MILES FROM INDIA (MUSIC OF MILES DAVIS)

THIS IS A CULTURAL RECORDING. YES IT IS A JASS CD. BUT IT IS, IN MY OPINION, A GRAND GESTURE AT RECONCILIATION BETWEEN DISPARATE CULTURES BOUND TOGETHER BY A UNIVERSAL TRUTH.MUSIC. THERE IS THE CLICHE THAT MUSIC IS A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE. MUSIC AS WE DEFINE THE WORD IN WESTERN CULTURE, IS BOTH A UNIVERSAL AND A COMMON LANGUAGE BUT MORE STRONGLY A CULTURAL INDICATOR. THE FACT THAT MUSIC IS ENJOYED, CREATED,ANALYZED AND DEBATED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD MAKES IT de facto UNIVERSAL. BUT WHAT MAKES THE EXACT LANGUAGE OF MUSIC A SHARED COMMON FORM OF COMMUNICATION? IT IS WITHIN THE DETAILS THAT COME VARIOUS SUBTLE WAYS THAT ARE THE BASIS OF CULTURAL COMMUNICATION. NO ONE CULTURE DOMINATES ON THIS RECORDING. TOO OFTEN, MUSIC IS DIVIDED INTO DISPROPORTIONAL SYMBOLIC PARTS THAT TEND TO SKIM THE ESSENCE OF A SOUND IN FAVOR OF A SURFACE INTENT. ONLY IN THE RECENT YEARS HAVE PROPORTIONAL PROJECTS COME INTO BEING AS THERE IS AN EQUALIZATION EFFECT BETWEEN EMERGING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CULTURES THAT ARE HAVING A PROFOUND IMPACT ON HOW INTERNATIONAL COSMOPOLITAN MUSIC IS BEING CONCEIVED AND CREATED, DISSEMINATED AND ENJOYED. CHEERS

WINTER AT THE ZOO

36" OF SNOW

BRING THE WINTER. I HOPE TO SKI THE WEEKEND I GET BACK FROM THANKSGIVING BREAK.

DEAR NATION

DEAR NATION,

I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU TODAY. WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME, AND I THOUGHT I WOULD LET YOU KNOW THAT I WORRY ABOUT YOU. ITS HARD FOR ME TO SIT AND WATCH YOU STRUGGLE.YOU JUDGE OTHERS AS IF YOU DO NO WRONG.YOUR MONEY ISSUES ARE STARTING TO EFFECT EVERYONE AROUND YOU, INCLUDING ME. I AM WORRIED THE FRIENDS THAT CARE ABOUT YOU ARE STARTING TO WONDER IF YOU EVEN CARE.YOU HAVE BEEN AWAY AT WAR FOR SO LONG. ITS HARD FOR ME TO REMEMBER HOW YOU WERE BEFORE YOU LEFT. I HAVE TRIED TO GIVE YOU MORE MONEY IN YOUR TIME OF NEED. I HAVE SENT YOU LOVE ONES TO HELP WITH YOUR WAR. NATION I HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR YOU LATELY, AND TO BE HONEST IM NOT SURE HOW MUCH LONGER I CAN TAKE. SO IM ASKING YOU NOW PLEASE CHANGE YOUR WAYS. CHANGE FOR THE A BETTER FUTURE, CHANGE FOR A BETTER WORLD.

YOUR FRIEND,
MILO




P.S.
I THINK MR.OBAMA CAN HELP YOU. I WILL GIVE HIM YOUR NUMBER.

SOME OF JANNA'S PAINTINGS

FRIDAY SUNRISE

AIRGAS AT 6:30AM