Rare photograph of Che' Petadoggy
choro-nik
Thnx!
But shouldn't he have been studying his score?
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William Jennings
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Choro-nik... that (shtudent) dog will not hunt!
In this rare photograph Che' Petadoggy is taking a deserved rest. A few
minutes earlier he was heavily engaged with
"Los seys libros del Delphin de música de cifras para tañer Vihuela" done by
his old friend Lewy of Narvaez from Valladolid. circa 1538. Che' and Lewy
were at first to the service of Francisco of the Cobos and later of the
emperor Carlos V, to whom accompanied him on his his trip Italy. Some think
that he met Milano and got the tabs of his work from that journey. Lewy's
work has a certain italianizante character, great lyricism and scholastic
counterpoint. The six books contain works for vihuela single and voice with
support of vihuela, altogether.
Che' was watching Francesco de los Cobos y Molina, the powerful secretary
and chief financial advisor to Emperor Charles V, poses in front of a swath
of drapery, looking warily out at the viewer when Jan Gossaert (Netherland)
painted the Cobo about 1530 - 1532. Fact is, you can still see that
painting at the J. Paul Getty. Gossaert had psychological insight and a keen
observation of form, creating a portrait that is both imposing and
believable. Francisco de los Cobos was a big dog and to this day you can see
his Sacra Capilla del Salvador (Holy Chapel of the Saviour) built for his
burial. Its reckoned as the most ambitious private chapel of all the spanish
Renaissance. Francisco de los Cobos called the best artist of the age for
this building: Siloé, Vandelvira, Villalpando, Berrugete...Diego de Siloé,
arquitect of several spanish cathedrals, was the author of the original
project, but he left it, and for this cause, and a lot of money. Old
Francesco was as crooked as they come and belonged to the Order of the
Knight of Santiago. Shit, what does one expect from the chief financial
advisor but to dip in the till for himself.
That Charles the 5th. wasn't all that bright to begin with, I know what I'm
talking about. He was sometimes called the last
Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1500 - 1558). His dream of a European empire
was thwarted by the Protestant Reformation, conflict with France, and the
advancing Ottoman Turks. He retired in 1556 and abdicated in 1558 so he
could plan his death. You can see a painting by Titian at the Prado in
Madrid of Charlie and me.... that's before I had to wear glasses and was
still a young pup. Charlie was one of the old "Hell's Angles" crowd and
wore a helment in the shape of a dolphin with a curled up tail, around
1530, as I recall by Kolman Helmschmid in Augsburg. Blued, with a gold
etching by Daniel Hopfer the elder. You can still see it in the collection
at the Real Ameria in Madrid. I pissed in it one time when he pissed me
off....... ate everything he could get his hands on, the pig.
Ol' Lewy was a better sort. He made arrangements of the most famous
composers of his time, songs, fantasias and diferencias on popular songs
like the "two cow kids doin' the best they can" 'Guardame las vacas'. His
style is almost really polyphonic and since he got the tabs from Francesco
da Milano, sorta' kinda'.... well you know what I mean. Can't tell you just
how many times I've heard that 'Guardame las vacas', the folks around us
called it cowkid music. Ol' Lewy didn't give a shit about what most folks
said and just played his little guitar and had fun... he often said " Oh
yeah - life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone." There once
were words to 'Guardame las vacas', I can't remember the words.... shit it's
been ages since I've seen Lewy and the world turns a little faster these
day, the words were a little lewd I recall.. Fact is, in these times it
would have sounded a little like this:
A little ditty 'bout Jack & Diane -
Two american kids growing up in the heart land.
Jack he's gonna be a football star
Diane debutante in the back seat ofJacky's car.
Suckin' on chilli dog outside the tastee freez
Diane sitting on Jacky's lap got his hands between her knees.
Jack he says "hey Diane
let's run off behind a shady tree
Dribble off those bobby brooks
let me do what I please" saying:
Oh yeah - life goes on
Long after the thrill of living is gone
sayin'
Oh yeah - life goes on
Long after the thrill of living is gone
now walk on.
Jack he sits back collects his thoughts for a moment
Scratches his head and does his best James Dean.
Well now then there, Diane, we ought to run off to the city.
Diane says: "Baby you ain't missing a thing" but Jack
he says:
Oh yeah - life goes on
Long after the thrill of living is gone
Oh yeah
he says - life goes on
Long after the thrill of living is gone.
Oh let it rock let it roll
Let the bible belt come and save my soul.
Holdin' on to sixteen as long as you can
Change is coming round real soon make us woman and man
Oh yeah - life goes on
. . .
A little ditty 'bout Jack and Diane -
Two american kids doin' the best they can.
John Cougar Mellencamp
This reminds me. When Lewy was doing his book "Los seys libros del Delphin
de música de cifras para tañer Vihuela" yhe had this real hottie named
Delphin. She was one Hell of a looker and a sassy littler tart who belonged
to the "Order of the Nights of Santiago" please do not confuse this with the
"Order of the Knight of Santiago" and caused Ol' Lewy to drink too much
which was bad for his gout. Delphin wanted all of Lewy's attention day and
night which didn't leave him much time to
play much less write his stuff down. Fact is Lewy, was workin' for the Holy
Roman Emperor Charles V who couldn't read,
can you believe that.... he never took up reading. He said he wasn't
concerned with reading about history because he was too busy making it.....
( and getting his ass kicked by that Lawmaker of the Truks) but we, Lewy,
Delphin an I Che Petadoggy
we did all right.... Life was good, it was a good time to be male.... :-)
The point I was going to make before I got sidetracked with history was
about cougar's and dolphins (Delphin) consider,
in another few hundred years some dummy going to be asking about the
"Cougar" in John "Cougar" Mellencamp, what does it mean and those silly
questions. In the old days an image in combination with a motto or a set of
verses often carrying a moral lesson was very popular with the folks. Lewy
told me he was going to name his book "La Sonrisa del Delfin" (Smile of the
Dolphin) for his little hottie but times being what they were he thought
better of that title. He and his buddy Enriquez who also
played the vihuela were bullshiting one night before they both wrote
books,talking about Greek mythology which was
very popular in the Renaissance. Now Ernie was from Valderrabano and he was
all up into Silva of Sirens. This can be proven by the fact he named his
book for Silva in 1547. I remember the date well because his little spotted
bitch had a litter
of 10 pups and I left town looking for Lewy to take me in. Anyway, he wrote
this book he called "Book of Musica of Vihuela Intitulardo Silva of Sirens"
In plain words " My Guitar Music for Silva's Tit's" and to cover this up he
had a bunch of religious
stuff mixed up with Greek myths in the introduction and masked the real
purpose and intentions of his efforts. The creative folks have always been
like that.... they know how to get what they want... a little observation
I've made over the past 500 years.
Now Lewy wrote his book first and in order to mask Delphin he recalled the
story of Taras, son of Neptune, the god of the sea. According to the myth,
pirates captured Taras at sea and threatened to kill him. Taras asked
permission to sing before his death. His song captivated his killers,
allowing him a chance to dive overboard. Away he rode on a dolphin to
safety.
Dolphins often followed boats and rafts and the Ancient Greeks revered
them, they were credited for helping guide lost sailors to port. In Cuba
today there is the well-known story of Our Lady of Charity, which portrays
the Virgin Mary protecting three fisherman lost at sea with dolphins. Now
Charlie had that dumb helment I told you about shaped like a dolphin I
pissed in and things just sota' took shape in the mind of Narvaez.... he saw
a way to please both his master and his
mistress.... know what I mean jelly bean? On the scroll work of every page
he wrote the name of his lover Delphin but on the cover he had... you
guessed it a dolphin. The Latin for dolphin is delphinus.
Things became even more complicated because the eldest son of the French
king was sometimes called "the king dauphin" (le roy daulphin), to
distinguish him from the dauphin of Auvergne,who was known,since Auvergne
became an appanage of the royal house, as "the prince dauphin." The
dauphinate of Auvergne, which is to be distinguished from the county, dates
from 1155, when William VII., count of Auvergne, was deposed by his uncle
William VIII." the Old." William VII. had married a daughter of Guigue IV.
Dauphin, after whom their son was named Dauphin (Delphinus). The name
continued, as in Viennois, as a patronymic, and was not used as a title
until 1281, when Robert II., count of Clermont, in his will, styles himself
for the first time Dauphin of Auvergne (Alvern-le delphinus) for the portion
of the county of Auvergne left to his house. In 1428 Jeanne, heiress of the
dauphin Béraud III., married Louis de Bourbon, count of Montpensier. Where
and how Delphin ended
up in Spain is lost to the mist of time. She didn't say much about her
background when I knew her.... then again I've never been much of what you
call a lap dog. I just observe things as they are.
My current master often plays "La Sonrisa del Delfin" I mean "Guardame las
vacas" so it's now many moons that I've heard
that little ditty 'bout Jack & Diane - Fact is, doc has played it longer
than Lewy did, doc was playing it as a kid, doin' the best he can.
So Mr. Choro-nik, what's up? I did the thousand words bit. What can you
tell me about stuff besides liking my picture?
Che' Petadoggy
Pawnotes: The facts, pictures, myths and helment. It's for you to see for
yourself.
Intimate affairs and stuff..... it's an old story.
William Jennings
than Christ. Here are a few things from his senior
moments:
1.. I was thinking about one of the status symbols of today -- those
pagers that everyone has clipped on. I can't afford one, so I'm wearing
my garage door opener.
2.. I was thinking that women should put pictures of missing husbands on
beer cans!
3.. I was thinking about old age and decided that it is when you still
have something on the ball but you are just too tired to bounce it.
4.. I thought about making a movie for folks my age and call it "Pumping
Rust"
5.. I have gotten that dreaded furniture disease....that's when your
chest is falling into your drawers!
6.. You know when people see a cat's litter box, they always say, "Oh,
have you got a cat?" Just once I wanted to say, "No, it's for company!"
7.. I thought about how mothers feed their babies with little tiny
spoons and forks so I wonder what Chinese mothers use. Perhaps toothpicks?
8.. Employment application blanks always ask who is to be notified in
case of an emergency. I think you should write . . . A Good Vet or Doctor
in your case!
9.. Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What
are we supposed to do . . . write to these people? Why don't they just put
their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen could look for them
while they deliver the mail?
10.. I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot
more as they get older; then it dawned on me, they are cramming for
their finals.