tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post3646757659124917968..comments2024-03-29T10:15:50.124+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Theme Thursday - RhythmAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-87321506828379441672009-09-14T21:13:58.711+01:002009-09-14T21:13:58.711+01:00Alan, I am sorry to be so late getting to this pos...Alan, I am sorry to be so late getting to this post. I am extremely behind on checking the memes I posted to this week. Somehow I checked your other blog and missed this one completely. <br /><br />I really enjoyed this post and the one before it. Sorry to hear you had to deal with hearing lost but delighted to learn your successful outcome. <br /><br />Deafness runs in my family. Both parents, 6 siblings, and my daughter have all lost most of their hearing and need expensive aids. So far none have been told that the Cochlear implant would help. <br /><br />I have a friend who has the implant though and know of several children in town with one. What a difference it made for them. <br /><br />Now I am off to read your July post.Kranky Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395118246357066241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-7946059008653696722009-09-12T22:21:06.344+01:002009-09-12T22:21:06.344+01:00Alan I'm so glad your hearing was restored. Gr...Alan I'm so glad your hearing was restored. Great little Aussie invention that Cochlear implant!Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-62080599882823054522009-09-12T13:03:50.547+01:002009-09-12T13:03:50.547+01:00great post. wish i had seen your car tap dancing ...great post. wish i had seen your car tap dancing down the road.Jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09453433190266432905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-16191342358811660092009-09-12T07:06:46.389+01:002009-09-12T07:06:46.389+01:00brilliant! rhythm is inside of us--a beat that we ...brilliant! rhythm is inside of us--a beat that we hear regardless of our ability--it is what moves us.<br /><br />great work-cC.M. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06936560662110633442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-57961357665742036672009-09-11T14:21:35.542+01:002009-09-11T14:21:35.542+01:00What an enjoyable story! Wish we had a video clip...What an enjoyable story! Wish we had a video clip of you in the car! Nice take on the theme, Alan! :)Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-35655367695413744902009-09-11T11:53:00.519+01:002009-09-11T11:53:00.519+01:00Alan - great response to the theme. I can imagine...Alan - great response to the theme. I can imagine drumming having a lure, but not tap dancing. As usual you open my eyes (and ears).Kabbalah Rookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12737692859267786264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-9274648524573920322009-09-11T10:28:21.208+01:002009-09-11T10:28:21.208+01:00Alan, when you can. It took me ages, too. It's...Alan, when you can. It took me ages, too. It's interesting, though. You learn so much about people and in the process have some good larfs as well as thoughtful moments. Sorry to reply here. I couldn't see your email on the profile page...Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882229240289840845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-75731337415358056322009-09-11T10:16:29.629+01:002009-09-11T10:16:29.629+01:00Hi Alan
I've awarded you the Honest Scrap awar...Hi Alan<br />I've awarded you the Honest Scrap award. Love your writings! Wanna come and get it from my September 11 Blogpost?<br />Keep up the good work!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882229240289840845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-15294704245750032382009-09-11T09:22:53.137+01:002009-09-11T09:22:53.137+01:00Hi Alan, I'm glad you wrote about deafness and...Hi Alan, I'm glad you wrote about deafness and your operation to overcome it. I was about to ask you that. I'm going to come back later and check it out, as I have 3 family members who are hard of hearing. What was that movie, where the deaf star actually put the speaker face down onto the stage to dance to the rhythm, through the floorboards? Drat... can't remember. Begins with M anyway.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882229240289840845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-48701965432874326192009-09-11T03:20:01.234+01:002009-09-11T03:20:01.234+01:00I didn't get in until now but it is a good pos...I didn't get in until now but it is a good post. As an artist, I find that some senses are stronger than others while I paint. But even if I wouldn't have one of the senses, I would rely on the others to express all I had known or all I now know about my subject. Sight of course would shut that down.<br />One of the reasons I wanted to stop teaching was that my hearing just isn't that sharp. The sweet soft spoken child in the back was never being heard. Once when I subbed in a class for a missing teacher, a little boy came up to me and whispered something. I just shook my head yes and he sat down. The next thing I noticed that he pulled out his Ipod and all the rest of the class started listening to there music machines. I just smiled and thought, well I guess he was asking to use his illegal music device and he let everybody know that I said yes. I am glad you have had a successful surgery.L. D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/02270923121962761209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-60562921613758095482009-09-10T23:03:13.707+01:002009-09-10T23:03:13.707+01:00Thanks everyone for your comments. I'm glad yo...Thanks everyone for your comments. I'm glad you liked the post. For those unfamiliar with the story of my deafness there was a series of posts back in July under the heading "Into The Void" which describes the background to my deafness and the story of the cochlear implant operation which restored my hearing. And I write this late at night and as I write I am listening to Billie Holiday sing "These Foolish Things" which answers the questions about my current state of hearing. I don't need tap dancing any more.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-16452196555730266962009-09-10T21:26:26.344+01:002009-09-10T21:26:26.344+01:00Alan I had no idea you were deaf . . or have you r...Alan I had no idea you were deaf . . or have you recovered your hearing now? . ..perhaps you need a decent subwoofer. I can 'feel' my son's speakers two rooms away, no need for hearing!Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-48519627410130259612009-09-10T20:54:40.558+01:002009-09-10T20:54:40.558+01:00Heh, heh! I would have paid to see your car tap da...Heh, heh! I would have paid to see your car tap dance down the highway!<br /><br />I wonder if the reason why rhythm remains even after the hearing is gone is somehow related to our heartbeat? And I know I can feel drums as much as hear them when they're being beaten on, so that rhythm may be as much a phenomenon of touch as hearing.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-19115516120189319162009-09-10T19:44:26.332+01:002009-09-10T19:44:26.332+01:00Beer. Politics. Tap dancing.
Ladies and Gentlemen...Beer. Politics. Tap dancing.<br /><br />Ladies and Gentlemen, Alan Burnett!JeffScapehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190641629175438603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-30636201499312596802009-09-10T19:20:40.944+01:002009-09-10T19:20:40.944+01:00That is really interesting--the drive for rhythm b...That is really interesting--the drive for rhythm being perhaps more basic than the drive for melody or harmony. It's true that everything proceeds from rhythm in music--even melody & melodic improvsation. Great post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-37643587291397937862009-09-10T19:16:02.471+01:002009-09-10T19:16:02.471+01:00I agree with Willow about the tap dancing car! LOL...I agree with Willow about the tap dancing car! LOL!!! Great Theme Thursday post, my friend!Skip Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11893145208347596418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-52009507560922038132009-09-10T18:57:05.814+01:002009-09-10T18:57:05.814+01:00I was too young to drive then, which is a shame be...I was too young to drive then, which is a shame because I would have liked to see that. And the tap dancing kitten, or did I read that wrong? Lap dancing kitten? No, that was wrong too, I suspect.mo.stoneskinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737422581378328590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-10889340666624857642009-09-10T17:57:31.421+01:002009-09-10T17:57:31.421+01:00Wonderful post and I can just see the face of a co...Wonderful post and I can just see the face of a confused constable in your rear-view mirror...<br /><br />How are you doing now???ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-17365853965487516962009-09-10T15:56:04.083+01:002009-09-10T15:56:04.083+01:00Your car tap dancing down the M18. That would have...Your car tap dancing down the M18. That would have been a funny sight!!<br /><br />I wanted to tap dance so badly when I was a girl. My mother wouldn't let me tap my shoes on the kitchen linoleum and my tube socks just wouldn't make the delightful clatter. So, I ended up ice skating around the kitchen floor.Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-38720462022021263432009-09-10T14:50:09.509+01:002009-09-10T14:50:09.509+01:00I don't have the radio on whilst driving, as I...I don't have the radio on whilst driving, as I've so much music stored in the ol' grey matter, so will on occasion find myself tap-tapping on the steering wheel( but only at at signal light ). I can just see you trying to explain this to the constabulary, Alan...<br /><br />Too, I saw your post on your operation and wondering how everything is now? As one who is going deaf myself, I'm curious. <br /><br />Great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-255758203912895452009-09-10T14:47:38.023+01:002009-09-10T14:47:38.023+01:00Wow, now that is a great take on the theme! Good t...Wow, now that is a great take on the theme! Good to know you still got rhythm! Cool.Wings1295https://www.blogger.com/profile/08045644215235749353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-26958581427523976282009-09-10T14:36:05.455+01:002009-09-10T14:36:05.455+01:00That was priceless, well done.That was priceless, well done.nonamedufushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818490858598810629noreply@blogger.com