David Bruce Anecdotes
Anecdotes are usually short humorous stories. Sometimes they are thought-provoking or informative, not amusing.
Practical Jokes
• In 1987, catcher Dave Bresnahan became famous briefly for throwing a potato in Class AA baseball in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He had peeled a potato so that it was round like a baseball, then hid it in an extra baseball glove in the dugout. When an opposing player reached third base, Mr. Bresnahan told the umpire that his glove was broken, and went to the dugout to get his potato and spare glove. He then pretended to try to throw the player out at third base with a wild throw, that player ran home to score a run, and Mr. Bresnahan tagged him with the real baseball. The umpire was plenty mad when he found out what had happened, and he let the runner score although Mr. Bresnahan argued, “You can’t give him a run on a wildly thrown potato. Can you? Look it up.” Unfortunately for Mr. Bresnahan, he was fired for his stunt, although the farm director laughed and said, “That was ingenious. What are you trying to do: get on the David Letterman show?”
• On 6 July 1936, 17-year-old Bob Feller got to pitch in an exhibition game for the Cleveland Indians as they played the St. Louis Cardinals. Bob used his blazing fastball as he struck out Leo Durocher in three pitches. Yes, Bob’s fastball was blazing, but another thing that helped him was an occasional lack of control that allowed the ball to go toward the batter instead of the catcher, as previous batters had learned. After striking out, Leo went to the dugout and hid behind the water cooler while yelling at Bob, “You can’t hit me from here!” Bob was capable of joking around as well. Later, he used to attach noisy — but harmless — bombs to the cars of guests attending parties at his home. Some bombs made a bang when the owners started their cars, and some bombs that were attached to the tires made bangs as the cars traveled down the road.
• Professional baseball player Truett “Rip” Sewell once roomed with a practical joker and outfielder named “Junk” Walters. Junk once snuck up on Rip in the shower and smeared his rear end with a salve that was used to heat injuries. Rip would sit down, then stand up, then sit down — because of the salve, he couldn’t get comfortable. Later, when they were playing in Oakland, California, Rip was lying in bed when it began to move. He was sure that Junk was up to some devilment or other, so he said, “Junk, cut that out!” Junk replied, “You better shut up, Sewell, and stand in this doorway with me — we’re having an earthquake!”
• At the beginning of the NCAA gymnastics meet in 1974, a man walked out onto the floor exercise mat wearing nothing but pantyhose — over his head. Otherwise completely nude, he performed a roundoff, a back handspring, and a back somersault, and then he raced away with a police officer in pursuit. After managing to elude the police officer, he removed the pantyhose mask, got dressed, and returned to watch the competition. The nude gymnast was Jim Culhane, who made $35 in dares for performing his stunt.
• Nolan Ryan was one out away from a no-hitter when practical joker Norm Cash came up to bat, but he didn’t have a bat — he had a table leg! Even though Mr. Cash claimed that the way that Mr. Nolan was pitching, a bat wouldn’t do him any good, umpire Ron Luciano made him step up the plate with a real bat. Actually, Mr. Cash was right — the bat didn’t help him. Mr. Cash popped up, and Mr. Nolan recorded a no-hitter.
• Hockey is a rough sport, and many hockey players wear dentures. On an away trip, mid-1970s player Bob Plager of the St. Louis Blues once stole the dentures of his teammate Larry Keenan and mailed them to Mr. Keenan’s home. During a different game, after Mr. Plager was sent to the locker room because of game misconduct, he visited his teammates’ lockers and switched around their dentures.
Prejudice
• Gene Sarazen was born Eugene Saraceni. When he was playing professional golf in the 1920s, some of the other golfers did not want to play with an Italian. For example, at the 1922 U.S. Open, a golfer named Jim Barnes made a fuss about playing a practice round with him. However, Mr. Sarazen won the U.S. Open, and he and Jim Barnes were scheduled to play an exhibition match together for money. Jim Barnes asked Mr. Sarazen if he wanted to split the purse evenly no matter who won, but Mr. Sarazen declined. To make a point, he wanted to beat Jim Barnes in the exhibition match and take all the money — which he did.
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Chapter 11: Virgil Teaches Dante (Inferno)
Dante and Virgil arrived at a steep bank from which they could look down into the dark, deep pit of Hell. They did not stay there long, for the stench arising from the lower Circles was too rank for them to bear. They moved back from the edge of the pit onto a tomb. On the tomb was written a name and a sin. The name was that of Pope Anastasius II, and his sin was to be a heretical follower of Photinus, who denied the divinity of Christ, believing instead that both of His parents were mortal human beings.
Virgil said to Dante, “We cannot continue on our journey yet. We will stay here a while so that we can become accustomed to the stench arising from the lower Circles of Hell. Once we have become used to the stench, we will continue our journey.”
Dante replied, “That’s fine, but I don’t want to waste time while we wait. Do you have any ideas?”
Well done, Virgil thought. You don’t want to waste time, and indeed time is not a thing to be wasted, especially now, when you are on a journey to save your soul.
“Yes,” Virgil replied. “As we wait here, I will be able to tell you how Hell is organized. That way, you will be better prepared for what is to come.
“First, let’s have a review. Even before entering Hell Proper, you saw the Vestibule of Hell, where those who did not choose between good and evil are punished. These souls are not worthy of Heaven, and Hell does not want them. These souls did nothing memorable — good or bad — with their lives.
“After passing through the gate above which are words written by God, we crossed the River Acheron and you saw my residence in Limbo, the first Circle of Hell. In that place the virtuous pagans and the unbaptized reside. It is a place of sighs, not screams.
“Then you saw the first of the three great divisions of Hell according to the pagan idea of sin: incontinence, violence, and fraud. The sins of incontinence are less evil than the sins of violence and of fraud because the sins of incontinence are those of a lack of self-control, not of malice aforethought.
“Circles 2 through 5 are devoted to the sins of incontinence. In Circle 2 are punished those who could not control their lust. In Circle 3 are punished those who could not control their desire for food and drink. In Circle 4 are punished the prodigal and the miserly: those who could not control their desire either for money or for the things that money can buy. In Circle 5 are punished those who could not control their anger.
“In Circle 6 are those who committed heresy. Because heresy is an essentially Christian sin, it is outside the pagan classification of sins.
“Below are the final three Circles of Hell. These Circles are devoted to punishing those who are guilty of malice, which is committed through violence or fraud. Fraud is something that is committed only by human beings — animals are violent but do not commit fraud — and so God hates fraud more than he hates violence.
“In Circle 7 are punished those who have committed violence. There are three kinds of violence:
“One, a sinner can be violent against neighbors. A sinner can do this by harming the person or by harming the person’s property.
“Two, a sinner can be violent against self by committing suicide. A sinner can also be violent against self by so violently wasting his wealth that he courts death.
“Three, a sinner can be violent against God by blaspheming Him. A sinner can also be violent against God by opposing Nature, which God created; for example, the Sodomites oppose Nature by engaging in sex that is incapable of resulting in children.
“In Circles 8 and 9 are punished those who are guilty of committing fraud. Fraud is depriving another person of a right through the use of willful misrepresentation.
“The two major kinds of fraud are simple and complex. Simple fraud is punished in Circle 8. Simple fraud does not involve the betrayal of a special trust.
“Ten kinds of sinners engage in simple fraud:
“One, Seducers and Panders,
“Two, Flatterers,
“Three, Simonists,
“Four, Fortune-Tellers and Sorcerers,
“Five, Grafters — those who give or accept bribes,
“Six, Hypocrites,
“Seven, Thieves,
“Eight, Evil Deceivers/Those Who Misuse Great Gifts,
“Nine, Schismatics; that is, those who caused divisions (in families, in politics, in religion, etc.), and
“Ten, Falsifiers; that is, Alchemists, Evil Impersonators, Counterfeiters, and Liars.
“Complex fraud is punished in Circle 9. Complex fraud does involve the betrayal of a special trust. Complex fraud is fraud to which is added treachery toward those to whom we have a special obligation to be honest and forthright. Four kinds of sinners engage in complex fraud:
“One, Traitors against kin/family,
“Two, Traitors against government,
“Three, Traitors against guests or hosts, and
“Four, Traitors against God — the worst sin possible.”
Dante said to Virgil, “I don’t understand why the sinners in Circle 5, those who could not control their anger, are not punished in Circle 7 along with those who are violent. We saw the sinners in Circle 5 fighting each other. Isn’t that violence?”
“The two sins are different,” Virgil replied. “In Circle 5 are punished those who are guilty of one kind of intemperance — they did not control their anger. The violence they do is not out of malice but rather out of intemperance.
“In Circle 7 (and Circles 8 and 9) are punished those who are guilty of malice. Instead of being guilty of not controlling themselves, they are guilty of using their self-control to deliberately commit violence (or fraud).”
“I have one more question,” Dante said. “How is usury offensive to God?”
Virgil replied, “Human industry and Nature are related. Human beings are meant to work the way that Nature does. A farmer does good by growing plants. This is the sort of work that human beings are supposed to do. A craftsman also works with Nature by taking raw materials and turning them into useful products. A usurer lends money at interest and makes money that way. The usurer does not make anything; the usurer produces neither food nor useful items. God wants human beings to work with Nature and to be productive.
“Now we are ready to continue our journey. We have grown used to the stench, and you now have a better understanding of the organization of Hell.”
I think you have learned quite a lot, Virgil thought. You have learned the main point: The deeper you go into Hell, the worst the sins become. The sins of incontinence are the least evil. Lust is the least evil sin of all. The sins of incontinence are punished outside the walls of the city of Dis, which is the city of Lucifer. The sins of heresy, violence, and fraud are punished within the walls of the city of Dis.
The sins of fraud are the most evil. The sins of complex fraud are more evil than the sins of simple fraud. Being a traitor against God is the worst sin possible. As you would expect, Lucifer, the angel who led the rebellion against God, is the worst sinner of all time.
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Dylan Barnes: Some Music
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Dylan Barnes performs Billy Joel’s “New York State of Mind” while very tired.
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Knock Knock – “Leather Jacket”
Knock Knock is a Sacramento band Dylan Barnes likes.
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EDGAR WHAN (Nov. 18, 1920 – April 13, 2013)
Edgar Whan: “Growing Up is a Waste of Time, So Relax and Enjoy the Next Four or Five Years of Your Life: Advice for First-Year Students”
Some college friends of mine have asked me to write a few words about the university for those of you just entering this year. It is a difficult thing to write. I know you don’t want or need me to tell you about all the pitfalls and dangers that are sprinkled throughout the world of the university, and it wouldn’t do any good if I did. Besides, in the more than 40 years I have spent in universities, I myself have eagerly embraced almost every stupidity, sentimentality, self-indulgence, and vanity available to those in the university. With a little luck, you’ll manage to survive.
Your parents have already warned you about fast men and loose women and have endlessly explained to you how much this educational enterprise will cost them. Your uncles have told you that this is the best time of your life. Your brother wants your bedroom, and your sister wants some privacy. Your steady expects you to write every day. Everyone wants in.
But what can I tell you? I guess I should talk of some of the ways that students make their university experience be less than the passionate love affair with learning that it ought to be and maybe I should suggest some things you can do to make it really worthwhile. When you graduate you will, after all, be four years closer to being dead than when you started, so don’t waste all this time.
No matter what your practice may be, you know well enough what the bad attitudes about school are, but one of the most widespread and subtle of these unhealthy attitudes you may believe to be the only attitude available. I speak of the belief that a school is really just a different kind of a factory. Indeed, educational leaders talk about productivity, high standards, quality control, image making, and marketing the product (you). This language is not as sinister as it seems; it is simply the only way that large institutions know how to talk. But if you buy into this industrial/commercial scheme uncritically, you will demean yourself.
If, following this model, you allow yourself to think that you are simply working for a professor who pays you with grades, all the resentment and boredom that afflicted you working in the Burger King will begin to clog your attitude. But as a free student you should see that the world is upside down—the professors (whether they recognize it or not) work for you, not you for them. In the same way, the free faculty know that the administration works for them, not they for the administration. It is the administration’s job to keep the records and payroll and see that the blackboards are erased; similarly, the professor is responsible to you, not for you.
It is true that the prevailing view of the school as a factory has a certain utility for those of you who choose to follow it. It surely will train you to be what most employers want you to be; four years of grudging, automatic obedience to those hovering over you with red pencils will have its sobering influence. Being a submissive student will attract job offers to you because you will be four years older than when you began school, and you will have satisfied some forty different authority figures in a proscribed pattern of study. If what you did satisfactorily for those professors was dull and meaningless to you, so much better are you prepared for, as we say, the great world of work.
No matter how hard you try to be a more serious student, however, there will be times when you will find it useful to lean into the system and rock along with it, and that’s all right as long as you know what you are doing and as long as you keep alert and keep watching for those moments when some ideal will really engage your mind and spirit. You should always have in your mind some deep concerns or profound questions around which you can shape or organize the rush of facts or opinions which threaten to engulf you as you move from class to class and from experience to experience. Indeed, illuminating your work by such concerns will bring a wholeness and unity to you.
Each of you have your own questions, even though you may not know you have them. The following examples of unifying questions may help you recognize your own:
- How can a man and a woman manage the politics of living together in the tension of conflicting interests?
- What does it mean to be dead?
- How can we deal with other races, classes, and nations without condescension, bullying, or contempt?
- Are our religions just wishful dreams or reflections of another plane of reality?
- What should be our relationship to the planet on which we ride?
So go to class. Learn your irregular verbs, equations, formulas, and management techniques. Develop your esthetic sense, expand your knowledge of society. Accumulate your credits. Pay your fees. Keep your eyes on the prize.
Don’t forget that what you care about is who you are. If all you care about is grades now and money later, who are you and what will you be?
—The late Edgar Whan taught English and was one of Ohio University’s best teachers ever.
Edgar Whan Obituary (Athens Messenger)
ATHENS, OHIO (AND ENVIRONS) SINGER-SONGWRITERS
(All musical friends of Bruce Dalzell are honorary Athenians no matter where they live and love. Besides, Austin, Texas and Nashville, Tennessee are very large suburbs of Athens, Ohio.)
Adam Remnant on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1JSsIQJ3ZI4SvETqdZEt5m
Adam Remnant on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/adamremnant
Adam Remnant on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/adam-remnant-31287218/
Adam Remnant on Bandcamp
https://adamremnant.bandcamp.com
Adam Remnant on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClQOLRkkQs-FR8eAm8fuK-g
Albert Rouzie on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Yopt8yXOI77EadEIm8M9X
Albert Rouzie on SoundCloud
Albert Rouzie on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/albert-rouzie-33756298/
Albert Rouzie and the Wingnuts
https://www.iheart.com/artist/albert-rouzie-the-wingnuts-34336866/
Albert Rouzie on Bandcamp
https://albertrouzie.bandcamp.com
Angela Perley on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2U3xMvB5tzEWXO6lM6HMfg
Angela Perley Official Website
Angela Perley on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@AngelaPerley
Angela Perley and the Howlin’ Moon Wikipedia Article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Perley_and_the_Howlin%27_Moons
Attila Horvath on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/75O9fTLxonse6LE4VM9pQ9
Attila Horvath on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/attila-horvath-327305/
Attila Horvath (The Tailwinds) on Bandcamp
https://thetailwinds.bandcamp.com/album/bike-rock
Benya Stewart on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/user-89241314
Billy Rhinehart on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/733lSN4S0ALyNJOfthTeuf
Bruce Dalzell on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/search/bruce%20dalzell
Bruce Dalzell on Spotify #2
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4sYDpj0RF3MAmHluwz8I0w
Bruce Dalzell on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/byrfyrd
Bruce Dalzell on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/bruce-dalzell-524359/
Caitlin Kraus on Bandcamp
https://caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com
Caitlin Kraus on Bandcamp #2
https://caitlinkraus.bandcamp.com
Caitlin Kraus on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/caitlin-kraus-31843427/
Caitlin Kraus on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/caitlinkraus
Caitlin Kraus on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7G2SiE8RWYUMZWLX1iGLPz
Caitlin Kraus on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@caitlinkrausmusic8720
Caitlin Kraus on Viberate
https://www.viberate.com/artist/caitlin-kraus/
Carrie Elkin on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@carrieelkinmusic9338
Carrie Elkin on Bandcamp
https://carrieelkin.bandcamp.com/
Carrie Elkin Official Website
Carrie Elkin Wikipedia Article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Elkin
Carrie Elkin at Red House Records
https://redhouserecords.com/artists/carrie-elkin/
Carrie Elkin on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Bnbd0dujwdjAWn9YV7Kpf
Chris Keesey and The Band Keesey on Facebook
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Chris Keesey on Spotify
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Corbin Marsh on SoundCloud
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Corbin Marsh Band on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/chromatic-artists/sets/corbin-marsh-band
Corbin Marsh Band on Bandcamp
https://corbinmarshband.bandcamp.com
Corbin Marsh Band on ReverbNation
https://www.reverbnation.com/corbinmarshband
Dallas Craft on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6clkrzYQKh0XHUpm1VyS30
Dallas Craft on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/dallascraftmusic
Dallas Craft Music Official Website
http://www.dallascraftmusic.com
Dallas Craft on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUY_OLgUYbE6vz5OL5Qvllw
Dallas Craft on Bandcamp
https://dallascraftmusic.bandcamp.com/album/demos-vol-2
Danny Schmidt on Bandcamp
https://dannyschmidt.bandcamp.com
Danny Schmidt Official Website
Danny Schmidt on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5JgkSvDdnVXQCtofV0-8qA
Danny Schmidt on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/3ZGdrrYlJTxjeKu67KBQ0e
Dave Mason Official Website
Dave “Hedgehog” Mason on Spotify
Donna Mogavero on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/donna-mogavero-359429/
Donna Mogavero on ReverbNation
https://www.reverbnation.com/donnamogaveromusic
Donna Mogavero on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/14q1r3wcdbGCUcSe1ZUli1
Donna Mogavero on Spotify #2
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3OYqy6wcHqXxTlghRekwdm
Emaline Duquette on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2XdFYoX5P10XLvsfZWI3tm
Fathers of the Revolution on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/61aoLiGJ3Au5RI4Scy8jcq
Fathers of the Revolution on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/fathers-of-the-revolution
Isaac King on Spotify
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDUjWC5FQD4Hhu0YpOTzxmA
JD Hutchison on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5FNogofbn7TBS0IayZPgcD
JD Hutchison on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/jd-hutchison-31559847/
JD Hutchison on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/jdhutchison
Jim Pilgrim on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/73Ni4WHWiqlouO0WPHoGyb
Jim Pilgrim on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/jim-pilgrim-333006/albums/
Joe Bob Billy and the Texas Alien (with Stephen Craig Carlson)
https://open.spotify.com/artist/614cqXDU1CnrcZGVv8lAih
Jordan Tice Official Website
Jordan Tice on Bandcamp
https://jordantice.bandcamp.com/
Jordan Tice on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5geWXmysJbVh6bLWy0zubW
Jordan Tice on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@JordanTice/featured
Josiah Whitley on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/47vOjpALta0htFd5kZyO0i
Kim Richey on Bandcamp
https://kimrichey.bandcamp.com/
Kim Richey on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Rx72ewRjxlDGiO6wPHpxe
Larry Elefante on Bandcamp
https://larryelefante.bandcamp.com
Liz Woolley on Bandcamp
https://lizwoolley.bandcamp.com/
Liz Woolley on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4syIupjKtrdV86TpgKQI61
Liz Woolley Official Website
Liz Woolley on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@lizabeth04
The Liz Woolley Band on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5vXDJ1a0HRH5IlUs8r7s4I
The Liz Woolley Band on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDk-f-tU2hpWJiwSlvQAGSA
The Local Girls on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/30FMXpneqRwaJJxGtNi4kq
Mark Hellenberg on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4vDJo9XdaJOb05w854GxhN
Megan Bee on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1iiiXMpfJwPYqegbIyftyN
Megan Bee on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/megan-bee-31061430/
Megan Bee on Bandcamp
https://meganbeemusic.bandcamp.com
Megan Wren on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7obSGcvGEbAkgpBScHZLX5
Megan Wren on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/woubdigital/megan-wren-in-office-performance-in-395-j
Michael Manley on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Tbp7hWPG1riB81jOZyXux
Michael Manley and Katie Harford on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXOxrnize_c8kO_KZzC63zg
Michael Manley on Bandcamp
https://michaelmanley.bandcamp.com/
Michael Rinaldi-Eichenberg on Bandcamp
https://michaelrinaldi-eichenberg.bandcamp.com/
Michael Rinaldi-Eichenberg on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@michaelrinaldieichen
Michael Rinaldi-Eichenberg on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5yeCIqVKaT5XySTI29J5mp
Mike Ratcliff on Bandcamp
https://mikeratliff.bandcamp.com
Mike Ratliff on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/mike-ratliff-3
Muswell Hillbillies on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Dah6tAzmmkXscqVvGyWUJ
No Stars on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6yS1laS3F1syI3bACkYDbI
No Stars on Bandcamp
Pineapple XVI on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7ucdnFV6k6ldACng0GlWqK
Pineapple XVI on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/pineapplexvi-34570142/
Pineapple XVI on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/user-163182253
Rachel Figley on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/track/17WLaFspaimvVauvsKnrXa
Rachel Figley on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/rachel-figley
Rachel Mousie on Bandcamp
https://rachelmousie.bandcamp.com
Rachel Mousie on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1JAcjot9WtP67npJsD4V5T
Rachel Mousie on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/rachel-mousie-33797744/albums/talk-to-your-babies-87270449/
Ready Aim Flowers on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/readyaimflowers/?hl=en
Ready Aim Flowers on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/readyaimflowers
Ready Aim Flowers on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2j1IK33a27sfyblbpZh7t5
Ready Aim Flowers on BandMix
https://www.bandmix.com/ready-aim-flowers/
Ready Aim Flowers on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/music/player/artists/B07VS9Y1M2/ready-aim-flowers
Rent Free on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/64H8QhHNmPbi683NZGAD6X
Riley James on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4a3QjZtD3AFMJiZzvw2JQH
Ron Freeman on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/ronfreemanmusic
Ron Freeman (And Lost Orchards, His Group) on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcNvBHDFv8A1auBcvKHjldA
Ron Freeman (And Lost Orchards, His Group) Bandcamp
https://lostorchards.bandcamp.com
Rylee Bapst on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/search/rylee%20bapst
Rylee Bapst on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/rylee-bapst-38017535/
Rylee Bapst on TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@ryleebapstmusic
Rylee Bapst on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyFAyh4no5rwYPzcWlymGEQ
Rylee Bapst Official Website
Rylee Bapst on Amazon
https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0B1454YZ1/rylee-bapst
Sneakthief on Bandcamp
https://sneakthief.bandcamp.com
Sneakthief on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6I3voKOf536GpUKiptqPab
Southeast Engine (with Adam Remnant) on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5YInfie09DvUJCM4JD8imD
Steve Zarate on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4sOQhZ5NQb5EKHvZVUaiR2
Steve Zarate on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/steve-zarate-465181/
Steve Zarate on SoundCloud
https://soundcloud.com/steve-zarate-896795361
Steve Zarate on Bandcamp
https://stevezarate.bandcamp.com/album/patchwork-of-light-2
Steven Craig Carlson on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/steven-craig-carlson-638877/
Steven Craig Carlson (Joe Bob Billy and the Texas Alien) on iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/artist/joe-bob-billy-and-the-texas-666384/albums/sick-of-her-shit-15757075/
Steven Craig Carlson (Joe Bob Billy and the Texas Alien) on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/614cqXDU1CnrcZGVv8lAih
Sun Boats on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zf8DkjCbrQZ9ABDACf9wy
Supernobody (with Matt Box) on Bandcamp
https://supernobody1.bandcamp.com
Supernobody (with Matt Box) on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/420dLADkc1L4GiWCu1kB62
Supernobody (with Matt Box) on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXXtu7PdhCLa5ars8O-fGCg
Tim O’Brien Official Website
Tim O’Brien on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6xMYDZ7HJMwZuhMdMhHJjD
Tim O’Brien on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@TimOBrienMusic
Tim O’Brien Wikipedia Article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_O%27Brien_(musician)
Tony Xenos on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tony+xenos
Todd Burge on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2Eq25fjLeOIBOP3rcxaAB6
Todd Burke on Bandcamp
https://toddburge.bandcamp.com
Todd Burge on YouTube #1
https://www.youtube.com/@toddburge531
Todd Burge on YouTube #2
https://www.youtube.com/@ToddBurge
Tony Xenos Official Website
Tony Xenos on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0MRNIHVt24cpw6kApUBDZG
Tony Xenos on AllMusic
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tony-xenos-mn0000395792/songs
Vincent Robert Trocchia on ReverbNation
https://www.reverbnation.com/vincentroberttrocchia/songs
Wingnuts on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5wdoSnjAjolPn2A8vz301l
Winter Wilson on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/@winterwilsonmusic
Winter Wilson on TikTok
https://www.tiktok.com/@winterwilsonmusic?lang=en
Winter Wilson on songfinch
https://www.songfinch.com/artists/206157
Winter Wilson on SOUNDCLOUD
https://soundcloud.com/winter-wilson-182737746
Winter Wilson on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/musicwinterwilson/?ref=bookmarks
Woody Pines on Bandcamp
https://woodypines.bandcamp.com/
Woody Pines on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1loOm8qOhpLtzalvVLPcI8
Woody Pines
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ3iMkku9f1dKEga5evhJpQ
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The Kings of Hollywood
This page is set up to celebrate the music of the Athens-based original music band The Kings of Hollywood, featuring Bruce Dalzell, T. Craig Goodwin, Scott Minar, David Borowsky, Mark Hellenberg, and Bernie Nau. The Kings were regionally successful, celebrated performers and recording artists in Athens, Ohio during the 1980s.
https://www.scottminar.com/k-of-h
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Tom Riggs: Music to Consider (Collection of Local and Regional Music)
https://www.youtube.com/@riggsviews/videos
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RETELLINGS OF A CLASSIC WORK OF LITERATURE
Arden of Faversham: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Arraignment, or Poetaster: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Case is Altered: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Catiline’s Conspiracy: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Devil is an Ass: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Epicene: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Every Man in His Humor: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Every Man Out of His Humor: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Fountain of Self-Love, or Cynthia’s Revels: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Magnetic Lady, or Humors Reconciled: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The New Inn, or The Light Heart: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Sejanus’ Fall: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s The Staple of News: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s A Tale of a Tub: A Retelling
Ben Jonson’s Volpone, or the Fox: A Retelling
Christopher Marlowe’s Complete Plays: Retellings
Christopher Marlowe’s Dido, Queen of Carthage: A Retelling
Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus: Retellings of the 1604 A-Text and of the 1616 B-Text
Christopher Marlowe’s Edward II: A Retelling
Christopher Marlowe’s The Massacre at Paris: A Retelling
Christopher Marlowe’s The Rich Jew of Malta: A Retelling
Christopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine, Parts 1 and 2: Retellings
Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Retelling in Prose
Dante’s Inferno: A Retelling in Prose
Dante’s Purgatory: A Retelling in Prose
Dante’s Paradise: A Retelling in Prose
The Famous Victories of Henry V: A Retelling
From the Iliad to the Odyssey: A Retelling in Prose of Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica
George Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston’s Eastward Ho! A Retelling
George Peele’s The Arraignment of Paris: A Retelling
George Peele’s The Battle of Alcazar: A Retelling
George’s Peele’s David and Bathsheba, and the Tragedy of Absalom: A Retelling
George Peele’s Edward I: A Retelling
George Peele’s The Old Wives’ Tale: A Retelling
George-a-Greene: A Retelling
The History of King Leir: A Retelling
Homer’s Iliad: A Retelling in Prose
Homer’s Odyssey: A Retelling in Prose
J.W. Gent.’s The Valiant Scot: A Retelling
Jason and the Argonauts: A Retelling in Prose of Apollonius of Rhodes’ Argonautica
John Ford: Eight Plays Translated into Modern English
John Ford’s The Broken Heart: A Retelling
John Ford’s The Fancies, Chaste and Noble: A Retelling
John Ford’s The Lady’s Trial: A Retelling
John Ford’s The Lover’s Melancholy: A Retelling
John Ford’s Love’s Sacrifice: A Retelling
John Ford’s Perkin Warbeck: A Retelling
John Ford’s The Queen: A Retelling
John Ford’s ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Campaspe: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Endymion, The Man in the Moon: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Galatea: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Love’s Metamorphosis: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Midas: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Mother Bombie: A Retelling
John Lyly’s Sappho and Phao: A Retelling
John Lyly’s The Woman in the Moon: A Retelling
John Webster’s The White Devil: A Retelling
King Edward III: A Retelling
Mankind: A Medieval Morality Play (A Retelling)
Margaret Cavendish’s The Unnatural Tragedy: A Retelling
The Merry Devil of Edmonton: A Retelling
The Summoning of Everyman: A Medieval Morality Play (A Retelling)
Robert Greene’s Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay: A Retelling
The Taming of a Shrew: A Retelling
Tarlton’s Jests: A Retelling
Thomas Middleton’s A Chaste Maid in Cheapside: A Retelling
Thomas Middleton’s Women Beware Women: A Retelling
Thomas Middleton and Thomas Dekker’s The Roaring Girl: A Retelling
Thomas Middleton and William Rowley’s The Changeling: A Retelling
The Trojan War and Its Aftermath: Four Ancient Epic Poems
Virgil’s Aeneid: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 5 Late Romances: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 10 Histories: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 11 Tragedies: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 12 Comedies: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 38 Plays: Retellings in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 1 Henry IV, aka Henry IV, Part 1: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 2 Henry IV, aka Henry IV, Part 2: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 1 Henry VI, aka Henry VI, Part 1: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 2 Henry VI, aka Henry VI, Part 2: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s 3 Henry VI, aka Henry VI, Part 3: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s All’s Well that Ends Well: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s As You Like It: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Henry V: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Henry VIII: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s King John: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s King Lear: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Love’s Labor’s Lost: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Othello: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Richard II: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Richard III: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Tempest: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Two Gentlemen of Verona: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Two Noble Kinsmen: A Retelling in Prose
William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale: A Retelling in Prose
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ANECDOTE COLLECTIONS
250 Anecdotes About Opera
250 Anecdotes About Religion
250 Anecdotes About Religion: Volume 2
250 Music Anecdotes
Be a Work of Art: 250 Anecdotes and Stories
The Coolest People in Art: 250 Anecdotes
The Coolest People in the Arts: 250 Anecdotes
The Coolest People in Books: 250 Anecdotes
The Coolest People in Comedy: 250 Anecdotes
Create, Then Take a Break: 250 Anecdotes
Don’t Fear the Reaper: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Art: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Books: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Books, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Books, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Comedy: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Dance: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Families: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Families, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Families, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Families, Volume 4: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Families, Volume 5: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Families, Volume 6: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Movies: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Music: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Music, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Music, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Neighborhoods: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Relationships: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Sports: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Sports, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Television and Radio: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People in Theater: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People Who Live Life: 250 Anecdotes
The Funniest People Who Live Life, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
Maximum Cool: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People in Movies: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People in Politics and History: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People in Politics and History, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People in Politics and History, Volume 3: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People in Religion: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People in Sports: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People Who Live Life: 250 Anecdotes
The Most Interesting People Who Live Life, Volume 2: 250 Anecdotes
Reality is Fabulous: 250 Anecdotes and Stories
Resist Psychic Death: 250 Anecdotes
Seize the Day: 250 Anecdotes and Stories
Kindest People Series
The Kindest People Who Do Good Deeds: Volume 1
The Kindest People Who Do Good Deeds: Volume 2
Free Philosophy for the Masses Series
Philosophy for the Masses: Ethics
Philosophy for the Masses: Metaphysics and More
Philosophy for the Masses: Religion
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GEORGE ORWELL: 1984
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- RISE ABOVE.
Theater director Tyrone Guthrie advised his actors and crew to do this. The advice means to rise above whatever forces are working against you. All of us have personal problems. No one’s life is perfect. Sometimes, life seems to conspire against us. Rise above all that, and produce the best work you can.
- ASTONISH ME.
Dance impresario Sergei Diaghilev advised his choreographers to do this. The advice means what it says. Do such good work that the person who commissioned the work—and of course the audience—is astonished. (Tyrone Guthrie also used this phrase.)
- DO IT NOW.
As a young man, choreographer George Balanchine nearly died and so he believed in living his life day by day and not holding anything back. He would tell his dancers, “Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for—for another time? There are no other times. There is only now. Right now.” Throughout his career, including before he became world renowned, he worked with what he had, not complaining about wanting a bigger budget or better dancers. One of the pieces of advice Mr. Balanchine gave over and over was this: “Do it now.”
- GO OUT AND GET ONE.
Ruth St. Denis once taught Martha Graham an important lesson when Ms. Graham was just starting to dance. Ms. St. Denis told Ms. Graham, “Show me your dance.” Ms. Graham replied, “I don’t have one,” and Ms. St. Denis advised, “Well, dear, go out and get one.” (Everyone needs an art to practice. Your art need not be dance. Perhaps your art can be writing autobiographical essays. Of course, you may practice more than one art.)
- WORK A LITTLE HARDER.
“I think high self-esteem is overrated. A little low self-esteem is actually quite good—maybe you’re not the best, so you should work a little harder.”—Jay Leno
Bruce Dalzell: What Have You Done to Me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrMjOfxSyr4
Bruce Dalzell: You Always Make Me Smile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq0JGVj9qgA
Bruce Dalzell: My Baby Scares Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UCtkhAfrdE
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