Sunday, January 28, 2018

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Saturday Night Music



Friedrich Gulda (16 May 1930 – 27 January 2000)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791)

Die Omama



Ludwig Hirsch (February 28, 1946 – November 24, 2011)

Da steh ma jetzt am Stammersdorfer Friedhof
regnen tut's
die Fiass tan ma schon weh.
Der Pfarrer sagt
sie war ein so herzensguter
Mensch

und trotzdem fällt mir's Weinen heut' so schwer.
Die Omama
die Oma ist nicht mehr.

Wie ich klein war
hat's mir einegstopft die Knödln

hat's glauert mit dem Pracker in der Hand
hat's mir auch umdraht schon den Magen

es war ihr wurscht
sie hat mi gschlagen

so lang
daá i schon angfangt hab zum Beten
Lieb Jesukind
laá d'Oma doch verrecken.


Die sieben Raben
es warn nur sechs


die gute Fee
es war a Hex

der böse Wolf
a kleiner Dackel

der Märchenprinz
a schiacher Lackel.

In Stammersdorf hat s' gabt die kleine Wohnung
mit Spitzendeckerln und ein Hitlerbild

a Glasl Grammelschmalz am Fensterbrett

den Nachtscherbn unterm Doppelbett

so weiá
so dick
so rund und immer voll.
Vielleicht hätt ma'n in's Grab dazulegn solln?

Einmal hab ich s' gfragt: " Wo ist der Opa?"
Im Himmel auf an Wolkerl spielt er Geign.
Für Führer
Volk und Vaterland
erschossen
aufghängt und verbrannt

auch das hat sie dem Adolf stets verziehn.
Er hat ihr ja das Mutterkreuz verliehn.

Die sieben Raben ...

In letzter Zeit da war s' schon bisserl komisch.
Das Grammelschmalz is gstanden unterm Bett

die Spitzendeckerln hat s' verbrannt

den Hitler hat s' an Pülcher gnannt

den Nachtscherbn hat s' plaziert am Fensterbrett.
Ganz Stammersdorf hat über sie schon gredt.
Am Muttertag da habn wir s' gführt in Prater
die Alte war auf einmal wieder jung.
Beim Go-Cart-Fahrn hat s' gjodelt
ein paar Langos hat s' verdruckt
nur beim Sturmbootfahrn
da geschah ein Miágeschick:
Da is s' an ihre falschen Zähn derstickt.
Die sieben Raben ...
Oma
pfüdigott
mach's drüben besser
mach keine Knödeln für die Engerln
sei so gut!
Tu nicht die Heiligen sekkiern
tu nicht den Opa
denunziern
und gehst zum Herrgott auf Besuch - ein guter Tip:
Omama
nimm's Mutterkreuz net mit!

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Saturday Night Music




Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791)

Iceland Symphony Orchestra

Arngunnur Árnadóttir

Cornelius Meister 


Friday, January 26, 2018

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Laughing Lhursday*



* [For first time visitors]:
Typo in the title?
Nah.
It's just that I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Crying for Caruso

This evening visiting Sian's blog and enjoying her photos of clouds bringing snow to Graemsay/Orkney, when reading of her daily feeding the wild birds, I immediately thought of a dear friend in Milan I met in February 2003 when he and I were engaged with Poets Against War (PAW). Giulio used to write at night. And often his emails ended with regards from him and Caruso, the blackbird that had just begun singing on his balcony.
Last Saturday was my friend's birthday, and I wished him well and asked, if Caruso had already serenaded him.
The answer: "I miss our blackbirds. We can no longer be their friends, the condominium saw to that- you can’t feed wild birds!"
The peace of the night.


This photo, taken on his balcony,
was attached to my friend's recent email.
A photo taken in June 2008 of 'Mister'
who might well have been a descendant of 'Caruso'.

Monday, January 22, 2018

Perverted Minds

How perverted minds those must have
who would call a murderous aggression
Zeytin Dalı Harekâtı / Operation Olive Branch?

Saturday, January 20, 2018

Saturday Night Music



Jacqueline Mary du Pré (26 January 1945 – 19 October 1987)

Daniel Barenboim

London Symphony Orchestra


Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191 by Antonín Dvořák

 A recently re-discovered recording of a concert held in tribute to the people of Czechoslovakia days after the Soviet Union invaded.
Filmed live at the Royal Albert Hall in September 1968.
1. Allegro 0:00
2. Adagio, ma non troppo 16:10
3. Finale 29:01

Friday, January 19, 2018

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Laughing Lhursday*

 

* [For first time visitors]:
Typo in the title?
Nah.
It's just that I would not let a tiny T spoil an avantgardistic alliteration.

Monday, January 15, 2018

Enjoy 'Life on a Small Island'

Following her blog for almost a decade spontaneously ;-) I decided  to ask Sian if I may add her to my 'Seldom Boring's', and: The Lady gave her placet.
Thus, here we go: Enjoy Sian's and Button's Life on a Small Island.

I can vividly imagine the fabulous few friends of Omnium will soon ask how, by all means, I could be so lazy and introduce them to such a fine blog with ten years delay.
Just in time remembering why the devil beat his grandmother (she did not have a good excuse), I hasten to say that I only wanted to wait until there is enough stuff to discover – 1223 lovely posts, so far.
The peace of the night.

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Singing Cranes

Leaving late?
Or returning early