Friday, November 18, 2011
Supporting Homeless Children of Tulsa: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/content/youthdivision/resources/ttafactsheet.htm
Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center assists 3rd party programs that have been granted assistance for coordination and training of Homeless youth and Runaway's.
Your Tax Dollars Do This!
This is what they do.
Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center Coordinates:
-Skill-based training sessions that provide opportunities for hands-on participation, direct observation, and expert feedback
-Distance learning training that focuses on core competencies needed by youth workers; courses are offered online and address topics such as Positive Youth Development, dynamics of runaway and homeless youth, cultural competency, crisis counseling, street culture, conflict resolution, resiliency, asset-based approaches, mental health issues, and staff safety and boundaries
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Technical Assistance Center offers:
-Intensive skill-based technical assistance for newly funded and/or inexperienced grantees
-Program-specific, individualized technical assistance through consultation; consultation may be provided onsite, via telephone, or through a combination of strategies that address and correct programmatic and administrative concerns
-Technical assistance that addresses the grantee’s program-specific needs, as identified by monitoring reports, Runaway and Homeless Youth Management Information Systems data, and corrective action reports
-Information sharing, especially regarding new and emerging information concerning service provision and best practices
-Technical assistance clinics on targeted grantee issues
US Department of Health and Human Services.
Administration for Children and Families
Link:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/content/youthdivision/resources/ttafactsheet.htm
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Be Naked!
I'm not sure that just because someone can hear music.. it says anything at all about their ability to actually HEAR the music.. (Zen)
Art (like truth) communicates on multiple levels and it happens in ways that simply talking, teaching, etc.. can never do.
For instance, being naked is not always about being unclothed. Sometimes it's about being real... or open.. or vulnerable..
In the perfect world... vulnerability is sexy.. (sexiness is not always about sex).
And the title of my blog, "Blue Notes" refers to the blurbs... the words of my spiritual journey... my blog...
But it also refers to the specific musical notes that make the Rock N Roll/Blues tradition unique to any other music in history. Those notes are called "blue notes".
That said... In the metaphor of nudity.... musical notes.. just hearing vibratory sound pass incessantly over the tympanic membrane of my head is a routine mechanical function at best. It's more like dropping clothes for a flash-3-minute-shower on a cold clockwork Monday morning before work. There's no "sexy" in that.. Sometimes with tooth paste (and saliva) running down your face.. you just do what you gotta do.
But hearing the MUSIC.. Blue like it is.. as it swirls real.. lithe and light.. electric like a live-wire in the head... and the bed.
Now... That's like being Naked.
Be Naked!!
Art (like truth) communicates on multiple levels and it happens in ways that simply talking, teaching, etc.. can never do.
For instance, being naked is not always about being unclothed. Sometimes it's about being real... or open.. or vulnerable..
In the perfect world... vulnerability is sexy.. (sexiness is not always about sex).
And the title of my blog, "Blue Notes" refers to the blurbs... the words of my spiritual journey... my blog...
But it also refers to the specific musical notes that make the Rock N Roll/Blues tradition unique to any other music in history. Those notes are called "blue notes".
That said... In the metaphor of nudity.... musical notes.. just hearing vibratory sound pass incessantly over the tympanic membrane of my head is a routine mechanical function at best. It's more like dropping clothes for a flash-3-minute-shower on a cold clockwork Monday morning before work. There's no "sexy" in that.. Sometimes with tooth paste (and saliva) running down your face.. you just do what you gotta do.
But hearing the MUSIC.. Blue like it is.. as it swirls real.. lithe and light.. electric like a live-wire in the head... and the bed.
Now... That's like being Naked.
Be Naked!!
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Support Local Musicians: www.RSU.edu/rsuradio.live.asp
Did you know RSU radio plays local music on Monday Nights? (7pm-9pm)
Local Flavors with David Souter is a radio show dedicated to playing only local music from around the Tulsa Metro Area.
Tune in to 91.3 FM every Monday from 7pm to 9pm for Tulsa's True Alternative.
www.RSU.edu/rsuradio.live.asp
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Get Up! (Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine) #334 on The List
Are you Ready for some 1970's Retro?
ARE YOU READY FOR THE SUPER BROTHER?
Get up
get on up
get up
Get on up
stay on the scene
get on up
like a Sex Machine.
Get on up
get up
Shake your arm
then use your form.
Stay on the scene
like a Sex Machine.
You gotta have the feeling
sure as you're born.
Get it together
right on
right on
By 1970, most members of James Brown's classic 1960s band had quit his act for other opportunities, and The Famous Flames singing group had disbanded, with original member Bobby Byrd the only one remaining with Brown. Brown and Byrd employed a new band that included future funk greats, such as bassist Bootsy Collins, Collins' guitarist brother Phelps "Catfish" Collins and trombonist and musical director Fred Wesley. This new backing band was dubbed "The J.B.'s", and the band made its debut on Brown's 1970 single "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine". Although The J.B.'s went through several lineup changes, with the first change occurring in 1971, the band remained Brown's most familiar backing band.
(wiki for what it's worth).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown#1970s_and_the_J.B..27s
Are you Ready for some 1970's Retro?
ARE YOU READY FOR THE SUPER BROTHER?
Get up
get on up
get up
Get on up
stay on the scene
get on up
like a Sex Machine.
Get on up
get up
Shake your arm
then use your form.
Stay on the scene
like a Sex Machine.
You gotta have the feeling
sure as you're born.
Get it together
right on
right on
By 1970, most members of James Brown's classic 1960s band had quit his act for other opportunities, and The Famous Flames singing group had disbanded, with original member Bobby Byrd the only one remaining with Brown. Brown and Byrd employed a new band that included future funk greats, such as bassist Bootsy Collins, Collins' guitarist brother Phelps "Catfish" Collins and trombonist and musical director Fred Wesley. This new backing band was dubbed "The J.B.'s", and the band made its debut on Brown's 1970 single "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine". Although The J.B.'s went through several lineup changes, with the first change occurring in 1971, the band remained Brown's most familiar backing band.
(wiki for what it's worth).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Brown#1970s_and_the_J.B..27s
Monday, November 14, 2011
Get On Up!
I was probably gonna get lucky.
that's what I was thinking...
Which worked out well... since we were going to Vegas. I was thinking about the Champagne waiting in our room
(an anniversary surprise.. cause I'm that kinda guy).
But I was also thinking about Sex
(cause I'm that kinda guy too).
In my van I was leaving midtown but I was entering Motown.
"Sex Machine"... was playing.. James Brown (#334 on the list).. though I don't recall whether it was from my Ipod in the airplane way back then... Or in the car.... speeding towards 11th street right here and now.
I remembered on the plane.. 2 rows ahead of me.. on the opposite side of the aisle.. I saw a preacher.. or a priest... or a minister of some sort.. (he was wearing a collar).. and suddenly I felt the overwhelming urge to confess.
I didn't do it.
What I would have said to him if I had confessed is "I'm sorry Holy Man.. I'm sorry I didn't believe you."
And in my minds eye the preacher would have said, "You seem troubled son... Tell me what's on your mind".
And I would have said... You were right Father. All of you in the 1950's and 60's were right...
Rock N Roll really is about Sex.
But Instead... I just sat there in my airplane seat... thinking about Champagne... and Sex.. And listening to.. "the God Father".. calling "It" up... like an ED add.
Get up!...
Get On Up! (echo)
As the plane taxi'd down the runway... I imagined the Jet fuel spilling into "the can" for the 1500 degree pay off
(now that's hot)..
and the turbine engine lifted us off the ground.
And in the background.. I could hear him... still singing.
Get Up!
Get on Up! (echo)
And then.. suddenly.. we were gone!
that's what I was thinking...
Which worked out well... since we were going to Vegas. I was thinking about the Champagne waiting in our room
(an anniversary surprise.. cause I'm that kinda guy).
But I was also thinking about Sex
(cause I'm that kinda guy too).
In my van I was leaving midtown but I was entering Motown.
"Sex Machine"... was playing.. James Brown (#334 on the list).. though I don't recall whether it was from my Ipod in the airplane way back then... Or in the car.... speeding towards 11th street right here and now.
I remembered on the plane.. 2 rows ahead of me.. on the opposite side of the aisle.. I saw a preacher.. or a priest... or a minister of some sort.. (he was wearing a collar).. and suddenly I felt the overwhelming urge to confess.
I didn't do it.
What I would have said to him if I had confessed is "I'm sorry Holy Man.. I'm sorry I didn't believe you."
And in my minds eye the preacher would have said, "You seem troubled son... Tell me what's on your mind".
And I would have said... You were right Father. All of you in the 1950's and 60's were right...
Rock N Roll really is about Sex.
But Instead... I just sat there in my airplane seat... thinking about Champagne... and Sex.. And listening to.. "the God Father".. calling "It" up... like an ED add.
Get up!...
Get On Up! (echo)
As the plane taxi'd down the runway... I imagined the Jet fuel spilling into "the can" for the 1500 degree pay off
(now that's hot)..
and the turbine engine lifted us off the ground.
And in the background.. I could hear him... still singing.
Get Up!
Get on Up! (echo)
And then.. suddenly.. we were gone!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
The Next Four
74. "Summertime Blues" – Eddie Cochran
75. "Whole Lotta Love" – Led Zeppelin
77. "Mystery Train" – Elvis Presley
79. "Mr. Tambourine Man" – The Byrds
every week I purchase and download 4 more songs that I don't have from the list. Here are the next four.
75. "Whole Lotta Love" – Led Zeppelin
77. "Mystery Train" – Elvis Presley
79. "Mr. Tambourine Man" – The Byrds
every week I purchase and download 4 more songs that I don't have from the list. Here are the next four.
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