Strange times. Most time in life seems to be spent with waiting. Waiting for a call, for a letter, for someone to do something that is required before further action is possible, this kind of thing. At least I know now that I’ll do some driving on Thursday & Frayday – they did not forget me …
There are days when you wake up and a word is in your head, like for example “Spinalzo”, or Petschenegen. This usually leads to heavy thinking, a) about the origin of the word (Did I read something lately that contained it ? Have I heard it uttered, by whom ?), and b) of the actual meaning. One could use the Kraftdenkapparat “Concentrator”, something that was advertised in the 1920s. I only saw the advertisement (with testimonials by people, who claimed to have used it with good results), but never the machine itself. Maybe it is something like a power thinking cap – what leads to the question what a “thinking cap” is ? Did someone ever see or wear one ? Is it electric ? Questions abound.
Without any doubt and question, El Choclo (Ger., Eng.) is a well known tango argentino, here performed by the “International Novelty Orchstra”, directed by Nathaniel SHILKRET (1889-1982) (Ger., Eng.) in 1928. I hope you enjoy the music. May we be spared fear and payne, at least for this week.
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63 mago 