child with a teetotum

Child with a Teetotum, 1738
Jean Siméon Chardin

the voyage of life

Painted by Thomas Cole
Second series, 1842
National Gallery Of Art, Washington




The Voyage of Life: Childhood




The Voyage of Life: Youth




The Voyage of Life: Manhood




The Voyage of Life: Old Age

the golden age of american rock 'n' roll, volume 3

1. The All American Boy - Bill Parsons
2. Kansas City - Wilbert Harrison
3. My True Love - Jack Scott
4. Jennie Lee - Jan & Arnie
5. The Joker - Billy Myles
6. The Beat - The Rockin' R's
7. To Know Him, Is To Love Him - The Teddy Bears
8. When You Dance - The Turbans
9. Love Letters - Ketty Lester
10. So Tough - The Kuf-Linx
11. To The Aisle - The Five Satins
12. La Dee Dah - Billy & Lillie
13. Endless Sleep - Jody Reynolds
14. Chicken, Baby, Chicken - Tony Harris
15. Lover's Island - The Blue Jays
16. No Chemise, Please - Gerry Granahan
17. It Was I - Skip & Flip
18. Tonight I Fell In Love - The Tokens
19. Happy Birthday Blues - Kathy Young with The Innocents
20. Rockin' Little Angel - Ray Smith
21. Tonite, Tonite - The Mello-Kings
22. Cha Hua Hua - The Pets
23. Western Movies - The Olympics
24. The Girl In My Dreams - The Cliques
25. Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs
26. There Is Something On Your Mind - Big Jay McNeely & Band
27. Woman Is A Man's Best Friend - Teddy & The Twighlights
28. Sacred - The Castells
29. The Freeze - Tony & Joe
30. Click Clack - Dicky Doo & The Dont's


The Golden Age Of American Rock 'N' Roll, Volume 3
Hot 100 Hits From 1954-1963

a persian in thought

A Persian in Thought, engraved by R.W. Dadley

jesse belvin: guess who? - the rca victor recordings, disc 2

1. Give Me Love
2. I'll Never Be Lonely Again
3. The Door Is Always Open
4. It Could Have Been Worse
5. Here's A Heart
6. It's All Right With Me
7. Something Happens To Me
8. What's New?
9. In the Still Of The Night
10. Blues In The Night
11. Let There Be Love
12. Imagination
13. The Best Is Yet To Come
14. Makin' Whoopee
15. Angel Eyes
16. I'll Buy You A Star
17. The Very Thought Of You
18. My Last Goodbye


Jesse Belvin: Guess Who? - The RCA Victor Recorgings, Disc 2

tres imágenes de fuentidueña, en la provincia de segovia

Puerta de Alfonso VIII o de Trascastillo




Ruinas de la iglesia románica de San Martín, rodeadas por una necrópolis medieval excavada en roca

El ábside de esta iglesia, que permanecía en pie, fue trasladado en 1958 al Metropolitan Museum of Art de Nueva York (The Cloisters) a cambio de seis fragmentos de pintura mural pasados a lienzo de la ermita de San Baudelio (Casillas de Berlanga, Soria).




Galería porticada de la iglesia románica de San Miguel


Fotos de niki

jesse belvin: guess who? - the rca victor recordings, disc 1

1. Secret Love
2. Love Is Here to Stay
3. Ol' Man River
4. Now You Know
5. Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
6. Guess Who?
7. Witchcraft
8. My Funny Valentine
9. Funny
10. Take Me Back To The Island
11. (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over
12. Alright, Okay, You Win
13. Ever Since We Met
14. Pledging My Love
15. My Girl Is Just Enough Woman For Me
16. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)
17. Old MacDonald
18. Dandilyon


Jesse Belvin: Guess Who? - The RCA Victor Recordings, Disc 1

the golden age of american rock 'n' roll, volume 2

1. Memphis - Lonnie Mack
2. I Sold My Heart To The Junkman - The Blue Bells
3. You Belong To Me - The Duprees
4. Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night - Kenny Dino
5. A Million To One - Jimmy Charles
6. Rockin' In The Jungle - The Eternals
7. Wild Weekend - The Rockin' Rebels
8. Stay - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
9. Down The Aisle Of Love - The Quintones
10. Mountain Of Love - Harold Dorman
11. Nag - The Halos
12. Let The Little Girl Dance - Billy Bland
13. There's A Moon Out Tonight - The Capris
14. Get A Job - The Silhouettes
15. You - The Aquatones
16. Buzz Buzz Buzz - The Hollywood Flames
17. I've Had It - The Bell Notes
18. I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) - Barbara George
19. Mister Lonely - The Videls
20. In The Still Of The Nite - The Five Satins
21. Church Bells May Ring - The Willows
22. That's Life (That's Tough) - Gabriel & The Angels
23. Rumble - Link Wray & His Ray Men
24. Let's Stomp - Bobby Comstock
25. Oh Julie - The Crescendos
26. Little Darlin' - The Gladiolas
27. Teen Beat - Sandy Nelson
28. Diamonds And Pearls - The Paradons
29. Alley Oop - The Hollywood Argyles
30. California Sun - The Rivieras


The Golden Age Of American Rock 'N' Roll, Volume 2
Hot 100 Hits From 1954-1963

she walks in beauty

Study for 'The Lady Clare', c.1900
John William Waterhouse


She Walks in Beauty
George Gordon, Lord Byron

I

She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow’d to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.


II

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair’d the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.


III

And on that cheek, and o’er the brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!


Ella camina en la hermosura

I

Ella camina en la hermosura, como la noche
de climas sin nubes y cielos estrellados;
y cuanto de bueno hay en lo claro y en lo oscuro,
se muestra en su semblante y en sus ojos:
suavizado así, a la tierna luz
que el cielo niega al día vulgar.


II

Una sombra de más, un rayo de menos,
hubieran bastado para dañar esa gracia sin nombre
que ondula en cada trenza de color de cuervo,
o delicadamente ilumina su rostro;
donde los pensamientos, con serenidad y dulzura,
expresan cuán pura y amorosa es su morada.


III

Y en la mejilla, y sobre las cejas,
tan dulces, sosegados, aunque elocuentes,
los colores que brillan, las sonrisas que triunfan,
hablan sólo de días transcurridos en bondad,
de una mente en paz con las cosas de este mundo,
¡de un corazón cuyo amor es inocente!


Traducción de niki




Miniature portrait of Lord Byron, 1815
James Holmes

Éste era, de cuantos le hicieron, el retrato que prefería Byron. Su hermanastra Augusta se lo regaló a la amante italiana de Byron, Teresa Guiccioli.

moses rescued from the nile

Moses Rescued from the Nile, c.1630
Orazio Gentileschi

the golden age of american rock 'n' roll

1. Denise - Randy & The Rainbows
2. Sally Go Round The Roses - The Jaynetts
3. Mule Skinner Blues - The Fendermen
4. Sixteen Candles - The Crests
5. Pretty Little Angel Eyes - Curtis Lee
6. I Love How You Love Me - The Paris Sisters
7. The Big Hurt - Miss Toni Fisher
8. A Thousand Stars - Kathy Young & The Innocents
9. Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day
10. Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) - The Penguins
11. Bongo Rock - Preston Epps
12. Tossin' And Turnin' - Bobby Lewis
13. My True Story - The Jive Five
14. Stranded In The Jungle - The Cadets
15. Angel Baby - Rosie & The Originals
16. Party Lights - Claudine Clark
17. When We Get Married - The Dreamlovers
18. Cindy's Birthday - Johnny Crawford
19. Let's Dance - Chris Montez
20. Who's That Knocking - The Genies
21. Love You So - Ron Holden
22. Cherry Pie - Skip & Flip
23. Since I Don't Have You - The Skyliners
24. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen
25. Since I Fell For You - Lenny Welch
26. Image Of A Girl - The Safaris
27. Smoky Places - The Corsairs
28. Gee Whiz - The Innocents
29. A Little Bit Of Soap - The Jarmels
30. Eddie My Love - The Teen Queens


The Golden Age Of American Rock 'N' Roll
Hard-to-Get Hot 100 Hits From 1954-63

rondel

A Child Blowing on an Ember, early 1570s
El Greco


Rondel
Tristan Corbière

Il fait noir, enfant, voleur d'étincelles !
Il n'est plus de nuits, il n'est plus de jours ;
Dors... en attendant venir toutes celles
Qui disaient : Jamais ! Qui disaient : Toujours !

Entends-tu leurs pas ?... Ils ne sont pas lourds :
Oh ! les pieds légers ! – l'Amour a des ailes...
Il fait noir, enfant, voleur d'étincelles !

Entends-tu leurs voix ?... Les caveaux sont sourds.
Dors : Il pèse peu, ton faix d'immortelles :
Ils ne viendront pas, tes amis les ours,
Jeter leur pavé sur tes demoiselles...
Il fait noir, enfant, voleur d'étincelles !


¡Está oscuro, niño, ladrón de centellas!
Ya no hay más noches, ya no hay más días;
duerme... esperando que vengan
las que decían: ¡nunca!, las que decían: ¡siempre!

¿Oyes sus pasos?... No son muy pesados:
¡oh, los pies ligeros! El Amor tiene alas...
¡Está oscuro, niño, ladrón de centellas!

¿Oyes sus voces?... Los panteones son sordos.
Duerme: tu haz de inmortales apenas pesa:
no vendrán tus amigos los osos
a echarles piropos torpes a tus damiselas…
¡Está oscuro, niño, ladrón de centellas!


Traducción de niki

un patio azul

Mesón de la Dolores, Calatayud
Febrero, 2009

Foto de niki

two dylan covers by ben sidran

Gotta Serve Somebody
Subterranean Homesick Blues


From the CD
The Ben Sidran Hammond Quartet: Cien Noches
Recorded live at the Café Central, Madrid, November 2007


Ben Sidran - Hammond organ, vocals
Bob Rockwell - Saxophone
Louka Patenaude - Guitar
Leo Sidran - Drums

oviedo

Vista de edificios desde la Plaza de Trascorrales




Catedral de San Salvador




El Greco, Santiago el Mayor (Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias)




Santa María del Naranco


Fotos de niki

rameau, minkowski & les musiciens du louvre

Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Indes Galantes: "Forêts paisibles"
M. Léger - L. Naouri
Chœur et orchestre des Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski


Forêts paisibles,
Jamais un vain désir ne trouble ici nos coeurs.
S'ils sont sensibles,
Fortune, ce n'est pas au prix de tes faveurs.

Dans nos retraites,
Grandeur, ne viens jamais
Offrir tes faux attraits !
Ciel, tu les as faites
Pour l'innocence et pour la paix.

Jouissons dans nos asiles,
Jouissons des biens tranquilles !
Ah ! Peut-on être heureux,
Quand on forme d'autres voeux ?

new britain (the roots of american folksong)

1. Judicii Signum - The Great Day
2. Calenda Maia - Cuando por el oriente
3. Rossignolet du bois joli - Rossignolet del bos jolin
4. Dans Paris y-at-un'barbière - Allons-nous faire la barbe
5. Mon père m'a mariée
6. Gabriel Nazareth - Une nymphe jolie
7. C'est en passant par Varennes - Margot labourés les vignes
8. Bransles de village - Il était une Cendrillon
9. C'est dans la ville de Bytown
10. Il est venu le petit oysillon - An jenem Tag, nach Davids sag - Barbara Allen - Heavenly Dove
11. Chevy Chase - The King's hunt is up - The English hunt's up
12. My love gave me a cherry - I gave my love a cherry
13. Hey, ho, nobody at home
14. There were three crows - There were three ravens
15. Lady Cassille's lilt - Gypsy Davy
16. The jolly beggar
17. Billy Boy
18. Recercada primera [Diego Ortiz] - Betty Anne
19. Singing school
20. Thomas-Town
21. New Britain (Amazing grace)
22. Parting friends
23. Hallelujah


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New Britain (The Roots Of American Folksong)
The Boston Camerata
Joel Cohen


Gypsy Davy

Gypsy Davy came over the hill,
Down through the valley shady;
He whistled and he sang
Till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of the lady.

[Refrain]
Ah dee doo, ah dee doo dah day,
Ah dee doo, ah dee day dee,
He whistled and he sang
Till the green woods rang,
And he won the heart of the lady.

My lord returning home that night,
And asking for his lady,
The servants made him this reply,
“She's gone with the Gypsy Davy.”

“O saddle to me my jet black steed,
The brown one is not speedy,
O saddle to me my jet black steed,
Till I seek and find my lady.”

He sought her up and he sought her down,
Through woods and valley shady;
He sought her down by the muddy water side,
And there he found his lady.

“What made you leave your house and lands?
What made you leave your baby?
What made you leave your own wedded lord
To go with the Gypsy Davy?”

“I never loved you in my life,
I never loved my baby,
And I never loved my own wedded lord
Like I love the Gypsy Davy.”


Gypsy Davy bajó de la montaña
al valle sombrío;
silbó y cantó
hasta que los verdes bosques resonaron,
y ganó el corazón de la dama.

[Estribillo]
Ah dee doo, ah dee doo dah day,
Ah dee doo, ah dee day dee,
silbó y cantó
hasta que los verdes bosques resonaron,
y ganó el corazón de la dama.

Mi señor, al volver a casa esa noche,
preguntó por su dama.
Los sirvientes le dieron esta respuesta:
«Se ha ido con Gypsy Davy».

«Oh, ensilladme mi corcel negro,
el castaño no es veloz.
Oh, ensilladme mi corcel negro,
para que busque y encuentre a mi dama».

La buscó por todos lados,
por los bosques y el valle sombrío.
La buscó a orillas de la ciénaga,
y allí encontró a su dama.

«¿Qué te hizo abandonar tu casa y tus tierras?
¿Qué te hizo abandonar a tu niño?
¿Qué te hizo abandonar a tu propio esposo y señor
para irte con Gypsy Davy?».

«Nunca en mi vida te amé,
nunca amé a mi niño,
y nunca amé a mi propio esposo y señor
como amo a Gypsy Davy».


Traducción de niki

the astaire story, disc 2

1. Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
2. No Strings (I'm Fancy Free)
3. I Concentrate On You
4. I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
5. A Fine Romance
6. Night And Day
7. Fascinating Rhythm
8. I Love Louisa
9. (Ad Lib) Slow Dances
10. (Ad Lib) Medium Dance
11. They Can't Take That Away From Me
12. You're Easy To Dance With
13. A Needle In A Haystack
14. So Near And Yet So Far
15. A Foggy Day
16. Oh, Lady Be Good!
17. I'm Building Up To An Awful Letdown
18. Not My Girl
19. Jam Session


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The Astaire Story, Disc 2

the astaire story, disc 1

1. Isn't This A Lovely Day
2. Puttin' On The Ritz
3. I Used To Be Color Blind
4. The Continental
5. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
6. Change Partners
7. 'S Wonderful
8. Lovely To Look At
9. They All Laughed
10. Cheek To Cheek
11. Steppin' Out With My Baby
12. The Way You Look Tonight
13. I've Got My Eyes On You
14. Dancing In The Dark
15. The Carioca
16. Nice Work If You Can Get It
17. New Sun In The Sky
18. I Won't Dance
19. (Ad Lib) Fast Dances


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The Astaire Story, Disc 1


Fred Astaire: vocals & tap dancing
Charlie Shavers: trumpet
Flip Phillips: tenor saxophone
Oscar Peterson: piano
Barney Kessel: guitar
Ray Brown: bass
Alvin Stoller: drums