Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art One-half Banana Stems
Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art One-half Banana Stems - www.kevindayhoff.com Address: PO Box 124, Westminster MD 21158 410-259-6403 kevindayhoff@gmail.com Runner, writer, artist, fire & police chaplain Mindless ramblings of a runner, journalist & artist: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, technology, music, culture, opera... National & International politics www.kevindayhoff.net For community: www.kevindayhoff.org For art, technology, writing, & travel: www.kevindayhoff.com
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Thursday, September 09, 2021
Ed Sheeran, Martin Garrix, Kygo, Dua Lipa, Avicii, The Chainsmokers Styl...
J'Accuse 1919 full silent movie by Abel Gance (english subtitles)
October 9, 1921: “J’accuse” by Abel Gance
Next month, on October 9, 1921 is the anniversary of the French classic silent movie, “J’accuse.” This is not the movie with the title, ‘J’Accuse, (An Officer and a Spy,)” by Roman Polansky, that was released in August 2019, about the accusations against the French Jewish artillery officer Alfred Dreyfus in 1894. Owen Gleiberman wrote a great article about the Polansky movie, in “Variety”, on August 30, 2019. Find it here: https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/jaccuse-an-office-and-a-spy-review-roman-polanski-1203319146/
The movie, released in the US in October 1919, is about “two men who love the same woman and meet in the trenches of the First World War. Their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of the war.” Find the entire movie on YouTube, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiqKNwxL6oc
Which, in full transparency, I think is in the top-20 most compelling, yet undeniably and perpetually neurotic movies of all time. It certainly rivals the work of Ingmar Bergman’s work.
One of the most disturbing scenes – among many truly disturbing scenes, is the classic, “return of the dead,” sequence. It is best described by writer Kevin Brownlow, in his 1968 book, “The Parades Gone By.” Mr. Brownlow explains, “The sequence of the 'return of the dead' at the end of the film was shot in the south of France, using 2000 soldiers who had come back on leave.
Abel Gance, who both wrote and directed the movie, recalled, according to Brownlow, “The conditions in which we filmed were profoundly moving... These men had come straight from the Front – from Verdun – and they were due back eight days later. They played the dead knowing that in all probability they'd be dead themselves before long. Within a few weeks of their return, eighty per cent had been killed…
For the film's opening title, a large group of soldiers, filmed from above, is formed up to shape the letters J...A...C...C...U...S... E. In the middle of preparing the shot, a general asked Gance what was happening. Gance stalled until the shot was complete, and then explained to the startled general that he was "accusing the war... accusing men... accusing universal stupidity".
In the final scenes of the film, according to Brownlow, Gance's accusations, through the mouth of Jean Diaz, seem to be levelled against those who have not cared enough – the civilians who enjoyed another life, or those who profited from the war, or who simply forgot what it meant.
The soldiers risen from the dead are said to be content to return to their rest once reassured by the living that their sacrifice has not been in vain. Diaz's final accusation is made against the sun for being a mute witness to so much horror.
Asked whether he regarded J'accuse as a pacifist film, Gance replied: "I'm not interested in politics... But I am against war because war is futile. Ten or twenty years afterward, one reflects that millions have died and all for nothing. One has found friends among one's old enemies, and enemies among one's friends.
According to a preview of the movie on YouTube: J'accuse is a
1919 French silent film directed by Abel Gance. It juxtaposes a romantic drama
with the background of the horrors of World War I, and it is sometimes
described as a pacifist or anti-war film. Work on the film began in 1918, and
some scenes were filmed on real battlefields. The film's powerful depiction of
wartime suffering, and particularly its climactic sequence of the "return
of the dead", made it an international success, and confirmed Gance as one
of the most important directors in Europe. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiqKNwxL6oc]
Cast
Romuald Joubé as the poet Jean Diaz
Maxime Desjardins
as Maria Lazare
Séverin-Mars as
François Laurin
Angèle Guys as
Angèle, Édith's daughter
Maryse Dauvray as
Édith Laurin, the wife of François
Mancini as Mother
Diaz
Angèle Decori as
Marie, Lazare's servant
https://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2021/09/jaccuse-1919-full-silent-movie-by-abel.html
https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff/posts/10223030731330296
https://patch.com/maryland/westminster/october-9-1921-j-accuse-abel-gance
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Sunday, August 08, 2021
Historic Downtown Westminster Farmers' Market
Saturday, July 24, 2021
Vaccination Clinic Sat. July 24, 2021 9 a.m. – 12 noon.
Vaccination Clinic Sat. July 24, 2021 9 a.m. – 12 noon.
The location for the vaccine is 160 S. Center Street Westminster, MD 21157.
Do you know family or friends that still need to be vaccinated?
Fairview UMC, Strawbridge UMC, Union Memorial Baptist Church, Union Street United Methodist Church, and West Falls Christian Community Church have joined with The Carroll County NAACP and the Carroll County Health Department to bring our community the COVID Vaccine because we know how important it is.
We are offering a free vaccine on July 24, 2021 to ages 12 and over. Come out and join us from 9:00am - 12:00pm. The location for the vaccine is 160 S. Center Street Westminster, MD 21157.
We Stand Together Because - We know the importance of Our Community
We Stand Together Because - Brown people matter
We Stand Together Because - It's not over!
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Thursday, July 22, 2021
Sunday, July 18, 2021
Westminster Water Main Break, Sunday evening. July 18, 2021
Sunday, July 11, 2021
Grace Lutheran Church
Thursday, July 08, 2021
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Saturday, May 22, 2021
Classico Pizzeria Westminster MD.
Tiombe Paige at Cutivated
Caroline and I were happy to have a chance to stop by to see our friend and former neighbor, Tiombe Paige, at Cutivated in historic downtown Westminster. Next stop, Giulianova Groceria for pit beef sandwiches. It was a great day in historic downtown Westminster. May 22, 2021 Saturday.
Westminster Farmers’ Market
Westminster Farmers' Market - Saturday, May 22, 2021: Caroline and I enjoyed seeing so many friends at the Westminster Downtown Farmers' Market.
Saturday, May 15, 2021
Westminster Downtown Farmers'Market
Friday, April 23, 2021
Ana Criado - Vulnerable (Denis Kenzo Remix)
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
VOCAL TRANCE: Metta & Glyde and iMi - You’re In My Orbit (Amsterdam Tran...
VOCAL TRANCE: Metta & Glyde and iMi - You’re In My Orbit
(Amsterdam Trance)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiB_GTpuWTY
The moon is full, so bright
With the weightlessness of light
A curved path of our celestial hearts
We move in orbit around the night
Drawn from the outside
Bound from deep within
Locked in each other’s heart & gravity
Floating through nothing
Connecting the unseen
Now that I have you here
You’re in my orbit
Sunday, April 04, 2021
Saturday, April 03, 2021
A Marine’s Easter dinner
A Marine's Easter dinner. Happy Easter and Semper Fi to all my brothers and sisters in uniform. God bless. Be safe out there.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
National Vietnam War Veterans Day March 29
Mission BBQ opened today in Westminster
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Carole King - Out in the Cold (Official Audio)
"Out In the Cold", a single recorded during the 'Tapestry ' sessions that ultimately did not make it onto the album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8QqSvYT3SY
https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff/posts/10221916446753878
Tapestry topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971, and remained on the charts for more than six years – featuring such songs as "It's Too Late" and "I Feel the Earth Move"
Of course, as a writer, I was immediately drawn to singer-songwriter music. Music performed by artists who tell stories by writing and performing their own material.
Tapestry reminded me of Southern Gothic literature. An article by David Browne in Rolling Stone published February 10, 2021 explained, “Similarly, the narrator of “It’s Too Late” is almost matter of fact when surveying the end of a relationship; she sounds rational, not distraught. For the 50th anniversary, an album outtake, “Out in the Cold,” has been resurrected after first appearing as a bonus track on a 1999 CD reissue. A confessional about being unfaithful to a lover and paying the price, it feels rational and adult (if not totally empowered)…” (‘Tapestry’ at 50: Why Carole King’s Masterpiece Still Challenges Us - With its masterful songcraft and backstory of personal reinvention, King’s 1971 landmark remains one of pop’s greatest declarations of independence…)
Some of the best examples singer-songwriters include artists such as Bob Dylan, "Mixed-Up Confusion" (1962); Paul McCartney, "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You" (1962); John Lennon, Chuck Berry, Joni Mitchell, “Urge for Going”); and Carole King, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (1960.)
However I first became enthralled with the genre as a result of the release of Carole King’s “Tapestry.
Related, read: "The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time" published by “Rolling Stone” in August 2015: https://www.rollingstone.com/interactive/lists-100-greatest-songwriters/#smokey-robinson
Related: https://www.caroleking.com/bio
"Out In The Cold"
I only wanted to play
I thought what he didn't know
Wouldn't hurt him anyway
But he found out and
Someone else gave him her hand to hold
And suddenly I find myself out in the cold
He trusted me all the time
I thought I could see another man
And he would still be mine
Well yesterday I had a good thing
Worth more than gold
Today he's got a truer love and I'm out in the cold
I had a love warmer than fire
But I listened to my desire
Now yesterday's dreams are tomorrow's heartache
I'm paying, paying for my mistake
Now, girl, take a tip from one who knows
If you open up a new door
You may find the old one's closed
So be true to your good man
Take a lesson from this story I have told
Or you just might get left now
Out in the cold
You just might get left now
Out in the cold
Don't let yourself get left now
Out in the cold
Don't let yourself get left now
Out in the cold