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Saturday, February 14, 2009
"At Last"
Friday, February 13, 2009
"High Court of Love" was established in Paris on Valentine's Day in 1400 = (1 Day Left Until St. Valentine's Day) ...
Medieval period and the English Renaissance
Using the language of the law courts for the rituals of courtly love, a "High Court of Love" was established in Paris on Valentine's Day in 1400. The court dealt with love contracts, betrayals, and violence against women. Judges were selected by women on the basis of a poetry reading.
The earliest surviving valentine is a fifteenth-century rondeau written by Charles, Duke of Orleans to his "valentined" wife, which commences.
Je suis desja d'amour tanné
Ma tres doulce Valentinée…
(Charles d'Orléans, Rondeau VI, lines 1–2)
At the time, the duke was being held in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415.
Valentine's Day is mentioned ruefully by Ophelia in Hamlet (1600-1601):
Valentine's Day is mentioned ruefully by Ophelia in Hamlet (1600-1601):
To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,
And dupp'd the chamber-door;
Let in the maid, that out a maid
Never departed more.
(William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5)
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"Blue"
The Jayhawks are an American rock band. They released seven studio albums, including six on the American Recordings label. As of 2006, the band is on hiatus. While not active, they have not issued any official statement about disbanding and various members continue to collaborate on live shows and studio projects. The band formed in 1985 in Minnesota with Mark Olson (acoustic guitar and vocals), Gary Louris (electric guitar and vocals), Marc Perlman (bass) and Norm Rogers (drums). In addition to their studio albums, the Jayhawks released Live From the Women's Club, an all-acoustic live recording of Louris/Perlman/O'Reagan from 2002. It was sold only at concerts as an "Official Jayhawks Bootleg." It includes the original version of "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" called "Someone Will". A follow-up, Live From the Women's Club 2, features a cover of Tim Hardin's "Reason To Believe" and a rendition of "Jennifer Save Me" from Golden... more | |
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"Something Good This Way Comes"
Thursday, February 12, 2009
"Love Buzz" ... (surprise) ... And, BTW, 2 Days Left to St. Valentine's Day
"About A Girl"
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
"Sylvia Plath" ... ---( 3 days left to St. Valentine's Day )--- ...
"Answering Bell"
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
"Don't Disturb This Groove" = Four Days Left to Valentine's Day = Kicking It Old School Again ...
Monday, February 9, 2009
"Sense of Purpose" = Going Old School = Five Days Left to Valentine's Day
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Sunday, February 8, 2009
Kicking Off St. Valentine's Day Week ...
A clip of the wedding scene from Dan in Real Life to Modern Nature by Sondre Lerche & Lillian Samdal. That's Sondre Lerche & his band, Faces Down, in the video but the female wedding singer isn't Lillian although the camera does like her ... | |
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