Month: January 2023

Snow Plow… (B.C.)

https://youtu.be/SzVJyQ4Jsk4 The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad demonstrates how the Rio Grande Narrow Gauge cleared snow from their tracks during the winter months. In early 2020 BC (Before COVID) the Cumbres and Toltec ran Rotary OY on a photographer’s special from Chama, New Mexico, to the 10,000 foot summit of Cumbres Pass in Colorado. Two…… Continue reading Snow Plow… (B.C.)

Erik Satie – Gymnopédies

https://youtu.be/wnacdOIoTBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnacdOIoTBQ https://youtu.be/Qr4azoVLqL0?si=W3KpzKmSr1Rb9ona … https://youtu.be/5pyhBJzuixM?si=BFE1l1E_Usj54vSA Artists: Håkon Austbö (piano) The unconventional French composer Erik Satie almost wrote anti-music. In slow motion (and without bars) his well-known Gymnopédies glide past. In other pieces one can hear more than faint echoes form the vaudeville theatre. Played by Håkon Austbø.Social media links: Instagram: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Ins… Facebook: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Fac… TikTok: https://brilliant-classics.lnk.to/Tik……… Continue reading Erik Satie – Gymnopédies

Johann Sebastian Bach – Sonata no. 3 in D minor BWV 527

https://youtu.be/J6jl0_QVX5c Havinga | Netherlands Bach SocietyThe opening of this sonata in D minor, performed by Matthias Havinga for All of Bach, has an uncertain and emphatically andante sound. To the ears of seventeenth and eighteenth-century musicologists the key of D minor represented melancholy, devotion, solemnity and seriousness. Following this tentative start, Bach launches into experimentation,…… Continue reading Johann Sebastian Bach – Sonata no. 3 in D minor BWV 527

Dark Persuasion – The History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media

https://youtu.be/bWl8FXhdEio Joel Dimsdale discusses his latest book “Dark Persuasion: A History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media,” which traces the evolution of brainwashing from its beginnings in torture and religious conversion into the age of neuroscience and social media. Dimsdale is distinguished professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry at UC San Diego. [11/2021]…… Continue reading Dark Persuasion – The History of Brainwashing from Pavlov to Social Media