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Q: Crash "art::ElfFile::Open(unix_file::FdFile*, bool, bool, bool, std::__1::basic_string, std::__1::allocator>" Google Play has reported a large number of the following crashes from a few devices. I want to emphasize it is a very small number of devices (fewer than 0.01% of devices running the app):
signal 7 (SIGBUS), code 2 (BUS_ADRERR)
art::ElfFile::Open(unix_file::FdFile*, bool, bool, bool, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>>*, unsigned char*)

backtrace:
  #00  pc 0000000000140c58  /system/lib/libart.so (art::ElfFile::Open(unix_file::FdFile*, bool, bool, bool, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>>*, unsigned char*)+160)
  #00  pc 000000000030c445  /system/lib/libart.so (art::ElfOatFile::ElfFileOpen(unix_file::FdFile*, unsigned char*, bool, bool, bool, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>>*)+64)
  #00  pc 000000000030c6ab  /system/lib/libart.so (art::ElfOatFile::Load(std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>> const&, unsigned char*, bool, bool, bool, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>>*)+98)
  #00  pc 000000000030ca23  /system/lib/libart.so (art::OatFile::Open(int, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>> const&, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>> const&, unsigned char*, unsigned char*, bool, bool, char const*, std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>>*)+418)
  #00  pc 000000000031257b  /system/lib/libart.so (art::OatFileAssistant::OatFileInfo::GetFile()+454)
  #00  pc 0000000000310bdd  /system/lib/libart.so (art::OatFileAssistant::OatFileInfo::Status()+36)
  #00  pc 0000000000310b8f  /system/lib/libart.so (art::OatFileAssistant::IsUpToDate()+58)
  #00  pc 00000000003169e3  /system/lib/libart.so (art::OatFileManager::OpenDexFilesFromOat(char const*, _jobject*, _jobjectArray*, art::OatFile const**, std::__1::vector<std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>>, std::__1::allocator<std::__1::basic_string<char, std::__1::char_traits<char>, std::__1::allocator<char>>>>*)+246)
  #00  pc 00000000002e3349  /system/lib/libart.so (art::DexFile_openDexFileNative(_JNIEnv*, _jclass*, _jstring*, _jstring*, int, _jobject*, _jobjectArray*)+100)
  #00  pc 0000000000076793  /system/framework/arm/boot-core-libart.oat (offset 0x76000) (dalvik.system.DexFile.openDexFileNative+194)
  #00  pc 00000000000ea1eb  /system/framework/arm/boot-core-libart.oat (offset 0x76000) (dalvik.system.DexFile.openDexFile+186)
  #00  pc 00000000000eb851  /system/framework/arm/boot-core-libart.oat (offset 0x76000) (dalvik.system.DexPathList.makeDexElements+560)
  #00  pc 00000000000eb3b5  /system/framework/arm/boot-core-libart.oat (offset 0x76000) (dalvik.system.DexPathList.<init>+516)
  #00  pc 0000000000149eaf  /system/framework/arm/boot-core-libart.oat (offset 0x76000) (dalvik.system.PathClassLoader.<init>+110)
  #00  pc 0000000000a05dc9  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (com.android.internal.os.ClassLoaderFactory.createClassLoader+568)
  #00  pc 0000000000a05e33  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (com.android.internal.os.ClassLoaderFactory.createClassLoader+58)
  #00  pc 0000000000676a97  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (android.app.ApplicationLoaders.getClassLoader+278)
  #00  pc 0000000000676d35  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (android.app.ApplicationLoaders.getClassLoader+84)
  #00  pc 000000000067ed67  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (android.app.LoadedApk.createOrUpdateClassLoaderLocked+2110)
  #00  pc 000000000068123d  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (android.app.LoadedApk.getClassLoader+76)
  #00  pc 00000000006815e1  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (android.app.LoadedApk.getResources+320)
  #00  pc 0000000000771e0d  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (android.app.ContextImpl.createAppContext+140)
  #00  pc 000000000075baf3  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication+4434)
  #00  pc 00000000007582fd  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage+5788)
  #00  pc 00000000009107d1  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage+136)
  #00  pc 0000000000912ecb  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (android.os.Looper.loop+1162)
  #00  pc 000000000076157b  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (android.app.ActivityThread.main+674)
  #00  pc 0000000000418375  /system/lib/libart.so (art_quick_invoke_stub_internal+68)
  #00  pc 00000000003f1a5b  /system/lib/libart.so (art_quick_invoke_static_stub+222)
  #00  pc 00000000000a1043  /system/lib/libart.so (art::ArtMethod::Invoke(art::Thread*, unsigned int*, unsigned int, art::JValue*, char const*)+154)
  #00  pc 00000000003510dd  /system/lib/libart.so (art::(anonymous namespace)::InvokeWithArgArray(art::ScopedObjectAccessAlreadyRunnable const&, art::ArtMethod*, art::(anonymous namespace)::ArgArray*, art::JValue*, char const*)+52)
  #00  pc 0000000000352525  /system/lib/libart.so (art::InvokeMethod(art::ScopedObjectAccessAlreadyRunnable const&, _jobject*, _jobject*, _jobject*, unsigned int)+960)
  #00  pc 0000000000303249  /system/lib/libart.so (art::Method_invoke(_JNIEnv*, _jobject*, _jobject*, _jobjectArray*)+40)
  #00  pc 00000000001121ff  /system/framework/arm/boot.oat (offset 0x10c000) (java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethodInternal [DEDUPED]+110)
  #00  pc 0000000000a0cd93  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run+114)
  #00  pc 0000000000a12d19  /system/framework/arm/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x3ac000) (com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main+2896)
  #00  pc 0000000000418375  /system/lib/libart.so (art_quick_invoke_stub_internal+68)
  #00  pc 00000000003f1a5b  /system/lib/libart.so (art_quick_invoke_static_stub+222)
  #00  pc 00000000000a1043  /system/lib/libart.so (art::ArtMethod::Invoke(art::Thread*, unsigned int*, unsigned int, art::JValue*, char const*)+154)
  #00  pc 00000000003510dd  /system/lib/libart.so (art::(anonymous namespace)::InvokeWithArgArray(art::ScopedObjectAccessAlreadyRunnable const&, art::ArtMethod*, art::(anonymous namespace)::ArgArray*, art::JValue*, char const*)+52)
  #00  pc 0000000000350ef9  /system/lib/libart.so (art::InvokeWithVarArgs(art::ScopedObjectAccessAlreadyRunnable const&, _jobject*, _jmethodID*, std::__va_list)+304)
  #00  pc 00000000002949cd  /system/lib/libart.so (art::JNI::CallStaticVoidMethodV(_JNIEnv*, _jclass*, _jmethodID*, std::__va_list)+476)
  #00  pc 000000000006cd03  /system/lib/libandroid_runtime.so (_JNIEnv::CallStaticVoidMethod(_jclass*, _jmethodID*, ...)+38)
  #00  pc 000000000006ef2b  /system/lib/libandroid_runtime.so (android::AndroidRuntime::start(char const*, android::Vector<android::String8> const&, bool)+462)
  #00  pc 000000000000198d  /system/bin/app_process32 (main+724)
  #00  pc 0000000000088f55  /system/lib/libc.so (__libc_init+48)
  #00  pc 0000000000001677  /system/bin/app_process32 (_start_main+46)
  #00  pc 0000000000017fa7  /system/bin/linker (__dl__ZN6soinfoD1Ev+14)
  #00  pc 00000000007feb99  [stack:ff55c000]

The backtrace does not indicate any code of the app. Could anyone offer a clue about the cause of this crash?
The above crash is from Xiaomi MiBox SAndroid 9 (SDK 28).
The app targets API 31


Sister, Daughter, Mother, Wife: The Idolatry of "Better"
Meet Emily. She buys only toys made in the U.S. from non-toxic, natural materials; her car has a Ron Paul bumper sticker, her children are home-schooled (classical education); and her family eats a gluten-free Paleo diet (although they sometimes cheat and consume organic, pasture-raised, grass-fed, full fat, fermented dairy products). Emily is perfectly well aware that the majority of Americans content themselves with Chinese toys, the established political parties, public school, and the food pyramid, but she wants to live in a better way. In fact (and this is perhaps quite typical of her socio-economic group) she is suspicious of mainstream everything. Her distrust of the establishments leads her to pursue alternatives. She is inclined to believe that there is always a better way.
If Emily were Lutheran, she would either be trying to establish a vibrant praise band and bring youth into her stodgy congregation, or she would be an ultra-confessional who carries the Book of Concord to church and genuflects pretty frequently. You know the kind. You maybe are the kind. After all, there's a bit of an alternative flavor to this blog, isn't there? Doesn't its existence suggest that we are looking for something "better" than the lifestyle advice like that found in Parenting magazine, or Bill Gothard's ATI, or Evangelical radio talk shows?
We fall into the habit of assuming that "different" is "better," partly because we know that as faithful Christians we will often be at odds with the values of the world, and partly because we are influenced by our currently rather discontented and distrustful culture. The quest for "better" is often a good thing—sometimes the mainstream is pretty rotten. Yet as I look at my own life and the lives of many people I know, it's obvious that it can become a form of gluttony.
Sometimes we spend so much of our time and energy on getting "the best" for ourselves and our families that we are, essentially, over-eating to the point of lifestyle-obesity. Home schooling and classical education are awesome, but not when they become an obsession, or when the focus is doing it better than all those other people. Healthful eating is fantastic, but not when it makes the eater into a nightmare guest who interrogates the hostess about every ingredient and turns up her nose at half the dishes (or who just can't do food fellowship with ordinary people anymore).* Confessional theology and historic liturgies are life-changing and a blessing, but our pursuit of them can become ridiculous when we won't attend a church that does/doesn't chant the Lord's Prayer, or harmful when we treat less theologically-sound congregation members like inferior citizens (refusing to patiently discourse with them and try to understand their side during a congregational brouhaha over the purchase of a pink chasuble, say). Our pursuit of the truth can actually become a selfish gluttony for being right instead of a love of what is right.
When we look at all those people who are gluttons for "better," a common thread is visible. No doubt that thread is spun from organic, free-trade cotton and dyed according to instructions in the Augsburg Confession. That thread is pride. When we chase our preferences with the zeal of a new religious convert, we give off the impression that we think that we need the best, and that we not only need it, but deserve it, because we are better than others. We are in fact in great danger of beginning to believe that. Contempt slips in for Dorito-eating, praise-song singing folks who don't even know that Latin is not the language of South America.
Once we think that we are better, it is easy to begin to worship our own needs and to serve our own desires. We soon "fear, love, and trust in" ourselves and our chosen means of betterment instead of in God. Our gluttony feeds the pride that leads to idolatry. Basically, we are Adam and Eve in the garden with the apple, all over again, and we are busy munching.
This kind of idolatry is particularly prevalent in our day and age, and it is wise to examine our own consciences and lives. Do we care more about having the best and seeking better, or about giving to others to the best of our ability? If we are, it is time for some repentance, and maybe even for a Dorito at the neighborhood potluck.
*Of course, some people must be extremely careful what they eat because of medical reasons (which can be a tough cross to bear), yet even they often have a choice between doing this in a way that makes more or less work for others and with more or less gracious manners.
EDIT: I would like to add the clarification that I am not attempting to criticize or refer to any individual. I chose examples of things that I myself love and support (classical education, healthy eating, liturgical traditions and colors) in an attempt to address the temptations we all face instead of seeming to attack other people's preferences.
I hope you, Sam, and baby are well!
:) Hello Anna, Thanks for the article. I surely appreciate a voice of reason within the body of Christ, having run in to far too many voices of extreme (defining "extreme" as pursuit of personal desires and "reason" as permitting God's word and the principles therein to reshape personal desires or at least overrule them)--my own, at times, among them.
Great analysis, a very perceptive insight into why we behave in certain ways and how our supposedly good obsessions are not always so benign. I enjoyed reading this!


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There are many things going on in the world today where people are forgetting whom they need to completely out their trust in. Yes we need to have trust within the circle of family and friends but the trust in them is only temporary and earthly. I am not saying that we need to stop trusting in them, not at all because it is an ingredient in the glue that keeps families and friends together. Putting our trust in God will help keep us focused on Him even in our darkest moments when we feel lost in the temptations of this world. David had fallen into many trappings of the Adversary because He did not want us to succeed. David was now an easy target but as we know today even in his darkest times, David knew where to place his ultimate trust.
Why do you boast of your evil, you tyrant, when God's mercy is present every day? Your tongue, as sharp as a razor, plots destruction and works deception. You love evil more than good, lies rather than speaking uprightly. You love all words that eat people up, you deceitful tongue! This is why God will strike you down, seize you, pluck you from your tent and uproot you from the land of the living. The righteous will see and be awestruck; they will jeer at him, saying, "This fellow would not make God his refuge, but trusted in his own great wealth, relying on his evil plots." But I am like a leafy olive tree in the house of God; I put my trust in the grace of God forever and ever. I will praise you forever for what you have done, and I will put my hope in your name; for this is what is good in the presence of your faithful.
The evils of today have taken many forms as we have gone through the many church ages as spoken of in Revelation (not Revelations) and we are nearing the end. The evil that men do will surely be punished in the next world as it is running rampant in this one. In Psalm 52, the Psalmist speaks first of the evil and vile words that come from the mouth of those who do not know or trust in God. They use words of hate, jealousy, and other ungodly behaviors until the person is given his due on the earth by the devil when he is done with him. When the devil or false gods forsake you or do nothing at all for you, then you are truly damned. The only way is to humble yourself and plead forgiveness in this life while also placing your faith and trust in the only one that truly matters, God.
Of course, if it is not a true, sincere, fully humbling (think like how Scrooge changed) change of ways, the chances of eternal redemption are not so good. Those that see others who are not with God or don't have Jesus (or however you want to put it), need to be mindful not to condemn but at least make known their folly. It may lead to the persons saving grace. Isn't that where God wants us to put our trust, into His Amazing, Saving Grace?
The person mentioned above placed faith in something less than God. Things less than God (yes that is definitely including ourselves) cannot be feared as much as God can, cannot save you from eternal damnation like God can, and cannot love you as much as God does.
Brothers and Sisters, the time is quickly approaching where we should be on the watch for the thief in the night. God will not tell us exactly when (even those who think to read the signs have been completely off), but He will tell us when the time comes. With that said, make yourself right with God. Humble yourself, grant God the full access into your heart that He not only desires but deserves because He is our creator/redeemer and not that human made product that lies their lifeless. Give God His Glory, Love As He Loves Us.
The benefits of knowing and loving God who loves us and desires a personal relationship with us is the theme of Psalm 103. The blessings that God grants us have a two- fold meaning. Our love for the Father is a blessing to Him while His love, care, and compassion for His creation are the benefits and blessings He gives us. The biggest benefit is the fact that when we abide by Him (even when we stumble), He showers us with the many facets of His love. As a father cares for his children so God cares for us.
The first twelve verses give a good introduction to the benefits for the righteous. Through Him we are redeemed from the pit, we are showered with His love and mercy, we are forgiven as long as we fear (respect) Him and acknowledge who He is in our lives. As it says in verse twelve, "As far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us".
This seems like we are talking about the current state of the belief that all we have to do is believe, trust, and we are forgiven. It is this but the psalmist does say that we will still be chided for our misdeeds. He provides us with abundance, is decisive in His sharing of benefits, and compassionate when our hearts show and admit our faults with the understanding that we cannot control the temptations in this world.
The next section emphasizes His steadfast love and compassion for those who are and will be His people. The frailty of humankind is understood as these bodies will not last forever and to continue living it must be through the belief, trust, and faith in God. Because He initially created us to be in His image and the greater creation above the angels, God shows more love for us than any other portion of the world. We are created to go beyond the physical realm because of the Spirit within us.
This human frailty is expressed in verses 17and 18 where it is recognized that we are currently not meant to live forever on this earth but while here we must share and spread His righteousness and the benefits that come from the covenant He shares with us. We are His inheritance and to increase it we are required to share Him with our children who will share with their children until the appointed time.
How wonderful it is to understand that we are but like blades of grass that wither in the winter and burn in the summer heat unless we are fertilized and continually nourished through His Word. Though we may have moments where our stalk turns brown, belief and following His Word will make us green again. We are the branch of a the tree of the Word that bears fruit. If we do not take the nourishment then we cannot bear the fruit which is the moving forward of the Word.
The psalm closes with the blessing upon God and those who will do as we are required to do. How do we send blessings to God? Through doing what we are told to do. Through believing, sharing, trusting, giving of ourselves to God so that others may receive the benefits that God has bestowed on those who are His people.
Romans 8 reminds us that Jesus took the guilt of sin from us by taking sin into death so we can live. When we get to heaven and are seated at the judgement, when God pronounces sentence, Jesus will stand in our place because He already has. Isn't that wonderful news? Why haven't we been sharing, or better why have they not listened?
Brothers and Sisters, do not waste His benefits on ourselves for an unshared benefit will rot like a fruit never picked or picked and left without partaking of it. Conduct yourselves as the Angel of God (Old Testament form of Jesus) commands of us through His teachings in all of Scripture. Love One another Just as He has Loved us. And finally, be the good soil and grow in His Word.


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I wasn't going to see this movie but after reading this review from Toronto Life…
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (****)
"There's something not quite right about Frances McDormand's Miss Pettigrew. A frowzy clergyman's daughter who works as a London governess—an unsuccessful venture for her, as she can't help proselytizing to her employers—she begins the film penniless, and soon falls into the service of Delysia Lafosse (the irrepressible Amy Adams), whose glamour seems bound to change her forever.
Yet ultimately it's Pettigrew who effects the most change. She is a wise woman, it turns out, and has known both love and tragedy. The shift is unconvincing (how could Pettigrew be so naively shocked at Delysia's promiscuity and slovenliness when she has spent her whole, hardscrabble life chastising people for such things?) but completely excusable, for Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is unabashed fiction. Based on an obscure 1930s novel by Winifred Watson, it is an ode to that decade's frothiest, most urbane films—particularly those of George Cukor and Ernst Lubitsch. Pettigrew, herself an avid moviegoer, clearly knows the drill; like a reluctant Prospero, she instructs Delysia (who, as embodied by Adams, recalls Carole Lombard, Jeanette MacDonald and Jean Harlow, among others) in just how to bring the story to a satisfying conclusion.
The meta-narrative is surprisingly sophisticated and effective (much like the film's heroine), but makes Miss Pettigrew a bit of a curio. Who is it for? The make-over porn promised in the trailer is slight, and the film's confectionary art direction seems, above all, conceptual. Indeed, Miss Pettigrew is about the value and fragility of aesthetics (a motif of air-raid sirens reminds us that bliss is a fleeting thing)—not, say, the triumph of vigorous, youthful idealism. It is escapism for adults, and as such seems oddly, admirably out of vogue."
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Donald Trump's Nostalgic, Lulling Inaugural Concert
Acts like 3 Doors Down, Toby Keith, and the Piano Guys offered the comfort of looking backwards.
By Spencer Kornhaber
Mike Segar / Reuters
The slogan "Make America Great Again" has been subject to a lot of debate—when, exactly, are we to believe America was greater before? The Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial Thursday night offered a few answers. From the looks of it, America was great when Lee Greenwood wrote "Proud to Be an American" in the Reagan '80s, and maybe again when the song became a theme song for the first Gulf War, under George H.W. Bush. It was great under George W. Bush, too—both pre-9/11 when 3 Doors Down's "Kryptonite" soundtracked drives to the mall, and post-9/11 when the nation joined in vengeance to Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue." The red-jacketed members of the Army Fife and Drum Corp suggested yet another Great time: 1781.
Sam Moore, the "Soul Man" singer of the civil-rights era, was there too, but only to sing "America the Beautiful"—it seems 1967 was Not Great. The Frontmen of Country reprised hits from across their members' heydays in the '80s, '90s, and early 2000s, yet each of their twangy-melancholic tales of heartland heartache seem, on purpose, out of time. Then there were the lesser-knowns: Utah's the Piano Guys, inventively defiling a grand piano for a One Direction tune, and DJ Ravi Drums, that friend of yours who badly overestimates how much you want to watch him dominate Rock Band. Both may have built fledgling careers during the Obama era, but this concert marked them as national discoveries of the Trump one.
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Nearby, at the recently christened National Museum of African American History and Culture, the anti-Trump Peace Ball spotlighted some artists with more recently renewed credentials for relevance: Solange Knowles, the experimental R&B sister of Beyoncé and the creator of one of the most acclaimed albums of last year, and Esperanza Spalding, a new jazz generation's adventuresome champion. They depart from Trumpchella's entertainers not only in hipness or in race—though those things are true, and matter—but in content. Their music breaks borders between genres; their words often challenge America rather than comfort it. On Thursday, Solange sang "Don't Touch My Hair," a swatback at the national history of white people helping themselves to the bodies of black people.
Throughout D.C. over the inaugural, other musicians who have pushed forward the sound and sentiment of pop music will play protest gigs: art-rockers The National and Sleater-Kinney at a Planned Parenthood benefit; the iconoclastic future-dance star Janelle Monae on the route for the Women's March, whose participants boast Beyoncé's blessing and a chant freshly written by Fiona Apple. Trump meanwhile keeps reaching back, likely due to a blend of preference and limited options. The 75-year-old Paul Anka will sing Frank Sinatra's "My Way" for the inaugural dance; the 16-year-old Jackie Evancho, first made famous by singing a 1918 aria on YouTube, delivered "The Star Spangled Banner."
The music seemed a sedative, calling on America to calm down and let it all happen.
This divide was crystallized in a statement from Inauguration Committee Chair Tom Barrack, who said he'd not asked Trump friend Kanye West to perform at the celebrations that were "going to be typically and traditionally American." He didn't quite say West was not "typically and traditionally American," but it's nonetheless the implication of this inauguration's entertainment. Black music of recent vintage, it would seem, has no place in this national center. Ditto formally interesting music of any sort. (Though, in fairness, the Piano Guys tearing up a violin bow was sort of like if John Cage were making children's music, and it's always a hoot to see Toby Keith swing a Solo cup around onstage.)
If the music seemed a sedative, that was probably the point; the speeches were full of embattled uplift, calling on America to calm down and let it all happen. Jon Voight cursed "propaganda" that had denigrated the president-elect, and one of the Piano Guys said "it's time to put all of our differences aside, it's time to unite our hearts, our minds." His band then launched into an original number called "It's Going to be OKAY," expertly alchemized nitrous oxide from the same tank as Pharrell's "Happy," but much less potent. It offered, perhaps unintentionally, what for many is the only believable sort of comfort—not that things would soon be Great, but that they'd be okay rather than, say, apocalyptic.
Earlier on Thursday, news broke that Trump's administration would try to end the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The concert, then, dovetailed as the vision of a government that, when it comes to entertainment, values comfort and nostalgia over the creation of new art. The suggestion to not think too much, to lean back, might explain how Trump, when he finally took the stage, could tell one of his obvious lies. About having a concert in front of the Lincoln Memorial, he said, "I don't know if it's ever been done before, but if it has, very seldom. … We didn't know if anyone would come tonight, this hasn't been done before."
It of course has been done before, most recently by Barack Obama, who had Mary J. Blige, Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, and others at the Lincoln Memorial eight years ago. That show's very existence, and the vision it offered, is now meant to be forgotten. It was not Great.


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January Daily Adventure Calendar
January Daily Adventure Calendar SUNDAYS Check out this story on floridatoday.com: http://on.flatoday.com/Ki39bk
BrevardCounty Published 5:36 p.m. ET Dec. 31, 2013
The Satellite Beach Community Center offers My Little Genius science classes for ages 3 to 5 on Wednesdays. (Photo: iStock/Thinkstock )
Family Skate
3 to 5 p.m. All ages. One child skates free for each paying adult. Admission, $7; skate rental, $3. Space Coast IcePlex, 720 Roy Wall Blvd., Rockledge. 504-7500.
Moms and Tots
10:15 to 11 a.m. Join Melany Perkins, a professional musician, for a fun musical time with your tots. Call for cost. Crane Community Center, 1440 Mosswood Drive, Melbourne. 255-4609.
Lap Time
10:15 a.m. Ages 6 months to 20 months. Melbourne Beach Public Library, 324 Ocean Ave. 956-5642.
M.A.K. Gathering
10 to 11:30 a.m. Focus on breastfeeding issues, nutrition, value of planning and reading to your child. Free. The Children's Center, 5650 S. Washington Ave., Titusville. 264-0855.
10:30 a.m. South Mainland Public Library, 7921 Ron Beatty Blvd., Micco.
10:30 a.m. For 2-year-olds. Stories, finger plays, singing and simple sign language. No storytime on Jan. 23 or 30. Free. Merritt Island Public Library, 1195 N. Courtenay Parkway. 455-1369.
11:15 a.m. Ages 2 and older. Melbourne Beach Public Library, 324 Ocean Ave. 956-5642.
Mr. Science Fun
4 to 5 p.m. Ages 6 and older. Different science activity each week. Call for cost. DRS Community Center, 1089 South Patrick Drive, Satellite Beach.
9 to 11:30 a.m. each Tuesday and Thursday. Ages 2 and 3. Enjoy time off while little ones get creative doing a variety of activities. $160 each month; snack provided. The Children's Center, 5650 S. Washington Ave., Titusville. 264-0855.
9:30 a.m. Ages 2 to 5. West Melbourne Public Library, 2755 Wingate Blvd. 952-4508.
Mr. Science Homeschool
10 to 11 a.m. Ages 7 to 13. Mr. Science will open the lab to teach a cross-section of science topics. Call for cost. DRS Community Center, 1089 South Patrick Drive, Satellite Beach. 773-6458.
10:15 a.m. Ages 5 and younger. Cocoa Beach Public Library, 550 N. Brevard Ave. 868-1104.
Music Together
10:30 a.m. Newborn to age 6. Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play. Learn
to engage your child musically and support developing musical intelligence. Free demo, then tuition by semester. Other days and times available. Reservations required. Henegar Center
for the Arts, Melbourne.
10:30 a.m. Ages 3 months to 24 months. West Melbourne Public Library, 2755 Wingate Blvd. 952-4508.
10:30 a.m. Ages 3 to 5.
Stories, finger plays, singing, short video and simple sign language. No storytime on Jan. 24 or 31. Free. Merritt Island Public Library, 1195 N. Courtenay Parkway.
11 a.m. All ages. A different story and craft each week. Palm Bay Public Library, 1520 Port Malabar Blvd. NE.
3 p.m. Ages 3 to 5. Learn to play different sports while incorporating exercise and movement activities. Call for cost. Palm Bay Community Center, 1502 Port Malabar Blvd. NE. 952-3443.
3:30 p.m. Ages 2 and
older. Therapeutic riding, occupational therapy,
typical riding lessons, veterans programs and volunteering opportunities. $25. Walk on Water Equine
Assisted Therapy, 3280
N. Tropical Trail, Merritt Island. 412-8057.
SOAP-Social Opportunities in Arts and Play
3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Ages 4 to 8. Structured after-school arts and play social encounter for children with high functioning autism/Aspergers and typically developing children. All students are creating pottery, sculptures, painting, or playing a game in small groups to promote social skills, conversation and awareness of others. Call for cost. Space Coast Early Intervention Center, 3790 Dairy Road, Melbourne. 729-6858, ext. 201.
4:30 p.m. Ages 4 to 7. Cocoa Beach Public Library, 550 N. Brevard Ave. 868-1104.
Gymnastics & Tumbling
6 p.m. Ages 3 to 5. Call for cost. Palm Bay Community Center, 1502 Port Malabar Blvd. NE. 952-3443.
6:30 p.m. All ages. Titusville Public Library, 2121 S. Hopkins Ave. 264-5026.
7 p.m. All ages.
Weekly themed activities, stories and more. Franklin DeGroodt Public Library,
6475 Minton Road, Palm Bay. 952-6318.
7 p.m. Ages 6 and older. Call for cost. Palm Bay Community Center, 1502 Port Malabar Blvd. NE. 952-3443.
Playgroup Pals
9 to 10 a.m. Ages 12 months to 2 years. Music, stories and crafts. $40 a month. The Children's Center, 5650 S. Washington Ave., Titusville. 264-0855.
9 a.m. Ages 2 and older. Therapeutic riding, occupational therapy, typical riding lessons, veterans programs and volunteering opportunities. $25. Walk on Water Equine Assisted Therapy, 3280 N. Tropical Trail, Merritt Island. 412-8057.
on the Loose
9:15 a.m. Ages 15 months to
3 years old. Music, movement, rhymes and stories. Registration required. Satellite Beach Public Library, 751 Jamaica Blvd. 779-4004.
Jr. Zoo Crew
9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Ages 5 to 12 with parent educator. The theme for this month is "Plant Power." Cost is $20 each participant. Brevard Zoo, 8225 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne. 254-9453,
ext. 219.
10 a.m. Ages 2 and 3. Titusville Public Library, 2121 S. Hopkins Ave. 264-5026.
Toddler Tales
10 to 10:30 a.m. beginning Jan. 14. Ages 22 to 26 months. Central Brevard Library and Reference Center, 308 Forrest Ave., Cocoa. 633-1795.
My Little Genius
10 to 11 a.m. Ages 3 to 5. Explore the world of science with your child. Call for cost. DRS Community Center, 1089 South Patrick Drive, Satellite Beach. 773-6458.
10:15 a.m. Ages 15 months to 3 years old. Music, movement, rhymes and stories. Registration required. Satellite Beach Public Library, 751 Jamaica Blvd. 779-4004.
YogaMom'Ba Mommy
& Me Yoga
10:45 a.m.. Newborn to age 2. Stretch, strengthen, relax, dance, play, connect and bond. $10 drop-in or six classes for $55. Other days and times available. Henegar Center for the Arts, Melbourne. 543-0187.
11 a.m. Ages 3 to 5. Titusville Public Library, 2121 S. Hopkins Ave. 264-5026.
Zoo Chefs 101
2 p.m. All ages. See what goes on behind the scenes at the zoo. Free with zoo admission. Brevard Zoo, 8225 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne. 254-9453, ext. 219.
4 to 5 p.m. Ages 7 to 15. Different science activity each week. Call for cost. Crane Community Center, 1440 Mosswood Drive, Melbourne. 255-4609.
Bedtime Storytime
6 p.m. All ages. Stories and crafts. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library, 955 E. University Blvd., Melbourne. 952-4511.
Family Story Hour
6:30 p.m. All ages. A different story and craft each week. Palm Bay Public Library, 1520 Port Malabar Blvd. NE.
6:30 to 8 p.m. Pregnant women in second and third trimesters. Stretch, strengthen, relax, prepare mind and body for childbirth and motherhood. $10 drop-in or $30 each calendar month. Sliding scale in cases of financial hardship. Henegar Center for the Arts, Melbourne. 543-0187.
Zoo Tots
9 to 10:30 a.m. Ages 2 to 4. Nature crafts, activities, play centers, animal visitors and guided zoo excursions. Adult participates with child. $60 a month for members, $80 a month for nonmembers. Brevard Zoo, 8225 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne. 254-9453, ext. 219.
9 to 11:30 a.m. each Tuesday and Thursday. Ages 2 and 3. Enjoy time off while your little one gets creative doing a variety of activities. $160 a month; snack provided. The Children's Center 5650 S. Washington Ave., Titusville. 264-0855.
9:30 a.m. Ages15 months to
10 a.m. Newborn to age 6. Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play. Learn to engage your child musically and support developing musical intelligence. Free demo, then tuition by semester. Other days and times available. Reservations required. Dance Mania AllStars, Melbourne. 543-0187.
Mommy and Me Storytime
10 a.m. Ages 3 and younger. Stories, games, board books and activities. Franklin DeGroodt Public Library, 6475 Minton Road, Palm Bay. 952-6318.
Infant Storytime
10 a.m. Ages 2 and younger. Titusville Public Library, 2121 S. Hopkins Ave. 264-5026.
10:15 a.m. Ages 3 and older. Stories and crafts. Melbourne Beach Public Library, 324 Ocean Ave. 956-5642.
Messy Hands Arts & Crafts
10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Ages 3 to 5. Call for cost. Palm Bay Community Center, 1502 Port Malabar Blvd. NE. 952-3443.
10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Jan. 5 and 12. Ages 2½ to 5. Learn the basics of various sports while improving hand/eye coordination, motor skills, sharing and having fun. Call for cost. DRS Community Center, 1089 South Patrick Drive, Satellite Beach. 773-6458.
Homeschool Art and PE
10: 30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $4 for both. Palm Bay Community Center, 1502 Port Malabar Blvd. NE. 952-3443.
11 a.m. All ages. Songs, stories and craft. Eau Gallie Public Library, 1521 Pineapple Ave. 255-4304.
Jumping Beans Storytime
11 a.m. Ages 6 and younger. Franklin DeGroodt Public Library, 6475 Minton Road, Palm Bay. 952-6318.
Alphabet Adventures
11 a.m. Resumes Jan. 9. Ages 3 and older. Weekly storytime featuring stories, music, a video and craft about a different letter of the alphabet. Satellite Beach Public Library, 751 Jamaica Blvd. 779-4004.
Zoorific Storytime
11:30 a.m. All ages. New animal tales each week and stay for up-close animal encounter or activity. Free with zoo admission. Brevard Zoo, 8225 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne. 254-9453, ext. 219.
House and Cabin Tour
3 p.m. Ages 5 and older. Visit the oldest standing home in Brevard County, the 1875 Sams Cabin and learn about the Sams Family, who left South Carolina after the Civil War to start a new life in Florida. Participants will also tour the 1888 Sams House, which is closed to the public outside of tour times. Sams House at Pine Island, 6195 N. Tropical Trail, Merritt Island. 449-4720.
3:30 p.m. Ages 2 and older. Therapeutic riding, occupational therapy, typical riding lessons, veterans programs and volunteering opportunities. $25. Walk on Water Equine Assisted Therapy, 3280 N. Tropical Trail, Merritt Island. 412-8057.
3:30 p.m. Resumes Jan. 9. Ages 3 and older. Weekly storytime featuring stories, music, a video and craft about a different letter of the alphabet. Satellite Beach Public Library, 751 Jamaica Blvd. 779-4004.
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Grade one and older. Storytime for independent readers. Registration required. Port St. John Public Library, 4500 Carole Ave. 633-1867.
4:15 p.m. Newborn to age 6. Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play.
Learn to engage your child musically and support developing musical intelligence. Free demo, then tuition
by semester. Other days
and times available.
Unity Center for Spiritual Living, Merritt Island.
Storytime Rocks
9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Ages 6 and younger. Action-packed program featuring books, rhymes and music activities. West Melbourne Public Library, 2755 Wingate Blvd. 952-4508.
10:30 a.m. Ages 3 to 5. Stories and crafts. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library, 955 E. University Blvd., Melbourne. 952-4511.
11 to 11:45 a.m. Jan. 6 and 13. Ages 2½ to 5. Learn the basics of various sports while improving hand/eye coordination, motor skills, sharing and having fun. Call for cost. DRS Community Center, 1089 South Patrick Drive, Satellite Beach. 773-6458.
Big Shots
4 to 5 p.m. Ages 6 to 10. Learn and develop sport skills through a series of interactive drills. $15 a month. DRS Community Center, 1089 South Patrick Drive, Satellite Beach. 773-6458.
9:30 and 10:30 a.m.
Newborn to age 6. Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play. Learn to engage your child musically and support developing musical intelligence. Free demo, then tuition by
semester. Other days and times available. Reservations required. Henegar Center
for the Arts, Melbourne. 543-0187.
Art Saturdays
10 a.m. to noon. All ages. Space is limited. Registration required. Off Center Art Center, 559 W. Eau Gallie Blvd., Melbourne. 610-7116.
Zumba Kids Jr.
10:30 a.m. Ages 4 to 6. Cocoa Beach Recreational Center, 321 Ramp Road. The cost is $5 per class. Classes are ongoing. 868-3252.
Blissfolds Family Yoga
11 a.m. to noon. Family.
$35 family rate or $7 a person. Palm Bay Community Center, 1502 Port Malabar Blvd. NE. 952-3443.
2 to 3 p.m. All expecting moms are welcome. $15 each class or $48 for four classes. Downtown Yoga, Suntree studio. 432-7091.
3 p.m. Ages 5 and older.
Visit the oldest standing home in Brevard County,
the 1875 Sams Cabin and learn about the Sams Family, who left South Carolina
after the Civil War to start
a new life in Florida.
Participants will also tour
the 1888 Sams House,
which is closed to the public outside of tour times. Sams House at Pine Island, 6195
All-Stars Magic Show
4 p.m. All ages. Watch a different all-star, award-winning magician perform each week. $2. Reservations suggested. Magic Dove Magic Shop, 604 Brevard Ave., Cocoa Village. 433-1130.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 1
THURSDAY, JAN. 2
Winter Break Zoo Camp
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kindergarten to grade 6. Spend the day discovering wildlife and habitats through games, crafts, animal encounters and more. $45 for members, $50 for nonmembers. Brevard Zoo, 8225 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne. 254-9453, ext. 219.
Water Horse Camp
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ages 5 to 15. Camp includes horse trail riding and lessons, obstacle course, grooming minis, chickens coop fun, bouncy house, nature trails, crafts and more. Wear long pants and closed-toed shoes. Bring lunch, drink and snack. $50. Registration suggested. Walk on Water Equine Assisted Therapy & Horseback Riding, 3330 Perkinson Lane, Merritt Island. 412-8057.
MOMS Club of Melbourne
10 a.m. A group for stay-at-home moms who live in the Melbourne and Northern Palm Bay areas. Monthly social, a group web site for communicating back and forth, coffee break, birthday club, park play dates, recipe club and more. Children are welcome at all activities. West Melbourne Library, 2755 WIngate Blvd. For specific ZIP code boundaries, please email us at momsofmelbourne@gmail.com or call 321-549-8606, must use the area code even if calling locally.
Demo Class
10 a.m. Newborn to age 6. Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play. Learn
to engage your child musically and support developing musical intelligence. Siblings, welcome. Free demo, then tuition by semester. Other days and times available. Reservations required. Dance Mania AllStars, Melbourne. 543-0187.
1 p.m. Ages 5 and older. Do your part for nesting and hatchling sea turtles by keeping our beaches and ocean clean of marine debris. Barrier Island Center, 8385 S. SR A1A, Melbourne Beach. 723-3556.
4:15 p.m. Newborn to age 6. Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play. Learn to engage your child musically and support developing musical intelligence. Siblings, welcome. Free demo, then tuition by semester. Other days and times available. Reservations required. Unity Center for Spiritual Living, Merritt Island. 543-0187.
Kindergarten to grade 6. Spend the day discovering wildlife and habitats through games, crafts, animal encounters and more. $45 for members, $50 for nonmembers. Brevard Zoo, 8225 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne.
254-9453, ext. 219.
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Ages 5 to 15. Camp includes horse trail riding and lessons,
obstacle course, grooming minis, chickens coop fun, bouncy house, nature trails, crafts and more. Wear long pants and closed-toed shoes. Bring lunch, drink and snack. $50. Registration suggested. Walk on Water Equine Assisted Therapy & Horseback Riding, 3330 Perkinson Lane, Merritt Island. 412-8057.
Newborn to age 6. Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play. Learn to engage your child musically and support developing musical intelligence. Siblings, welcome. Free demo, then tuition by semester. Other days and times available. Reservations required. Henegar Center for the Arts, Melbourne. 543-0187.
Prescribed Fire Walk
10 a.m. Ages 8 and older Learn how fire is essential to renew habitat on the barrier island. Coconut Point
Sanctuary Trail, 4000 S. SR A1A, Melbourne Beach. 723-3556.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ages 10 to 18. Participants will become American Heart Association CPR/AED/First Aid certified as well as receive a babysitting certification. Cost is $85. The Knowledge Exchange, 5151 Babcock St., Palm Bay. Tke4me.com or 473-8998.
10:30 to 11:30 a.m. All ages. Let's learn about farm animals. $5 for ages 12 months and older. Adults are free with paying child. $4 pony rides available. Text 482-4033 to register. Happy Hooves, 1455 Martin Road, Rockledge. 482-4033.
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Eau Gallie Arts District will have its First Friday Art Walk with galleries and studios, museums, shops and restaurants open late. Eau Gallie Square will light up the holidays with a choreographed music and LED light and luminaries show. Santa and his elves will be present; The St. Paul's Methodist Choir and Eau Gallie high school band will perform. Highland Avenue is the heart of the Eau Gallie Arts District of Melbourne.
Childbirth Education Class
6 to 9 p.m. Registration required. Circle of Care, Rockledge. 252-4573.
6 to 10 p.m. A family street party with food and street vendors, arts and crafts, Kids Zone and music. Taylor Avenue, between State Road A1A and Poinsettia Avenue, Cape Canaveral. 868-1226.
Magic Comedy Show
7 to 8 p.m. All ages. Be part of the show. $5. Ages 3 and younger admitted free. River Lanes Family Entertainment Center, 800 Cheney Highway, Titusville. 987-2134.
SATURDAY, JAN. 4
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration required. Palm Bay Hospital. 252-4573.
Hike and Garden Tour
9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Ages 5 and older. Resident plant expert, Martha Pessaro will lead families on a half-mile hike and garden tour. Her informal talk will focus on the historical uses of plants. Sams House at Pine Island, 6195 N. Tropical Trail, Merritt Island. 449-4720.
Newborn to age 6. Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play. Learn to engage your child musically and support developing musical intelligence. Siblings, welcome. Free demo, then tuition by semester. Other days and times available. Reservations required.
Henegar Center for the Arts, Melbourne. 543-0187.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ages 3 and older. Join award-winning children's author Kenda Swartz for a reading, song and eco-art activity. Free. Copies of "Well Earth Well Me" available for $14. Barrier Island Center, 8385 S. SR A1A, Melbourne Beach. 723-3556.
Sea Stars Touch Tank
12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Ages 3 and older. Meet our "Sea Stars" and experience the movements of some of the ocean's strangest creatures. Free. Barrier Island Center, 8385 S. SR A1A, Melbourne Beach. 723-3556.
2 p.m. Ages 12 to 18. Help plan events, write book reviews and create displays. Snacks provided. Satellite Beach Public Library, 751 Jamaica Blvd. 779-4004.
SUNDAY, JAN. 5
1:15 p.m. Kids can practice reading aloud to a Space Coast Therapy dog. Registration required. Cocoa Beach Library, 550 N. Brevard Ave. 868-1104.
MONDAY, JAN. 6
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Kindergarten to grade 6. Spend the day discovering wildlife and habitats through games, crafts, animal encounters and more. $45 for members,
$50 for nonmembers. Brevard Zoo, 8225 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne. 254-9453,
10 a.m. Newborn to age 6. Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play. Learn to engage your child musically and support developing musical intelligence. Siblings, welcome. Free demo, then tuition by semester. Other days and times available. Reservations required. Yvette's Music Studio, Melbourne Beach. 543-0187.
TUESDAY, JAN. 7
Moms4Moms
9 to 11 a.m. This group is open to any mom who has an infant or preschool-age child and also for homeschooling families. Group offers biblical guidance and support from other moms with young children. Child care is
provided. Calvary Chapel, West Melbourne campus, 2955 Minton Road.
tampaige07@yahoo.com.
World Explorers
9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Classes will run Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Jan. 7. Ages 18 months to 4. Literacy, crafts and indoor exploration rounds out a book reading while pre-schoolers learn how to share, create friendships, transition and develop personal awareness in a structured morning activity. All materials included. Drop off/no parent participation. Call for cost. Space Coast Early Intervention Center, 3790 Dairy Road, Melbourne. 729-6858, ext. 201.
Nature Nuggets
9:30 and 10:45 a.m. Ages 3 to 5. Each one-hour class is centered on a nature theme with storytime, games, songs, crafts and fun. $4 each class. Registration is required. Rotary Park Nature Center, 1899 S. Courtenay Parkway, Merritt Island. 455-1385.
10:30 a.m. Newborn to age 6. Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play. Learn to engage your child musically and support developing musical intelligence. Siblings, welcome. Free demo, then tuition by semester. Other days and times available. Reservations required. Henegar Center for the Arts, Melbourne. 543-0187.
2 and 3:30 p.m. Ages 3 to 5. Each one-hour class is centered on a nature theme with storytime, games, songs, crafts and fun. $4 each class. Registration is required. Rotary Park Nature Center, 1899 S. Courtenay Parkway, Merritt Island. 455-1385.
Sound, Sonar and Signals
2 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays. Ages 8 to 15. In this 4-week class, we are going to study how waves of sound travel and how they have shaped history and civilizations. Cost is $20. The Knowledge Exchange, 5151 Babcock St., Palm Bay. Tke4me.com or 473-8998.
4 p.m. Newborn to kindergarten. Siblings welcome. Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play. Free first visit. Tuition by semester to continue. Must reserve space. Dance Mania AllStars, Melbourne. 543-0187
6 p.m. Ages 12 to 18. Share your favorite Manga series with the group. Snacks provided. Satellite Beach Public Library, 751 Jamaica Blvd. 779-4004.
6 to 9 p.m. Registration required. Children's Center, Titusville. 252-4573.
9:30 a.m. Newborn to age 6. Songs, rhymes, movement and instrument play. Learn to engage your child musically and support developing musical intelligence. Siblings, welcome. Free demo, then tuition by semester. Other days and times available. Reservations required. Henegar Center for the Arts, Melbourne. 543-0187.
Creativity from
Head to Toe
9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Classes will run on Wednesdays beginning today. Ages 18 months to
4 years. Explore and create art with your child with unexpected objects and materials. Music, movement, snacks and play is all part of the day. Parent and child participation. Dress for a mess. Limited space. Call for cost. Space Coast Early Intervention Center, 3790 Dairy Road, Melbourne. 729-6858, ext. 201.
11 a.m. Infant to preschool. New book highlighted each week. Barnes & Noble, 1955 W. New Haven Ave., West Melbourne. 726-9505.
After-School Craft
3 to 4 p.m. Ages 5 and older. Children younger than 5 can join with an adult. Make a doughnut snowman. West Melbourne Public Library, 2755 Wingate Blvd. 952-4508.
Big Kids Music Demo Class
3:30 p.m. Ages 5 to 8. Singing (solo, unison & parts), improvisation, verse creation, conducting, solfege ear training, group music & movement games, choreography, percussion and more. Free first visit. Tuition by semester to continue. Must reserve space. Henegar Center for the Arts, 625 E. New Haven Ave., Downtown Melbourne. 543-0187.
6 to 9 p.m. Registration required. Women's Center, Melbourne. 252-4573.
Safety Seminar
10 a.m. to noon. Learn how to properly select,
install and fit safety
seats. Free. Turnquest
Community Center, 1686 Marywood Road, Melbourne. 633-1702.
Child Safety Seat Check
2 to 4 p.m. Bring child and child's seat to be checked for proper selection, installation and fit. Call to schedule appointment. Free. Turnquest Community Center, 1686 Marywood Road, Melbourne. 633-1702.
12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Fridays. Ages 12 to 18. Set sail with us as we study the symbolism, characters, themes, and plot of Yann Martel's novel "Life of Pi" in the four-week course. Students will need their own copy of the book. Cost is $50. The Knowledge Exchange, 5151 Babcock St., Palm Bay. Tke4me.com or 473-8998.
Eau Gallie Civic Center Open House
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. All ages. Meet our instructors and learn more about our facility. There will also be a rummage sale. Free. Refreshments will be served. Eau Gallie Civic Center, 1551 Highland Ave., Melbourne. 255-4608.
9 to 10:30 a.m. Jan. 11 and 25. Ages 2 to 4. Nature crafts, activities, play centers, animal visitors and guided zoo excursions. Adult participates with child. $30 a month for members, $40 a month for nonmembers. Brevard Zoo, 8225 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne. 254-9453,
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Children with special needs, which include any physical,
cognitive, medical or hidden disability, chronic or life-threatening illness, or those who are medically fragile. Ages 2 to 16 and their
siblings 4 years old to fifth grade. Nathaniel's Hope Buddy Break is a free program where kids with special needs make friends, play games and hear and see children stories, videos, music and more. Siblings have fun, too. Meanwhile, caregivers get a break from their
ongoing responsibilities, usually for three hours.
Calvary Baptist Church, 2980 N. Wickham Road,
Melbourne. 549-7119.
Farm Day
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. All ages. Bring your lunch, blankets and have a picnic at the farm. Enjoy feeding the animals, hay rides and horse rides. Bring cameras for photos. $12 a child, $5 an adult. Happy Hooves, 1455 Martin Road, Rockledge. 482-4033.
11 a.m. Ages 3 to 6. Stories and activities. Barnes & Noble, 1955 W. New Haven Ave., West Melbourne. 726-9505.
11 a.m. All ages. Stories and activities. Barnes & Noble, 780 E. Merritt Island Causeway. 453-8202.
1 p.m. Ages 5 an older. Read to a Space Coast Therapy Dog. Limited to 10 participants. Registration required. Titusville Public Library, 2121 S. Hopkins Ave. 264-5026.
Respite Night
3:45 to 8:15 p.m. Children ages 10 to 15 with special needs and their siblings. An evening to socialize with peers on the playground and in the gym, make crafts and have fun. Staffed by certified teachers, volunteers and a nurse. $10 for the first and second child; $5 each additional sibling. Bring a sack dinner and change of clothes. First-time attendance is free. Registration required. Parrish Medical Center Health & Fitness Center, Titusville. 264-0855.
4 to 8 p.m. Children ages 1 to 9 with special needs and their siblings. An evening to socialize with peers on the playground and in the gym, make crafts and have fun. Staffed by certified teachers, volunteers and a nurse. $20 for the first child; $5 each additional sibling. Bring a sack dinner and change of clothes. First-time attendance is free. Registration required. The Children's Center, 5650 S. Washington Ave., Titusville. 264-0855.
Magic Show/Contest
2 p.m. All ages. See magicians young and old compete for magician of the year. Reservations suggested. Magic Dove Magic Shop, 604 Brevard Ave., Cocoa Village. 433-1130.
Infants and Parents
Play Class
9:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays . Infants 6 weeks to 9 months old. Parents share developmentally stimulating activities including music and signing with their children in a parent co-op. Find support and friendship in an environment led by a trained parent educator. Evening classes, for adults, meet once per month and cover parenting topics to fit the needs of the families. Call for cost. Registration required. First Christian Church Disciples of Christ, 2010 S. Babcock St., Melbourne. 433-7668.
Homeschoolers Reception
2 p.m. Homeschoolers are invited to learn about available resources and enjoy refreshments and network with other families. Barnes & Noble, 1955 W. New Haven Ave., West Melbourne. 726-9505.
4 to 5 p.m. All ages. Let's learn about farm animals. $5 for ages 12 months and older. Adults are free with paying child. $4 pony rides available. Text 482-4033 to register. Happy Hooves, 1455 Martin Road, Rockledge. 482-4033.
9:15 to 10:45 a.m. Wednesdays . Infants 6 weeks to
9 months old. Parents share developmentally stimulating activities including music and signing with their children in a parent co-op. Find support and friendship in an environment led by a trained parent educator. Evening classes, for adults, meet once per month and cover parenting topics to fit the needs of the families. Call for cost. Registration required. Riverside Presbyterian Church, 3400 N. Atlantic Ave., Cocoa Beach. 433-7668.
Baby/Parent Time
10 to 10:20 a.m. Ages 2 and younger. This 15- to 20-minute program provides a language rich environment in which rhymes, finger plays, songs, simple sign language and books are shared. Free. Merritt Island Public Library, 1195 N. Courtenay Parkway. 455-1369.
Oyster Mat Making
10 to 11:30 a.m. Ages 8 and older. Help the Brevard Zoo create mats to restore oyster reefs in the Mosquito Lagoon. Free. Barrier Island Center, 8385 S. SR A1A, Melbourne Beach. 723-3556.
Space Coast Moms Club
10 a.m. All ages. Discuss upcoming events, fundraisers and play group opportunities. This is a group of moms interested in social activities involving their children. Free membership. Bring the kids to the meeting for playtime. Cape Canaveral Public
Library, 201 Polk Ave.
The Shape of Things
10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursdays. Ages 12 to 16. This 6-week course on 2- and 3-dimensional shapes is intended to supplement high school Geometry. We will introduce shapes by playing the game SET. We will then cover topics such as perimeter, circumference, volume and area. Out-of-class assignments and quizzes will be suggested from the Saxon math curriculum so parents can adequately assess a grade for the course. A certificate will be given upon successful completion of the course. Cost is $60. The Knowledge Exchange, 5151 Babcock St., Palm Bay. Tke4me.com or 473-8998.
4 p.m. School age. Franklin DeGroodt Public Library, 6475 Minton Road, Palm Bay. 952-6318.
4 p.m. Ages 5 and older. Kids can practice reading aloud to a Space Coast Therapy dog. Registration required. Central Brevard Library and Reference Center, 308 Forrest Ave., Cocoa. 633-1795.
Cooking with Girls
2:15 to 2:45 p.m. Fridays. Ages 11 to 18. Cooking with Girls will feature fun-to-go recipes for crepes, waffles, doughnuts and more. Cost is $60 for six classes. The Knowledge Exchange, 5151 Babcock St., Palm Bay. Tke4me.com or 473-8998.
6 to 10 p.m. A family street party with food and street vendors, arts and crafts, Kids Zone and music. Minutemen Causeway, in front of Cocoa Beach City Hall. 868-3201.
7 p.m. All ages. Bring a chair or blanket and enjoy the movie "Turbo." Free. Canaveral City Park, Cape Canaveral. 868-1226.
Infant/Child CPR Class
9 to 11 a.m. Ages 11 and older. Learn how to perform CPR and choking relief for
infants and children. Class is ideal for expectant parents, new parents, grandparents and siblings. $25; $10 additional family member. Registration is required. Health First Training Center, 3470 N. Harbor City Blvd., Melbourne. 434-1988.
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Ages 8 and older. Join Dr. Andy Madison, Associate Professor of Conservation Biology, and his ornithology class as they lead a bird watching walk. Beginners are welcome. Sams House at Pine Island, 6195 N. Tropical Trail, Merritt Island. 449-4720.
10 to 11:30 a.m. Ages 10 to 13. Designed for youth interested in animals, conservation and the environment. Themes and activities change each month. Cost is $6. Brevard Zoo, 8225 N. Wickham Road, Melbourne. 254-9453, ext. 219.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ages 7 and older. Paint a Minion plate with eye bowl. $25 includes everything. Registration required.Mimi's Crafts Inc., 214 Hwy. A1A, Satellite Beach. 779-3266.
Snatchabook Storytime
11 a.m. Ages 3 to 6. Activities, new books and seasonal themes. Barnes & Noble, 1955 W. New Haven Ave., West Melbourne. 726-9505.
11 a.m. All ages. Activities and storytime. Barnes & Noble, 780 E. Merritt Island Cswy. 453-8202.
1 p.m. Ages 5 and older. Read a favorite book to the Space Coast Therapy Dogs. Registration required. Satellite Beach Public Library, 751 Jamaica Blvd. 779-4004.
Forest Funday
2 to 4 p.m. Program for children and their families to help them enjoy the outdoors. Enjoy a sanctuary search (non-collecting scavenger hunt) and art project. Free. Enchanted Forest Sanctuary, 444 Columbia Blvd., Titusville. 264-5185.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day/School Holiday
9 to 11 a.m. This group is open to any mom who has an infant or preschool-age child and also for homeschooling families. Group offers biblical guidance and support from other moms with young children. Child care is provided. Calvary Chapel, West Melbourne campus,
2955 Minton Road.
Movie and Popcorn
3:30 p.m. All ages. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library, 955 E. University Blvd., Melbourne. 952-4511.
10 a.m. to noon. Learn
how to properly select, install and fit safety seats. Free. UF/IFAS Brevard Extension Office, 3695 Lake Drive. 633-1702.
2 to 4 p.m. Bring child and child's seat to be checked for proper selection, installation and fit. Call to schedule appointment. Free. UF/IFAS Brevard Extension Office, 3695 Lake Drive. 633-1702.
4 p.m. Ages 5 and older. Building challenges,
individual and team projects, contests and themed events. Bring your own blocks or use ours. Registration required. Cocoa Beach Library,
550 N. Brevard Ave.
10 a.m. to noon. Bring child and child's seat to be checked for proper selection, installation and fit. Call to schedule appointment. Free. Turnquest Community Center, 1686 Marywood Road, Melbourne. 633-1702.
Children's Author
4:15 to 5:15 p.m. A visit from children's author, John Forzetting. Featuring Kali stories. Central Brevard Library and Reference Center, 308 Forrest Ave., Cocoa. 633-1795.
The Dragon Festival
10 a.m.to 6 p.m. Brevard's first renaissance fair benefiting Save Dragon Point. Jousting, sword battles, storytelling, magic, games, jugglers, food and more. Wickham Park pavilion, Melbourne.
917-0721 or thedragonfestival.com.
Meet Curious George
11 a.m. Ages 3 to 8. Activities, new books and seasonal themes. This week Curious George will visit. Parents, don't forget to bring your cameras. Barnes & Noble, 1955 W. New Haven Ave., West Melbourne. 726-9505.
LEGO Movie Event
11 a.m. All ages. Join us for
a hands-on learning event as we count down to the Lego movie. Barnes & Noble,
780 E. Merritt Island Causeway. 453-8202.
2 p.m. Ages 6 to 12. Join us for a hands-on learning event as we count down to the Lego movie. Barnes & Noble, 1955 W. New Haven Ave., West Melbourne. 726-9505.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Brevard's first renaissance fair benefiting Save Dragon Point. Jousting, sword battles, storytelling, magic, games, jugglers, food and more. Wickham Park pavilion, Melbourne. 917-0721 or thedragonfestival.com.
Rave About Your Fave
3 p.m. Grades three to six. Discussion about books on the Sunshine State Young Reader list. Refreshments provided. Satellite Beach Public Library, 751 Jamaica Blvd. 779-4004.
3:30 p.m. Ages 5 to 12. Meet other Lego enthusiasts, hear a story and make a Lego creation based on the month's theme. Leave personal blocks at home. Registration required. Franklin DeGroodt Public Library, 6475 Minton Road, Palm Bay. 952-6318.
Alice Rocks Wonderland
10:30 a.m. Suggested for kindergarten through eighth grade. A rock musical version of Alice's adventures. $9. King Center for the Performing Arts, Melbourne. 242-2219.
3 p.m. All ages. Come build with us. Eau Gallie Public Library, 1521 Pineapple Ave. 255-4304.
Heartsaver CPR Class
5:30 to 8:30 p.m. This class is appropriate for coaches, students enrolled in H.O.P.E., camp counselors, fitness center staff, etc. Learn how to perform basic CPR. Each participant will earn AHA CPR and AED certification cards. $40 each. Registration required. Health First Training Center, 3470 N. Harbor City Blvd., Melbourne. 434-1988.
Favorite Animal Storytime
11 a.m. Infant to preschool. New book and fun activities. Barnes & Noble, 1955 W. New Haven Ave., West Melbourne. 726-9505.
11 a.m. All ages. Storytime, activities and crafts. Barnes & Noble, 780 E. Merritt Island Causeway. 453-8202.
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Hebron Israeli attacks News Report
Palestinian Injured By Army Fire In Hebron
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian man was shot and injured by Israeli military fire, on Saturday, in the Hebron Valley (WAfi Al-Khalil) area, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.The Palestinian Red Crescent has reported that the man, Ismael Al-Mashny, 23, was shot by live rounds in both of his feet, the Maan News Agency has reported.
Maan added that locals transported the man to a medical center before he was moved to the Hebron Governmental Hospital.
According to eyewitness accounts, Al-Mashny was shot from a close range. The Israeli army claimed that the man was trying to damage sections of the "security fence, near the illegal settlement of Meitar.
There are more than 500.000 Israeli settlers living in different settlements and outposts in different parts of the occupied West Bank, including in an around East Jerusalem.
Around 500 settlers live in the center of the Old City of Hebron, an issue that causes frequent confrontations. Settlers also illegally occupied several Palestinian homes after kicking the Palestinians out.
Israeli settlements in the occupied territories violate International Law, and the Fourth Geneva Convention to which Israel is a signatory.
Settlements are amongst the main obstacles to peace as they, along with the Annexation Wall, isolate vast areas of Palestinian lands and orchards, in addition to the fact that most settlements are built on private Palestinian property.
Settlers Uproot 100 Olive Trees Near Nablus
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You Better You Bet - The Who - Then And Now (CD)
Label: Polydor - UICP-1053 • Format: CD Compilation • Country: Japan • Genre: Rock • Style: Classic Rock
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Shaktilkree says:
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Vinyl release of You Better You Bet on Discogs. Label: Warner Bros. Records - WBS • Format: Vinyl 7 The Who - You Better You Bet (, Vinyl) | Discogs/5(38).
In the case of the Who, they renew it. I remember seeing them in Cleveland a few years ago -the last tour with John- and watching a group of kids sitting a few rows in front of me. It was doubtful that any of them had even been born when the most recent song they played that night (You Better You Bet) was new but they were loving it/5().
Gur says:
The answer is, it's the first step in reintroducing the Who as an active recording unit -- the "now" part of the Then and Now equation. At the end of this disc, after 18 familiar hits have been trotted out, two new songs are unveiled: "Real Good Looking Boy" and "Old Red Wine." This is a rather low-key way of releasing new material from a classic act, but it's a smart move since it doesn't call attention to itself 8/
Vucage says:
In some ways I'd like to go back and re-record a lot of the songs on Face Dances, but 'You Better, You Bet' is still one of my favorite songs of all." The black-and-white music video features the band and keyboardist John Bundrick playing the song onstage.
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Album. Then and Now The Who. Released Then and Now Tracklist. 1. I Can't Explain Lyrics. K 2. My Generation You Better You Bet Lyrics. K Real Good Looking.
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"You Better You Bet" is a song by the British rock band The Who, appearing as the first track on their album Face Dances. It is sung by frontman Roger Daltrey with backing vocals from Pete Townshend and bassist John derthesougirlnacu.nolcisojequaremuhypjoymindnady.coend's guitar part is performed on a Rickenbacker / "You Better You Bet" became a hit and one of The Who's most recognizable songs.
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Then and Now is a greatest hits compilation album by The Who released internationally by Polydor Records and by Geffen Records in the United States. It features 18 Who classics and two new tracks—" Real Good Looking Boy " and "Old Red Wine"—which were the first Who originals since "Dig" from Pete Townshend 's album The Iron Man.
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Radical Islam has declared claims to Sri Lanka
Muslims in Ceylon never gave anybody any problems, they were a model of law-abiding order. What then caused a series of terrorist attacks on Easter on the island and what should we expect now?
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The Veiling of Women
Nasir Khan
If this woman in the photo can still breathe and survive, then that shows the survival instinct in these women is very strong. However, what she goes through, like millions of other woman, is a result of the thousands of years of the old patriarchal system, of domination and control over women, of their bodies, minds and sexuality, by all possible means, including the help of patriarchal and partisan deities and patriarchal religions, that became the social norm which none dared to question or challenge.
Growing Power of Islamist Fanaticism on Pakistani Politics
Islam, in Pakistan, has transformed from a multidimensional universal religion into an ossified and stilted cult of Islamism. How this happened has a historical context, beginning in 1947 when Pakistan emerged as a new state.
Terrorism: Is Christianity to Blame?
Notes to Basquiat, Gordon Bennett
It has become quite a widely-held position amongst the Alt-Right that fault for the loss of identity and in-group loyalty and even the self-sabotage of Western societies is the result (the inevitable result, as some would even have it) of Christia
The real Muslims
Ghassan Kadi
A lot has been recently said about who represents "real Islam" and who doesn't.
The origins of Islamic Terrorism
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According to the results of the police investigation there are no doubts that the last terrorist act in St. Petersburg was organized by Islamic terrorists.
However, the term "Islamic terrorism" causes an acute allergy, especially among Muslims. Critics argue that Islam is a religion of peace and love, that terrorism cannot be associated with a particular religion or nationality, because terrorists are nothing more than criminals. Of course, we can look at this problem from this angle. Many Muslims, liberals and leftists usually do so. Some of them sincerely, and some of them not.
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The destabilization of the Islamic world is the grand strategy of the US in order to eliminate any alternative poles to its hegemony.
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Re: Music that doesn't suck
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/03/meet_the_rapper_whos_topping_the_charts_and_appearing_on_fox_news.html
I know most people here aren't into the genre, but this man is a critical step in the preservation of America.
FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE - The Violation (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) https://youtu.be/xjKyzwqIT7s
Probably the best drumming you will ever hear.
TETRARCH - Negative Noise (Official Video) | Napalm Records: https://youtu.be/NFuPQ159LRU
Slobodan
Pro JTFer
Legendary anti-Hollywood song by Red Hot Chilly Peppers - Californication.
This is my interpretation of the lyrics:
"Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind's elation"
Hollywood movies and shows occuping your minds with the fear of the enemy spies, that are preventing you from living a peaceful life. Constantlly thinking about things that you don't need to (there are security servies that do that), and forgeting the real life problems that are actually affecting your life.
"And little girls from Sweden dream of silver screen quotation"
Everyone wants to be a big Hollywood star. It is the ultimate dream of the most young people.
"And if you want these kind of dreams it's Californication"
BUt, if that is what you want then you will have to play by the Hollywood rules.
"It's the edge of the world and all of Western civilization"
Hollywood is on the west coast. Only Hawaii are more to the west.
"The sun may rise in the East at least it's settled in a final location"
Not sure if the original lirics said "finer" or "final", but it represent the enternal rivary between the east and the west coast. Political power and wall street may be at the east, but the west coast is a better place to live, if you are not chasing the Hollywood fame. You may be all right at the New Yoork, but you are dreaming of the LA.
"It's understood that Hollywood sells Californication"
Hollywood emposess its rules of the game or even an ideology.
"Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging"
Spend all your money on plastic surgery to have a slight chance of succes in Hollywood. There is not really the other way,unless you are already naturally "perfect", as per Hollywood standars.
"Celebrity skin, is this your chin, or is that war you're waging?"
After allof that, are you still you, or are you still strugling to become someone else? Because, you are never certain, is the reason you are not succeeding because you are not up to the Hollywood standards.
"First born unicorn"
The ultimate dream - one in the bilion - becoming a big Holllywood star.
"Hardcore soft porn"
The secondary career choice. When dreams don't come true, what you are left with in Hollywood.
"Dream of Californication"
The Hollywood ideoligy.
"Marry me, girl, be my fairy to the world, be my very own constellation"
Promesies of the Hollywood movie makes.
"A teenage bride with a baby inside getting high on information"
Dissapointment and concenquences after the broken promessies. Confusion and the search for the answers/slution.
"And buy me a star on the boulevard, it's Californication"
I'll do anything if you make me a Hollywood star. That is theHollywood way.
"Space may be the final frontier but it's made in a Hollywood basement"
The obsession of space exploration and conquest was seeded into the population by the Hollywood.
"And Cobain can you hear the spheres singing songs off Station To Station?"
A tribute to Kurt Cobain.
"And Alderaan's not far away, it's Californication"
The birth planet of Princess Leia. Located in Hollywood baement.
"Born and raised by those who praise control of population"
Holllywood influence being passed from generation to generation.
"Well, everybody's been there and I don't mean on vacation"
Everyone is under their influence. Even without knowing it.
"Destruction leads to a very rough road but it also breeds creation"
It is not worth trying to repair the system. Destroying it wouldbe hard, but the reward would be a creation of new and better one.
"And earthquakes are to a girl's guitar, they're just another good vibration"
Women only care about how they feel.
"And tidal waves couldn't save the world from Californication"
Not even a physical destruction of Hollywood would kill this system/ideology.
The cult of the eternal youth.
"Sicker than the rest, there is no test, but this is what you're craving?"
Even if it destroys your health, you will try to look younger, with endless surgeries, so you can survive in Hollywood.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUKcNNmywk
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
Nothing to Lose | Dracula OST: https://youtu.be/yizQVtg4yv4
Your analysis is good except for the earthquake part. This may refer to drama queens of all two genders, typical in rich kids who have experienced everything and live for the next feel. Happy to destroy the world if it entertains them for a minute. Little bch is making lives and an entire city crumble apart and he can't relate to the horror you feel because he's just happy to feel a new vibe.
Quote from: Israel Chai on May 06, 2021, 01:36:51 PM
Yeah, yours is better and more deep analysis.
For me a good vibrations for girl's "gitar" just sounded like self pleasuring.
Jonathan Davis - Forsaken: https://youtu.be/EbOKt_LKrjA
I would like to stick with Red Hot Chili Peppers for now. They have lots of songs, but I only like some of them.
This is one from their newest album (The Getaway) from 2016. I looked up online to help me interpretate the lyrics.
The song is about beating the drug addiction. But even without knowing the meaning, the song is dope as F.
Dark Necessities
"Coming out to the light of day
We got many moons that are deep at play"
New light of day - being clean of drugs, for many moons (years) now, but still haunted by it.
"So I keep an eye on the shadow's smile
To see what it has to say"
Read the body languange, because even if I (or someone) may seem OK, but in fact could be in the bad place.
"You and I both know
Everything must go away"
Him and someone else, or 2 sides of him (the"bad" and the "good" side), know that drug addiction must stop (everything must go away).
"Ah, what do you say?"
Do you think it should stop?
"Spinning knot that is on my heart
It's like a bit of light and a touch of dark"
His hart making his decisions. A bit of good and a touch of bad. Some good, some bad decisions.
"You got sneak attacked from the zodiac"
Zodiac - the serial killer, who ambushed their victims. The sneak attack being the urge to take drugs, when he is vulnerable.
"But I see your fire spark"
He avoids the attack.
"Eat the breeze and go
Blow by blow and go away"
Talking to the drug addiction - Eat the wind (take a walk) and go (away), punch by punch, and go away.
"Oh, what do you say?
Yeah,"
He agrees that it must go away.
"you don't know my mind
You don't know my kind"
Don't juge me, because you don't know what I feel andhow I am really like inside.
"Dark necessities are part of my design and"
Some bad urges are part of the human nature.
"Tell the world that I'm falling from the sky
Dark necessities are part of my design"
Falling from the sky - the fallen angel - being bad, taking the drugs, because the urges are the human nature, and very hard to beat.
Or could mean being sober, not getting (sky) high.
"Stumble down to the parking lot
You got no time for the afterthought
They're like ice cream for an astronaut"
Going to the dealer to get the drugs. You only think about getting them. They are sweet and get you high (all the way to space).
The dried ice-cream that hydrates in your mouth, is what was marketed as astronaut's ice-cream.
"Well that's me looking for we"
That is me looking for drugs (weed).
"Turn the corner and
Find the world at your command
Playing the hand"
Turn the corner (away from the drugs), and regain control of your life. Play the hand that you are dealt, don't look for escape in drugs.
"Yeah, you don't know my mind
You don't know my kind
Dark necessities are part of my design
Tell the world that I'm falling from the sky
"Do you want this love of mine?
The darkness helps all to shine
Do you want it, do you want it now?
Do you want it all the time?
The darkness helps us all to shine
Do you want it, do you want it now?"
Drug addiction is telling him: Do you really want to stop taking drugs? The bad experiences in life help us better ourselves (shine). Do you really want to stop now? Do you really want to be sober non stop?
"Pick you up like a paperback
With the track record of a maniac"
His history of drug addiction.
"So I move it in and we unpack
It's the same as yesterday"
He is still the same.
"Any way we roll
What ever the situation is now, we must stop the addiction.
"Ah, what do you say?
Do you agree? Yes.
Ah, ah, ah
Ah, ah
Ah, ah"
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IAMX 'This Will Make You Love Again' https://youtu.be/7QCwUaZOTis
Quote from: Slobodan on May 18, 2021, 02:45:40 PM
Eh yeah. Helping an old one of my soldiers that fell to coke.
Why does everyone that does those drugs talk about judging them all the time? It's not that I think the crackhead is a bad person, it's that if he's near me, number one people won't want to talk to me that are useful, and the reason for both is they are massive gaping liabilities and when there's one around my head just lists potential problems that will arise and their mitigation strategies, and I don't enjoy myself very much.
Ever put your gun to an innocent head and try to pull the trigger? It doesn't pull, finger stops. That's the neshama that does that. Some people are born without that particular level of the soul, you can see they have no depth to their eyes, like rats. Certain drugs like coke and crack especially gets you high literally off that part of your soul until it's actually gone and will rob their mother's couch for five dollars of crack, and only before they sleep will their sins visit them and that is typically a tearful time for the addict. This is part of addiction, hate yourself until you believe you are nothing and worthless and nothing you do matters, and then you will have less resistance next time you take drugs. That function also serves to keep the neshama from redeveloping, which can happen.
My cat has a good and a bad side. Her good side is cute and cuddly, her bad side is torturing small animals for long periods of time. As a mouse, I can not afford to have kitty as a friend even if 99% of the time she is on her good side. It is the same with druggies. When it's an old soldier like that, fine, but then I basically have to turn off my life and devote myself to someone's petty entertainment the majority of the time, and the drugs make them emotional so they say things to me like whiny and sad and they repeat themselves, so I'm not starting a rehab.
Anyways I can add so much more to your understanding of the song knowing what these people are like.
Very common, the neighbor gives them free coke so well, move from the neighbor. They do and the new neighbor has coke; it's the same as yesterday.
(On a side note why is it that big guys get offered free coke left and right like we're hot girls. I don't see them offering free coke to the skinny littles. Baruch Hashem I never took it, but I have been offered it for free many dozens of times, and my soldier, who is now a bit bigger than me because of my injury and that is very depressing, he gets the whole street where I was offering it to him now.
That being said, unless you are ready to have your friend put a knife to your neck in a crazy moment and deal with drama in the perfect way every time no matter how frustrating, don't even stick one finger on the coke world, everyone there is crap. The cartels that make it are crap, the people that make it for them have crappy lives and working for the cartel makes many of them really evil, the people who export it to America are usually crap, the people who sell it are also usually crap, and the people who take it become crappier, and in the long run will all become crap. You put your smallest finger on the tip, and you just touched a whole world of feces and you're dirty now and gotta get it off you. So don't take their lovely advice about not judging druggies. Do indeed "judge" them as extremely likely to make one of several million potential problems, and ditch them.
What you said reminded me of another of their songs, which basically tells the strugle of their band member Hillel Slovak, an Israeli-American, who was not able to ditch the drug addiction and died of overdose in 1988. (I will post that song tomorrow, it is very good) That is why they made so many anti-drug songs. The lead siger, Anthony Kiedis was temporarily kicked out of the band in the early days by the Flee (the guy you see jumping around like crazy in the videos), until he got off the drugs.
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Like so many more...
The neighbor offers him coke after he quit for a week, and that voice of the drug becomes his brain until he goes to sleep or gives in, and the latter is a lot easier.
You said most of what I would have either way.
At first I though that "this love of mine" is the drugs, but since he then says "do you want it all the time", I thought that it is actually th opposite - soberty, since you can be sober all the time, but can't be on drugs all the time (well you can, but then you're dead). And after that he says "The darkness helps us all to shine", as in are you sure you want to be sober, because drugs will help you feel good. But then again, it could be the other way around, I don't know. It is made to have multiple interpretations I suppose.
Like dark necessities do not mean just drugs. For example, I like fast driving, and I drive almost all the time above the speed limit (they are low anyway). Those are some of my dark necesseties. But people are quick to judge. "He is a killer", "Shoud have his licence removed permanentlly", "Should go to jail"... It is what I read in the comments in the news papers everytime there is a "news", somebody was caught driving 120 km/h in a city. But then you read the news and see that it is the part of the highway that goes trough the city. The speed limit is 80, but that is walkig speed for a highway...
It's very interesting how they made party music with a message but didn't go all self-superior like the rock stars.
Quote from: Israel Chai on June 07, 2021, 03:47:53 PM
That instantly reminded me of this:
"If you see me getting mighty if you see me getting high
Knock me down
I'm not bigger than life"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWIotQmonY
"Never too soon to be through
Being cool too much too soon
Too much for me too much for you
You're gonna loose in time
Don't be afraid to show your friends that you hurt inside, inside
Pain's part of life, don't hide behind your false pride
It's a lie, your lie
If you see me getting mighty if you see me getting high
I'm not bigger than life
I'm tired of being untouchable
I'm not above the love
I'm part of you and you're part of me
Why did you go away
Finding what you're looking for
Can end up being being such a bore
I pray for you most every day my love's with you now fly away
If you see me getting mighty, if you see me getting high
I'm not bigger than life...
It's so lonely when you don't even know yourself
It's so lonely.."
I had to pause several times to look at the pictures of crazies he complied. Sorry, that's offensive, I mean "left wing democrats". He's also not a bad singer, though unfortunately something about the comic song style keeps most from giving their very best. Anyways loads of talent and laughs in this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7SvFffTwZg
Guano Apes - Lords Of The Boards (official video): https://youtu.be/2yfwePfD-iU
Yeah, those comedy songs are great at paintig the picture.
I like this Canadian guy that also makes comedy songs. He is really good.
Everyday Normal Guy 1 and 2, Everyday Normal Crew:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PsnxDQvQpw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmG4X9PGOXs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vofXcC0rj4
Pop Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijr4rwb2WbE
F***k Everything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulIOrQasR18
Very Super Famous: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi6Ddd6eRqM
I Can Dance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHnGwDy2y6s
And the others.
Quote from: Slobodan on June 07, 2021, 02:21:51 PM
This is the song - Otherside
"How long, how long will I slide?"
How long will I slide into an abyss, untill drugs kill me?
"Separate my side, I don't"
Until it sepateres my sole from the body.
"I don't believe it's bad"
I don't think the addiction is that bad, so I have no motivation or streinght to get rid of it.
"Slit my throat it's all I ever"
The only thing I can do it let it kill me.
"I heard your voice through a photograph"
"I thought it up and brought up the past"
I remembered how you've been before the addiction.
"Once you know you can never go back"
Once you try the durgs, you can never go back to how you where.
"I gotta take it on the other side"
If you want to continue thaking, you will eventually only be able to take them in the afterlife.
Or you can't get off them, so you need to take that problem and solveit in the afterlife, because in this life thez will kill you.
"Centuries are what it meant to me"
Drugs meant the world to me.
"A cemetery where I marry the sea"
Because of them I was alone, and they ended up being my final destination.
"Stranger things could never change my mind"
Nothing else was as good as the drugs, so I could never let them go.
"I gotta take it on the other side
Take it on the other side
Take it on, take it on"
So I brought them with me in the afterlife.
"How long, how long will I slide?
Separate my side, I don't
I don't believe it's bad
Slit my throat it's all I ever"
"Pour my life into a paper cup"
Trying to quit. Taking anti addiction medicine.
"The ashtray's full and I'm spillin' my guts"
But I can no longer take it, it makes me feel horrible.
"She wants to know, am I still a slut?"
Drugs keep asking me if I want to take them.
"I've got to take it on the other side"
I can only beat them in the afterlife.
"A scarlet starlet and she's in my bed"
Drugs are beautiful, and they want me to take them.
"A candidate for a soul mate bled"
They seem like a perfect solution for escape from my life's problems.
"Push the trigger and pull the thread"
Just take them (in the vein).
Take it on
Take it on"
And go to the afterlife.
"Turn me on, take me for a hard ride"
Get me high, make me feel good.
"Burn me out, leave me on the other side"
But then destroy me and eventualy kill me.
"I yell and tell it that it's not my friend
I tear it down, I tear it down
And then it's born again"
I keep trying to get rid of the addiction, I try I try, but I always bounce back.
"How long, I don't, I don't believe it's bad
When will it finally end...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn_YodiJO6k
Sonic Empire (Short Mix): https://youtu.be/wvdU_DPHcNs
Lugansky - Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 2 - Sonata-Fantasy: https://youtu.be/dgEvlm2By3o
This one is about visiting prostitutes.
"Stiff club, its my nature"
Sexual needs are natural.
"Custom love is the nomenclature"
It is called "custom love" (personalised to your desires).
"Turn down mass confusion"
Ignore the oppinon of the masses.
"Hit the road 'cause we just keep cruisin'"
Go out and visit a prostitue, for the pleasure (crusing - a drive or a trip for the purpose of pleasure).
"Double my fun, double my vision"
Doubble the fun, because they will do what you want. Double my vision - intoxication or orgasm.
"Long hard look at my last decision"
Then comes the remorse.
"Hustle here, hustle there"
Prostitution is everywhere.
"Hustle me [censored] and you best beware"
Just don't screw me over.
"It's emotional and I told you so"
There will be consequences, I am warning you.
"But you had to know, so I told you"
But you wanted it, and you got it.
"Soft walk to horizon"
Going to the prostitutes while trying to hide it.
"One big crash that no one dies in"
One sexual encounter, that means nothing.
"This is for the folks in Fayetteville"
The place where the big military base is. This is for the army men (who visit prostitutes, because they are far from their home).
"It'll come true if you say it will"
If you believe that the encounter means nothing (to your girfriends/wives) then in your mind it is true.
"Look around, look around, look around"
Where ever you look...
"All around, all around, all around"
The affairs are everywhere.
"Please don't look right through me"
Prostitutes only pretend to love you, but you are just a job to them.
"Hurts my heart when you do that to me"
No explanation needed.
"Street life out my window"
More entertaining life is outside my home.
"City made breeze gonna stroke my skindow"
City entertainment is waking my desires.
"Just a lot of words on an old brick wall"
A lot of tally marks above the bed.
"Rob a lot of banks, got a pedigree scrawl"
Have relations with a lot of women, add another tally mark.
"Put my peg into your square"
Start having sex.
"Run around like we just don't care"
Do it like it is the end on the world.
"Move it ah got to get ya, want to get you"
"When I'm feeling small"
When I am not happy.
"And I'm hitting a wall"
And acheiving no progress.
"Wanna feel it all around"
Just want to fee good for a change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnisBb2rVOg
Men who support prostitution but would pray all day and night that it should never happen to their daughter are like the liberals that support homosexuality but not for their kids. Ego, hypocrisy, being "more" righteous than Hashem.
Also I can replace "no explanation needed" with a three page essay. It also will never go away. The biggest hope of the whore is that people would only see the egotistical mask she wears and never come to see who she really is. It hurts when you look because it will always hurt when she looks forever. And I did say forever, this is an effect on your soul you are talking about, it is much more permanent than the planets and stars, death is no escape.
Noachide
It is better for one to spill his semen in vain than to visit a prostitute. (The Divine Code)