All This Is That

Monday, March 20, 2017

Mr. Rushmore with Donald Trump

By Jack Brummet

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Updated: List of characters in The Beatle's songs

Eight years ago, I tried to write down the names of every character I remember appearing in songs by The Beatles. Since this was published in 2009, various readers have sent in some of the missing characters, and a lot came in from Facebook today. We're at least more complete; who else are we still missing?

A barber A boy A fireman A girl A girl like you A lucky man A pretty nurse A rich man Another girl Another lover Another man

Baby Bad boy Beautiful people Billy Shears Blackbird Boys Bulldog Bungalow Bill

Captain Marvel Chuck Crabalocker fishwife

Dan Dave Dennis O'Bell Desmond  Doctor Robert  Doris

Edgar Allen Poe Eleanor Rigby Expert Textpert Choking Smokers 

Father Mackenzie

Georgia Gideon

Hari Krishna He Her Henry the horse Her Majesty Him His Mother His Wife Honey Pie

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Joan John Johnny Jojo Jude Julia

Lady Madonna Lil Loretta Martin Loretta Martin’s mother Lovely Rita Lovers and friends Lucy Lucy in the sky

Maggie Mae Magill Martha Martha my dear Mary Mary Jane Maxwell Maxwell Edison Me Mean Mr. Mustard Messrs K and H Michelle Miss Lizzy Mister City Policeman  Molly Mom Mother  Mary Mother Nature's Son Mother Superior Mr.H Mr. Heath Mr. K Mr. Kite Mr. Moonlight Mr. Postman Mr. Wilson Mrs. Robinson My monkey 

Nancy Nowhere Man 

Old Flattop Other Lover 

Pablo Fanque Paul People and friends Peter Piggies Piggie Wives Pigs Pigs in a sty Polythene Pam Pornographic priestess Prudence 

Rita Rocky Raccoon Rose Rosie 

Sergeant Pepper Semolina Pilchard Sexy Sadie She Sir Walter Raleigh Somebody 

Taxman Teddy Boy The All-American bullet-headed Saxon mother's son The banker The Blue Meanies The Children The Doctor The Duchess of Kircaldy The Duke The Eggman The Eggmen  The English Army The fool on the hill The Hendersons The Joker The King of Marigold The People The Queen The Taxman The Walrus This bird Two of us

Valerie Vera

We Wilson

Yoko You Your bird Your boy Your mother

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Sunday, March 19, 2017

Thank you Chuck Berry

By Jack Brummet, American Music History Ed.

Thanks for the music, and rock and roll in general, Chuck.

I wonder what people at the other end of the line will think if they are able to play that record on the Voyager?

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Saturday, March 18, 2017

Restless Books series "The Face"

By Jack Brummet, Mod Lit Ed.

I've thought a lot about faces the last few years. I've now read both the the Abani and Ozeki volumes of "The Face" series (Restless Books). Both are very fine books. So far, three have been released.

"It's a jazzy concept: Give hugely talented writers the same basic notes (their own faces), turn them loose and watch them riff seemingly endless melodic variations on the theme. The prompt is diabolically clever…. deep, intricate, often funny, and genuinely moving meditations on family, ancestry, race, ethnicity, culture, aging, past, present and future…. If Restless Books can sustain this level of quality throughout the series, I'm in for the long haul.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Friday, March 17, 2017

The German word Fremdschämen

Fremdschämen is used to describe someone who feels embarrassment for someone else. The corresponding noun for this feeling is Fremdscham. English equivalents include “vicarious embarrassment” and “empathetic embarrassment,” but neither are in common use like the German word fremdschämen.