If high heaven had no love for wine,
There would not be a Wine Star in the sky.
If Earth herself had no love for wine,
'There would not be a city called Wine Springs.(ii)
Since Heaven and Earth both love wine,
I can love wine, without shame before God.
Clear wine was once called a Saint; (iii)
Thick wine was once called "a Sage." (iii)
Of Saint and Sage I have long quaffed deep,
What need for me to study spirits and hsien? (iv)
At the third cup I penetrate the Great Way;
A full gallon—Nature and I are one ...
But the things I feel when wine possesses my soul
I will never tell to those who are not drunk.
(i) The Milky Way.
(ii) Ch'iu-ch'uan, in Kansuh.
(iii) " History of Wei Dynasty " (Life of Hsu Mo): " A drunken
visitor said, ' Clear wine I account a Saint: thick wine only a Sage.' "
(iv) The lore of Rishi, Immortals.
---Li Po
Helium
spiritualized
clinic
Dionne Warrick
Scott Walker
-- os mutantes, the Raveonettes, Gorrilaz, Bizet's 'Carmen,' my Rumanian dances record, Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks, the breeders, the Amps, new Depeche Mode, Tom Ze's 'Pagode,' .. David Bowie "Lodger" and "Low" ---- Kurt Weill "Mahoganny"
Avalanches
madonna
charles mingus
ornette coleman
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i could list all the bands that i have been listening to on iTunes, but that would be a little over the top: so here is a playlist...
All the things you are - Art Tatum, Ben Webster
Summertime - John Coltrane
Madrague - Brigette Bardot
Hawk - Broadcast
No Bad News - Bonnie Prince Billy
Dragon - The Beta Band
Sea Ghost - The Unicorns
Obstacle 2 - Interpol
Dilbar - A. Mirzeava (Secret Museum of Mankind)
Personality Candyspots - Marmoset
Hollow Log - Beck
Your Magic Is Working - Of Montreal
I Remember Learning How to Fly - Animal Collective
Introduccion - Savath & Savalas
Sister Golden Hair - America
Strati Na Angelaki Doumasche - The Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Choir
Ghost Song - Patrick Wolf
C'est si bon - Eartha Kitt
Mix works in forward and reverse
The Red Shoes --- Chambermaid of the Titanic --Dune --Alice --Lackawana Blues --Mayor of Sunset Strip- -- kinsey - -- Stop Making Sense -Endless Summer (surf documentary) -- Fugazi "Instrument" -Bullworth - - -Sweet and Lowdown -Tron --Brahm Stoker's Dracula-- -Last Night. Frankie Machine -NIGHT OF THE HUNTER -Cradle Will Rock -- My Own Private Idaho -WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS -Nightmare Before Christmas ---- Amores Perros - -Malo Education ---the Crying Game -- Sabatoge - -- 500 Blows -- Stolen Kisses -- Aunt Mame ---- Harvey -- Ruben and Ed -----
Armed and Famous, Green Wing, Freaks and Geeks, Spaced (BBC). cool stuff. boring stuff. that dating show with the parents who choose the date.
Going to Meet the Man and Giovanni's Room, Brazil (updike), Still Life With Woodpecker, The Dream Police, A Light in the Attic, Tropic of Cancer, A Place to Come Home To, Invisible Monsters
PJ Harvey, my mother, Gore Vidal, Leonard Bernstein.
misha barishnakov