afternoon when the storm passes through, weather forecaster Ed Clark said….


Picture taken yesterday, Williams Canyon, RB (CW)

AS A KID, I was a huge Moody Blues fan. By the mid-seventies, I felt that I'd outgrown them, more or less. Probably so. But this MB song from 1969 still stays with me at some level.

This matter of "Watching and Waiting"—I can't say that I've outgrown that.



I remember being a young man high and lonely in the Sierra Nevada, this song playing in my head, as blustery clouds blew by.

Plato's cave, 2001 (a Space Odyssey); Betina across the ocean, never to be seen again.

Listen to that little tune I put at the start of "Trustee Fuentes' Spanish Adventure, Part 2." Did that maybe twenty years ago on a cheap keyboard.

W&W? Maybe.

Historical video: "Get the Goo Out" (6/21/05)

Lots of faculty showed up in the middle of summer to "Get the Goo Out."

Nice try.

These YouTube videos are limited, and so I was unable to include everyone who spoke. Excluded were Lewis Long and others.

I also excluded remarks by Ray "White-Wash Willy" Chandos (see Ten Years of Bowdlerizing Excellence!) and IVC Chief of Police Owen Kreza (see A Little Background on Owen Kreza and the Irvine PD), who, you'll recall, was forced to quit amid rumors of alarming misconduct.

These two were Mathur's only defenders (during this portion of the evening). (I'd be happy to post video of their pro-Mathur remarks, if there is any desire for that.)

Lined up against Mathur were some of the district's best and brightest: Wendy Gabriella, Lewis Long, et al. And 60-100 faculty, wearing black.

Note: this video presents faculty public remarks, on June 21, prior to the board closed session. The previous Mathur Saga/Historical Video concerned faculty public remarks after the closed session on that day. These videos are about the same "occasion," but importantly different stages of that occasion.

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

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