Browsing Archive: July, 2013
Posted by Vincente E. Woodward on Saturday, July 13, 2013,
FASCISM IN ACTION
A DOCUMENTED STUDY AND ANALYSIS
OF FASCISM IN EUROPE
PREPARED AT THE INSTANCE AND UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT PATMAN OF TEXAS
BY
LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE SERVICE
OF THE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
ERNEST S. GRIFFITH
published in 1947
FOREWARD
by Representative Wright Patman, of Texas
The world today is faced with a dangerous manifestation of recent history known as fascism. Opinions vary as to whether this movement is economic, so...
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Posted by Vincente E. Woodward on Monday, July 8, 2013,
This song,
070813a,
was written
at 3:30 this morning.
It is in a choral hymn style.
Was supposed to start in key of G major,
but I started in G minor,
instead,
and then drifted into G major,
and then went through
a number of related keys.
The style is reminiscent of
first year harmony class.
This is on purpose.
It is a sort of revisit
to what one is supposed to be learning.
Does anyone out there remember
Bach Reimenschneider?
It is a book of choral pieces
which were arranged by J.S. Bach,
for pedago...
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Posted by Vincente E. Woodward on Saturday, July 6, 2013,
I am, once again,
unable to sleep,
so I got up at 2 a.m.
and wrote this song
titled 070613a,
in the key of A minor.
It has been several weeks
since I have composed.
It feels good to write.
We shall hope for the best.
As I already told,
I am on the road in a few hours.
So, I do not expect
to be writing anything more
until I return on Monday night.
Until then,
may God be with you.
w/love
vw
3:02 a.m.
Saturday
7-6-13
Ventura, California, USA
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Posted by Vincente E. Woodward on Saturday, July 6, 2013,
It is 10:48 p.m.
I just got back to the computer.
As I was thinking about
the last post
I realized that it seemed
rather incomplete.
Almost like hearing
only one side of
a telephone conversation.
Because I have a number
of persons who have acted as
"sounding boards"
over the years,
I am used to having them
already know all of the details
about which I am writing,
as we work out finer levels of detail.
I would like,
first of all,
to tell the purpose
of some of these writings.
I have been writing
abou... Continue reading ...
Posted by Vincente E. Woodward on Friday, July 5, 2013,
I just finished reading
the new book,
Almost a Psychopath
by Ronald Schoutgen, MD
of Harvard Medical School,
and James Silver,
criminal prosecutor
and criminal defense attorney.
The subtitle on the cover
of the book reads:
Do I (or Someone I Know)
have a Problem with Manipulation
and Lack of Empathy?
So much of this book
cannot help but
continuously remind me
of the various persons
who one sees
day in and day out
in the mass media,
including the politicians
and their hacks,
sycophant...
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Posted by Vincente E. Woodward on Thursday, July 4, 2013,
It is 4:40 a.m.
I cannot sleep, once again,
so that I have gotten up
to write a few words on
what I have come to term as
"Mommyism".
One of the best examples
I have ever seen
of such a thing
took place
on one of the first cruises
I ever went on.
I believe it was the very first one.
It was from Los Angeles,
to Ensenada, Mexico,
and back in five days,
with a stopover at Catalina Island,
and a quick swing through
the Channel Islands
off the coast
here where I live.
We got off at Ensenada,
and there it ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Vincente E. Woodward on Wednesday, July 3, 2013,
I tried to add
the following
as a p.s.
to the immediately prior post.
It is a pair of links
to Frederic Bastiat's
Petition from Candlemakers.
This is a very pithy satire
which demonstrates,
in a rather unique manner,
the shallowness,
insincerity,
and downright disingenuousness
of all of those do-gooders
who pretend to be
out to help you and me,
but somehow ALWAYS
only end up able to
help out themselves,
typically with you and me
paying the very extravegant bill.
I read this essay at about
16 or ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Vincente E. Woodward on Wednesday, July 3, 2013,
I thought I should briefly touch base.
All is well here
(except for my broken neck;
the cervical vertebrae
have been moving
all over the place
for past two weeks
= very uncomfortable,
but I am hoping that
they are realigning themselves properly,
following a whole series
of hits to my head,
each of which managed
to cause further compression injuries
= OUCH !!).
I have had no "inspiration"
to write music
since the untimely
and tragic
death
of my very good friend,
in spirt,
Michael Hastings.
One co... Continue reading ...
