"Time is a weapon, it's cold and it's cruel"
— Lyrics: Max D. Barnes. Singer: Ray Price.
The New York Times in September 1949 —
CANNES, France, Sept. 17 (AP) — A. British-made film
with two American stars won the Grand Prize of the
Cannes Film Festival, judges announced today.
The film was "The Third Man," starring Joseph Cotten,
Valli, Orson Welles and Siegfried Breuer.
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* Alternate title:
"Time Is a Weapon,
or 4:45 Meets 8:38."
3:57:09…
Time is a Weapon
In memory of rock star and NRA member Johnny Ramone, who died on Wednesday, Sept. 15:
“You’ve got to ask yourself a question.”
— Clint Eastwood as Dirty Harry
“At the end, when the agent pumps Neo full of lead, the agent is using a .357 Magnum. That gun only holds 9 bullets, but the agent shoots 10 shots at Neo. I don’t know where he got that gun.”
— Jesse Baumann,
The Matrix: The Magic Bullet
Manufacturer:
Ta’as Israel Industries,
Ramat Hasharon, Israel
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Fearful Meditation
“The Max D. Barnes-penned title track, with its stark-reality lyrics, is nothing short of haunting: ‘Time is a weapon, it’s cold and it’s cruel; It knows no religion and plays by no rules; Time has no conscience when it’s all said and done; Like a beast in the jungle that devours its young.’ That’s so good, it hurts! Price’s still-amazing vocals are simply the chilling icing on the cake.” — Lisa Berg, NashvilleCountry.com O fearful meditation! — Shakespeare, Sonnet 65 Clue: click here. This in turn leads to my March 4 entry Fearful Symmetry, which contains the following: “Every transition from major to minor in a sonata, every transformation of a myth or a religious cult, every classical or artistic formulation was, I realized in that flashing moment, if seen with a truly meditative mind, nothing but a direct route into the interior of the cosmic mystery….” — Hermann Hesse, The Glass Bead Game “How strange the change from major to minor….” — Cole Porter, “Every Time We Say Goodbye“ |
In Memory of Max D. Barnes:
Time and Chance
Barnes, a songwriter,
died on 1/11/04.
Related material:
Fearful Meditation (8/1/03),
Time is a Weapon (9/26/03), and
In Summary (1/11/04).
Time is a Weapon
“Time is a weapon, it’s cold and it’s cruel.”
— Max D. Barnes song lyric,
sung by Ray Price
(See Aug. 1, 2003, entry.)
3:57
was the time of yesterday afternoon’s entry,
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“Only through time time is conquered.”
— T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets
Fearful Meditation
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“The Max D. Barnes-penned title track, with its stark-reality lyrics, is nothing short of haunting: ‘Time is a weapon, it’s cold and it’s cruel; It knows no religion and plays by no rules; Time has no conscience when it’s all said and done; Like a beast in the jungle that devours its young.’ That’s so good, it hurts! Price’s still-amazing vocals are simply the chilling icing on the cake.”
— Lisa Berg, NashvilleCountry.com
O fearful meditation! Where, alack,
Shall time’s best jewel from time’s chest lie hid?
— Shakespeare, Sonnet 65
Clue: click here. This in turn leads to my March 4 entry Fearful Symmetry, which contains the following:
“Every transition from major to minor in a sonata, every transformation of a myth or a religious cult, every classical or artistic formulation was, I realized in that flashing moment, if seen with a truly meditative mind, nothing but a direct route into the interior of the cosmic mystery….”
— Hermann Hesse, The Glass Bead Game
“How strange the change from major to minor….”
— Cole Porter, “Every Time We Say Goodbye“
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