Well, dear readers, here I am again, writing today’s notes yesterday. That is because I must be off even earlier in the morning for another long day. Yesterday I asked all of you dear readers to send me all your Hainsie/Kimlet good vibes and you did and they were very helpful indeed. So, I’m asking all you dear readers to do the same again today – even moreso. Send me your absolute best dear reader good vibes for I shall need them all.
Yesterday, dear reader JMK pointed out that what I was calling an A major seventh chord was really an A minor/major seventh chord, and of course he was correct. That is because I’d originally put in an Ab major seventh chord (Ab, C, Eb, G) and then I decided to make it an A major seventh chord because I didn’t feel like having any unseemly flats around. So, I unflatted the Ab and Eb, and in my haste to sharp the G I forgot to sharp the C. Hence, we had a minor/major thing on our hands. I have since revised history like they do in Mr. George Orwell’s novel entitled Nineteen Eighty-Four, and made the chord a proper A major seventh chord, which is what it was meant to be in the first place. When in the key of A we must always sharp our Cs if we wish to remain major. I feel we need no minor chords in these here notes of August so we will only have sharped Cs whilst in the key of A. What do you think of that? Does anyone have a clue as to what the hell I’m talking about?
It looks like there was a very lively discussion going on, and many posts about the late Ben Bagley. I only spoke to him a couple of times late in his life, but I found him to be a delightful, if weird, man.
O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I? Why did that suddenly just come into my mind? I was sitting here minding my own business when suddenly I thought, O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I. Since I am neither a rogue or peasant slave I cannot fathom why that suddenly popped into my head like an unwanted Frisbee. Are all of our Cs sharped? Just checking – these notes have still not left the key of A, because we feel the key of A is the only appropriate key for the month of August. Perhaps for September we’ll change to the key of S.
Now, as soon as you are finished reading these here notes, you must go read our brand spanking new Unseemly Interview with Miss Alison Fraser – it is a total delight and quite sparkling. Just click on the Link to New Sections over there on the left, and then click on the Unseemly Interview Section. And if you missed Kerry Butler’s interview, there is a handy-dandy archive where you will find it.
Well, I do believe it is time to click on the Unseemly Button below whilst our Cs are still sharped.
Don’t forget, I will be answering all your excellent questions in tomorrow’s notes, so do stop by on your way to wherever you are going.
O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I. I can’t believe it, it happened again – it just came out. What is it with the rogue and peasant slave bit? Isn’t it fascinating that if you switch the “g” and the “u” around suddenly you are a rouge and peasant slave, which is a whole other box of canned beans. Quick, a sharped C will help us out. Everyone, on the count of three let us sing a loud and defiant C#. One, two, three… A loud and defiant C#!
That was excellent. I feel we could become the brand spanking new Mormon Tabernacle Choir. And our very first recording will be entitled A Loud and Defiant C#.
Do not fret, dear readers, these here notes will have actual content on the weekend – I’m just getting through them for these two days because, frankly, my mind is elsewhere. I hate when that happens. I’m here but my mind is elsewhere. Maybe I’ll show my mind a thing or two and I’ll be elsewhere and leave my mind here? What do you think of that idea?
Well, dear readers, I’m afraid I must hit the hay. Last night I hit the sack, and tonight I shall hit the hay. Perhaps tomorrow night I shall hit the hey. I feel it is very important to hit something at night whether it be the sack, the hay, or the hey. Do check out the Alison Fraser interview and do come back to see the answers to your excellent questions. Quick, everyone on the count (I just mistyped the word “count” and let me tell you one does not want to leave a letter out of that word) of three let us sing a loud and defiant C#. One, two, three… A loud and defiant C#!
What are we, the Norman Luboff Choir all of a sudden? What are we, Mitch Miller and the Gang all of a sudden? In any case, today’s topic of discussion: If you could put on your very own musical revue, what would be the subject of it (topical, songwriter tribute, satire, whatever) and, given all the performers working in the musical theater today, what five people would you cast in it? I don’t have time to actually think it out right now, other than to say I’ve always wanted to do a tribute to Livingston and Evans. But I’ll be back later with some ideas, whenever I’m able. Meanwhile – your turn.