David Bruce: The Most Interesting People Who Live Life, Volume 2 — Language, Medals

David Bruce Anecdotes

Anecdotes are usually short humorous stories. Sometimes they are thought-provoking or informative, not amusing.

Language

• The parents of a student at Sidcot School, an independent English school founded on Quaker values, became upset and complained, saying that a teacher had cursed at their son when he had lost a wallet. The Head of the school investigated the matter and discovered that lost property was turned over to a teacher named Helen Hunt. When the boy reported losing his wallet, he had been told, “Go to Helen Hunt for it.”

• The language old-time muledrivers used was something awesome to behold. One muledriver stopped to invite his frontier preacher to climb aboard for a ride. Unfortunately, the muledriver was quickly forced to disinvite the preacher — as long as the preacher was around, the mules didn’t understand a word the muledriver said.

• In one game, the Seattle Supersonics were trailing Vancouver by nine points at halftime. Later, Supersonic player Vin Baker was asked what coach George Karl had told the team in his halftime talk. Mr. Baker replied, “I’m a minister’s son. I don’t repeat those kinds of things.”

Medals

• Cathy Rigby was lucky to have good coaches when she began to study gymnastics in the early 1960s, because there weren’t that many around. In fact, Muriel Grossfeld, one of the top American gymnasts of the 1950s and 1960s, said, “When I was competing, none of the best girls had coaches. We all trained ourselves.” Fortunately for Ms. Rigby, Bob Marquette, a 1930s gymnastics champion, had started a girls gymnastics club in Long Beach, California, near her home. Why did he do this when they were so rare? He explained, “I started a girls’ gymnastic club because they’re always being put down. Boys have so much going for them in sports — football, basketball, baseball.” Ms. Rigby’s training paid off when she became the first American woman to win a medal in international competition: a silver medal on balance beam at the 1970 Worlds Games held in Yugoslavia.

• Svetlana Boginskaya has a lot of pride. At her very first gymnastics competition, she won a second-place medal. She was so angry that she had not won first place that as soon as she was home, she threw the medal away.

Media

• At the Chicago Herald-Examiner, John J. “Jack” McPhaul once worked with a female reporter who was dedicated to meeting deadlines. Once, they were working together on a murder case. They waited for a coroner to finish his work on the murder victim so they could report on the findings. Their deadline for the first edition was fast approaching, and growing impatient she walked into the coroner’s office. A moment later, the coroner appeared and beckoned to Mr. McPhaul. Two bodies were lying down. One was the murder victim; the other was the female reporter. Mr. McPhaul asked what had happened, and the coroner replied, “She tapped me on the shoulder, and when I turned it was just in time to catch her. Out like a light. Guess the job was a little messier than she had expected.” The female reporter regained consciousness, looked at Mr. McPhaul, and said, “Jack McPhaul, if you ever tell a soul, I’ll kill you.”

• Reporters for the tabloids play dirty tricks on each other, such as calling an opposing newspaper with a bogus news tip. For example, a reporter will be sent out to investigate a place where a major celebrity is supposed to be recuperating from a life of excess. The reporter will drive for hours, only to find out that the address given by the tipster is that of a desert shack no celebrity would ever live in. In addition, reporters for the tabloids have to deal with a lot of crazy people. At the height of the excitement generated by the O.J. Simpson trial, a wacko called the Star and demanded $300,000 for an exclusive psychic interview with a dog named Kato.

• As an employee at the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert was one of the reporters who spent a lot of time at Billy Goat’s and at Riccardo’s. Reporters from the Chicago Daily News spent much time at both places, too. Billy Goat’s was a bar, and Riccardo’s was an Italian restaurant. When Riccardo’s was sold, a Chicago Sun-Timesreporter interviewed the seller, who said that he had enjoyed being the owner of the restaurant, with one exception: “On Friday nights, they let the animals out of the zoo.” John McHugh, a Daily News reporter, read the article, and then told Roger, “Ebert, he means us.”

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From The Book of Good Deeds 1914-1918: WORLD WAR I GOOD DEEDS:

A KICK IN THE PANTS

IT was December 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, that well remembered time when there was a frightful rainy spell on the Somme. Man and beast alike foundered in the mud. Shells became almost ineffectual, having no impact, so the enemies bombarded each other with mines. There were as good as no trenches at all, just an unending level of water and mud. We could locate our position only with the aid of a compass. I was stationed near Bapaume as an ambulance man of the 33rd Division of Infantry. Every morning we used to advance about 15 kilometers towards the lines from where we brought back the sick and wounded.

One morning I slipped into the mud up to the arm pits, right in the front lines. The daily exchange of mines was just in progress and my comrades ran back past me, leaving me stuck in the mud. The last one to pass was Vizefeldwebel Fleury, from Lothringen; he tried to pull me out but only began to sink in himself. Another mine exploded, so he left me, otherwise he himself would have been caught. I gave myself up for dead. All of a sudden, a huge English sergeant-major stood in front of me with a plank of wood. He stepped on the plank and, swearing the while (I could only recognize the word “Boche” [German soldier]), pulled me out. I wanted to express my thanks to him, but he gave me a kick in the pants and ran back to his dugout, throwing himself down in the dirt repeatedly on his way back to avoid his own mines. I owe him my life.

By Heinrich Weindorf, Merchant, Witten/Ruhr.

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The Local Girls (Athens, Ohio, USA): “Blue Shadows on the Trail”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lprEzwUad20

The Local Girls (Athens, Ohio, USA): “I Want to Be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy8JRXASwJw

The Local Girls (Athens, Ohio, USA): “I’ll Never Say ‘Never Again’ Again”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gAWwTbq3tc

The Local Girls (Athens, Ohio, USA): “I Snap, Crackle, Pop”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5S4zgwTYTg

The Local Girls (Athens, Ohio, USA): “Where the Boys Are”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwBkQWgHRfQ

Rodrigo Mazutti: English-language Short Film: AEMULA

A guy receives a phone call that makes him question his sanity. (AEMULA is Latin for “rival.”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KK_Y5O_83I

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CAITLIN KRAUS

Caitlin Kraus (she/her), LPCC, MT-BC

Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

Music Therapist – Board Certified

Ohio University Counseling & Psych Services

www.ohio.edu/counseling

Follow OU Counseling & Psych Services on Twitter at @OHIO_Counseling

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CAITLIN KRAUS MUSIC

https://caitlinkrausmusic.com

CAITLIN KRAUS ON INSTAGRAM

https://www.instagram.com/caitlinkrausmusic/

CAITLIN KRAUS ON FACEBOOK

https://www.facebook.com/caitlinkrausmusic

CAITLIN KRAUS ON BANDCAMP

https://caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com

CAITLIN KRAUS ON SPOTIFY

https://open.spotify.com/artist/7G2SiE8RWYUMZWLX1iGLPz?autoplay=true

CAITLIN KRAUS ON YOUTUBE MUSIC

https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCWt9a1zAjicyED4CuT-PEXw

CAITLIN KRAUS: GONE BEYOND album

https://caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com/album/gone-beyond

https://davidbruceblog43.wordpress.com/2023/10/22/caitlin-kraus-band-album-release-party-gone-beyond-22-october-2023/

CAITLIN KRAUS: WHAT RISES album

https://caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com/album/what-rises

CAITLIN KRAUS: “Waiting for the World” / “Dead Man” EP

https://caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com/album/dead-man-waiting-for-the-world

Hart, Bob: “Caitlin Kraus: Making her own kind of music.” The Athens News. 19 December 2023

“It was a song called ‘Garden’ that did it for me. Perhaps only when a musical artist writes deeply personal lyrics do their words become universal, belying the specifics of their own situation and emotions to touch others on an intimate level. That song and many other good ones are on the CD “Gone Beyond,” by Caitlin Kraus. It’s her second recorded collection (following “What Rises”) and is available through many outlets, including caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com, Spotify and Apple Music.”…

https://www.athensnews.com/culture/arts_and_entertainment/caitlin-kraus-making-her-own-kind-of-music/article_4ca914a8-9e73-11ee-910c-470dee8a62f9.html

Caitlin Kraus: “Gone Beyond” (Caitlin Kraus performs “Gone Beyond” Aug. 17, 2023, at the Athens (OH) Community Center.) — From the album GONE BEYOND.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4zFYr55b5E

Caitlin Kraus: “Gone Beyond” — From the album GONE BEYOND.

Caitlin Kraus, Matt Box on bass, and Mark Hellenberg on drums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBPdMZoB7vs

Caitlin Kraus: “Make It Clear” (Caitlin Kraus performs “Make It Clear” Aug. 17, 2023, at the Athens (OH) Community Center.) — From the album GONE BEYOND.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1isFj2Oxiu4

Caitlin Kraus: “Strange Other” (Caitlin Kraus performs “Strange Other” Aug. 17, 2023, at the Athens (OH) Community Center.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3Wc3pkXIiA

Caitlin Kraus at the 2020 Virtual Nelsonville Music Festival

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZJFIal2SyU

Caitlin Kraus: “Follow Me” — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdywiZXm2nc

It is a very special honor to have completed this music video for “Follow Me,” which was directed by the wonderful Adam Remnant who also recorded the song itself back in 2016. We collaborated on the concepts in the video and spent a chilly, beautiful spring day filming it with his talented students (listed below) at the Nelsonville, OH brick kilns, Hocking River, and surrounding neighborhood. For me, the lyrics and music of this song portray real imagery and memories that have grown dream-like with the passing of time, yet still remain formative and foundational. At its core, it is about transformation and being/becoming, but I hope the ambiguity and symbolism of the song and video also lead to your own interpretation and that you can find something resonant within it. Lyrics and digital/CD format available at caitlinkrausmusic.bandcamp.com. Music website at caitlinkrausmusic.com.

A huge and sincere thank you to Adam Remnant for his direction of the video and to the Hocking College students listed in the following credits: AC – Alex Rhinehart & Najayah Shepard; Grips – Alex Rhinehart, Alexis Pariseau, Najayah Shepard, Nate Ruhl, & Richard Valentine; On-set Photographer – Ivan Reardon

“Follow Me” is featured on the full-length 2020 release WHAT RISES and includes myself on vocals/guitar, Adam Remnant on bass/drums/keyboard, and Hannah Simonetti on violin. The song was recorded and mixed by Adam in Athens, OH while the full album was produced, mixed, and mastered by Bernie Nau at Peachfork Studios in Pomeroy, OH (https://peachforkstudios.com/).

Caitlin Kraus: “This Body”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW9Kp-P3oio

Notes for “This Body”:

A song for the rights of all: the right to be safe in our bodies, the right to make decisions for our bodies, and the right to be who we are in our bodies. (Lyrics below.) I wrote this song […] out of the need to process my anger at women’s rights being taken away and for what this means for other rights down the line. A never-ending issue it seems, but one we can’t stop fighting for. A big thank you to Tom Riggs for taking footage of my first performance of this song with Mark Hellenberg on drums at The Union in Athens, OH.

Lyrics for “This Body”:

This body is temporary, but while it’s here / It’s not yours to hold captive in fear / This body is mine, it was never yours / So fuck your laws and gods and guns / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / This body is sacred, but only safe / When I’m in charge, you have no claim / This body is proud and wears the crown / Makes the decisions and won’t back down / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT / And don’t tell me who I can love or about my identity / Don’t use your privilege to subject your patriarchy / I get to say what I put inside / I GET TO CHOOSE, IT IS MY RIGHT

Caitlin Kraus: “What Rises” — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoD-LgA6qUg

Caitlin Kraus: “Pink Cloud”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC8sNynVLUo

Caitlyn Kraus: Boogie on the Bricks (10 August 2019) — Athens, Ohio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtxfc4dMprM

Caitlin Kraus: Interview and “Waiting for the World”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPoahBWpuys

Caitlin Kraus: “Follow Me”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9yePPAwOa8

Caitlin Kraus Torres: “Dead Man” — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brtzE73ZGsg

Caitlin Kraus: Full Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpk-Wyr1aTw

Caitlin Kraus: “On the Way Down” — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNioAruv6SA

Caitlin Kraus: “Synchronicity” — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmdNN1MD-Og

Caitlin Kraus: “All Along”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfrySyGEnR0

Caitlin Kraus Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4_ulcpWBI0

Caitlyn Kraus: “Dead Man” on SA Live (KSAT-TV) — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mCcPpJymcg

Caitlin Kraus YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTQruwqEa_LjrqQBZy2lUww

Caitlin Kraus: Top Tracks

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8cBT8QZwxhfta7xZBtPJOUspm3GMO7NA

Caitlin Kraus: Ohio University Adjunct Professor of Music Therapy

https://www.ohio.edu/fine-arts/music/ck294906

Caitlin Kraus: Live From Home (Includes at end Bruce Dalzell’s “You Always Make Me Smile”)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7kcljjvX-s

Caitlin Kraus with Mark Hellenberg: “Dead Man” — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y16d-52JL-I

Caitlin Kraus with Mark Hellenberg: “Locket” — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj84dLCtzwc

Caitlin Kraus with Mark Hellenberg: “On My Knees”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg97-pfc5qs

Caitlin Kraus with Mark Hellenberg: “Follow Me” — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFIXQEYInRg

Caitlin Kraus: “Waiting for the World” / “Dead Man”

Caitlin Kraus Torres: “Fill Your Heart” (David Bowie Cover)

Caitlin Kraus: “Waiting for the World” — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eBknAqMHlQ

Caitlin Kraus: “Full Bloom” — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n37Io7QofGQ

Caitlin Kraus: “Make Love Stay” — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOFyvkjHvrk

Caitlin Kraus: “By Dark” — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40JuJpCqmiY

Caitlin Kraus: “Down to You” — From the album WHAT RISES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0ykF7XPGYk

Interview & Article for WOUB Public Media (8/6/2020): Interview about upcoming performance for the Virtual Nelsonville Music Festival, history as a songwriter and musician, and experiences as a performer during the pandemic.

https://woub.org/2020/08/06/virtual-nelsonville-music-festival-interviews-caitlin-kraus/

Article for WOUB Public Media (10/12/2017): Article about Caitlin’s path as both a songwriter and musician as well as a music therapist.

https://woub.org/2017/10/12/caitlin-kraus-a-twofold-journey/

OVRLD Austin Music First (6/13/2016): “On her new single ‘Waiting for the World,’ Caitlin Kraus’ sweetly shimmering voice rises out of an oceanic musical backing, giving the track a melancholic feel, like a reinterpretation of The Awakening’s bitter conclusion. Kraus’ voice is powerful but not in a bombastic sense, it’s instead devastating in its emotional richness. The well-arranged strings that emerge after the beginning of the song aid in this, making ‘Waiting for the World’ an excellent bit of chamber pop that stands out for the frequently unimaginatively produced singer songwriter tracks Austin is oversaturated with.”

https://ovrld.com/latest-toughs/kodachrome-borzoi-kydd/

Caitlin Kraus: “Golden and Blue”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfbKehHLggk

Caitlin Kraus: “Enough”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkgVzxvaJZs

Caitlin Kraus: “I’ll Be Your Mirror”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59QD1DArxqI

Caitlin Kraus at the Union

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNzx2J44W4k

Suggested Listening ’23: Caitlin Kraus Suggests Good Music to Listen To

Caitlin Kraus is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Board-Certified Music Therapist providing services to students at Ohio University in Athens, OH. When she is not counseling, Caitlin is an active musician and songwriter, performing her music both solo and with a band under her name. She has released two full-length albums from Peachfork Studios: “Gone Beyond” (2023) and “What Rises” (2020). She also sings and plays in the band Drift Mouth. She is the proud companion of two wonderful dogs.

Some of the music choices presented here were not actually released in 2023 as I am usually a time traveler when it comes to music. While it was hard to choose only 10 albums/artists and songs, this is some of the music that I happened to listen to often in 2023 and which personally resonated the most. It is presented in no particular order. I hope you can enjoy it along with me!

Jake Xerxes Fussell – Good & Green Again (2022)

The Beths – Expert in a Dying Field (2022)

Nina Simone – You’ve Got to Learn (Recorded Live at the 1966 Newport Jazz Festival; Released in 2023)

Marina Allen – Candlepower (2021)

Drugdealer – Raw Honey (2019)

The Roches – The Roches (1979)

Labi Siffre – Crying, Laughing, Loving, Lying (1971)

S.G. Goodman – Teeth Marks (2022)

Esther Rose – Safe To Run (2023)

The GTOs – Permanent Damage (1969)

See below link for Caitlin Kraus’ commentary:

https://woub.org/2023/12/11/suggested-listening-23-caitlin-kraus/

DRIFT MOUTH: “Starling”

Drift Mouth opens its Jan. 13, 2024, set at The Union in Athens, OH, with “Starling.” Lou Poster on lead vocals and guitar, Caitlin Kraus guitar, David Murphy drums, Nate Brite bass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgHzWMLFV0M