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Bang a Gong — Still Banging after all these Years

A follow up to my earlier article on the genius of Eric Bolan

“AngelHeaded Hipster was completed in 2018, but due to various scheduling and contractual issues involved with so many artists, the album’s release was delayed several times. At one point, it was scheduled for the fall of 2019, but when everyone involved learned that Bolan would be inducted into the Hall of Fame, the album was pushed once more, to 2020. Although he told colleagues he was worried that the album had been delayed so many times, Willner was gearing up for its release: Among other things, he was hoping to organize AngelHeaded Hipster listening parties for fans in various cities.”

AngelHeaded Hipster

To the end, Willner had his hands full. He’d been approached about a tribute album to George Harrison, and although those plans were never nailed down, he had become obsessed with the music of new-jazz groundbreaker Kamasi Washington and wanted to work with him on a future outing. He was in the early stages of preparing a new TV show, Le Grand Music Hall, that would pair disparate artists in similar ways as his classic late Eighties late-night music series Night Music; the pilot episode was scheduled to be filmed around the time he passed. He had also been approached about having at least one documentary made on his life. “All sorts of things were shaping up,” says Fox. “That he should die at that moment was just unbelievably tragic.”
In the larger scheme, Willner’s friends sense a void left with his passing. “There’s no one to replace him,” says Rundgren. “We’re not going to have anyone who is able to do what he did — thinking the way did, building relationships with musicians and building that level of trust and making them go out on the tightrope and fulfill his crazy ideas. He was always fully aware that failure is on one shoulder and success is on the other. And if there wasn’t the possibility of failure, then there wouldn’t be the same possibilities for fun.”
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/hal-willner-t-rex-tribute-1050676/

“Get It On”

Well you’re dirty and sweet
Clad in black
Don’t look back
And I love you
You’re dirty and sweet oh yeah

Well you’re slim and you’re weak
You’ve got the teeth
Of the Hydra upon you
You’re dirty sweet
And you’re my girl

Get It On
Bang a gong
Get It On

Get It On
Bang a gong
Get It On

Well you’re built like a car
You’ve got a hubcap
Diamond star halo
You’re built like a car
Oh yeah

You’re an untamed youth
That’s the truth
With your cloak full of eagles
You’re dirty sweet
And you’re my girl

Get It On
Bang a gong
Get It On

Get It On
Bang a gong
Get It On

Well you’re windy and wild
You’ve got the blues
In your shoes and your stockings
You’re windy and wild
Oh yeah

Well you’re built like a car
You’ve got a hubcap
Diamond star halo
You’re dirty sweet
And you’re my girl

Get It On
Bang a gong
Get It On

Get It On
Bang a gong
Get It On

Well you’re dirty and sweet
Clad in black
Don’t look back
And I love you
You’re dirty and sweet oh yeah

Well you dance when you walk
So let’s dance, take a chance
Understand me
You’re dirty sweet
And you’re my girl

Get It On
Bang a gong
Get It On

Get It On
Bang a gong
Get It On

Get It On
Bang a gong
Get It On

Get It On

Get It On
Bang a gong
Get It On

Get It On
Bang a gong
Get It On

Get It On
Bang a gong
Get It On

Get It On
Bang a gong
Get It On

Take me
For the meanwhile I’m still thinking

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“Get It On” Well you’re dirty and sweet Clad in black Don’t look back And I love you You’re dirty and sweet oh yeah Well you’re slim and you’re weak You’ve got the teeth Of the Hydra upon you You’re dirty sweet And you’re my girl Get It On Bang a gong Get It On Get It On Bang a gong Get It On Well you’re built like a car You’ve got a hubcap Diamond star halo You’re built like a car Oh yeah You’re an untamed youth That’s the truth With your cloak full of eagles You’re dirty sweet And you’re my girl Get It On Bang a gong Get It On Get It On Bang a gong Get It On Well you’re windy and wild You’ve got the blues In your shoes and your stockings You’re windy and wild Oh yeah Well you’re built like a car You’ve got a hubcap Diamond star halo You’re dirty sweet And you’re my girl Get It On Bang a gong Get It On Get It On Bang a gong Get It On Well you’re dirty and sweet Clad in black Don’t look back And I love you You’re dirty and sweet oh yeah Well you dance when you walk So let’s dance, take a chance Understand me You’re dirty sweet And you’re my girl Get It On Bang a gong Get It On Get It On Bang a gong Get It On Get It On Bang a gong Get It On Get It On Get It On Bang a gong Get It On Get It On Bang a gong Get It On Get It On Bang a gong Get It On Get It On Bang a gong Get It On Take me For the meanwhile I’m still thinking

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“احصل عليه” حسنًا ، أنت قذر ولطيف يرتدون ملابس سوداء لا تنظر للخلف و انا احبك أنت قذر ولطيف أوه نعم حسنًا ، أنت نحيف وأنت ضعيف لديك الأسنان من الهيدرا عليكم أنتِ حلوة قذرة وأنت فتاتي احصل عليه فرقعة غونغ احصل عليه احصل عليه فرقعة غونغ احصل عليه حسنًا ، لقد بنيت مثل السيارة لديك غطاء المحور نجمة الماس هالة أنت بنيت مثل السيارة أوه نعم أنت شاب جامح هذه هي الحقيقة مع عباءتك المليئة بالنسور أنتِ حلوة قذرة وأنت فتاتي احصل عليه فرقعة غونغ احصل عليه احصل عليه فرقعة غونغ احصل عليه حسنًا ، أنت عاصف وبرية لديك البلوز في حذائك وجواربك أنت عاصف وبرية أوه نعم حسنًا ، لقد بنيت مثل السيارة لديك غطاء المحور نجمة الماس هالة أنتِ حلوة قذرة وأنت فتاتي احصل عليه فرقعة غونغ احصل عليه احصل عليه فرقعة غونغ احصل عليه حسنًا ، أنت قذر ولطيف يرتدون ملابس سوداء لا تنظر للخلف و انا احبك أنت قذر ولطيف أوه نعم حسنًا ، ترقص عندما تمشي لذلك دعونا نرقص ، اغتنم الفرصة افهمنى أنتِ حلوة قذرة وأنت فتاتي احصل عليه فرقعة غونغ احصل عليه احصل عليه فرقعة غونغ احصل عليه احصل عليه فرقعة غونغ احصل عليه احصل عليه احصل عليه فرقعة غونغ احصل عليه احصل عليه فرقعة غونغ احصل عليه احصل عليه فرقعة غونغ احصل عليه احصل عليه فرقعة غونغ احصل عليه خذنى في غضون ذلك ، ما زلت أفكر

“ahsil ealayhi” hsnan ، ‘ant qadhir walatif yartadun malabis sawda’ la tanzur lilkhalf w ana ahibuk ‘ant qadhir walatif ‘awh naeam hsnan ، ‘ant nahif wa’ant daeif ladayk al’asnan min alhidra ealaykum ant hulwat qadhira wa’ant fatati ahsul ealayh farqaeat ghungh ahsul ealayh ahsul ealayh farqaeat ghungh ahsul ealayh hsnan , laqad buniat mithl alsayaara ladayk ghita’ almihwar najmat almas hala ‘ant bunayt mithl alsayaara ‘awh naeam ‘ant shabun jamih hadhih hi alhaqiqa mae eaba’atik almaliyat bialnusur ant hulwat qadhira wa’ant fatati ahsul ealayh farqaeat ghungh ahsul ealayh ahsul ealayh farqaeat ghungh ahsul ealayh hsnan ، ‘ant easif wabaria ladayk albluz fi hidhayik wajawaribik ‘ant easif wabaria ‘awh naeam hsnan , laqad buniat mithl alsayaara ladayk ghita’ almihwar najmat almas hala ant hulwat qadhira wa’ant fatati ahsul ealayh farqaeat ghungh ahsul ealayh ahsul ealayh farqaeat ghungh ahsul ealayh hsnan ، ‘ant qadhir walatif yartadun malabis sawda’ la tanzur lilkhalf w ana ahibuk ‘ant qadhir walatif ‘awh naeam hsnan , tarqus eindama tamshi lidhalik daeuna narqus , aightanam alfursa afhimnaa ant hulwat qadhira wa’ant fatati ahsul ealayh farqaeat ghungh ahsul ealayh ahsul ealayh farqaeat ghungh ahsul ealayh ahsul ealayh farqaeat ghungh ahsul ealayh ahsul ealayh ahsul ealayh farqaeat ghungh ahsul ealayh ahsul ealayh farqaeat ghungh ahsul ealayh ahsul ealayh farqaeat ghungh ahsul ealayh ahsul ealayh farqaeat ghungh ahsul ealayh khudhnaa fi ghudun dhalik , ma zilt ‘ufakir

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Following the success of T. Rex’s single, “Hot Love“, the band went on a United States tour. While in New York in March 1971, Bolan asked drummer Bill Legend to help him brainstorm drum patterns for a song idea that would later become “Get It On”. Bolan claimed to have written the song out of his desire to record Chuck Berry‘s “Little Queenie“, and said that the riff was taken from the Berry tune. In fact, a slightly edited line (And meanwhile, I’m still thinking) from “Little Queenie” is said at the fade of “Get It On”. According to producer Tony Visconti, this line was an unscripted ad-lib by Bolan during recording.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Get_It_On_(T._Rex_song)

Thanks for keeping the memory of Eric Bolan alive.

Bill

Climbing Language Trees

Prefacing Remarks مرحبا

Hello

Using AI to learn Arabic

Learning language is a gentle art that opens entire universes in return for mere study; it is a means for breaking barriers that lead to separation, misunderstanding, and the brutality of endless war. Mistranslation is inevitable because translations are always approximations; however, deliberate contortion for the sake of a hidden (or open) agenda befouls all sides. Propaganda deliberately twists words to serve political purposes, it engenders mistrust in exchange for self-serving advantage.

Any religious institution that seeks to subdue others by force serves a dark hegemony loosely cloaked in words of false love. Ascribing innate evil to the very existence of a faith’s traditions and customs is false witness of a most devious kind. But uniting that evil with political motivations to sanctify wanton bloodletting of innocents has become the tone of our times. Islamophobia is one such creation, white supremacism is another. Both are forces of systemic hate.

Climbing Language Walls

Complex sets of cases and genders convey the presence of various parts of speech — a tool set not available in uninflected languages such as English. The Saxons who conquered the British Isles brought complex grammar paradigms with them. Then the Vikings arrived. The tool set got tossed in short order — they selected the Gordian solution, cutting that knot asunder and degendering each thing, place, and person while they were at it, thus reducing and replacing each nuance with something we now know as “the.” The resulting language revision led to an enforcement of meaning through word order.

The German language is a major tree branch derived from Proto-Indo-European (PIE). Learning of it’s very existence required reverse engineering, a backward-looking process. The commonalities of scripting systems point to a common geography near present-day Ukraine.

There remain a few isolated non PIE languages in Europe, such as Basque, Hungarian, and Finish; but they are few — influence outside their circle of speakers is tiny.

I had not realized it at the time, but the inflections I memorized in high school Latin classes offered me some insight into the nature of inflected grammar. They are a tool that works to eliminate ambiguity. Prepositions of relative position do just such a thing, as the case may be. Accusative, ablative, dative…

Of course, language trees can range in character, as much as a boab differs from an oak. Farsi does resemble Arabic but is actually a fellow piece of PIE — the Persians adopted Arabic script, but without the root system that is a characteristic of Arabic language. Farsi may look like Arabic, but it is really quite different — a false friend for language learners. For example, “das Gift” is German for “poison”. It appears as an apple in Snow White (Schneewittchen), one offered as a “gift” perhaps.

Arabic is the largest language in Afro-Asiatic, a disparate set of languages that extends from the northwest coast of Africa through Palestine and covering much of southwest Asia. Climbing a different tree as you look at your home tree is what I call a lot of fun.

I liken this experience to extending a tin can from one tree to the other and conversing with a fellow traveler who is climbing onto a branch of PIE. YouTube offers many opportunities for the language learner. For example, you can find someone who also learned German as their second language. The ability to communicate across two very different frames of reference, without the crutch of English. Large fun.

I have found that most Arabic-language learners study it for military and/or fossil-fuel purposes. In both of these cases the object is geopolitical hegemony that continues to shorten the time available to address the catastrophe that is climate nakba (the Arabic word for catastrophe).

Thanks for reading.

“AND SOME, I ASSUME, ARE GOOD PEOPLE.”

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You can be racist to the marrow and yet declare that each of your bones is bigotry free.

Racism gets results. Racism garners votes. Racism even improves approval ratings.

Trump’s approval with Republicans rose by 5 points in a poll taken after his racist tweets

Reverse racism is as prevalent as Marxist Fascism. Literally.

Nice People — a short post I published on July 16, 2015, exactly one month into the Trump Era, the original essay of the same name was written by Bertrand Russell in 1931.

I have never seen so many nice people as I am seeing today. Racism finds comfort in White niceness, traditions, heritage, genealogy, histories. Any complicity with this nation’s wanton acts of evil gets glossed over with thick coatings of wash. Is genocide a sad but necessary concomitant of destiny? The price of progress, culture, and civilizations forged by the European? “You can’t make an omelet without breaking eggs” has convinced many an apologist of genocide , including Walter Duranty, Pulitzer Prize winner and fervid Stalin apologist.

History is taught to bow to the founding fathers: to the White men who conquered the Lands to serve the greater cause of manifest (if you are White) destiny. Destiny led to the genocide of Indigenous Peoples by the million, eliminating tribes by the hundreds, and destroying wild animals by the billion.

Remember why we really remember the Alamo — to nationalize Mexican land to the Rio Grande and up the Pacific sand, but to keep the cool-sounding Spanish town names.

The proper study of mankind is (White?)man, according to essayist Alexander Pope (1799), a self-referential congratulatory assumption by an author who just happens to be a White man. White men define Western Civilization to represent millenia of advances, that you have the White man to thank for all discoveries, inventions, science, technology, art, literature — including the plunder and pillage that happened along the way. The history books of the 1950’s credited a single Black, George Washington Carver, with the invention of peanut butter. End of story. Never was Eli Whitney and his cotton gin ever forgotten. History classes are always propaganda mills. Reverse racism is spirit-deadening stuff.

Erasing racism requires nothing short of recompense, retribution, and reparation. How much stolen principal and long-term interest has accrued in the coffers of the descendants of White Europeans who eviscerated the lives of Blacks stolen from the very birthplace of mankind.

My ancestors arrived from Catholic Europe. They left a worse place for a better place, but not in the holds of slave ships. Does that matter? Yes. Enormously. “Send the back” rewards the liar and the echo chamber resounds with the latest racist soundbite. The number of Black voices in the U.S. Catholic presence is miniscule in size, and you’ll never hear any programming that addresses the “inexplicable” absence of Black congregants. EWTN raged at Obama, the worst POTUS conceivable. With a plurality of 5 Catholics on SCOTUS, their affection for Trump is more than palpable.

Black citizens were lynched by the thousand in this country — hate can be very self-righteous. Lynchings were a public spectacle that drew large crowds. Newspapers would announce their commencement for the convenience and edification of their readers. Did you know that the majority of the curious attendees were White? Does it matter that the majority of attendees were White, that there just may have been a few reverse racists in those public gatherings at the town square? Of course, it is impossible to rule that out statistically.

Nice, respectable, hardworking, decent Americans who enjoyed law and order, voted for judges who were tough on crime. The nastiest criminals get away with it while remaining “pillars of society.”

The police could not (or would not) protect the victims from the mob. This is still the case. Racism defends the guilty while destroying their victims and making their victims serve the time.

White-Supremacist identity politics is jealous, sensitive-to-criticism, it is a privileged brand of entitlement. White Supremacy is a never expiring card that has its privileges. In short, it is a wild card, a Trump card — THE race card.
White-Supremacist identity politics wages endless war to fuel the most profitable economy on the planet: Munitions. A bullet expended, or a bomb exploded, or a drone destroyed triggers a purchase order for replacement. “The Defense Department” is an ugly misnomer, another piece of propaganda in the wall.


K-12 is Whitewashed propaganda served up as patriotism, disinfected of any facts that do not fit the White narrative, delivered in soundbites approved by a Texas textbook-approval mill and taught in all 50 states in the same bland white-bread way. No one wants to be lied to, to be confronted with opposing views that question the narrative.

Blacks have access to fewer-and-fewer decent schools, yet are blamed for being undereducated. Always.

Blacks get sent to prison early and often, incarcerated for minor infractions or trumped-up infractions, or for existing while Black. Kalief Browder was not the exception to that rule. Private prisons operate under the principle: one prisoner, one unit of profit.

Black youngsters such as The Central Park Five fear the police for profoundly good reasons. Trump is the poster boy for racists wannabes from coast to coast. A vaunted and respected voice that speaks not a word of decency.

Thanks for reading.

The One Branch(es) of Government

The Confederate Corporations of America announced additional wealth-management relief measures in its evolving mission statement. Most of the changes replace misleading names through the Confederate Truth in Governizing Act.

The misleading term “Partial Government Shutdown” becomes “The Parting-out of Government Share Act.” Funds previously misdirected to wasteful departments and agencies now funnel up into wealth-management relief services.

Public Service Announcement:

The Earth was doing just fine before environmentalists decided to take things in their own hands to bury a car, hug a tree, eat miso soup… If you worry about global warming, act locally to raise money through bake sales, lemonade stands or garage sales. We all have to die from something, so stop worrying.

SNAP miscreants may now be served directly at the supermarket. Participants of the new redemption program will find comfortable picnic tables behind the markets. The marginally-edible product otherwise destroyed becomes available for miscreants, and supermarkets get a boost to their profit margin — a win/win situation for everyone. Two more wins: the picnic tables are near the waste-storage units and may be used by lower-level miscreants after hours. Resource units who previously collected a paycheck at an eliminated agency may now apply for food-distribution facilitator positions.

Changes at the Top

The Decisionator Branch of Government becomes the one and only Branch, heading all governing arms and phalli.

This is the actual opinion of this author, who is decidedly not a fan of Number 45. I shudder to think that it might be taken literally.

The Legitimating Department transcribes tweets tapped by the Decisionator, now recognized as “The Intent to Govern.” Citizenship rights are allocated according to the principle “one dollar, one vote.”

The Originalist Court interprets tweet laws to ensure that they serve the intent of the Whiteous framers of the Constitution and The Natural Law: citizenship by dint of property and wealth.

The First Amendment is repealed so that the Second Amendment can become The First, perhaps the only. The scales of Lady Justice are money wasters. The officer on the beat knows how to color between the lines. Questionable police actions are no longer officially disdained.

News Tidbits

Cheese Corp recognizes a new CEO at Foxconn. Welcome, Scott Walker!

Hollywood Corp has announced its new license-plate slogan: In Gaud We Trust.

Did you know that there are currently Thirteen Corporations in America? Yes, one for each star on the New Confederate Flag.

Thanks for reading.