Q: Why did I title today’s post “Question and Answer?
A: Because it fits the contents and it’s an excuse to share one of my favorite tunes by Pat Metheny.
Q: What images am I going to share today?
A: These.
Q: Why is today Brutus Day?
A: Because of the Ides of March.
Any questions?
My answer to everything is gratitude, so thanks to all who helped me create this “Question and Answer” post, including YOU.
On National Another Look Unlimited Day, I’ll take another look at
I love how the Daily Bitch takes another look at everything, including National Another Look Unlimited Day.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “another look.”
Now I’m going to take another look at this 1990s photo of Gary Burton, my old business partner Jonathan, and me:
I’ll take another look at the comments section later in the day.
Here’s another look at the gratitude I have for all who visit this blog, including YOU.
Last night I asked this question on Twitter:
Somebody described a nice encounter with David Letterman, who had a segment on his Late Night show about celebrity encounters called “Brush with Greatness.”
My celebrity encounters include talking to Jackie Chan in L.A., interviewing Gary Burton in a promotional video for Berklee College of Music, meeting Pete Buttigieg in Boston, being on stage in Spamalot on Broadway (with Clay Aiken and other cast members singing to me), and getting winked at by Art Buchwald at the Washington D.C. airport in the early 70’s.
Do you see any celebrity encounters in the images I’m sharing today?
I love my daily celebrity encounters with the Daily Bitch calendar.
Here’s the Spamalot celebrity cast I saw on Broadway in 2008:
Thanks to all the celebrities who are encountering this blog, here and now, including YOU.
Yesterday, on my walk away from work, I heard a great, great, great song: Sing, Sing, Sing.
As usual, when I write a post for you, I learn something. Already, today, I’ve learned three new things about Sing, Sing, Sing:
Here’s a version I love of Sing, Sing, Sing, featuring
(found here on YouTube)
Here’s a second — and the best-known — version of Sing, Sing, Sing, performed by Benny Goodman (and featuring the amazing Gene Krupa on drums).
(found here on YouTube)
Before I wrote this post, I assumed that Sing, Sing, Sing was written by Benny Goodman. Here’s the third version, performed by the composer (including the lyrics):
(found here on YouTube)
I really, really, really like the name Sing, Sing, Sing, especially since I’ve been writing (here, here, and here) about singing
My goals, to do that, have included:
I’ve done the first two on that list before, but that third type of performance would be new to me.
I hereby resolve — with my readers as my witness — that, this three-day weekend, I shall take the following steps to meet Goal #3:
As usual, I’d like to include some photos in this post. Since Gary Burton was my original inspiration for this post, I’ll show you three photos of him, in chronological order.
Here’s a photo of Gary Burton, in 1973:
(photo NOT found here, even though Google tells me so)
Here’s a photo of Gary Burton (center), three years before the above performance with the GRP All-Star Big Band, when he was the Dean of Curriculum of Berklee College of Music, in Boston:
And here’s Gary, these days, on the cover of his 2013 autobiography, Learning to Listen.
(photo found here)
I haven’t read that book yet (because when I do have time to read, it’s blogs, blogs, blogs), but “Learning to Listen” is a great three-word title, isn’t it?
In researching this post, I also googled “quotes about three,” and here are three of my favorites:
Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
— BuddhaBy three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
— ConfuciusIn three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
— Robert Frost
Thanks to all!