#gershwin

George Gershwin taking a bow after the premiere of Porgy and Bess, October 10, 1935, at the Alvin (now the Neil Simon) Theater. "The starry opening drew Hollywood royalty, including Katharine Hepburn and Joan Crawford. After the ovations died down, the A-listers headed to a glamorous after-party, where George Gershwin played excerpts from his score on the piano."—NY Times

(Who knew that "A-listers" was a phrase in the 1930s?)

There is an old joke, "What is Beethoven up to these days?" Answer, "Decomposing." Haha very funny. Everybody laughs. But what if I told you that in the 1960's famous dead musicians of the past got tired of decomposing and decided to start re-composing? With the help of a mild mannered British single mother and lunch lady, a full Liszt of the greats were ready to take the stage once more and start their encore. 

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Rosemary Brown (1916-2001), a widowed single mother who became a medium through whom dead classical composers dictated new works years after their deaths.

Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Hungarian composer and former bad boy. Seriously, look up Lisztomania. He was so popular at his height that his performances could be compared to rock shows of the 20th century, complete with screaming, fainting young women who would fling articles of their clothing on stage for him. His spirit was the first to visit Rosemary and task her with the mission of helping him and others get their new music out.

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) Polish composer who also came to Rosemary.

The list of composers who came to her was long. Including Beethoven, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Gershwin, and even John Lennon after his death. Rosemary would eventually obtain a recording contract for her otherworldly compositions.

And she would even become the subject of BBC documentaries.

have mercy

no the pome aint ended it barely - started on this usual usual morning mostly

of course a good and always kitty (and more sleep than accustomed tho we never get 8 hours ) the beginning of a nightmare avoided by the intervention of the aroma of coffee knowing one wuz mine

and again the morning escapes aided by laundry , murder birdsong even sunshine not exactly in that order but in a jumble that includes dishes in my not far future but now we be - doing waatever this is exactly - some tinged emotions that cant ezily bee described its 2 complicated and other raisins de etre - some bittersweet like espresso chocolate - thinkin bout buckwheat pancakes or crepes and if they r ez - we mostly gluten free avoiding wheat especially tho not forbidden by anyone it might help and less inflammatory maybe it seems to be a good thing so far but i miss toast especially and will prolly make an exemption for an almond croissant on a future date tbd

where wuz we and what wuz we thinking before we went a wander - did we have a point we wonder - where the fuck the time goes - tho we sumtimes havent even done laundry - oh yah now we 'members thinking bout doing dishes like hercules - witch now r done before we edit - its funny how a mind wurks or duznt - ru good at remembering - names for instance - we sux always have until we find the mnemonic and even then - i mean some ppl no problem - and other quirks too many to mention not gonna tawk about compulsions - thot we wuz editing not writing editorials - ok imma stop now

we plan on playing at madrone later - actually almost looking forward to and think we strong enough to bee electrical blondie playing like a mellow yellow banana - maybe a spark of magic for a moment here and there like - its close enough for jazz to play summertime a last moment inspiration and we had mostly some sunshine for 3 daze

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