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Déjà vu

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Déjà vu, from French, literally “already seen”, is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced had been experienced in the past.

Here are two examples of very young children who “already know” how to play the piano, masterfully! How can an adopted 3 year old, blind girl “already know” how to play the piano, instantly accompany a vocalist without ever having heard the tune before? She also plays the piano and sings.

This 5 year old “just knows” how to play the piano — without any training — like a classical master. How can this possible happen? They remember. It cannot be more obvious. Everyone has lived before, a thousand, thousand times. You and I may not be able to remember how the play the piano because we never played it before. However, there are thousands of examples in history of people being able to “just know” how to do things.

Computer scientists “just know” how to manufacture and program computer circuitry — even though ELECTRICITY wasn’t even “invented” until 150 years ago! How does a planet make the quantum leap from burning wood and candles, riding in horse carts and sailing ships to atomic bombs and global satellite systems in 150 years?! There is no “evolutionary process” involved.

It’s too simple: we have done all of these things before on other planets, in other times, in other galaxies. It’s Déjà vu.

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STEVIE RAY LIVES!

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Stevie could flat-ass PLAY THE GUITAR!!! What a tragic loss his early death was for all of us. Thank the gods for YouTube videos of his many live performances. Here’s are 3 videos: 1) A gig he played in Italy not long before his death in a helicopter crash at the age of only 35. 2) a great one-on-one interview with Stevie about overcoming his 25 year addiction to drugs and alcohol. 3) Finally, from the Tribute Concert in honor of Stevie’s career after his death and with many of the finest guitarists in the world, as well as vintage performances by Stevie and his band Double Trouble.  This is a CLASSIC concert. For more about Stevie, visit his official website:  http://www.srvofficial.com/us/content/biography

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FILM NOIR FANTASY: “Little Quentin”

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One of my favorite genres of film is “film noir”.  It’s is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations. Hollywood’s classic film noir period is generally regarded as extending from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography. Many of the prototypical stories and much of the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the United States during the Depression.  The term film noir, French for “black film”, first applied to Hollywood films by French critic Nino Frank in 1946, was unknown to most American film industry professionals of the classic era.  Here is an comical animated example of the film noir genre:

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