Swing http://www.alansondheim.org/swing.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/swing.jpg Stephen Dydo, violin, Alan Sondheim, guitar For some reason not necessarily to my liking, this music reminded me of people in the 1920s or 30s and the idea of apocalypse . I'm not sure why that really appeared . But apocalypse has been haunting me for a long time and I think it came out at least on my end in this music. What I mean is that the word is generally used to indicate a diminution or extinction of life on the planet. We think of apocalypse now as the death of a lot of humans at war period maybe some subsidiary animals . As well . Or maybe not but I was thinking of when the ivory billed woodpecker died , for the last few that remained, that was apocalypse. There's a famous film of a bird, I forget which species, help me, singing forlorn on a branch. It was explained he was the last of his species, calling for a mate, and there was none, none anywhere in the world. Apocalypse isn't human centered, although we're now more than responsible for it, for close to total devastation. I think Of this music which responds to me with a certain sadness and a certain history dash both dash all intertwined . I think of this music as a commentary honest task that never seems to end. The twilight is turning to a night of disappearance and there is no end in sight, no one to witness such an end , as we all pass on before it, or within it , and nothing will be to come or remain . For me, I speak just for me , this is eternal, but an eternal that seems to be coming closer and closer, with no sign , no warning , and we will all fall , now or before , or then, however then , within it _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
