Mixed Messages

I'm David Ocker. If you only see one of my pictures or articles below, please click HERE to view the Message Mixture.

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Jul 05

Door Face

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Jul 04

“ Beyoncé sang a song medley that included “Ave Maria” while bathed in fog and laser light in a production number that failed to register with the audience.

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from this LA Times article about the BET awards

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Jul 03

Like A Flip-Flop In Bondage, Boy

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Jul 02

“ Maazel presented himself to a gullible Wall Street Journal as a man of modesty

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Mark Swed, former Wall Street Journal music critic, writing in this LA Times article

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Jul 01

Profile Tree

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Jun 30

“ There had to have been Paganinis, Mozarts, Hendrixes

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Dr. Nicholas J. Conard speaking about the people who played the recently discovered 35000 year-old bone flute. In this NYT article

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Jun 29

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Jun 28

“ In America such ovations have become meaningless and, if they don’t occur, they indicate disapproval

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STANDING Ovations. From “The 15 golden rules of theatre etiquette” by Bernedict Nightingale in this Times of London article

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Jun 27

Orange Bladder

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Jun 26

“ Played right, the city could have a new souvenir that sells like hotcakes on the Internet, but I’m sure they won’t be that smart.

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Susan Farrell, who runs a “pro-graffiti” blog, speaking about Raleigh NC’s reaction to the sculpture “Barrel Monster” by artist Joe Carnevale (who was arrested for stealing the raw materials: plastic traffic-control barrels). from this article

Jun 25

Bug Eyed Tomato

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Jun 24

“ In our studies, volunteers selected music that made them feel good or feel bad.

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Dr. Michael Miller who has researched the cardiovascular effects of music. from this article

Jun 23

Roger and Wendy’s Morris Chair

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Jun 22

“ I’m a mom, limited means, so I’m not going to worry about it now

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Jammie Thomas-Rasset who was ordered to pay a fine of nearly $2,000,000 for illegal file sharing. From this

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