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Located about 50 miles east of Little Rock and 90 miles west of Memphis, DeValls Bluff is a quiet, rural community in central Arkansas. The city's rail-trail offers a pleasant, wooded excursion right...
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By 2025, the Delta Heritage Trail State Park is planned to stretch 84.5 miles, including 73 miles on a former railroad right-of-way donated to the state by the Union Pacific Railroad Company. As of...
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The Duncan Walking Trail provides a short loop for exercise on a former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad (later Illinois Central Railroad) corridor. The paved trail in the tiny community of...
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The Marvell Bike Trail stretches about a mile across town, paralleling Main Street. The paved pathway offers views of tree-dotted residential areas and small stores in the heart of Mississippi River...
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The loop known as Shelby Trails provides a short trail for exercise on a former Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad (later Illinois Central Railroad) corridor. The original train depot—now home to...
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What an awesome experience on the Delta Heritage Trail !! This was our first "Rails to Trails" experience ever. The state park folks were oh so helpful and informative!! Riding the trail, the same as the 'Delta Eagle" did as a passenger train in years gone by and looking down at the trail and seeing bits of the old railroad timbers was great ! We had a late start and just managed a little over 12 miles ' but we'll be back !! Loved it and looking forward to exploring more Rails to Trails !!
me and my husband walked this trail about 2 weeks ago and i can honestly say you will take a walk down history lane iv recently over the last couple years have really gottin into learning the history of our past im memorized with it and i love it and to walk down that what once was the union railroad where a battle fought and later burned is just speachless...
its beautifull duriing the fall trees turning, leaves fallin, sun shineing wind whistlein, ............... just peacefull
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It's a shame more people do not use this trail. It is very well maintained and very shaded for most of the trip. My brother and I live 3 hours away and do this trail at least 3 times a year. For a Sunday family outing there is a picnic area with grills at the state park at mile mark 2, and then 4 generations from babies in strollers to great-great grandparents can walk or bike parts of the trail. Two negatives though. crushed stone and except at mile marker 2, there are no restrooms, no food, no water along the trail, only benches for breaks; hence the 4 rating.
My wife and I bike this trail occasionally and love it. Great trailhead with a very nice visitors center on hwy 49. It starts off with a few miles of tree shaded trail that turns into wide open farm field viewing. It's a small gravel trail that is very flat. Bring plenty of water! We highly recommend it. When it is completed, it will be one of the most beautiful trails in the country as it will go through the "last frontier" white river refuge. Can't wait!
John and Kelly
We did an out and back on this trail south from the state park to about mile 15, where it emerges from the trees and continues through farm fields along a road.
The trail is well-maintained and there is some interesting historical info. along the way. The trail is tucked into a tree lined strip between fields, so there is really nothing like the hardwood forest that the literature suggests, although the ride is pleasant enough.
Watch out for dogs that were loose from a nearby house between mile markers 8 and 9.
It seems the remaining 64 miles, if ever completed, may be the best part of the trail, since some of it would pass through a national wildlife refuge.
The people at the state park were very friendly, even offering to come rescue us if we had a flat!
We drove three hours to ride this trail and explore Helena and it was worth every minute of travel! At the Welcome Center, we were greeted by the friendly, informative (glad I was listening) staff and clean restrooms; thanks, and what a pleasant start and you may primitive tent camp on the grounds by the center! Our plan was to head south towards the end of the line at Elaine and return to yoyo the Lexa section. This half of the trail is beautifully shaded, peaceful, quiet and a joy to ride. We rode past the shaded trailhead at the Lick Creek bridge, dog-legged across Hwy. 85, rode over a 5' coiled blue racer and right passed the Lake View TH where we were going to lunch at Old Town Lake (a definite stop). The delta was beautiful at his time of year with the cotton covering the landscape in a white blanket. It was at this time that we were reminded of the trail's name; long flats, stronger winds, no shade and deeper, less-traveled gravel but finally, we arrived at Elaine. FYI, the trail restrooms were locked and the towns "store" may only be open during harvest season. Unfortunately, on our return journey my spouse developed severe leg cramps. So………we had to call the center for assistance and within 15 minutes our hero, Ranger Rick, picked us up at Lake View. We overnighted at Helena's B&B and had an unexpectedly great supper at the casino across the river.
I rode this trail on Sept 13 and was extremely pleased in the trail surface and the amount of shade. Because it was predicted to get above 90 for the day, I started a little after 8 am after driving from Village Creek State Park. There was not a lot of diversity, but still nice. Excellent mile markers and again, the trail surface was in excellent shape. My wife and I enjoyed reading the history of the area around the lake at the Kiosh at Lakeview.
Nice even trail
My wife and I rode this trail on October 20th, 2010. The trail itself is very well built and maintained. It is as smoothe as a crushed limestone trail can be, and not a speck of litter was seen along the entire stretch. The adjacent visitor center is new and spotlessly clean. The staff were very friendly. So, what is not to like about the Delta Heritage Trail? As in real estate, location is paramount. This trail starts in a cotton field, ends (abruptly) in a cotton field, and about the only thing to see along the way is cotton fields. Whatever wildlife there is to be seen is what you would normally expect to see along a rural highway. Although benches have been installed at about 1/2 mile intervals along the trail, no bathrooms or water fountains are available except at the visitor center. Since this is a "heritage" trail, it would be nice if some signs along the way interpreted the heritage of the area. Near the southern end of the trail, a trailhead is located in the community of Lakeview. There is no information at this trailhead, however, to direct visitors to whatever ammenities Lakeview might have to offer. The right-of-way for this trail was obtained in 1993, and the plan is to eventually extend the trail to 73 miles. However, since 1993, only 14 miles have been completed. One of the park rangers told me that they thought they had the money to build another 10 miles of the trail next year, but that money was cut from the budget. It just doesn't appear to me that local support for this trail is sufficient to ensure completion. On the day we rode the trail, only two other visitors were seen. This trail is located in an economically depressed area of the state, and is about 2 hours drive from Memphis or Little Rock. In my humble opinion, it's just not worth the drive to visit such a short trail with so few ammenities and even fewer changes in scenery. Until the local people do more to support the trail, I have serious doubts it will ever be completed or even extended beyond the current length. A much better option, for now anyway, is to visit nearby Village Creek State Park. It is a beautiful park; well maintained as all of Arkansas' state parks are. Within this park are 25 miles of trails, of which bicycles are allowed on most of them. As for the Delta Heritage Trail, only time will tell if it will ever reach its full potential.
I rode this trail in September, 2008, using my Trek 7300 Hybrid bike. When completed, this should be a wonderful addition to the Mississippi River trail. The trail is part of 73 miles of abandoned rail line that parallels the Mississippi River and State Hwy. 85 between Lexa and McGhee, Arkansas, on the west side of the Mississippi River.
Scenery and wildlife are the main attractions. There are pull outs with permanent benches about every ½ mile. The trail is tree lined on both sides with a full canopy for much of the ride. You bike through some of the remaining bottomland hardwood forest that once covered the Delta region of eastern Arkansas. You see a beautiful wetlands environment while you are elevated on a clean, dry roadbed.
The roadbed is compacted crushed rock which provides a smooth ride. While smooth and very flat, this surface does provide a light resistance so that you are never off the pedal. Larger tires are helpful. All at-grade crossings are blocked by a double gate that required me to stop, negotiate the crossing and start again. The gates are located at every road crossing and driveway which breaks the ride about every mile or so.
Services are scant. The trail is never far from Hwy. 85 and you are almost always in sight of farmhouses if you should need help. You should ride "self contained", being sure you have enough food and water for the entire out and back ride. Picnic tables and a porta-potty are located at the trailhead. Rustic campsites are planned for this site. The staff are friendly and helpful, but the visitor center was more of an office/construction/storage facility than a comfort and information center when I was there.
I recommend a side trip to the Louisiana Purchase Historical Monument located 23 miles east of the trailhead, just off Hwy. 49. The monument marks the spot where the original survey of the Louisana Territory began and represents an important event in American history. Also, if you plan your visit in October, you can attend the Arkansas Blues and Heritage Festival, the nations largest blues festival that is free and open to the public.
This is a nice rail-trail that is only a mile away from my home.
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West Texas Intermediate tumbled the most in three months following declines in metals on speculation that a commodity fund is selling positions.
WTI dropped 2.3 percent after sliding $1.95 in 12 minutes to $93.92 a barrel at 11:07 a.m. as trading volume surged. Silver and platinum fell with volume more than double the 100- day moving average. Oil also decreased as gasoline futures retreated for a second day from the highest level since September. U.S. oil supplies probably rose 2 million barrels last week as domestic output reached a 20-year high, according to a Bloomberg survey before a government report tomorrow.
"There is a rumor that a fund is blowing up," Stephen Schork, president of the Schork Group Inc. in Villanova, Pennsylvania, said in a telephone interview. Schork has spent 17 years in physical commodity and derivatives trading including stints at Glencore Ltd. and Novarco Ltd., Marc Rich's last venture in the global energy trading, and his clients include OPEC and major oil companies. "Metals are getting hit and it's spreading over to oil," he said.
WTI for March delivery, which expired today, decreased $2.20 to close at $94.46 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the biggest one-day loss since Nov. 20 and the lowest settlement since Jan. 16. The more-active April contract slid $1.88, or 1.9 percent, to $95.22 a barrel.
The volume of all futures traded was 38 percent above the 100-day average at 4:37 p.m. Volume surged to 53 percent above the average at 11:35 a.m. from 2.9 percent below at 10:46 a.m. Open interest in WTI futures reached a record 1.67 on Feb. 13.
API Inventories
Prices were little changed after the American Petroleum Institute reported oil inventories gained 2.96 million barrels to 372.5 million last week, the highest level since Dec. 7. April futures fell $2.32 to $94.78 a barrel in electronic trading at 4:32 p.m. The contract was at $94.79 before the report was released at 4:30 p.m.
"I'm hearing about some fund liquidation but nothing concrete," said Kyle Cooper, director of commodities research at IAF Advisors in Houston. "We're also at the expiration for the March contract. A ton of open interest has come into the market the last two weeks and there are clearly no buyers, so you are seeing an exit as investors have to roll."
Steven Adamske, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission spokesman based in Washington, declined to comment on market fluctuations today. Chris Grams, a Chicago-based spokesman for Nymex's owner CME Group Inc., said the company doesn't comment on specific client activity.
Fed Minutes
Oil also fell after minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting showed several policy makers said the central bank should be ready to vary the pace of their $85 billion in monthly bond purchases.
Brent for April settlement slipped $1.92, or 1.6 percent, to end the session at $115.60 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The volume was 7.5 percent above the 100-day average.
Silver futures for March delivery tumbled 2.7 percent to settle at $28.622 an ounce on the Comex in New York. Platinum for April delivery dropped 3 percent on the Comex to $1.647.10 an ounce. Silver and platinum volumes were more than double the 100-day averages at 4:37 p.m. in New York.
"You can't just pick on crude here because there's a broad move away from all commodities," said Addison Armstrong, director of market research at Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut. "We've had a big run-up in prices recently and sentiment is switching to risk-off. This may have been enough to get some big macro-fund to take profits."
Dollar Climbs
The dollar climbed against major currencies, reducing the appeal of dollar-denominated commodities as an investment. The U.S. currency rose 0.8 percent against the euro and reached the highest level since 2010 against the British pound.
Prices also dropped after a Western diplomat said the five United Nations Security Council permanent members and Germany will make a new offer to Iran to resolve a dispute about its nuclear program in talks next week. The diplomat, who asked not to be more closely identified, told reporters in London today that the offer will contain significant new elements, without giving further details.
Stalled multilateral negotiations on Iran's nuclear work are scheduled to resume Feb. 26 in Kazakhstan. The U.S. and its allies say Iran may seek to make an atomic bomb, while Iran says developments are for civilian purposes. Sanctions aimed at stopping the program have hindered its ability to export oil.
Iran Talks
"The Iran headlines have definitely knocked some of the security premium out of the price," said John Kilduff, a partner at Again Capital LLC, a New York-based hedge fund that focuses on energy. "The dollar is higher, especially against the pound, and I'm surprised that there's not more downward pressure on commodities."
Gasoline for March delivery fell 6.17 cents, or 2 percent, to settle at $3.0595 a gallon on the Nymex. It ended at $3.1345 on Feb. 15, the highest level since Sept. 28.
The retail price for regular gasoline, averaged nationwide, rose to $3.766 a gallon yesterday, the highest level for this time of year in AAA data going back to 2004
"Gasoline coming off is definitely helping crude come off," said Tariq Zahir, a New York-based commodity fund manager at Tyche Capital Advisors. "We haven't seen gasoline prices at these levels at this time of year ever and it deserves to come off a little bit."
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Crude Supplies
U.S. crude supplies probably rose 0.5 percent to 374.2 million barrels last week, according to the median estimate of 11 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. It would be the longest streak of increases since May. Crude production rose to 7.06 million barrels a day in the week ended Feb. 8, the most since December 1992, according to the EIA.
The Energy Information Administration, the Energy Department's statistical arm, is scheduled to release its weekly report at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Washington, one day later than normal because of the Presidents Day holiday on Feb. 18.
Electronic trading volume on the Nymex was 665,952 contracts as of 4:33 p.m. It totaled 575,423 contracts yesterday, 10 percent above the three-month average. Open interest was 1.65 million.


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Expressing your milk:
You will have to remove milk from your breasts on a regular basis if you are to provide enough of your milk for your high-risk baby. Many mothers find they develop a better plan for expressing milk from their breasts when they understand how breast milk is produced. Initially, hormones play a greater role, but milk removal has a greater effect on the amount produced after the first one or two weeks after delivery (postpartum).
How is breast milk produced?
After a baby's birth, the placenta is expelled, which signals a drop in the hormones that maintained the pregnancy. The sudden drop in these hormones allows the hormone prolactin to begin working. Prolactin "tells" the breasts it is time to begin producing large amounts of milk. A mother feels the result of prolactin when her milk "comes in" at around three to five days postpartum. Increased milk production usually occurs at this time even if a baby is born extremely preterm. However, frequent milk removal sometimes speeds up the process of establishing increased milk production. Occasionally, a mother experiences a delay in the production of large amounts of milk.
Successful breast milk production:
Ongoing, long-term milk production depends mostly on milk removal. The more often milk is removed, and the more completely it is removed, the more milk the breasts make. The opposite is also true. When milk is removed less often, or an insufficient amount is removed, the breasts get the signal to slow milk production and make less. Milk removal occurs when a baby effectively breastfeeds or through appropriate milk expression.
Effective breastfeeding requires effective sucking by the baby so that enough milk is transferred from the breast into the baby's mouth where it is swallowed. To suck effectively, a baby must latch deeply onto the breast and use the structures in his/her mouth to create intermittent (periodic) suction and compress the milk sinuses (enlarged area of milk ducts) lying beneath the areola (the area about 1 1/2 to 2 inches behind the nipple tip). Proper sucking signals the mother's body to release the hormone oxytocin. This results in greater transfer of milk with the milk-ejection reflex (MER), or milk "let down."
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Milk transfer also can be accomplished through milk expression techniques. Generally, the milk-ejection reflex is triggered during milk expression sessions, especially if frequent and regular sessions occur. These include the following:
- manual expression – a mother compresses the milk sinuses by hand to remove milk.
- breast pumps – remove milk by creating suction; a few also have features that compress milk sinuses to some degree.


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CHARLOTTE, NC -- Peak Capital Holdings LLC, parent company of Peak Fitness clubs in North Carolina, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to multiple media outlets.
Court records show that Peak Capital Holdings owes as many as 200 creditors between $500,000 and $1 million, and that its assets are less than $50,000.
Laura Haid, the vice president of operations for Peak Fitness, said in a statement that Peak Capital Holdings is working with creditors to reorganize and that the company was affected by a challenging economy.
"During these tough economic times, we have to make sacrifices and difficult decisions to sustain our operations," Haid said in the statement.
The Peak Fitness Web site lists 33 clubs in the Carolinas. Four of the 12 clubs in the Triangle region of North Carolina (anchored by Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill) are part of the bankruptcy reorganization, and other clubs in the Carolinas could follow, a company attorney said after last Thursday's filing.
The rest of the Peak Fitness clubs, including about 12 in the Charlotte area, are owned by private holding companies. These clubs remain profitable and are not affected by the bankruptcy filing, Haid said. However, the attorney said the company is evaluating each of its clubs.
Lawsuits say a handful of Peak clubs owe the IRS more than $110,000 in taxes, and other claims involve contract disputes and money owed to electric companies, developers, a pool service company and more, the Raleigh News & Observer reports.In January, Peak Fitness settled a lawsuit with the North Carolina Attorney General's office, agreeing to make changes to its customer service.


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end tomorrow.
December 20, 2012
A Reminder
by allan at 7:09 AM
5 comments:
- johngoldfine said...
That is usually the case for RS fans, unless "tomorrow" is an off day or rainy.
I've just finished RA Dickey's book and am off to Dirk Hayhurst's second memoir, hoping to finish before the world ends.
- December 20, 2012 at 9:07 AM
- allan said...
Thanks for reminding me about Dickey's book. There was an article a few days ago in the Toronto Star about his comments on sexual abuse. ... I read Hayhurst's first book and should probably check out the sequel.
- December 20, 2012 at 9:28 AM
- FenFan said...
Bummer... at least I got to see the Sox and Bruins win league championships in my lifetime.
Now I'm off to go max out my credit cards... seems wise...
- December 20, 2012 at 10:21 AM
- laura k said...
And you wouldn't let me drain our savings for a trip around the world! Oh man...
- December 20, 2012 at 10:24 AM
- Zenslinger said...
Why does it always have to be the Golden Gate Bridge that gets the business?!?!?
- December 20, 2012 at 1:01 PM
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As we get further into August, so things at the cathedral seem to have gone relatively quiet though I gather that up to three juveniles (plus both adults) have been seen recently on the tower and on Jurys Inn (thanks Ian B for that information).
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
All goes (relatively) quiet
As we get further into August, so things at the cathedral seem to have gone relatively quiet though I gather that up to three juveniles (plus both adults) have been seen recently on the tower and on Jurys Inn (thanks Ian B for that information).
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- superbrad (Ian) said...
@ Nick B
Hi Nick Three Juveniles still around
Cliff and I started at the Cathedral on Saturday 6th August morning 7am
We saw two Juveniles on the tower one on the east center Gargoil and one on the north face of the tower to the left of the Gargoile close to the lightening conductor. another Juvenile "Presumed it to be 014" was calling from the ledge of Jurys Inn east face next to the blue tower. Also one of the parents was on the letter R on the east lettering below the Juvenile.
Will post some shots on the Flickr site
Regards Ian (AKA superbrad)
- 10 August 2011 at 10:08
Nick, both adults in the scrape as I type. Good to see them both together again.
Cheers, Jane
- 10 August 2011 at 18:05
Don't know so much about quiet, there's a bird each side of the platform - just sitting....
- 10 August 2011 at 18:06
- KerrySuffolk said...
One on platform, one on corbels below and one on pudding cam.
- 10 August 2011 at 20:15
- Joy said...
One on lefthand side of scrape and one on tower cam 20.14p.m.
- 11 August 2011 at 20:14
We drove past Jury's Inn about 20:10 Thursday, and could see two peregrines on Jury's Inn lettering east face, one on the top of the U, and one on the curve of the J - never seen one perched there before.
- 11 August 2011 at 21:18
Saturday 3pm.....Juvenile on the tower... Mr/Mrs P on the right hand ledge of the scrape.... we are certainly having our monies worth this year...x
- 13 August 2011 at 15:11
- AnnieF. said...
Adult on scrape ledge rhs., and what could be a juvenile on the tower.
- 13 August 2011 at 16:47
An adult taking prey onto one of the platforms on the police aerial was the only peregrine I saw during a visit to the cathedral early this morning (Sunday). Once it had landed, the bird was impossible to see.
Nick B (DWT)
Ps. Comment moderation may be slow this week due to holidays. Please bear with us.
- 14 August 2011 at 08:31
What has happened to the webcam located on the left side of the scrape? It is pointing directly down and the side of the tray along with a tiled roof is in view.
- 14 August 2011 at 19:21
Phoebe: obviously the camera has slipped down unfortunately. We won't be able to re-align it without abseiling down so it will be some time until that can be accomplished, especially with Nick M not currently being employed to work on the project. I'm afraid you're all going to have to bear with us for awhile yet. Key people who can make decisions about getting Nick back on board are on leave so no decisions can be taken until early September I'm afraid.
Nick B (DWT)
- 14 August 2011 at 20:43
- KerrySuffolk said...
Mon 18.30
Something has been well and truely plucked on the rhs if the platform! Feathers everywhere!
- 15 August 2011 at 18:33
- KerrySuffolk said...
Just up loaded a screen capture from the out of place camera which shows one of the birds preening, couldn't quite work out what was head and what was tail!
- 15 August 2011 at 20:39
At 10.15pm there are two falcons in view on the left hand camera one on the nest ledge and one on the tower I think. I can't tell if they are juveniles or not anyway it is good to see them.
- 15 August 2011 at 22:22
Two Falcons on view at 15.15 but then they flew off before I could get a sdcreen shot.
- 16 August 2011 at 17:17
One Falcon is on the tower. I haven't been looking at the webcams because I thought it would not be possible to see anything and only discovered by accident that one can see the birds from time to time. I haven't seen them do anything really interesting but just the same it is nice to see them.
- 17 August 2011 at 09:33
Tiercil on tower, Falcon on left and right hand platform cameras, preening.
- 20 August 2011 at 09:21
Saturday 2.20pm..... Mr and Mrs P having lunch on the tower.... how romantic... x
- 20 August 2011 at 14:20


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How good would he have been?
In Seattle now with the Angels, feeling their pain and unimaginable sense of desolation over the loss of Nick Adenhart, I am trying to carry on, but I still am numb, disoriented, not entirely here. My coping abilities clearly have limits.
It's been six days. Six decades won't be long enough to get over this.
This is essentially what Shane Loux was saying yesterday after a remarkable performance against the Mariners on a frigid day at Safeco Field in front of a packed house that had come to welcome Ken Griffey Jr. back to his original baseball home. We use the word courage much too often in sports, but I feel it's a courageous effort for the Angels to just take the field at this time, let alone play the game at a high level.
Loux expressed a sentiment shared, I'm sure, by every Angels player, coach, manager Mike Scioscia and the entire organizational staff when he said Nick was in his thoughts all day long – and hasn't left his thoughts since the horrible news came on Thursday morning.
The reader response to my post on Nick was heartwarming, but it also served to drive home the enormity of this loss. He was just getting started. I can't seem to get past that right now, how it was all in front of him.
Friends have called, expressing various reactions, and one question I'm asked over and over is this: How good would Nick Adenhart have been if his career had played itself out?
My response generally goes something like this: "He'd have been great. How great, obviously, we'll never know." And that's just tragic beyond words. He should have been allowed to fulfill his destiny.
When I first started watching Nick seriously, in 2008 in Arizona during Spring Training, I saw a remarkable resemblance in manner to Bobby Welch in his early days with the Dodgers. I recall writing something about that and then discussing it with Nick. I was drawn to his easy, laid-back manner, how he was so interested in everything I had to say about the game he loved. A lot of young people are preoccupied, quite naturally, with their own lives, but I sensed that Nick really enjoyed hearing about players from earlier times, what made them tick.
I also told him all about Don Sutton, another pitcher I covered who made it to the Hall of Fame with tools very similar to those of Nick Adenhart. Sutton wasn't overpowering, but he could put his fastball where he wanted it and had a big, over-the-top curveball that complemented it beautifully. Sutton was a serious student of the game as a young man, absorbing everything he could, and that went a long way in making him the durable craftsman he became across two decades.
Sutton, I decided, was the type of pitcher Adenhart could become. Nick also had a dynamic changeup to go with the 92-94 mph heater and the 12-to-6 curve, and he had the burning desire to be great. It was concealed by a relaxed, almost nonchalant personal style, but I saw it in his eyes and felt it when we talked.
I'll cherish for the rest of my days those conversations we had over the past two springs, how thrilled I was to watch him in his final performance against the Athletics. He pitched his way through trouble like a veteran that night, confident and in command.
Before the game, I was talking with Chone Figgins and Howard Kendrick when Nick walked past on his way to the training room. We'd talked about how he'd matured, how ready he was – and he gave me a look and a grin that told me everything I wanted to know.
He was ready for the challenge, fully prepared for the challenges awaiting him. He had found all the answers he'd been searching for, and now it was his time.
So, here's my answer: I think he could have joined Don Sutton in the Hall of Fame someday. That's how talented, how driven, Nick Adenhart was as a baseball player. As a person, he was a slam-dunk Hall of Famer, about as good as it gets.
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Thank you Lyle, for sharing your thoughts with those of us who knew Nick only from afar. It's been a tough spring for baseball, a tough winter for the country. Your spirit is in my thoughts and your healing in my prayers. As always, your friend in baseball. . .BeesGal
Great post! Nick was an excellent pitcher but more than that he was an outstanding guy. I had the chance to meet him when he played in Rancho and he was the one kid that would talk to everyone and sign an autograph almost every time someone asked. Billy Joel has the song, "Only the Good Die Young" This is 100% true about Nick!
While we will never know what might have been we will always know who Nick was. An excellent baseball player and an extremely caring guy that just enjoyed living out his dream of being a Major League Baseball Player!
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Thank you Lyle, for sharing your thoughts with those of us who knew Nick only from afar. It's been a tough spring for baseball, a tough winter for the country. Your spirit is in my thoughts and your healing in my prayers. As always, your friend in baseball. . .BeesGal
I know I am going to get heat for this but, have you ever lost somenone close to you? I have sisters, brother, parents. In there memory I am not going to try and make them something they are not, my sister was 34 when she past and she had 3 young sons. When I think of her I don't compare her to Mother Theresa I remember her for who she truly was. To say Nick Adenhart was a slam dunk hall of famer is a stupid thing to say, as it takes away from who he truly was, a young up and coming major league pitcher who has been "untouchable" in trade talks, nearly unhittable in the minors and someone who showed a lot of poise and promise on the mound.
Let's remember Nick for who he was not what you wanted him to be just so you can write about it.
First of all maybe you didn't read it correctly:
"I think he COULD have joined Don Sutton in the Hall of Fame someday."
Nick "truly" was talented enough for the writer to compare him to a Hall of Famer so what is the problem? There were similarities so how is it "something he is not?" I don't understand critizing this.
Look at Torii's blog and you will read something heartfelt and true to all parties involved, I just think some "writers" take liberties when there are tragedies like this.
Listen as a lifelong Angel fan and Lover of life I cried like most people while watching the tribute to Nick and as I recall the tribute did not mention a thing about the Hall of Fame because that would take away from the man.
Lyle, Would you be interested in writing for an MLB website that Phil Wilson and I are creating? Phil and I write blogs on the Chicago Cubs, and we want to create a website that covers all 30 teams. If you are interested in being a writer or you have more questions please send me an email: email@example.com.
Thanks, Cubbiefan07
I saw Nick pitch early in spring training this year and could tell that he still had the great stuff he showed in 08 but also had a composure that he didn't have in 08. As a fan I was devastated when I heard because I knew he was destined to be a foundation player for the next ten or twelve years. On a deeper level it hurts because of the senseless nature of how quickly one irresponsible person can rob three young people of their futures and their families of their children. As a father of two, I can't imagine anyting worse happening to me or see myself recovering from the loss.
We've traded many an e-mail about Angel stats and trade scenario over the years – but it's been your open hearted coverage of Nick as a person, and the tragedy of his death, that has captured my respect. Please continue to both report, and share your knowledge about the people that most of us only know abstractly as the Angels.
You know better than I, that there is now something much bigger going on within the Angel team (family), than winning baseball games. Life changing events are just that; Each person moves forward individually as they are able. The Angels as a team, must also be given the time to reassemble, and rediscover the passion required for championships. They will all surely grow in character, and wisdom.
All we fans can do is be patient with the team; pray for the parents and family of Nick, Courtney Stewart and Henry Pearson; and ensure that each of our own loved ones know that we do.


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It is at last official! 🙂
15 comments on "Rainbow Remix Vid"
O my friends, my friends forgive me
That I could not finish this video
His dancing was too awkward
But he still looks hot even so
( To the tune of Empty Chairs at Empty Tables. I'm trying to avoid the wrath of the resident archu-mamas. 🙂 )
But seriously la… what's up with the bunny hands and the orange lipstick??! And why's he wearing a coat in Manila?!! Looks like he's going for a conference rather than shooting an mv.
Btw you called me his loony girlfriend in the last thread auntie Trace. Made me grin just to read that. haha. I hope you're a good propheseer.
If I wanted to make a post, how do I do that? I thought I'd make one before I go back to studying next month.
O liying liying's mistaken
Archu mamas are ok with i-it
He's awkward and you loony
What a hot pair you would make
(Joining you at Empty Chairs at Empty Tables hehehehe…. 😀 )
Haha…I'm not crazy about his make-up either – our dear friends next door have put on some really thick make-up on him, which he doesn't need. But they've also done some amazing photos of him – so I won't complain. 🙂
Liying, you can't post on your own because you are not in the Admin. What you can do is to send your article to AAM's email and we'll post it when there is a slot. Tracy will be posting hers in a couple of days. If you can send your article before the 23-24th, we can post it after Tracy's. If not, you will have to wait until after CNY. 🙂
Just make sure you keep on coming in. We'll be generous and let you have lots of study-time. 😀
Also, if you want a pic to support your article, send one as an attachment in your email. 🙂
Why do so many artistes write and sing about rainbows? Because it's something beautiful yet transient – like life?
I switched on the tv this morning and there was Kermit the Frog singing The Rainbow Connection. Such a nice song.
O you lovely ladies
I concur he looks hot there
Sans makeup or otherwise
Am just glad they didnt pile on the blusher
Trying my darnest to join you two at Empty Chairs at Empty Tables 🙂 🙂
Hey Liying, looking forward to your post. Bet its going to be interesting 🙂
Trace, thanks for the video. I remembered singing that Muppet Rainbow Connection song with my girls when they were younger 😀
Lol we're such a musical bunch of archies 😀 Randomly bursting into song. heehee
I was watching some videos on songwriting recently so I thought I could initiate our AAM songwriting project in a post. Unless you'd like me to write about something else. I was thinking of perhaps writing it this weekend then emailing to you. Then you could post it anytime you like.
I think I prefer Kermit's song about rainbows to David's. btw random but did you notice Kermit's a left-hander like David?
I'm surprised you came up with some lyrics cos you're usually shy about things like that – well done!! 🙂
Me too. I prefer Kermit's song to David's. Kermit is left-handed too? Maybe D is Kermit in disguise lol!! 😀 You know, the Prince which became a Frog, then became a Prince again. 😀
You choose what to write liying. Whatever you are happy doing. 🙂
LOL Trace, I just hentam saja at the lyrics!
Oh boy, I also like Kermit's Rainbow song better. Trust Liying to notice that Kermit is left-handed too. Yes, David is Prince Charming alright 😀 😀
Btw, did you managed to catch David on AI's intro segment last evening? He was on for like a nanosecond and my eyes hurt from looking intently at the TV screen making sure I wont miss him 🙂
Aunties Shirley and Trace, you see but you do not observe, the definition is clear.
lol just kidding, I hardly have any powers of observation , especially in Sherlock Holmes's book.
I read somewhere that we left-handers tend to be more concious of other people's "handed"ness. I guess we like identifying other left-handers because there aren't that many of us. Did you know only around 10% of the world's population is left-handed? But anyways, look which hand Kermit uses to strum and fret the banjo.
How did David turn from a frog to Prince Charming if I haven't kissed him yet??! But Miss Piggy wouldn't like anyone else kissing Kermit I suppose. haha.
Auntie Shirley, I don't like AI. Super annoying show. Never watched a full episode. Surprisingly the show produces some pretty alright musicians. 😉
Auntie Trace, I'll see what I come up with this weekend to write about. I've sorta exhausted most of my opinions on David though.


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As you browse the maps, you can see how many people came from each part of the world – including over 65,000 born overseas. Some things are visible at a glance, such as the concentration of the Australian population along the east coast. Others encourage further exploration and discovery. Why did hundreds of soldiers enlist in Egypt? How did people born in Germany come to serve in the Australian armed forces?


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7 Classy Quotes From Adam Levine's 'OUT' Magazine Cover Story (PHOTOS)
Adam Levine is really going for that rugged rocker look for his cover of OUT magazine with his scruffy beard, flannel shirt and weathered leather jacket. Inside the latest issue, however, the Maroon 5 frontman is as shirtless as he is in "Moves Like Jagger". Of course the "Stereo Hearts" crooner is more than just eye candy, so below we've rounded up the Voice judge's seven classiest quotes from his sexy pictorial (or should we say pec-torial) with the gay lifestyle mag.
** On nuture vs. nature: "I can single-handedly dispel any ideas that sexuality is acquired. Trust me, you're born with it. My brother is gay, and we knew when he was two."
** On The Voice: "That show's become a part of me. Being in a position where you can help these people out and — of course I get paid, and of course it's good for my career as well. But there's a lot of real talent, and it makes me excited to know I'm part of that."
** On his reality TV competitor: "I can't fuck with American Idol. It's a cultural institution."
** Then again, maybe he can : "What's always pissed me off about Idol is wanting to mask that, for that to go unspoken. C'mon. You can't be publicly gay? At this point? On a singing competition? Give me a break."
** On his sex life: "That doesn't mean that I haven't been totally promiscuous and slutty in my lifetime, because I have."
** On participating in the It Gets Better campaign: "Perez [Hilton] asked me to do it. I found it strange that one of the biggest bullies on Earth is asking me. I was really not a fan of his. I thought he was part of the problem."
** On equality: "The fact that gay marriage isn't legal everywhere at this point is a joke. But there are things now that you never thought would have existed, so I think that we're kind of in good shape."
For more from Adam and to check out a behind the scenes look at his steamy photo shoot head here.


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Commentary on Music – Conclusions (For Now…) June 1, 2013Posted by rwf1954 in classical music, harmony, mathematics and music, modes, music, music commentary, nature of music, religion and music, scales, spirituality and music, tonality.
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(This is the final post—for now—of a series of commentaries about a series of books about the nature of music. The other commentaries of this series are listed below. This series has been triggered as a result of my rediscovery of the love of creating and performing music. There is definitely a spiritual connection to this rediscovery, evidenced by my recent release of "Issa Music" and my posts about mystical/spiritual aspects of the music of the progressive rock group Yes (The Poetry of (the Progressive Rock Group) Yes: Introduction to "The Revealing Science of God—Dance of the Dawn" from "Tales from Topographic Oceans" and The Poetry of (the Progressive Rock Group) Yes). This further relates to spiritual meditations with the theme of more than one path to God, and the possible coming together of both physics and metaphysics I and II and a discussion of Dr. Eben Alexander's recent book, Proof of Heaven).
So here I am, at the end of a longer journey than I expected, a journey of exploring music at its most basic level. With this post, I will draw together the comments I have made in posts spanning just over a year about this topic and offer some conclusions—some of these will be personal, as they will be oriented toward what this means for me as I approach my own music. But I also believe there is value in the general conclusions I will draw, conclusions I hope will enrich the music-listening of visitors to these pages.
Well, let's take a deep breath, because I will start out with the metaphysics/physics/music portion of my conclusions. On the frontiers of physics, we are learning that all matter consists of elementary particles and these particles are points of energy that radiate fields. So, existence is a heavily populated cauldron of overlapping, interacting energy fields. We humans have evolved to sense those energy fields within our finite portions of what we perceive as a three/four dimensional space/time continuum. We ourselves are a complex set of interconnected energy fields interacting with many other complex energy fields, guided through this reality by our senses. Energy—that is existence; that is life.
Music is the only art that involves a direct transmission of energy from one intelligence to another. Painting/visual art is created as imagery and experienced by looking at and absorbing the photons from those images, but not through direct energy. The images undergo a great deal of editing and processing before human beings absorb their content. Story-telling involves transmitting words or actions, again to be witnessed visually, or heard and then translated into ideas in the recipient's mind. Sculpture/dance/books/poetry are also indirect arts. Music is direct energy. It is a series of vibrations through a medium, but the music is not the medium itself; it is the energy that courses through the medium. The music is not the molecules of the medium that are vibrating, it is the flow of energy generating those vibrations. It can be measured by an oscilloscope as energy waves. Linked with words as song, it can be extraordinarily powerful and affecting. Visual arts (like movies) use music to inject emotion—using the direct energy of music heightens the experience of other arts.
Music takes energy and puts order to it. This musical energy supplies an organized tension and release at a visceral level, a level without words or explanations needed. In a sense, it resembles at a manageable level the occurrence of pain, of pleasure, of longing and longing fulfilled. Music can be said to duplicate the experience of a want or need—fulfilled through tension and release, through a dissonance resolving to a consonance.
So music is energy, sound communication flowing directly into the brain, to be processed by the mind. What is the nature of this energy we call music? What can we say about music—what common denominators can we find for humans, or any other sentient creature? Do all sentient beings experience music the same way? Would Bach make sense to intelligent extraterrestrial creatures? There really isn't enough information available to us now to answer this question because we have no other intelligent creatures to compare ourselves with. Some thinking is still possible despite this knowledge gap. Again let's reduce this to the basics. Existence is a set of interacting, overlapping energy fields. Our senses filter the information coming from those fields to allow us, as conscious entities, to function. Our senses evolved for the purposes of survival. The ability to sense sound is one of those senses. The question then becomes whether the phenomenon of sound, energy vibrating through a medium (usually air), would evolve for other conscious intelligent beings, and if so, would it evolve the same way? In looking around at Earth's life forms, we know other creatures see and hear differently than we do. They might hear a different part of the frequency spectrum. Some senses are more acute for other creatures, and not every creature has every sense. So we can probably conclude that intelligent creatures will vary in the way they experience sound, and Bach will sound different to different intelligences.
However, there is an argument against that idea. Sound appears to have some universal characteristics, characteristics experienced by intelligent creatures in the same or similar ways. Here, at this part of the discussion, we will look at the basics of music, and how those vibrations, that sound energy, appears to humans (and may appear to other sentient creatures).
Music is sound organized by pitch, or rhythm—usually by both. (If just one is present, the experience may seem musical, but incomplete). Rhythms are built into the human body and into the fabric of existence. In music, rhythm involves patterns of sound focused around a pulse. Rhythm involves the passage of time, the meticulous control of time. Rhythm resonates with humans, and potentially with other conscious creatures, because rhythm is so inherent in life—in the heartbeat, in breathing, in sexual activity, in simple movements of walking or running, in countless other aspects of the universe. Pitch involves sound at a clear frequency. Both rhythm and pitch are discernible enough to be duplicated, making music possible.
There are three inherent characteristics of pitch that give music a universal commonality across human cultures. These are 1) the overtone series, 2) the ratios of vibrating strings and frequencies, and, 3) partials for wind instruments.
All pitches generate an overtone series. That series of overtone pitches is the same for any clear-pitched musical note—first an octave higher; second, a perfect fifth; third, a second octave higher; fourth, a major third (two octaves and a major third higher than the original pitch); fifth, another perfect fifth (two octaves and a perfect fifth higher than the original pitch); sixth, a strange note between a sixth and a flat seventh—like a "blue note" (two octaves from the original pitch plus that strange interval); seventh, three octaves higher than the original pitch. The overtone series gives us a basis for the universally perceived consonant harmonic intervals—the octave and the perfect fifth. It also gives us a basis for the widely accepted as consonant intervals—the third (minor and major), the sixth (minor and major), and the perfect fourth (the distance between the perfect fifth and the original pitch fifth raised an octave). The fundamental notes of the overtone series are more likely to be perceived by a particular musical culture as consonant intervals. The nearly universal pentatonic scale also can be explained as consisting of the pitches from the overtone series. Even the "blue" note, found in some cultures, has some basis for explanation from the overtone series (the note in the overtone series that occurs in between the sixth and the flat seventh of the conventional twelve note scale). So though we aren't sure if Bach would be comprehensible to all sentient beings, we can see how humans recognize music cross-culturally, and within cultural familiarity, can appreciate music generated cross-culturally. This cross-cultural music appreciation is much easier translated among human beings than different languages.
Another universal aspect to pitch is the characteristics of vibrating strings. The pitch of a vibrating string goes up an octave when the portion of the string vibrating is halved. Intervals can be derived by simple mathematical ratios and the simplest ratios generate the fundamental intervals of the overtone series. (Here are some ratios/these can vary the farther we get from the fundamental intervals of the overtone series—2:1-octave, 3:2-perfect fifth, 4:3-perfect fourth, 5:4-major third, 6:5-minor third, 5:3-major sixth, 8:5-minor sixth, 9:8-major second, 9:5-minor seventh, 15:8-major seventh, 16:15-minor second, 10:7-tritone.) These ratios seem to confer a mathematical rationale for consonant and dissonant intervals. Mathematics is well-established as the vocabulary of physics, of existence. Mathematics would be the best option for communications between us and intelligences from other worlds. Music is wrapped up intimately with mathematics. This is another indication of music intertwined with reality at a very basic level.
Pitch can also be measured with numbers, with the frequencies of a given sound. The number pertains to measurement of the wave of the vibrations. Double a frequency and the pitch moves up an octave. This is equivalent to the vibrating string phenomenon. The ratios between the frequencies operate the same way as the ratios of the vibrating strings. The simplest ratios yield the most consonant intervals.
Earlier I described music as a mini-drama, of controlled longing transitioning to longing fulfilled represented by the resolution of dissonance to consonance. Here, we have evidence of a physics basis for a universal nature of dissonance and consonance, meaning that within cultural variations, there is a universal basis for a given piece of music resulting in a similar music experience for humans and maybe even for other sentient beings.
A third aspect to music that also overlaps with the overtone series and the ratios of frequencies and vibrating strings is the intervals of open notes for wind instruments. Most conventional wind instruments use valves or holes or keys to change the length of the vibrating air column to change the pitch. But wind instruments have natural intervals that occur from bottom to top. A bugle, with no valves, delivers those natural intervals. (Other wind instruments without keys or valves have the same characteristics.) And the intervals are the same as the overtone series! This is clearly not an accident. There is undoubtedly a physics reason for this convergence that I have not come across during my study of these issues. (I invite any reader to offer a comment on this issue if you can bring more insight to it.) For now, I'll just call this more corroboration of the inherent universal nature of pitched sound, and its mathematical character.
As we continue our look for universal characteristics of music, we come to a characteristic of most music—scales. Scales are a series of pitches, rising (or falling) between octaves that create a "mode" or "key." They can be found in music all over the world, in locations where they have separate evolution and development. I have mentioned pentatonic scales, the most common scale among the musics of humans. The five tones of a pentatonic scale would likely be considered the minimum number to constitute a scale. What is the maximum number? A diatonic scale has seven tones (not including the repeat of the octave at the end of the scale). A chromatic scale has twelve tones. Western music (and so the music that is my cultural comfort zone) revolves around a twelve-tone chromatic scale. Western composers and musicians have played with quarter tones, but it really hasn't caught on to Western ears. Other cultures have microtones built into their musics, tones that seem to exist out of the twelve-tone chromatic scale. But in my (admittedly limited) listenings to that music, the microtones seem like either embellishments of one of the twelve chromatic tones, or tones existing out of the equal temperament scale, but still with a twelve-tone feel.
Is this twelve-tone chromatic scale a universal characteristic of music, or are my Western ears accustomed to my own culture's music? Is there a mathematical explanation/rationale? I believe twelve tones constitute the upper limit on discernible scale pitches, with microtones serving as ornaments to the twelve tones. And there is a mathematical explanation for this upper limit. The first non-octave note of the overtone series, and the simplest non-octave ratio interval of the vibrating strings, is the perfect fifth. The perfect fifth gives us the dominant-tonic move in Western music. The dominant-tonic move, V to I, can be found in almost any music that uses scales. The explanation is easy—we can just look at the overtone series to see how prominent the perfect fifth is, built in to any pitched sound. The V to I move can also be a I to IV move—the I in the first scale becomes V in the next scale, with the IV of the first scale becoming the I in the second scale. This gives us the so-called circle of fifths, or circle of fourths. And if we pursue either one, we derive twelve tones—no more, no less. Taking both from C—Circle of fifths: C-G-D-A-E-B-F#-C#-G#/Ab-Eb-Bb-F-back to C. Circle of fourths: C-F-Bb-Eb-Ab-Db/C#-F#-B-E-A-D-G-back to C. Admittedly, this relies on an equal temperament tuning. Pure cycling through those intervals would lead to some frequency numbers that do not add up. Equal temperament tuning, slight adjustments in the frequencies of the twelve tones, allows the circle of fifths/circle of fourths to work. Equal temperament tuning is technically an innovation recently in Western music. But it is an approach to tuning, to scales, to keys, to harmonies, that I think resonates with nearly every musical culture, and this is because of the universal nature of the twelve-tone scale derived from the circle of fourths/circle of fifths. The microtonal variations found among musical cultures can be explained by the slight adjustments to create the equal temperament scale, and the fact that not all musical cultures make those adjustments.
Different cultures use the twelve tones of the chromatic scale differently (and approach tuning of their scales differently). Here, we start to drift from a universal music. So the universal aspects of music, to review, appear to be rhythm and pitch, with octaves and perfect fifths as consonant intervals, with scales using some combination of notes from a twelve-note chromatic scale. From here, deviations and varieties occur. Aspects are shared among the musics of the world, but not shared by all. While the use of scales seems universal, scales of five to seven primary tones (from a twelve-tone chromatic scale), the notes in those scales vary extensively. The so-called major scale, a fundamental element of Western music for the last five or so centuries, is not at all universal among human musics. Exotic scales (to my Western ears) with augmented seconds occur cross-culturally. For me personally, the variety of scales and modes is one of the true joys of music, one of the variations among musics that keeps music fresh and exciting. In my own music, I like to look for fresh ways to approach scales, and harmonies deriving from those scales.
Not every musical culture has harmonies, and by harmonies, I mean a deliberate scheme of chords, of sounding different notes simultaneously to create compelling combinations of sounds. We can certainly argue that scales imply harmony, and they do. It is a slight step from scales to harmony. Harmonies are built on scale steps, usually in stacked triads. Contrapuntal schemes, also not found in all musics, but found in many, look at harmonies, how the lines of the counterpoint land at any single point to create chords.
When we speak of harmony, we now come to the concepts of consonance and dissonance. These concepts vary from culture to culture, and vary widely. For Western music, consonance and dissonance have changed within the culture over time. What was considered dissonant last century and the century before has now morphed into acceptable consonance. Octaves and perfect fifths are consonant. Half steps and microtones in clusters are usually considered dissonant. Schemes to design fixed rules for dissonance and consonance have been attempted, using the overtone series or other aspects inherent in music. They generally fail because cultural familiarity and even musical indoctrination contribute significantly to the way we humans evaluate consonance and dissonance. And, music without dissonance would fail miserably. Music plays like a controlled drama (as I mentioned earlier). Dissonance begs for a resolution to consonance. Even a V to I move sets up a feeling of anticipation, of tension as V wants to move to I. This, it can be argued, is dissonance to consonance even though it involves fundamental intervals. So a huge number of choices are available for the sonic dramas that are music. This is another reason that music creators will never "run out of material." Cultural norms are constantly evolving so new combinations of consonance and dissonance, and of rhythm, are constantly available.
"Tonality" also appears to be universal, despite the efforts of some Twentieth Century Western music composers' and music theorists' efforts to render it obsolete. "Tonality" is the idea that music is experienced as revolving around a given pitch. That pitch center can shift. I heard some form of tonality in all the musical examples from around the world in my study as detailed in previous posts. It is true that celebrated Western composers of the Twentieth Century invented schemes that attempted to obliterate any trace of music revolving around a pitch, or key, or tonal center. But when actually listening to the music, the ear gravitates toward a tonal center; the ear searches for a central pitch to orient the musical experience. One of the most successful of the "twelve tone," "serial" composers, Alban Berg, designed his twelve note "tone rows" around triads and other musical devices of tonality. This gives his "atonal" "serial" music a tonal feel. The "twelve tone" or "serial" composers expanded music, giving music creators another tool in the music-generating toolbox. But they did not, in my opinion, succeed in eliminating tonality because humans naturally look for tonality when they experience music. I suspect this would be part of the musical experience for any sentient creature as well, or the sonic experience would be something other than music.
Another more controversial consideration, controversial in our day and age, is the relationship of music to the religious/the spiritual, to metaphysics. In my opinion, music factors heavily into the human attempts to interact with the Divine, with what humans call God. Music brings order to the world. Religion/spirituality/metaphysics brings an explanation to existence. So music parallels that metaphysical search for spiritual answers. For me, the search for a universal music parallels my search for a universal spirituality, for a convergence of physics and metaphysics.
It is possible that music acts as a conduit to the Divine. Right now, it is difficult to be certain in drawing conclusions on this issue. But I believe as we become more attuned to a convergence of science and the spiritual, we will see more connections between music and the Divine, and perhaps even seek music as a way of communing with the Divine. After all, music is energy, and existence is energy. So it is not a huge jump to relate music to the Divine and consider that it could offer a channel, a route to the Divine.
In reading scientific discussions about music, I was struck by how thinkers seemed to want to avoid the possible metaphysical/spiritual aspect of music. We live in an age when science is supposed to bring us more knowledge of the world, when science is supposed to render faith in God, or consideration of spirituality, as something for less sophisticated thinkers. But when fair-minded music historians and ethnomusicologists discuss the issue, they admit that music was used by early man as a way of interacting with the Divine. Developments in human abilities are often explained by pointing out the evolutionary advantages those developments bring. I think we should consider that there could be an evolutionary advantage for intelligent beings who can access the Divine (though when religious fanaticism becomes destructive we are left to wonder if this evolutionary advantage can have a downside). If we are going to be fair, if we are really going to be scientific, then we shouldn't be excluding any line of inquiry including the possibility that music, with its affinity for the universal language of mathematics, with its existence as energy and vibrations as a part of our universe of interacting energy fields—that music could be a gift from the God force, whatever it is, a gift aiding human communion with the Divine. So my searches in both of these areas overlap. As I create music, and find myself in a zone where something outside of me seems to take over, I'll be looking for that spiritual connection to music—that is part of what my music is about.
On the more technical side, this study brings me to some approaches to music that will influence what I will do in this arena with whatever time I have left:
1) I am looking to create accessible music that has a universal feel. It will be unapologetically tonal, though I occasionally will flirt with atonal techniques like tone rows and clusters. (Technology allows me to control the music—time and pitch—in very precise ways. I'd be crazy not to see what can be done with it.)
2) I will look for exotic scales from different cultures and attempt to create exotic harmonies from those scales. This will include combining those with pop and jazz mediums popular today, as well as drawing from the rich heritage of Western "classical" music.
3) I'll be looking for sounds from different cultures to juxtapose in unique ways. This includes electronically generated sounds that may not sound like any naturally occurring sound.
4) I'll continue combining different styles—no combination will be out of bounds—multi-cultural sounds and approaches with popular music/rock-pop as well as jazz and even concert music as time and opportunity allow.
I've already started this. "Issa Music," my CD released in late 2011, certainly does all of us. My upcoming CD "The Richard Warren Field Songbook" at this writing consists of thirteen songs with the basic tracks recorded. This CD includes a cover of "Hotel California" with log drum sounds and a flute duet in the instrumental section. The CD also includes a cover of Miles Davis's "All Blues" with sitar and African flute sounds, as well as a big Fender Rhodes solo. The basic tracks for my original songs on the CD include everything from big strident guitar synthesizer sounds to gentle choral clusters. But this CD barely scratches the surface of the possibilities. Stay tuned at this blog for more on this topic and for details on my upcoming music.
Previous posts on this topic:
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel Levitin
Music, the Brain and Ecstasy by Robert Jourdain
Music and the Mind by Anthony Storr
Good Vibrations/The Physics of Music by Barry Parker
Measured Tones by Ian Johnston
Exploring Music by Charles Taylor
Music and Mathematics: From Pythagoras to Fractals, edited by John Fauvel, Raymond Flood and Robin Wilson
Harmonies of Heaven and Earth: From Antiquity to the Avant-Garde by Joscelyn Godwin
The Study of Ethnomusicology by Bruno Nettl
World Music: A Global Journey by Terry E. Miller and Andrew Shahriari
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