Log24

Exploring  Schoolgirl  Space  (July 8) continues.

"Eh Fatty Boom-Boom
Hit me with the Ching-Ching"

— Song lyric

* See Crichton's Rising Sun  in this  journal.

"There is  such a thing as a desktop."

— Saying adapted from a 1962 young-adult novel.

An image from "Blackboard Jungle," 1955 —

"Through the unknown, remembered gate . . . ."

— T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets

Worldcon 2019

* See Marginalia in this journal.

From the previous post —

"We live in a constellation
Of patches and of pitches,
Not in a single world,
In things said well in music,
On the piano and in speech. . . ."

— Wallace Stevens, "July Mountain"

What, exactly, is the phrase "exact intonation" supposed to mean?

A possible clue —

" Casals is adamant about intonation. He has had his pupils repeat passages
until there is absolute accuracy of intonation. To a pupil playing a sonata with
piano, he recommends, 'do not be afraid to be out of tune with the piano.
It is the piano that is out of tune. The piano with its tempered scale is
a compromise in intonation.' "

— http://www.cello.org/heaven/bios/casalsap.htm

July Mountain

We live in a constellation
Of patches and of pitches,
Not in a single world,
In things said well in music,
On the piano and in speech,
As in a page of poetry—
Thinkers without final thoughts
In an always incipient cosmos.
The way, when we climb a mountain,
Vermont throws itself together.

— Wallace Stevens, from
    Opus Posthumous  (1957)

Or Pennsylvania: 

See the above title in this journal.  See also . . .

From an earlier post, "Lost in Quantum Space" —

Encountered today  —

From a news article featured on the American Mathematical Society
home page today —

A joint Vietnam-USA mathematical meeting in Vietnam on
June 10-13, 2019:

This  journal on June 12, 2019:

See also the Twentieth of May, 2008 —

Welcome to the Garden Club, Pilgrim.

From a post of Dec., 20, 2014 —

From "X-Men: First Class" —

See also the above quote in this  journal.

“For the Renaissance musician, a sharp multiplied a musical frequency
by the fraction 25/24 – and so does it in Ben’s music.”

— “Regarding Ben: A Keynote Address for the Microtonal Conference
[2010] at Wright State University,” by Kyle Gann

See too my own note from 2001:  Harmony, Schoenberg, and The Last Samurai .

For Harlan Kane . . .

The Usual Suspect —

See "The Batty Farewell" (yesterday's eulogy for Rutger Hauer) and . . .

Click the above fake seal for a related story.

For Harlan Kane . . .

https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/
2019-07-23/robert-folkenflik-uci-english-professor-emeritus-
and-longtime-laguna-beach-resident-dies-at-80

A related word in this journal:  Irvine.

https://www.cnet.com/news/first-time-comic-con-cosplay-is-
terrifying-complicated-and-exhilarating/ —

"San Diego Comic-Con 2019 [July 18-21] will witness my plunge
into cosplay. Here's how I tackled my Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
costume."

BY ERIN CARSON    JULY 18, 2019 8:20 PM PDT

"Sabrina, now played by Kiernan Shipka, still speaks to me.
Modern-day Sabrina isn't just trying to make it to the dance
on time, she's questioning the unquestioned gender roles of
her belief system, raising the dead and taking on the Devil himself. 

May every teenage girl have that kind of confidence."

Or not. See this  journal on July 18 and a related passage . . .

Corners and Boundaries

Check it out.

    See also the Fifth of November, 2011.

See also Turing + Dyson in this  journal.

"History is now and England." — T. S. Eliot

From the two previous posts —

Earlier —

The IBM Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair

… τοῦ γὰρ ἀεὶ ὄντος ἡ γεωμετρικὴ γνῶσίς ἐστιν.

… for geometry is the knowledge of the eternally existent.

See also the previous post — "Artifice of Eternity" —

and the June 23, 2010, post "Group Theory and Philosophy."

"Bad news on the doorstep…." — American Pie

The New York Times  on an arranger/composer who reportedly
died at 100 on Monday:

"By the 1950s he was the musical arranger for
'The Milton Berle Show' (originally 'Texaco Star Theater'),
NBC’s hit hourlong variety-comedy series."

Related Log24 posts —

Notes towards a Dark Tower (Aug. 2, 2016) and Maine to Mexico.

"Lost is that camp, and wasted all its fire;
 And he who wrought that spell?"
            — Bret Harte, "Dickens in Camp"

“Finality is death. Perfection is finality. Nothing is perfect.
 There are lumps in it, said the Philosopher.” 
                          ― James Stephens, The Crock of Gold

These quotations were suggested by Google News today —

For the origin of the name "Bret Stephens," see his
Wall Street Journal  essay from June 26, 2009.

See also this  journal on that date.

And now, General, time presses; and America is in a hurry.
Have you realized that though you may occupy towns and win battles,
you cannot conquer a nation? — The Devil's Disciple

A figure related to Dürer's "magic" square posted during Devil's Night —

Call —

Response —

Willkommen , or:  Tanks for the Memories

* See a New York Times  obituary.

See also a post of May 27, 2005, and the
2013 post Vector Addition in a Finite Field.

The above title is that of a facetious British essay linked to in the previous post.
It suggests a review . . .

“. . . some point in a high corner of the room . . . .”

     — Point Omega

See as well The Alchemist's Chessboard.