The Muse and Whirled Retort 2024
The Muse and Whirled Retort January 2024
Monday, January 1, 2024
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The Muse and Whirled Retort January 2024 Hey everybody. It’s that time again. Happy New Year! **********
A couple of things going on. **********
Before we get to it, first, it is time for your crass commercial announcements.
T.H.E. .M.U.S.E. .A.N.D. .W.H.I.R.L.E.D. .R.E.T.O.R.T. January 01, 2023 Austin, TX  Winter Song By Chris Chandler Most people think of winter as merely a frozen period. The poets draw metaphors of death, the withering away of life, moving on from the autumn years into your inevitable demise. But I say, Damn the poets! e.e. cummings said, “snow doesn't give a soft white damn whom it touches." I always liked that about winter. Snow makes your weed-infested junkyard look just as nice as your Presbyterian neighbor's manicured fescue. Winter is something you can feel in your bones. It makes us aware of our skeletal structure as it strips the trees of summer, allowing us to behold the bones of the earth. We see her landscapes without her gaudy gardenias and great green summer trees, her trendy autumn scarves, or her whorey spring negligees made of tulips and bumblebees. We see the earth naked as we see our lover the next morning. Make-up kissed away. The low slant of winter's morning light reveals the angles of her jaw line. Down comforters and a sluggish sunrise let us stay in bed a little longer as we look within. Some creatures hibernate. For them, winter is gone in a flash but it is the cold of winter that gives them the strength to make it through the rest of the coldhearted year. "April is the cruelest month." It is winter that taught the ant generosity and the grasshopper responsibility. OK, OK in the original, the ant ate the grasshopper over the long cold winter but I bet the grasshopper learned his lesson. To long for all the seasons and the way they change is a far healthier state of mind than to be helplessly infatuated with spring. Perhaps there is a reason that so many people could not start a conversation with a stranger if it were not for the weather. God bless the winter, for it is both an beginning and an end. It is something that brings us to praise the hard yellow warmth of chimneys, as we gather in tighter circles to hear the tales of the harsher seasons, until the snow melts, and we can venture into the severity of spring, armed with fresh vim to conquer the oncoming year.
 Saturday, January 6th, 2024 7:00 PM The Living Room Story Time for Grown Ups Unity Austin 5501 West Highway 290 Austin , TX 78735 Six storytellers with a theme. Sunday, January 14th, 2024 4:30 PM Chandler's 60th Birthday Party The Home of Jen Delyth RSVP me baldchandler@yahoo.com Oakland , CA Although NO New Year's Day Party this Year at Jen's House - we ARE having the party instead on Jan 14th - the Sunday Before MLK Day (to celebrate Chandler's 60th). We appreciate any contributions of "finger food", and bring your favorite beverage, and a poem or song or Majik Trick to share if ya like. Going to be fun! Wednesday, January 17th, 2024 4:30 PM A House Concert At The Home of Miracula email baldchandler@yahoo.com for address Nevada City , CA Details TBA at the top of the year - stay tuned Thursday, January 18th, 2024 4:30 PM Laurie Greenfest Berger Presents Venue TBA Email baldchandler@yahoo.com for info as I know it Fairfax , CA 94930 Friday, January 19th, 2024 8:00 PM House Concert at the Home of Sabrina Parker RSVP ME baldchandler@yahoo.com for address Santa Cruz , CA Saturday, January 20th, 2024 12:00 PM John Elliott Presents Great Highway Park at Judah Location TBA San Francisco , CA
Park on Lower Great Highway or anywhere else in the hood.
Great Highway is closed to cars. North Train takes you right there. Or walk Bike etc.
Are you ready for something completely different?
Please join me in welcoming the long-overdue return of Chris Chandler to the ‘Rads LivingRoom. This will be an intimate, small attendance indoor event. Saturday, January 20, 2024 4:30 doors, 5:00 show Long-term friends of House Concerts At The ‘Rads may recall that it was Chris who first got this ball rolling when he played our very first house concert for Chuck’s birthday on January 9, 2007. Yeah, that’s 17 whole years ago! Since then he’s appeared on the ‘Rads driveway three times and has been providing both entertainment and food for thought in venues of all sorts and sizes, all across the country. If you’ve ever been to the Oregon Country Fair, you know he’s an annual favorite there. Chris is a spoken word artist who first caught my attention when he joined Dan Bern on stage at High Sierra in 2004. It’s been several years since I’ve had an opportunity to see his show, so I am looking forward to a whole new era of insights, humor, commentary, and song. Musical accompaniment for this show will be provided by Paul Benoit on guitar and local keyswhiz Jordan Feinstein. Arrive at 4:30 to socialize, snack, claim a seat and settle in. There’s no formal pot-luck meal, but there will be a large charcuterie spread and beverages. Feel free to bring something to add to it, or perhaps a dessert or other snack, or bottle, but no obligation. There will be two sets with a brief break. I expect the show to wrap up by around 7:00. I am asking for a $25 donation for the artist to guarantee your spot. Venmo (Joanne Narad. I’m the only one.) is preferred, but you can reserve your spot and pay cash at the door. AS ALWAYS, SEND EMAIL TO houseconcert@thenarads.org TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT. Subject line “Jan20” will help me keep track, thanks. (Note there is no ’s’ at the end of houseconcert!) This is a very limited attendance show, so don’t delay. I hope to see you soon and in the meantime, Happy Holidaze and have a great New Year!
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