#Rodney William Whitaker

[alredered]

Alredered Remembers Rodney William Whitaker, American film scholar and writer, on his birthday.

[slonline]

Black dynamite season 1 episode 5 uncensored

The series ended on Januwith a total of 20 episodes in two seasons. Most episodes of the show were rated TV-MA (akin to the R rating of the movie itself) for bloody, stylized violence, strong sexual references (including nudity, references to prostitution, and depictions of sex acts), profanity and humor derived from racism and discrimination. The original music is by Adrian Younge (who also composed score for the hit film) for season 1 and Fatin "10" Horton for season 2. LeSean Thomas is creative producer/supervising director. Scott Sanders, White and Minns are producers. It was produced by Ars Nova, Jon Steingart, Carl Jones and Jillian Apfelbaum are executive producers, with Brian Ash as co-executive producer. as the restaurant owner Roscoe and Arsenio Hall as Tasty Freeze. Throughout the first and second seasons, Cedric Yarbrough also reprised his film role as Chocolate Giddy-Up, along with Jimmy Walker Jr. Debra Wilson as Amazon Moon Bitch Leader, Lil' Orphan Penny, Eartha K.I.T.T., Euphoria, Li'l Orphan Arnold, Li'l Orphan Rodney King, Li'l Rodney Munchkins, Givinya Morehead, Child Services Lady, Hotel Employee, Hoe Crowsīlack Dynamite actors Michael Jai White, Byron Minns, Tommy Davidson and Kym Whitley reprise their film roles as Black Dynamite, Bullhorn, Cream Corn and Honeybee, respectively.Gary Anthony Williams as George Washington Carver III, Radio DJ, Reporter.Denzel Whitaker as Donald the Accountant, Jermaine Jackson.Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins as Pam Grier, Reverse Strip Club Owner.Smoove as That Frog Kurtis, That Bastard Kurtis Kevin Michael Richardson as Melvin Van Peebles, Don Cornelius, Bill Cosby, Fred Berry.Christopher "Kid" Reid as John the John, Sun Tzu, Black Lucky, Jamaica Labour Party Member.Donnell Rawlings as A Cat Named Rallo, A Slave Cat Named Rallo.Clifton Powell as Crenshaw the Slime, Daddy Dynamite.Tim Blake Nelson as Chief Humphrey McGillihorn, The Wicked Bitch of the West Side, Donald Sterling, Television Executive, Cracker Cop, Director.Charlie Murphy as A Cat Named Rollo, A Slave Cat Named Rollo.Lil Mo as Nurse, Teacher, Rondell's Mom.Jonathan Kite as Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, James Bonds (Sean Connery and Roger Moore), News Reporter, Elvis Presley.Orlando Jones as Basehead, Flying Junkies, Stewie's Brother, James Brown.Carl Jones as Frank the John, Crenshaw Pete, Puppet Minion, Shark Victim, Stewie Fig Newton, Announcer, The Mayor of Beach City, Teacher, Laughing Prisoner.Eddie Griffin as Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney.John DiMaggio as Rip Tayles, Female Cop, J.Wu, Chinatown Assassin, R.A.C.I.S.T., Bill Cosby's Assistant, Dick Clark, Newscaster, Child, Reporter Erykah Badu as Fatback Taffy, Hoe Crows, Rita Marley, Wolf.Tichina Arnold as Tinbee's Singing Voice.Tommy Davidson as Cream Corn, The Boss Man.Byron Minns as Bullhorn, Rudy Ray Moore, Singer.Michael Jai White as Black Dynamite, Jim Kelly.Agent and full-time ladies man, Black Dynamite, who's out to avenge the death of his brother against kung-fu masters, drug-dealing pimps, and The Man. This animated blaxploitation action comedy-spoof follows ex-C.I.A. There is no place like KissAnime with free anime online so I uploaded this full anime here, now each person can watch this anime from here for free.Black Dynamite further chronicles the exploits of the central character, Black Dynamite and his motley crew. You do not have to fall in love with a action & adventure to enjoy this anime. My favorite anime of this director, and that’s saying something! This anime online seriously is incredible. Everytime I watch this anime online, I really enjoy the music, it is just pure soul of that anime. The anime is openly dreamlike, and like most dreams it moves uncertainly down a path with many turnings. action & adventurecategory did not create a better anime and you can now watch for free on this website. Strike the Blood is one of the biggest surprises of the year 2013. Forced together by circumstance, the two form an unlikely alliance as Kojou comes to terms with his abilities and they both struggle to protect the city from various emerging chaotic forces. Fearing Kojou’s destructive potential, the Lion King Organization sends in an apprentice sword-shaman, Yukina Himeragi, to monitor, and should he become a threat, kill the boy deemed the world’s most powerful vampire. It isn’t long before he is thrust into the center of attention when it is discovered that he is the fourth primogenitor, an immensely powerful vampire whom most consider to be merely a legend.

Kojou Akatsuki’s days as an ordinary high school student in the Demon District of Itogami Island come to an abrupt end after a fateful encounter leaves him with the remarkable abilities of a vampire.

[warningsine]

When I hear middle-class people complain about the poor buying luxuries for their kids when they don’t even have enough for groceries, I remember the lavish Christmases my mother gave us, even at the risk of breaking up the family. Prudence is a bourgeois virtue, because the rich have something worth saving. The poor splurge because they need desperately to make a colorful splash across the drab fabric of their lives. The hungry don’t dream of brown rice and vegetables; they dream of cake.

Trevanian (William Whitaker), The Crazyladies of Pearl Street

[vinceverbatim]

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Önce... özel biri olduğumu söylemeliyim.  Bu dünyadaki en lüzumsuz adamım. Yiyecek sıkıntısına düştüğümüzde feda edilecek ilk kişi ben olurum herhalde. Ya da sevgi yokluğunda. Ben azar azar her türlü yeteneğe sahip biriyim. Zekiyim ama asla akıllı biri değilim. Sözlerimde hiçbir derinlik yoktur hepsi kaçamak cevaplardır. Sevecenimdir ama asla sevgi veremem. Sadece eleştiririm, asla yaratıcı olmam. Eğlenirim ama mutlu olmam. Üzülürüm ama incinmem. Çok konuşurum ama asla ne düşündüğümü belli etmem. Her şeyle ilgilenirim, hiçbir şeye bulaşmam. Büyüleyiciyimdir ama içten değilimdir. Hile yapmakta üstüme yoktur! Maddenin benim için hiç önemi yoktur, beni biçim ilgilendirir. Son olarak, en basit tanımıyla, neyim, bilmek ister misin? Tamamen istediğim gibi olan biriyim.

- Nicholas Seare, 1339 ya da Öyle Bir Yıl

[ahmetcumhur-blog]

"Korkaklar her zaman için cesur insanlardan daha tehlikeli olurlardı. Bir kere sayıları daha fazlaydı. Sonra, arkadan vururlardı. Vurdukları zaman da kötü vururlardı. Çünkü sağ kalırsanız öç alacağınızdan korkarlardı."

— Rodney William Whitaker (Trevanian)

[pulpsandcomics2]

“The Eiger Sanction”    published in 1972

“The Loo Sanction” published in 1973

Two novels about the government assassin Jonathan Hemlock by  Rodney William Whitaker writing as Trevanian.

[mrepstein]

Brian Epstein’s Address & Telephone Book

A small leather bound pocket address and telephone book that was owned and used by Brian Epstein. The book dates to 1967 and it consists of 57 pages of addresses and telephone number some of which are typed, some of which are in Epstein’s hand and some which have been added by hand on his behalf. // (click HERE to view more pages from the book)

The book contains a total of 404 entries - a selection of them are listed below:

A

ATV Ltd 

ABC Television Ltd 

AIR London Ltd. 

Tom Arnold Ltd 

Neil Aspinall 

Artistes Car Hire 

Annabels [nightclub] 

Alexander’s Restaurant 

Ashley Steiner Famous [talent agency] 

Al Aronowitz 

Atlantic Records 

Eric Andersen 

Bob Anthony 

B

Bryce Hanmer & Co [accounting firm] 

Bedford, Okrent & Co 

BBC Television Centre 

BBC Broadcasting House 

Al Brodax 

Cilla Black 

Mr. & Mrs. Tony Barrow 

Mr. & Mrs Don Black 

Bryan Barrett 

Jack Barclay Ltd  [Bentley dealership] 

Peter Brown 

Mr. & Mrs. B. Bullough 

Mr. & Mrs J. Bullough 

Miss J. Balmer 

Mr. &. Mrs. Ivan Bennett 

Eric Burdon 

Francisco Bermudez 

Lionel Bart 

David Bailey 

Bag O’Nails 

Tony Barlow 

Ray Bartell 

Rodney Barnes 

Bruno One Restaurant 

Sid Bernstein 

Kenn Brodziak 

Leonard Bernstein 

Al Bennett 

Beverly Hills Hotel 

Brian Bedford 

Scotty Bower 

David Ballman 

Bob Bonis 

Bill Buist 

Arthur Buist 

C

Dr. Norman Cowan 

Curzon House Club 

Crockfords Club 

Clermont Club 

Cromwellian Club 

Paddy Chambers 

Radio Caroline 

Michael Codron 

Cap-Estel Le 

Mr. & Mrs. J. Cassen 

Columbia Pictures Ltd 

Eric Clapton 

Capitol Records Mexico 

Michael Cooper 

Roger Curtis 

Neil Christian 

Maureen Cleave 

Thomas Clyde 

Cash Box 

CBS Records Ltd 

Denny Cordell 

William Cavendish 

Caprice Restuarant 

David Charkham 

Capitol Records 

Columbia Broadcasting System 

Bob Crewe 

May Cunnell 

Car Hire Co. for Lincoln 

Dr. Kenneth Chesky 

Capitol Records (Voyle Gilmore) 

Irving E. Chezar 

Danny Cleary 

Bobby Colomby 

Bob Casper 

Andre Cadet 

D

Daily Express 

Disc & Music Echo 

Decca Records 

Bernard Delfont Ltd 

Bernard Delfont 

Noel Dixon 

Jimmy Douglas 

Chris Denning 

Simon Dee 

Rik Dane 

Dolly’s [nightclub] 

Hunter Davies 

Terry Doran 

Pat Doncaster 

Norrie Drummond 

Alan David 

John Dunbar 

Peter Dalton 

Kappy Ditson 

Robert Dunlap 

Robert L. David 

Diana Dors 

Ivor Davis 

Tom Dawes 

Brandon de Wilde 

Don Danneman 

E

Malcolm Evans 

Clive J. Epstein 

Mr. & Mrs. H. Epstein 

EMI Records Ltd 

EMI Studios 

Geoffrey Ellis 

Etoile Restaurant 

Tim Ellis 

Terry Eaton 

Kenny Everett 

John East 

Bob Eubanks 

Esther Edwards 

Ahmet Ertegun 

F

Alan Freeman 

David Frost 

Georgie Fame 

Robert Fraser 

Andre Fattacini 

Dan Farson 

Billy Fury 

Barry Finch 

Marianne Faithfull 

Robert Fitzpatrick 

Warren Frederikson 

John Fisher 

Danny Fields 

Francis Fiorino 

G

Dr. Geoffrey Gray 

Hamish Grimes 

Derek Grainger 

Rik Gunnell 

Rik Gunnell Agency Ltd 

Derrick Goodman & Co. 

Peter Goldman 

Christopher Gibbs 

David Garrick 

Geoffrey Grant 

Mick Green 

John P. Greenside 

Michael Gillet 

General Artists Corp. 

John Gillespie 

Voyle Gilmore 

George Greif 

Ren Grevatt 

Milton Goldman 

M. Goldstein 

Gary Grove 

Henry Grossman 

H

Mr. & Mrs. Berrell Hyman 

Doreen Hyman 

Mr. & Mrs. Basil J. Hyman 

Mrs. A. Hyman 

Steve Hardy 

H. Huntsman & Son Ltd 

Simon Hayes 

Frankie Howerd 

Henry Higgins 

Chris Hutchins 

Tony Howard 

Wendy Hanson 

Marty Himmel 

Casper Halpern

John Heska

Ricky Heiman

Joe Hunter

Ty Hargrove

Hullabaloo.

Walter Hofer

J

M.A. Jacobs & Son 

David Jacobs [lawyer] 

Dick James Music Ltd 

Mr. & Mrs. D. James 

Mick Jagger 

Brian Jones 

Michael Jeffries 

Drummond Jackson 

David Jacobs [d.j.] 

Brian Joyce 

Gerry Justice 

K

Gibson Kemp 

Johnathan King 

Mr. & Mrs Maurice Kinn 

Kingsway Recording Studios 

Ashley Kozac 

Kafetz Camera Ltd. 

Reg King 

Andrew Koritsas 

Ed Kenmore 

Walker Kundzicz 

John Kurland 

Murray Kauffman

L

Larry Lamb 

Martin Landau 

Kit Lambert 

Dick Lester 

Mr. & Mrs. Vic Lewis 

Tony Lynch 

Radio London 

Mike Leander 

John Lyndon 

Bernard Lee 

Kenny Lynch 

Denny Laine 

Lomax Alliance 

Ed Leffler 

David G. Lowe 

Richard W. Lean 

Goddard Lieberson 

Laurie Records 

Liberty Records 

London Records 

Alan Livingston

M

Melody Maker 

Peter Murray 

Keith Moon 

Mr. & Mrs. G. Martin 

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Matthew 

Midland Bank Limited 

Vyvienne Moynihan 

Gerry Marsden 

Ian Moody 

Michael McGrath 

Cathy McGowan 

Mr. & Mrs. J. McCartney 

Albert Marrion 

Robin Maughan 

Peter Maddok 

Gordon Mills 

Brian McEwan 

John Mendell Jnr. 

Marshall Migatz 

Fred Morrow 

Chruch McLaine 

Vincent Morrone 

Jeffrey Martin Co. 

Gavin Murrell 

Dean Martin 

Gordon B. McLendon 

Sal Mineo 

Scott Manley 

Bernard Mavnitte 

Verne Miller 

N

John Neville 

Joanne Newfield 

Tommy Nutter 

Francisco Neuner 

Tatsuji Nagasima 

New Musical Express 

NEMS Enterprises Ltd 

Graham Nash 

Nemperor Artists Ltd 

Louis Nizer 

Bob Nauss 

Gene Narmore 

O

George H. Ornstein 

Olympic Sound Studios 

A. L. Oldham 

Myles Osternak 

Roy Onsborg 

P

Col. Tom Parker 

Jerry Pam 

Plaza Hotel 

PAN AM. rep 

Bob Perlman 

Allen Pohju 

Robert H. Prech 

John Pritchard 

Prince Of Wales Theatre 

Don Paul 

Sean Phillips 

Jon Pertwee 

Ricki Pipe 

Dr. D. A. Pond 

David Puttnam 

David Puttnam Associates 

Tom Parr 

Harry Pinsker 

Kenneth Partridge 

Larry Parnes 

Priory Nursing Home 

Viv Prince 

Steve Paul 

R

Radnor Arms [pub] 

Leo Rost 

Keith Richard 

Record Mirror 

Dolly Robertson-Ward 

Charles Ross 

Rules Restuarant 

Marian Rainford 

Bobby Roberts 

Bill Rosado 

S

Vic Singh 

Speakeasy [club] 

Simon and Marijke 

Simon Shops 

Judith Symons 

Keith Skeel 

Tony Sharman 

Simon Scott 

Barrie Summers 

John Singleton 

Squarciafichi 

Don Short 

Dr. Walter Strach 

Walter Shenson 

John Sandoe Ltd 

Bobby Shafto 

Harry South 

Brian Sommerville 

Robert Stigwood

David Shaw 

Chris Stamp 

Aaron Schroeder 

Stephen, Jacques & Stephen [law firm] 

Leo Sullivan 

Gene Schwann 

Herb Schlosser 

Gary Smith 

Jim Stewart [co-founder, Stax Records] 

John Simon 

Jerry N. Schatzberg 

Lex Taylor 

Robert Shoot 

Lauren Stanton 

St. Regis Hotel 

Eric Spiros 

Howard Soloman 

T

Taft Limousine Corp 

[Sidney] Traxler (lawyer) 

T.W.A. Ken S. Fletcher [director, public relations, TWA] 

Derek & Joan Taylor 

T.W.A. (Victor Page) 

Martin Tempest 

Evelyn Taylor 

Twickenham Studios 

Kenneth Tynan 

Alistair Taylor 

F. T. Turner & Son Ltd. 

R. S. Taylor 

Michael Taylor 

George Tempest 

Norm Talbott 

U

United Artists Corp Ltd 

U.P.I. 

V

Klaus & Christine Voormann 

V.I.P. Travel Ltd 

W

Mark Warman 

Gary Walker 

Robert Whitaker 

Peter Watkins 

Peter Weldon 

Mrs. Freda Weldon 

Alan Warren 

Orson Welles 

Sir David Webster 

Alan Williams 

Dennis Wiley 

Terry Wilson 

Nathan Weiss 

Norman Weiss 

Gerry Wexler 

Y

Murial Young 

Bernice Young 

Z

Peter Zorcon 

[theloniousbach]

ATTENDING TO THE DRUMMERS, Part 1

HANGING OUT AT SMALL’S LIVE #20, 28 AUGUST 2022-3 SEPTEMBER 2022

RODNEY WHITTAKER with Emmet Cohen and Joe Farnsworth, MEZZROW’S, 9 AUGUST 2022, Set 2

ARI HOENIG with Gadi Lehavi and Ben Tiberio, SMALL’S, 29 AUGUST 2022

GERRY GIBBS with Ravi Coltrane, Melissa Aldana, Kevin Hays, and Kiyoshi Kitagawa, SMALL’S, 26 AUGUST 2022

STEVE DAVIS with David Hazeltine and David Williams, SMALL’S, 25 AUGUST 2022

DAVID BERKMAN with Sean Conly and Billy Mintz, MEZZROW’S, 22 AUGUST 2022

JOE FARNSWORTH with Emmet Cohen and Leighton Harrell, MEZZROW’S, 15 AUGUST 2022, Set 2

Of course, we always attend to the drummers, but this week’s shows (and the next batch) more than even usual seem to revolve around these fascinating drummers. ARI HOENIG and GERRY GIBBS are drummer leaders; Joe Farnsworth is a usually steady, swinging contributor as he was with RODNEY WHITAKER; and Billy Mintz, whom I usually see with Alan Broadbent was last with Roberta Piket and know with DAVID BERKMAN.

But the gig that tests the rule is STEVE DAVIS’s trombone without a drummer. It was still a deeply rhythmic set with David Happy Williams keeping incessant time while dancing through a rich comfortable set. Davis and Hazeltine have a steady drive too and the material—Without a Song and Loverman as the Great American Song Book tunes and Dave Brubeck (In Your Own Sweet Way), Cedar Walton (Midnight Waltz), and Charlie Parker (Au Privave) as well as Davis’ own bluesy Off the Cuff—swung naturally. The trombone has a relaxed unrushed majesty and Hazeltine is a strong accompanist. I heard him on a Williams’ gig in honor of Cedar Walton that impressed me enough that I was in turn somewhat disappointed with his own trio gig. Here he was appealing.

I returned for the second RODNEY WHITAKER set as the first one, full of Ellington and Strayhorn, was so good. Like Williams, his rich full bass pulsed and danced, but he had the estimable Joe Farnsworth who I needed to hear again. A week after these sets, he played with Emmet Cohen again with intriguing newcomer Leighton Harrell. It was his gig and he was the one who cluttered things up. So it was good to hear him in time to swing mode for a couple of Monk’s including In Walked Bud, what I presumed to be C Jam Blues, a rich standard, a blues with Johnny O’Neal singing like Joe Williams and Cohen filling in nicely for the big band. O’Neal took over for the encore of Willow Weep for Me. It was strong and fun; my only complaint was that there was no more Cohen and he is special.

Cohen is a treasure and Leighton Harrell was intriguing on first inspection with the first set from before and more so with Jeremy Pelt and Sullivan Fortner. So, it was worth my while to give the JOE FARNSWORTH led second set a hearing despite my initial impression that he was uncharacteristically self-indulgent in that first set. Like that one, they continued to pay tribute to Leroy Williams who, as a mentor to Farnsworth, demonstrated how to be welcoming. That is an important aspect of Farnsworth’s contribution to the community. In this set, he welcomed first an altoist (Brent Farmore) for two tunes (Out of Nowhere and maybe Strike Up the Band) and then a singer (Julie something) for The Way You Look Tonight. Both were solid and appealing, but they diluted the band which anyway didn’t play together all that much with extended unaccompanied solos from each. So it wasn’t just Farnsworth as it felt to be in the first set and I was certainly happy with Cohen’s flair and inventiveness being on display. But the chamber music aspects of jazz in general and, for this exercise, the way drummers shape their bands got lost.

ARI HOENIG is a busy but inventive drummer. I make a point of checking out his trio’s roughly monthly gig and so get to watch them grow and my appreciation shift. Hoenig and Ben Tiberio can get linked in parallel tangents to the point that I thought they left Gadi Lehavi behind and, with the Pilc/Moutin/Hoenig powerhouse as the model, he didn’t measure up to Jean-Michel Pilc. But he doesn’t have to and even Hoenig doesn’t sustain that intensity. In fact, he’s quite subtle with nifty originals and clever takes on standards. They’ve started to do Tea for Two quite nicely and their Cherokee is subtle and slow. I think Lehavi is just fine by now floating over what his bandmates come up with.

GERRY GIBBS is also busy with some Hoenig touches but he has far less subtlety. Still he had a remarkable band with Ravi Coltrane, a fascinating sit in from Melissa Aldana on the last two tunes (one was Monk’s Hackensack), the astonishing Kiyoshi Kitagawa from Kenny Barron’s band (and a reminder that I just as easily could have framed this essay around him, Whittaker, Williams, Conley, and Tiberio), and Kevin Hays who, like Hazeltine, benefited from having a horn or two to respond to. Gibbs called for some appealing material—latter day Wayne Shorter with Sightseeing, a Song for My Father that was slinky but not Cape Verdean, Eddie Harris’ Cold Duck Time, Hackensack, and a jaunty/riffy closer with Aldana. It was fascinating to hear her with Coltrane (who alas isn’t fixed in my mind yet). She was not as altissima away from her band and Coltrane, if he sounds like his father, sounds like the Atlantic or even Prestige albums. He’s a deft, light on his feet player.

DAVID BERKMAN provided me with another chance to see Billy Mintz in the wild. He typically matches Broadbent’s taste with an almost Zen spareness. He brought some of that to this gig, including continued restraint with cymbals. But Berkman is a different pianist with some appealing touches but not attaining nor aspiring to the same elegance. Save for a Mintz tune as the closer the tunes were the leader’s. They ranged from the somewhat fidgety to open, for medium swingers to ballads, but, particularly on this night, I would have benefited from some familiarity as touch points. Sean Conly, rather like Mintz’s regular partner Harvie S, could probe between his two bandmates to forge thoughtful, insinuating lines. Mintz does something special with Broadbent that distills the elements of his playing, but, even diluted with others, it is a unique approach that stands in starkest relief from Gibbs but also Farnsworth and Hoenig.

I will remain on a drummer tangent with an Al Foster album release from Smoke over the weekend along with Small’s Live archived show of Victor Lewis with a similar quintet.

[kulaktandolmalar-blog-blog]

01.09.2021 Volkan

Çok muhterem dostum;1953 de İran üzerinde uygulanan Ajax operasyonunu önceden görüp, Musaddık ve Pehlevi’yi ayağına çağırıp, “hacılar 2000 küsür yıllık kültürünüz var, ABD ve Birleşik krallığının oyununa gelmeyin, hayır birbirinizi devirip dururken, 79 da çıkar humeyninin birisi, alır aklınızı, mal gibi bakarsınız bön bön, şimdi yıkılın gidip karşımdan, adam olun laaaan” diye uyaran, ama deyyusların seni dinlemediği ve olanları gördükçe gözünde yaşlar akarak, “zikecem yapacağınız işi” diyerek dünya siyasi hareketleriyle bir daha ilgilenmeyerek, inzivaya çekilip, organik tarıma başlayan, damlama sulama ile çölleri yağmur ormanlarına çeviren, zihni hür vicdanı hür birey Levent. Velhasıl kelam günlerinde, yahu bu ne ayaktır cümlelerinin peşi sıra geldiği, kimsenin kimseyi de dinlemediği, ama “Düş görüyorum, Düş gördüğümden şüphe edemem. Düş görüyorum, öyleyse ben varım. Varım ama ben kimim?” sorunlarının felsefik boyutlara ulaştığı lakin felsefeyi zerre anlamadığımız, iki kere iki dört ederse bugün yağmur yağar mantık çıkartmasından öteye geçemediğimiz, çok mantıksız yıllardı. İşte bu yıllarda, bu güzel kardeşin uzanmışım kumsala, yatmışım sere serpe şarkısını ağzıma dolamıştım, bir elimde bira diğerinde patates kızarması şeklinde boş beleş bir hayat sürmekte iken , ben neden sevgili dostuma üşenmeyip bir mesaj yazmıyorum diye düşündüm, sonuçta bon boş takılıyorum , senede 21 gün hak ettiğim –ki 8 senedir çalışıyorum- tatilin yedi gününü salaş bir kamp ortamında yiyeyim ama emperyalizmin modern kölelik kültüründen uzaklaşmadan da küçük mutluluklarla köle olmayı kabul edeyim dedim. Aman canım ben mi kurtaracağım bu dünyayı diyen paralel evren süperman modundayım. Haftaya kurtarırımJ  

08.09.2021 Volkan : Çok haşmetli dostum, Harry Houdini’ye bakışları ile kilit açmayı öğretirken “Sen beceremeyeceksin bu işi ama seni sevdim, ellerinle aç, açmadık kilit bırakma” diyerek kısa yoldan ünlenmesini sağlayıp, gerçek yeteneğini perdenin arkasında kalarak onun ünlemesini sağlayan; kaçılamaz denilen Alcatraz hapishanesinde bir sabah ziyareti esnasında, mahkum olan Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin, John William Anglin ile ayak üstü konuşarak onların kaçmasını sağlayan ama bir çok filmde türevi kaçışlara da konu olmasına rağmen jenerikte ismi gözükmeyen; Rodney William Whitaker ile öğle yemeğinde geyik olsun diye sanat eseri çalma yönetimi, dövüş sanatları vs gibi konularda konuşması üzerine, Whitaker’ın Trevanian adıyla “Hesaplaşma” ve “Şibumi” gibi kitapları yazmasına neden olan ama zerre telif hakkı almayan; İhsan Oktay Anar ile birlikte beş çayında yaptığı felsefe yüklü sohbetlerde  Uzun İhsan Efendi karakterini oluşmasını sağlayan; Cern’de ilk internetin keşfedildiği gün akşam yemeğinde prof. arkadaşları ile otururken siber saldırı tekniklerini yazılı olarak ellerine tutuşturan, öngörüleri yıldızları aşmış ama literatürde ismi geçmemesine zerre takılmayan, alçak gönüllü ama yeri geldiğinde de insanın belasını şaaapabilen yapıda olan, Levent.

Çocukların; açılışlarda kurdele kesmeleri için çağrıldığı ama kafalarına vurularak uyarıldığı, çalıştırılarak eve ekmek getirmeleri gerektiği, boş zamanlarında da yemeklerini taştan değil çöpten çıkardıkları, üzerine zırhlı araçlarla ezildiği, çok saçma yıllardı.

İşte bu yıllarda, Uluslararası Çalışma Örgütü'nün (ki bir örgüttüler ama yaptıkları eylem sadece rapor yayınlamaktı) hazırladığı bir rapor, emeklilerin aldığı maaşları ve ülkelerdeki yoksulluk sınırlarını karşılaştırdı. Buna göre Türkiye'deki emekliler ortalama olarak yoksulluk sınırının %21.7'si oranında maaş alıyordu. Çocuk, emekli, genç, orta gibi yaş ayrımı yapılmaksızın, hep sınırlarda gezdiriliyorduk. Sonrasında “Fakir-yoksul el ele cennette 7 kat daha rahat yaşama” sloganlarıyla yüreklerimiz su serpiyordu büyüklerimiz. Neyse ki, dünya nüfusunun yaklaşık %53’ü, SGK gibi sosyal güvenlik sistemlerinden faydalanamıyor ki cennetin 7. Katının biraz kalabalık olacağı belliydi. Zanlımca kalabalık olacağı bilinen bu katın da planlaması buna uygun yapılmıştır diye düşünüyorum. E bir de Huriler/Nuriler derken, ortam bildiğin iş çıkışı Zincirlikuyu metrobüs durağı kalabalığına bağlamaz umarım. Bazen böyle anlık tedirginlikler yaşıyorum, kime danışmak gerekir bir fikir almak istedim Levent

[latinboxsports]

Welterweight Benjamin Whitaker (14-4, 3 KO) from San Antonio, Texas. controlled the action in route to a six round unanimous decision win over Rodney Hernandez (13-10-2, 4 KO) from Modesto, CA. Judges official scores 59-55, 60-54 (2x). for Whitaker. Top Rank and ESPN+‬ ‪from the MGM Grand Conference Center - Grand Ballroom (Las Vegas)‬ Photo credits: Mikey Williams/TopRank @toprank @espn @mgmgrand #toprankboxing #boxing #boxeo #latinboxsports #herringoquendo @toprank @mgmgrand @mrcamerondavies @daviesentertainment (at MGM Grand Las Vegas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEzJniuB54e/?igshid=qjy389ouzhs1

[us-ul-blog]

-cinayet işlememi mi istiyorsunuz?

+bunu daha çok cinayet gibi görme, vatanını kurtarmak isteyen bir askerin öldürmesi gibi düşün.

-ben de zaten öyle dedim: cinayet.

Rodney william whitaker

[buluttanhayatlr]

Gerçeğe karşı kazanılacak iki saatlik narkoz için, yani eylem ve ölüm dünyasında kısa bir güven süresi kazanmak için, insan bir iki dakikalık gerçekçi gözleme dayanabilmeli. Söylenenler doğru olsa da, olmasa da.

Şibumi - Trevanian (Rodney William Whitaker)

[klausming]

The Eiger Sanction is a 1975 US 129m, Colour Director: Clint Eastwood; Cast: Clint Eastwood, George Kennedy, Vonetta McGee, Jack Cassidy The Eiger Sanction is a mountaineering-themed spy action thriller based on Rodney William Whitaker’s 1972 novel of the same name.

[vinceverbatim]

“

"..Fakat her şeyden önce özgürlüğüm elimde olmalı. Bu benim tek arzum. Diğer sahip olabileceğim her şey, insana özgürlüğünü kazandırır gibi görünse de, bir şekilde onu bağlayıcıdır. Bilgi, insanı kuşkunun tutsağı haline getirir. Para ise, onu adeta zincire vurur. Malvarlığı, kaybetme korkusuyla sırtında bir yük olur. Güce gelince, insanı büyük bir sorumluluk altında ezer.”

“Ya bana sahip olsaydın?”

Satıcı onun elini tuttu ve tek tek parmaklarını okşayarak, “ En tehlikeli şey bu olurdu” dedi. Özgürlüğüm tamamen elimden giderdi.”

“ O halde, gitmekte kararlısın.”

“ Aslında gittim bile.”

- Nicholas Seare, 1339 ya da Öyle Bir Yıl

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Jamel Herring Retains World Title Via Disqualification

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Published: September 06, 2020

LAS VEGAS — Jamel "Semper Fi" Herring made up for the COVID-related postponements, defending his WBO junior lightweight world title via eighth-round disqualification over Puerto Rican challenger Jonathan Oquendo at the MGM Grand Conference Center. Referee Tony Weeks stopped the fight at the conclusion of the round due to repeated intentional headbutts, which left Herring unable to continue. Herring (22-2, 10 KOs) knocked down Oquendo (31-7, 19 KOs) in the second round, and then the headbutts began. He opened up a nasty gash above Herring's right eye and was deducted a point in the fifth round. The headbutts continued and ultimately spelled the end of evening for Oquendo. At the time of the disqualification, Herring was in control on the scorecards (80-70 2x and 79-71). Herring said, “It just got ugly. I wasn’t too satisfied with my performance, to be honest with you. In the beginning, everything was going real smooth, me boxing. I put him down with an uppercut. We knew he was going to come head-first. We had to time it. In the end, I wasn’t happy with how I was looking. I’m disappointed with the outcome. I’ve never been in that situation.   “I still want the Carl Frampton fight next by all means. November, December, whatever. I still want that fight next.” So Good, So Cold Steven "So Cold" Nelson (17-0, 14 KOs) retained his NABO super middleweight belt with a one-sided sixth-round TKO victory over Toledo firefighter DeAndre Ware (13-3-2, 8 KOs). Nelson, from Omaha, Neb., has now won four in a row via stoppage.   It wasn't all smooth sailing for Nelson, who suffered a pair of headbutt-induced cuts. The blood, however, served as fuel for the knockout to come. Nelson said, “When that second cut came, I was like, I know how fighters are when they see an injury. So I said, ‘You know what, I have to get to work. My plan was to go out there and feel him out, don’t rush it too much. That’s why the first couple of rounds, I wasn’t doing too much, and then I picked it up. The headbutt was the perfect time for me to pick it up.   “I feel like I’m ready for a title eliminator and then let’s go for the title. That was my whole plan, to set myself up where they can’t deny me a world title.” —Watch out for light flyweight Jesse "Bam" Rodriguez. The San Antonio native knocked out the normally durable Janiel Rivera (18-7-3, 11 KOs) in the opening round, the first time Rivera had been knocked out since 2014. Rodriguez is trained by Robert Garcia, and his brother, Joshua Franco, recently won a super flyweight world title inside the "Bubble." Rodriguez said, “I felt amazing. I told Robert in the locker room, ‘This is the best I’ve ever felt.’ I think I showed that today. “To have a brother as a champion is really motivating to me. In camp, I was thinking that my brother became a champ, and I can do the same. There were times in camp I didn’t feel like working out or running, but I thought about my brother, and he motivated me. Just the thought of him being a world champ brought out the best of me in camp.” — Six opponents, six knockouts. Heavyweight sensation Jared "The Real Big Baby" Anderson (6-0, 6 KOs) knocked out veteran Rodney Hernandez (13-10-2, 4 KOs) in four rounds, the first time Anderson has been pushed past the third round. Anderson, from Toledo, Ohio, has won three fights inside the "Bubble" since June. Anderson said, “We’re ready for everybody. We’re building up. Bob {Arum} is moving me perfectly. It was about getting those rounds in and showing I can really box. I’m not just a puncher. I know how to box, and I know how to stay on my back foot.   “I’m listening to the commentators more, getting a lot of learning experiences. It’s helping a lot {with me} taking my time and slowing down.” —Welterweight Benjamin Whitaker (14-4, 3 KOs) upset the previously undefeated D'Andre Smith (8-1, 5 KOs) via six-round unanimous decision by scores of 60-54 2x and 59-55. Whitaker previously fought in the "Bubble" on June 25, when he dropped a majority decision to Vlad Panin. — Colombian knockout artist Ruben Cervera (13-2, 11 KOs) picked up his second "Bubble" victory, knocking out New Orleans native Rennard Oliver (7-3-3) in the second round of a scheduled six-round junior lightweight bout. A right hand froze Oliver against the ropes, prompting referee Russell Mora to stop the fight. — Edward Vazquez (8-0, 1 KO) survived the stiffest test of his career, outlasting Adan Ochoa (11-2, 4 KOs) via unanimous decision (58-55 2x and 57-56) in a six-rounder at featherweight. Ochoa knocked down Vazquez in the second round, but Vazquez won the last four rounds on two of the judges' cards to pull away. — In a competitive four-round featherweight tilt, Philadelphia-born prospect Rashiem Jefferson improved to 2-0 with a unanimous decision over Jose Martinez (2-2, 1 KO) by scores of 40-36 2x and 39-37. 

(Featured Photo: Mikey Williams/Top Rank)

[bluesketches]

Roy Hargrove, you will be terribly missed

Roy Hargrove, the incisive jazz trumpeter who emerged as a talent in his teens and became a symbol of his jazz generation in the early 1990s, died on Friday night, Nov. 2, in New York City. He was 49. 

At 17 he was discovered by Wynton Marsalis who was so impressed that he invited Hargrove at a nearby club date. That led to a trip to Europe, the Berklee College of Music in Boston, New York City, the New School, the Bradley’s and the Greenwich Village.

The rest is now history. 

Here are some clips to remember the man and his music. 

My Ship, Live At Massey Hall, in 2001 with Herbie Hancock (p), Michael Brecker (ts),  John Patitucci (b) and Brian Blade (d).

Invitation, from the "Legends of Jazz", with Willie Pickens (p), Larry Gray (b) and Leon Joyce, Jr. (d).

Ruby, My Dear, from Diamond In The Rough, with Antonio Hart (as), John Hicks (p), Scott Colley (b) and Al Foster (d)

Misstery, Live At Massey Hall, with Herbie Hancock (p), Michael Brecker (ts), John Patitucci (b) and Brian Blade (d).

Velera, Roy Hargrove Big Band, from the album Emergence, with Frank Greene, Greg Gisbert, Darren Barrett, Ambrose Akinmisure (t); Jason Jackson, Vincent Chandler, Saunders Sermons, Max Seigel (tb); Bruce Williams, Justin Robinson (as); Norbert Stachel, Keith Loftis (ts); Jason Marshall (bs); Gerald Clayton (p); Danton Boller (b); Montez Coleman (d); Saul Rubin (g); Roland Guerrero (perc) 

Things We Did Last Summer, Roy Hargrove (t), Frank Lacy (tb), Marc Cary (p), Rodney Whitaker (b) and Gregory Hutchinson (d)

Wonders and Signs feat. David Barry, Blackheart, Buckshot LeFonque, DJ Premier, Matt Finders, Darryl Jones, Kenny Kirkland and Branford Marsalis.

Ms Garvey, Ms Garvey, Roy Hargrove Big Band, from the album Emergence, like above.

Strasbourg/St. Denis, Paris, 2007,  Roy Hargrove (t), Justin Robinson (as), Gerald Clayton (p), Danton Boller (b) and Montez Coleman (d).

Divine, from "Earfood" 2008, personnel same as above. 

Water No Get Enemy, feat. D'Angelo, Macy Gray, Femi Kuti, Positive Force, Nile Rodgers, The Soultronics.

Distractions (Intro) feat. The RH Factor.

Salima's Dance, Nothing Serious 2006, feat. Roy Hargrove (t), Slide Hampton (tb), Justin Robinson (as), Ronnie Matthews (p), Dwayne Burno (b), Willie Jones III (d).

Here's Roy live at the New Morning in July 2007 playing Nothing Serious with  Justin Robinson (as), Gerald Clayton (p), Danton Boller (b) and Montez Coleman (d).  

D Trane, Live At Massey Hall, feat. Roy Hargrove (t), Herbie Hancock (p), Michael Brecker (ts),  John Patitucci (b) and Brian Blade (d).

A day in Vienna, Nothing Serious 2, feat. Roy Hargrove (t),  Slide Hampton (tb), Justin Robinson (as), Ronnie Matthews (p), Dwayne Burno (b), Willie Jones III (d).

Thanks for reading.