News and Ideas from the Bleeding Edge

efolkMusic, 1999-style!

Been there?  From the Internet Archive, what they call the “Wayback Machine“, with a history of the Internet- I think they started before us, as they have us from the very beginning, if I remember correctly.

Here’s the record of efolkMusic beginning on Oct 9, 1999, snapshots through the ages! About the same, really, same rock to push. Luckily the edges have been worn down through the years and it’s a bit easier to roll (Depending on the size of the rock, you don’t always “pick it up and carry it on..” as we have been known to say; more often it’s OGS – of good size – and you ROLL it.)

A month later, Nov 1999, sorry about the missing graphics. Some of these hairpins are kickin’ grass’  as I write, somewhere, I hope:

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From Brian McFadden:

God grant us the austerity to defund America back into recession, courage to ignore basic economics, and wisdom to know everything we do can be reversed by a future congress before any of it takes effect.

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From the Economist:

Consumer Spending, 2007-2010

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Ludwig

Ludwig van Beethoven understood the value of raising the taste of the public; present-day artists might want to consider using this as a basis for requests from patrons, etc., or say you want a discount on your child’s voice lessons. Below is an excerpt from his 1806 petition to the Vienna Imperial Court Theater, to retain him as in in-house opera composer, at 2,400 florins annually:

The undersigned may flatter himself that so far during the period of his stay in Vienna he has won a certain amount of favor and appreciation… both at home and abroad.

Nevertheless, he has had to contend with all sorts of difficulties, and as yet has not been fortunate enough to establish himself here in a position compatible to his desire to live entirely for art…

Since on the whole the aim which he has ever pursued in his career has been much less to earn his daily bread than to raise the taste of the public and to let his genius soar to greater heights and even to perfection, the inevitable result has been that the undersigned has sacrifices to the Muse both material profit and his own advantage. – Ludwig van Beethoven

His petition was rejected (OK, maybe the third person thing  was a bit much), but luckily some upstanding royals stepped up to the plate and he didn’t have to take a day job. Times have changed, huh?

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Charlotte, a different Bronte

It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it…

Bronte

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