#al purdy

[manwalksintobar]

Say the Names // Al Purdy

— say the names say the names and listen to yourself an echo in the mountains Tulameen Tulameen say them like your soul was listening and overhearing and you dreamed you dreamed you were a river Tulameen Tulameen --not the flat borrowed imitations of foreign names not Briton Windsor Trenton but names that ride the wind Spillimacheen and Nahanni Kleena Kleene and Horsefly Illecillewaet and Whachamacallit Lillooet and Kluane Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and the whole sky falling when the buffalo went down say them say them remember if you ever wander elsewhere "the North as a deed and forever" Kleena Kleene Nahanni Osoyoos and Similkameen say the names as if they were your soul lost among the mountains a soul you mislaid and found again rejoicing Tulameen Tulameen till the heart stops beating                 say the names

[puutterings]

in a workshop jammed with hypotheses

                                      at any rate what about God whose existence is not beyond doubt puttering around in a workshop jammed with hypotheses

                                    puttering around absentmindedly... searching for one-celled organisms

—

from “Dead March for Sergeant MacLeod” and “On First Looking into Avison’s ‘Neverness’,” respectively, in Al Purdy, Collected Poems of (1986) : 173 and 359 : link

Al Purdy (1918-2000) wikipedia : link  

[delor-art]

[doctorcolubra]

.... It is the time of death and the fear of never having lived at all crazes the young when pigs that escaped slaughter eat dozens of fermented apples and charge drunken thru empty woods and huntsmen somewhere else are learning the trade

– Al Purdy, "Autumn"

[metaphrasis]

Trees At the Arctic Circle

(SALIX CORDIFOLIA—GROUND WILLOW)

They are 18 inches long or even less crawling under rocks groveling among the lichens bending and curling to escape making themselves small finding new ways to hide Coward trees I am angry to see them like this not proud of what they are bowing to weather instead careful of themselves worried about the sky afraid of exposing their limbs like a Victorian married couple I call to mind great Douglas firs I see tall maples waving green and oaks like gods in autumn gold the whole horizon jungle dark and I crouched under that continual night But these even the dwarf shrubs of Ontario mock them Coward trees And yet—and yet— their seed pods glow like delicate gray earrings their leaves are veined and intricate like tiny parkas They have about three months to make sure the species does not die and that's how they spend their time unbothered by any human opinion just digging in here and now sending their roots down down down And you know it occurs to me about 2 feet under those roots must touch permafrost ice that remains ice forever and they use it for their nourishment they use death to remain alive I see that I've been carried away in my scorn of the dwarf trees most foolish in my judgments To take away the dignity of any living thing even tho it cannot understand the scornful words is to make life itself trivial and yourself the Pontifex Maximus of nullity I have been stupid in a poem I will not alter the poem but let the stupidity remain permanent as the trees are in a poem the dwarf trees of Baffin Island

— Al Purdy

[emmykent]

[asfaltics]

putterings, 308-305

  these [ wanderings choices ] , one on top of another, bridges, sandpiles in a workshop jammed with hypotheses more or less given to wandering, in comparatively barren fields   What causes one (B-106) to move so far upstream To infer that they move about when they do for the pure desire to change their location, the art of rhythm his own, we do not pretend to know

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[paniniwitharugula]

tbh most canadian poetry is hick poetry

Letterkenny is an insane show to me because the writing is like Canadian hick poetry

[sthavoc]

enzo with a girl who loves to read <3 she loves books like crime and punishment, dorian gray, on earth we're briefly gorgeous, etc... she's just such a bookworm and he loves it and is always seen with a book now because of her and he talks about her sometimes to like she recommended a book to him etc...

༼ ；📚 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐒 | ENZO VOGRINCIC

·˚ ༘ pairing: enzo x fem!bookworm!reader

·˚ ༘ summary: headcanons of how you got enzo into reading and him talking about your love for books.

·˚ ༘ warnings: fluff and admiration

·˚ ༘ note: I’m not rlly a big reader but I tried my best. I hope you enjoy! this one is a small blurb

☆ You have always had a love for books, mostly novels, no one could ever catch you without a book in your hands. That’s how Enzo met you. A book in hands and with the same admiration of the words that captured your attention.

“¿Quien es la nena que está con el libro?”

☆ Even the first gift Enzo ever got you was a book, a classic, The Pictures of Dorian Gray. You had already read the book, but you never got the chance to buy your own copy, and of course, after you mentioned it to Enzo he picked up on it and made sure to gift it to you.

“Te brillan los ojitos al leer, entonces te lo compré.”

It was also that the man knew how much you wanted it.

☆ And after months of dating you he even began to get curious as to why, why did you like reading so much? And so he once came up to you in bed while you had a few candles on and was reading a new book that you had just started, titled The Black Tulip. His question made you go on a rant for hours and after he had gotten his answer he began to simply nod along so you could continue talking, and only because he loved the sound of your voice.

After you finished you let him borrow two of your favorites, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and Crime and Punishment. You were always very careful with your books and would never let anyone borrow them since you feared they would wrinkle the pages or spill something on them, but it was Enzo. You knew he was temperate with his things so he wouldn’t do anything to yours.

☆ After he read the books he understood why you loved them so much. The intrigued of not knowing what could happen next, the way the writer inked their pages, the prompt. The way the words made your heart sink, stop, have you at the edge of your seat. It was amazing.

He even started to read too, during his free time.

☆ When pictures of him would appear on the media, he would carry a book or would be reading one. He seemed at piece just like you would be.

“Look at Enzo reading a book just like his girlfriend. what a bookworm he is now.”

It was true, he had begun to buy books of his own, sometimes your recommendations, one of them being In a Shallow Grave by James Purdy.

☆ In one of the podcasts they brought up the question of, what does he do during his free time? And his answer was the obvious—

“Bueno ya llevo rato que me gusta leer. A mi novia le fascinan los libros entonces me prestó unos y los empecé a leer. Ahora llevo uno conmigo a todos lados.”

☆ Also when he speaks about you he does it in a way of admiration. He is so dedicated when somebody brings you up or mentions you. It’s like his favorite question, anything that involves you he loves.

“Se me hace tierno que le fascinen tanto los libros. Ya hasta me los recomienda, se pone muy contenta con el tema.“

☆ You were like his book, the way you would get excited to talk about them, he would get excited to talk about you. You were his reason for excitement. You were his ink on paper.

[hoeforseungcho]

Average Ages Of Mass Shooter’s Victims

It's a long list, so I added a page break.

7.0 - Patrick Purdy

7.4 - Thomas Hamilton

9.0 - Charles Roberts IV

13.4 - Salvador Ramos

13.8 - Wellington de Oliviera

14.3 - Jaylen Fryberg

14.5 - Li Zhongren

15.4 - Adam Lanza

16.0 - Ethan Crumbley

16.3 - Victor Hoffman

16.6 - Dylan Klebold

16.8 - Kosta Kecmanovic

17.0 - Robert Smith

17.8 - Tyler Peterson

18.0 - Michael Clark

19.6 - Nikolas Cruz

19.9 - Eric Harris

20.0 - Elliot Rodger

20.1 - Larry Ashbrook

21.0 - Matthew Murray

21.6 - Mauricio Garcua

23.0 - Steven Kacmierzak

23.3 - Travis Reinking

23.6 - Tim Kretschmer

23.7 - Marc Lepine

24.1 - Matti Saari

25.3 - Dimitrios Pagourtzis

25.3 - James Huberty

25.7 - Vladislav Roslyakov

25.8 - Chase Garvey

26.2 - James Holmes

26.5 - Gonzalo Lopez

26.8 - Pekka-Eric Auvinen

26.8 - Seung-Hui Cho

27.0 - Noah Esbensen

27.7 - Timur Bekmansurov

28.2 - Jeff Weise

28.3 - Michael Silka

28.5 - Ruslan Akhtyamov

28.8 - Wesley Higdon

29.3 - Sterling Hunt

29.4 - Omar Mateen

29.8 - Muhammad Abdulazeez

30.0 - Charles Whitman

30.0 - Colt Gray

30.8 - Kimbrady Carriker

31.7 - Phasid Trutassanawin

32.0 - Todd Kohlhepp

32.6 - Anderson Aldrich

32.8 - Chris Harper-Mercer

33.1 - One Goh

33.2 - Connor Betts

33.2 - Howard Unruh

33.3 - Ryan Palmeter

33.7 - Solejman Talovic

33.8 - Thomas McIlvane

34.8 - Audrey Hale

35.0 - Cedrid Ford

35.3 - Snochia Moseley

35.7 - Richard Farley

35.7 - Richard Poplawski

35.8 - Chai Vang

36.0 - Robert Dear Jr.

36.3 - Mark Essex

36.4 - Nidel Hasan

37.0 - Noah Harpham

37.3 - Radcliffe Haughton

37.9 - James Pough

38.0 - Ivan Lopez

38.2 - Gary Martin

38.4 - Mark Baton

38.7 - Patrick Sherill

38.8 - Leo Held

39.3 - Joaquin Roman

39.5 - Maurice Clemmons

39.6 - Stephan Paddock

39.7 - John Parish

39.7 - Michael McLendon

40.1 - Gian Ferri

40.2 - Andre Bing

40.4 - Edward Allaway

40.7 - Albert Wong

41.0 - Gavin Long

41.0 - Jonathan Sapirman

42.0 - William Bonner

42.3 - Michael McDermott

42.4 - Lyndon McLeod

42.8 - Eduardo Sencion

43.0 - Zane Floyd

43.2 - Ian Stawicki

43.6 - Micah Johnson

44.3 - George Sodini

44.3 - Terry Ratzmann

44.9 - Jennifer San Marco

45.0 - Randy Stair

45.1 - Samuel Cassidy

45.4 - Brian Uyesegi

45.7 - Jiverly Wong

45.8 - Herman Klink

46.1 - Robert Card

46.3 - Timothy Hendron

46.6 - Ahmad Al Aliwi Al-Issa

47.0 - Brandon Hole

47.3 - Kenneth Tornes

47.5 - William Baker

48.4 - Zephen Xaver

48.7 - Ronald Taylor

48.8 - Anthony Ferrill

49.4 - Robert Hawkins

49.8 - Joseph Wesbecker

50.3 - Carl Brown

50.7 - Jimmy Lam

50.8 - Isaac Zamora

51.0 - Douglas Williams

51.0 - Kevin Neal

51.2 - Andrew Engeldinger

51.3 - Amy Bishop

52.6 - George Hennerd

53.8 - Connor Sturgeon

53.8 - John Neumann Jr.

54.1 - Scott Dekraai

54.4 - Omar Thornton

54.6 - Robert Long

55.0 - Jarrod Ramos

55.2 - Charles Thornton

55.5 - Jared Loughner

55.8 - Aaron Alexis

55.7 - Jason Dalton

55.9 - Wade Page

56.1 - Dylann Roof

57.3 - Anthony Polito

57.6 - Arcan Cetin

58.3 - Chunli Zhao

59.1 – Patrick Crusius

62.0 - Robert Crimo III

62.1 - Payton Gendron

66.9 - Huu Can Tran

73.8 - Robert Bowers

79.3 - Robert Stewart

83.3 - Beau Wilson

[askthedateables]

To Norm: Thoughts on the anomalocaris? (You probably knew each other personally)

"Are y' callin' me old.. pardner.. watch yer back."

"T-they are cute little buggers, you have to admit-"

"They're.. purdy ugly."

"R-right! Cringe, anomal- al- al- ocaris are cringe."

[suckaysuamigos200]

para este Séptimo y último día de esta semana sobre mascotas hoy le toca al esponjoso y adorable moshling gatito qué es uno de mis favoritos purdy, y espero que este reto semanal les haya gustado 🐱🩷.

♪┏(・o･)┛♪┗ (･o･) ┓♪♪┏(・o･)┛♪┗ (･o･) ┓♪༉‧₊˚🕯️🖤❀༉‧₊˚

For this Seventh and last day of this week about pets today it's the turn of the fluffy and adorable moshling kitten who is one of my favorites Purdy, and I hope you liked this weekly challenge 🐱🩷..

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia Di Musica #290 - Steely Dan, Gaucho, 1980

Devo ammettere che la fine di questo percorso sulle storie musicali alla ricerca del suono perfetto non poteva che fermarsi a questi due. Che in un decennio dove nella musica sono successe infinite cose, gli anni ’70, sono passati tranquilli e inscalfibili a diffondere qualcosa di completamente diverso. E per molti versi inclassificabile. Walter Becker e Donald Fagen sono probabilmente i musicisti più maniacali, quasi in senso patologico, che io conosca nella storia della musica pop occidentale. Siamo davvero ad una sorta di mania di perfezionismo che nasce in un momento preciso. Infatti i loro Steely Dan (dal nome di un dildo meccanico a vapore citato da William Burroughs ne Il Pasto Nudo) all’inizio erano un gruppo, formato dal duo (che sanno fare tutto, ma si dividono tra voci e chitarra) con Denny Dias insieme a Jim Holder alla batteria, Jeff Baxter alla seconda chitarra, e David Palmer. Il loro esordio è già fenomenale: Can’t Buy A Thrill (1972) vola subito nella Top 20 e frutta due canzone mito degli anni ’70 come Do It Again e Reeling The Wheel. Già è presente il mix, a tratti soprannaturale, di stili, un pop venato di jazz, rock, soul, fatto di sovrapposizioni di strumenti, intrecci vocali, perfezione esecutiva a cui sia accompagna una ironia sfacciata nei testi. Con Pretzel Logic, del 1974, un capolavoro, hanno addirittura una hit single, nella perfetta Rikki Don’t Lose That Number (omaggio a Horace Silver, grande jazzista), ma durante il tour che segue Fagen ha un attacco di panico sul palco e decide di non esibirsi più. La decisione successiva è di sciogliere il gruppo, di diventare un duo e per compensare il mancato contatto con il pubblico, quello di scrivere canzoni perfette. Una perfezione esecutiva, compositiva e di registrazione, diventando in questi tre rispettivi campi dei punti di riferimento assoluti. Decidono quindi di chiedere servizi ai più bravi e famosi sessionisti in tutto il mondo, di usare il meglio della tecnologia e di cercare la perfezione sonora. Già con Aja, del 1977, toccano vette assolute, ma i due attraversano un periodaccio. Quando iniziano a pensare al nuovo disco Becker viene investito sotto casa, nell’Upper East Side, e si frattura diverse ossa e passa settimane in ospedale, ma ha voglia di non perdere tempo, tanto che sviluppano le idee del disco e della sua evoluzione via telefono con Fagen (tuttavia non suona in molti brani dell'album). Tra l’altro, la sua fidanzata, Karen Roberta Stanley morirà per complicazioni dell’abuso di stupefacenti, appena finite le registrazioni del nuovo disco. La famiglia della ragazza, accusando Becker di esserne stato l’iniziatore, chiese un risarcimento da milioni di dollari, ma una sentenza di qualche anno più tardi scagionò il musicista. Tutto questo non impedì che per Gaucho, che esce nei negozi di dischi il 21 Novembre del 1980, abbiano fatto ruotare nei soli 7 brani 62 musicisti, tra i più famosi del mondo, tra batteristi, chitarristi, percussionisti, sassofonisti, coristi e ben 11 ingegneri del suono.

Basta dire che fecero provare per ore Bernard Purdie, leggenda vivente del jazz e inventore del Purdie Shuffle (terzine nel tempo tagliato) le sue parti nei brani. Tutti i batteristi, tra i più grandi di sempre (ricordo Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcaro dei Toto, Rick Marotta e altri ancora) passarono ore a provare il tocco che volevano quei due, che non contenti chiesero a Roger Nichols, uno dei più grandi ingegneri del suono americani, di creare una drum machine particolare che li aiutasse: con un investimento di 150 mila dollari (una follia per l’epoca) Nichols portò loro Wendel, che per quanto fosse il massimo di sofisticatezza del tempo, per difficoltà nella programmazione fu usata pochissimo. Ma c’è un particolare simpatico: quando l’album divenne disco di platino, un disco celebrativo fu regalato persino a Wendel in quanto “artefice” del successo. Chi altro poteva chiedere a Mark Knofler, in quei mesi il chitarrista più famoso del mondo per quel pezzo leggendario che fu Sultans Of Swing, di provare ore intere un assolo da 40 secondi per Time Out Of MInd? O chi poteva pensare di passare per 55 tentativi prima di centrare la voluta dissolvenza finale di Babylon Sisters?

Tutte le canzoni sono dei gioielli in un disco che racconta di hipster un po’ in là con gli anni in cerca di divertimento: Babylon Sisters ne è l’essenza, quasi a disegnare un sogno californiano che finisce a bere un kirschwasser from a shell; oppure la famosissima Hey Nineteen (che si dice fosse piaciuta tantissimo a John Belushi che ne voleva fare un soggetto per un film) dove un attempato conquistatore rimane basito che la sua nuova conquista diciannovenne non conosca Aretha Frankiln (Hey Nineteen/ That’s ‘Retha Franklin/ She don’t remember the Queen of Soul/ It’s hard times befallen/ The sole survivors/ She thinks I’m crazy/ But I’m just growing old), in una sorta di incomunicabilità generazionale (No, we got nothin’ common/ No, we can’t dance together/ No, we can’t talk at all) e che finisce in una probabile ritiro tra Cuervo Gold (una famosa marca di tequila), Fine Colombian (che non è cioccolato bianco) e Make tonight a wonderful thing tra il sibillino e una solitaria sconfitta sentimentale. Glamour Profession racconta la vita scintillante di uno spacciatore, raccontata con dovizia di particolari; Gaucho, altro classico, una storia d’amore gay mandata in frantumi da un gigolò che veste i panni bizzarri di un gaucho, un uomo in spangled leather poncho che riesce a distruggere la quiete domestica della coppia entrando dentro la loro preziosa dimora, la leggendaria custerdome (uno dei luoghi steelydaniani per eccellenza, che non ha una traduzione letterale soddisfacente) e fu scritta pensando a Long As You Know You're Living Yours di Keith Jarrett, dal suo disco del 1974, Belonging. Jarrett ottenne il riconoscimento come autore e il relativo pagamento di diritti d’autore (nelle moderne ristampe compare come autore del brano). Time Out Of Mind è probabilmente il racconto di un primo racconto con l’eroina, a inseguire “dragoni” fino a Lhasa. My Rival è la storia intrigante di un tradimento, ma visto attraverso gli occhi di un investigatore privato con l’apparecchio acustico (He’s got a scar across his face/ He wears a hearing aid) sulle tracce di qualcuno da smascherare (Sure, he’s a jolly roger/ Until he answers for his crimes/ Yes, I’ll match him whim for whim now). E l’ultima canzone è un altro colpo da KO: Third World Man è un'accusa niente affatto sottintesa al falso interesse per le questioni sociali dei paesi in via di sviluppo, che ha perfino un verso cantato in italiano da Fagen (è l’era del terzo mondo, scritto con Victor di Suvero, poeta italiano naturalizzato americano) e ha l’ultima pazzia: l’assolo, meraviglioso, di Larry Carlton fu ripescato dalle registrazione di The Royal Scam (del 1976) e ricostruito per quella canzone, tanto che Carlton nemmeno sapeva fosse presente nei crediti del disco. Sulla musica di questi brani, lascio a voi scoprire tutte le meraviglie sonore, di ricercatezza, gli effetti da sentire e risentire, ma molti se ne accorsero presto, perché vinse il Grammy Award del 1981 per la migliore registrazione non classica. Dopo tutto questo, gli Steely Dan si sciolgono. Fanno in tempo a scrivere, a nome solo di Fagen, quell’altro capolavoro che è The Nightfly (1982, con la copertina più bella di tutti i tempi – andatela a vedere) e a ritornare, dopo 21 anni, con Two Against Nature che, come potrebbe raccontare un testo delle loro canzoni perfette, li fa conoscere ad una nuova e giovane generazione, ammaliata da quel tocco incredibile che la leggendaria rivista jazz Downbeat una volta descrisse così: Non c’è nulla che suona così bene come un disco degli Steely Dan.

[odk-2]

Herbie Mann - Philly Dog (1966) Rufus Thomas from: "Philly Dog" / "Frere Jacques" (Single) "Our Mann Flute" (LP)

Jazz | Instrumental | Soul Jazz Mar-Keys Cover

JukeHostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Herbie Mann: Flute

King Curtis: Saxophone, Tenor and Baritone Pepper Adams: Baritone Saxophone Quentin Jackson: Trombone and Bass Trombone

Trumpet: Marky Markowitz Joe Newman

Jimmy Wisner: Piano

Guitar: Al Gorgoni Charles Macey

Warren Smith: Percussion Joe Mack: Electric Bass Bernard Purdie: Drums

Arranged by Conducted by: Jimmy Wisner Produced by Nesuhi Ertegun

Recorded: @ The Atlantic Records Studios in New York City, New York USA on May 26, 1966

Released: 1966

Atlantic Records

[dear-indies]

Can't make any promises, but if you slap some names for fat and/or disabled down and where to find them...

Hey anon! Thank you so much for offering but please remember that there's no pressure to make them! I don't know where to get media but I'd suggest joining @supportcontentcreators' server as they have a section for that. Here are some people who have been in popular media that you should be able to get your hands on them easily though:

Taylor Wily (1968) Samoan - is in Hawaii 5-0.

Daryl Mitchell (1965) African-American - is paraplegic, is in Fear the Walking Dead and NCIS: New Orleans.

Selene Luna (1971) Mexican - has dwarfism, is in Mayans M.C.

Nick Frost (1972) - is in The Nevers, Into the Badlands, and Why Women Kill.

Dana Gourrier (1979) African-American - is in The Hateful Eight, Interview with the Vampire, and Raising Dion.

Chrissy Metz (1980) - is in This is Us.

Beth Ditto (1981) - is queer - is in Monarch.

Jolene Purdy (1983) Japanese / English, Scottish, Irish, German, at least 1/8 Ashkenazi Jewish - is in Firefly Lane and a movie that's going to be out called Unseen.

Ryan O'Connell (1986) - has cerebral palsy and is gay - is in Spacial and Queer as Folk.

Atkins Estimond (1987) Afro-Haitian - is in Hightown.

Melanie Field (1988) - is queer, and is in A League of Their Own.

Britney Young (1988) African-American / European - is in GLOW.

B.K. Cannon (1990) - is in Why Women Kill.

Samson Kayo (1991) Nigerian - is in Our Flag Means Death.

Madison Ferris (1992) - has muscular dystrophy, is in Panic.

Bronwyn James (1994) - is queer - is in Harlots.

Esmeralda Soto (1998) Mexican - The Most Beautiful Flower.

Lauren “Lolo” Spencer (35+) African-American - has ALS, is in The Sex Lives of College Girls.

Here are people with youtube content too:

Jack Black (1969) Ashkenazi Jewish / German, as well as Northern Irish, Scottish, English, remote French and Welsh (converted to Judaism).

Anna O'Brien (1984)

Sarah Rae Vargas (1988) Mexican.

Stevie Boebi (1988) - has EDS and PoTS - is a lesbian.

Jessica Kellgren-Fozard (1989) has hypermobile EDS with marfanoid phenotype causing blindness in one eye and deafness - is a lesbian.

Nabela Noor (1991) Bangladeshi.

Thais Carla (1991) Brazilian.

Shane Burcaw (1992) - has spinal muscular atrophy.

Molly Burke (1993) - is blind due to retinitis pigmentosa.

Lewis Capaldi (1996) - has Tourette's syndrome.

Taylor Reilly (1997) - has chondrodysplasia punctata which caused scoliosis, trouble breathing, and unilateral deafness.

Kaiit (1997) Papuan / Gunditjmara, Torres Strait Islander - is non-binary and uses she/he/they.

Let me know if you'd like more specific suggestions!

[emmykent]