Dok (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} cyberinsekt) wrote,@ 2009-09-22 01:08:00 |
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Sun Ra - The Ridiculous "I" and the Cosmos Me
Reading internet forums is seldom a good idea, especially if you have some small care for the niceties of language. You expect to see the occasional mangling of a few words. It goes with the terrain, like dog shit on grass verges. What you might not expect to see is the emergent misspelling of commonly-used words and phrases. Take, for example, "per se". It's not necessarily part of the daily vocabulary, but it gets pulled out of the word drawer ever so often. In and of itself it's a handy little piece of Latin. Yet, with ever growing frequency, it seems to be irregularly written as "per say". It's horrible.
What really strikes me with morbid horror, however, is the encroaching "rediculous". I was aghast upon first reading this. It's not even as if the word is pronounced that way1. Now, I know bad habits are difficult to break. I went for years writing "alright", as successive teachers never disabused me of the habit. Even now, I'm sure the odd "alright" slips through. But I try, dammit. So, as a public service, let me introduce you to an estimable website I have just discovered:
http://how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/
The Ridiculous "I" and the Cosmos Me comes from Sun Ra's 1974 album The Antique Blacks. It features one of Ra's more idiosyncratic keyboard sounds, the one that sounds like an out-of-tune harp being played underwater. This may or may not endear you to this music, but I like it. This is the Arkestra in full atonal free jazz sound painting mode, with the addition of a guest guitarist who can't quite break free of his comfort zone. That aside, this is great stuff. Enjoy.
1. Or so I thought until I started paying closer attention to American television programmes, whereupon I discovered that actually it is. Frequently.
Sun Ra - The Ridiculous "I" and the Cosmos Me
(alternate download)
Reading internet forums is seldom a good idea, especially if you have some small care for the niceties of language. You expect to see the occasional mangling of a few words. It goes with the terrain, like dog shit on grass verges. What you might not expect to see is the emergent misspelling of commonly-used words and phrases. Take, for example, "per se". It's not necessarily part of the daily vocabulary, but it gets pulled out of the word drawer ever so often. In and of itself it's a handy little piece of Latin. Yet, with ever growing frequency, it seems to be irregularly written as "per say". It's horrible.
What really strikes me with morbid horror, however, is the encroaching "rediculous". I was aghast upon first reading this. It's not even as if the word is pronounced that way1. Now, I know bad habits are difficult to break. I went for years writing "alright", as successive teachers never disabused me of the habit. Even now, I'm sure the odd "alright" slips through. But I try, dammit. So, as a public service, let me introduce you to an estimable website I have just discovered:
http://how-to-spell-ridiculous.com/
The Ridiculous "I" and the Cosmos Me comes from Sun Ra's 1974 album The Antique Blacks. It features one of Ra's more idiosyncratic keyboard sounds, the one that sounds like an out-of-tune harp being played underwater. This may or may not endear you to this music, but I like it. This is the Arkestra in full atonal free jazz sound painting mode, with the addition of a guest guitarist who can't quite break free of his comfort zone. That aside, this is great stuff. Enjoy.
1. Or so I thought until I started paying closer attention to American television programmes, whereupon I discovered that actually it is. Frequently.
Sun Ra - The Ridiculous "I" and the Cosmos Me
(alternate download)
