In Mexican tradition, November 1st is the central point in the Days of the Dead (October 31st through November 2nd), while in older Christian tradition it’s All Saints’ (or, as many would have it, Saints) Day. For some of us, there is specific music for the day: the magnificent processional hymn “For All the Saints”, sung to the Ralph Vaughan Williams tune Sine Nomine.
(#1) Fra Angelico, The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs (from the 1420s, tempera on poplar wood) (from Wikipedia)
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Passed on to me by Joe Transue, this sign from massive protests in London against the current state visit by Helmet Grabpussy:
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Either this is just a taunt, or you get the allusion — and then you are probably suffering from an earworm, with the words:
We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone
All in all it’s just another brick in the wall
All in all you’re just another brick in the wall
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In the June 1st New Yorker, this cartoon by Bob Eckstein:
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Not the first posting on this blog about earworms.
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