Name: James Earl Jones reads Walt Whitman by brainpicker in Brainpicker
Duration: 4 min 27 s
Description: Background and transcript: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/31/james-earl-jones-reads-walt-whitman/

Brainpicker

Fugit Amor

You've got me where you wanna
In fact it's safe to say I am a goner
I'm hanging on by my finger-tips
I'm tongue-tied but you can read my lips

The pied piper's at the butterfly ball
Charming me up and pinning me down. Life's ephemeral
So let's flutter and get to grips
Your brain-fried but you can move those hips

I love you like no other
Like lovers do and like a brother
Tender moments and laughing fits
You want the stories with the juicy bits

La, la, la .... (lots of La, La, La's ....)

Spin me like a Catherine wheel, a propeller
I serenade all night a  cappella
I'm sorry if I give you the shits
I aim to please you, and I love those tits ...

Your smile's fading, your eyes are slits
And did I mention that I love those tits ?

Fugit Amor

Charles Bukowski reads his poem "don't come round but if you do..." over a loop of Tom Waits' "Wrong Side of the Road"

Charles Bukowski "don't come round but if you do..."/Tom Waits "Wrong Side of the Road"

Origin

The Choir of Saint James' is made up of amateur and professional adult musicians from the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Under the direction of Organist and Choirmaster James Buonemani since January of 1995, it is the first American Choir to have sung in performance with the Choir of Westminster Abbey's choir-in-residence during the months of August 1999, 2006, and 2010.  Inviting the choir to return in the future, the Abbey Precentor, Deiniol Morgan, wrote "the quality of singing was exceptionally high and our worship was much enriched by your contribution." The Choir is honored to hold a standing invitation to return to the Abbey by James O'Donnell, the Abbey's current Organist and Master of the Choir.

As the core musical organization of Saint James' Church, the choir has played host to many of the world's finest choirs during their international tours, including The Sixteen, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, the American Boychoir, the Gloriae Dei Cantores, the Choir of Westminster Abbey, the Choir of Canterbury Cathedral and the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford

The Choir of Saint James' performed music for the official Los Angeles Memorial to Princess Diana in 1997. In addition to weekly services and monthly evensongs, the Choir of Saint James' presents concerts featuring many of the great choral masterpieces with full orchestra. Past seasons have included the Requiems of Maurice Duruflé, Gabriel Fauré, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozard, Giuseppe Verdi, the Lord Nelson Mass by Haydn, the Funeral Ikos and Song for Athene by John Tavener, the Cantata Misericordium by Benjamin Britten, the Lux Aeterna of Los Angeles composer Morten Lauridsen as well as the world premiere of O Beauty Ever Ancient Ever New by director James Buonemani, commissioned for the Centennial of Organists. Many of the choir's live performances can be heard by visiting SaintJamesLA.org and clicking on "Listen to the Music" under the Great Music tab.

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Bonecrusher

Full conversation and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/06/wendy-macnaughton-caroline-paul-design-matters/

Excerpt from https://soundcloud.com/designmatters/carolinepaulandwendymacnaughton

On true love

Excerpt from Orwell's fantastic 1946 essay outlining his 11 "golden" rules of tea perfection: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/14/george-orwell-a-nice-cup-of-tea/

TRANSCRIPT / DETAILS

George Orwell on how to make the perfect cup of tea

Annotated highlights and discussion: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/29/joss-whedon-2013-wesleyan-commencement-address/

Be All Your Selves: Joss Whedon's 2013 Wesleyan Commencement Address

Background and transcript: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/05/31/james-earl-jones-reads-walt-whitman/

James Earl Jones reads Walt Whitman

T.S. Eliot reads from his celebrated classic, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/06/04/t-s-eliot-reads-t-s-eliot-the-ad-dressing-of-cats-1947/

James Earl Jones reads Walt Whitman

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