Syracuse Jazz

Gunhild Carling Big Band from Syracuse, NY (2024)

This video seems to be recorded by a cellphone from the side of the stage. As a consequence, both the sound quality and the view of the performers are disappointing. Also disappointing is that this is 516.4 MiB, but it's only 1:03:13 long. If this were super high quality video and audio, that would be OK with me, but the quality is below par.

Gunhild, herself does a great job. I just wish I could hear her and the band better.

Her new song, "Fire Alarm" is great. I hope she performs it with her family and friends when she gets back home. When her husband Johan engineers the videos, they are much better. In this performance, none of her family (either from Sweden or California) appears.

She plays Renaissance recorder, slide whistle, harmonica, Swedish bagpipes, trombone, trumpet, and cornet. She also dances and sings.

Ah. Here's the stunt where she plays three trumpets at the same time. It's at 47:37.

Oh good! She's finishing with her own "Hot Head."

She really gives it all she's got, and she's got a lot to give.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7mF9ijVenc

#music #video #jazz #hot-jazz #gunhild-carling #syracuse #syracuse-ny #syracuse-jazz #2024

#BlueSupermoon Beyond #Syracuse

#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230905.html

#APOD #Italy #Supermoon #Moon

🔴 laufende SAR-Operation der Guardia Costiera⚓️🇮🇹 26sm OSO von #Syracuse

* ~700 Pers. auf 1 Fischtrawler

* ✏️vorläufige Schätzung

OSINT via @RadioRadicale 22:30
via @scandura

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⚠️ Die Wetterbedingungen verschlechtern sich: #Humanity1 & #RiseAbove sind mit 179 / 95 Geretteten vor #Catania / #Syracuse in ital. Hoheitsgewässer eingefahren.

@Piantedosim @Viminale
#apriteiporti subito! #OpenThePorts NOW!

via @RescueMed

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#Siracusa

#'Italian #diver #EnzoMaiorca, while #diving in the #sea of #Syracuse, felt something hit him in the back. He turned around and saw a #dolphin.
He understood that he was not playing, but #expressing something.
The dolphin dived down and Enzo followed him.
At a depth of 12 meters, caught in a #net, was #another dolphin.
After managing to free him and his wife, when the two #dolphins surfaced, they emitted an almost human cry (this is how Maiorca described it). Dolphins can be held #underwater for up to 10 minutes and then drown. The captive dolphin was a #female about to give #birth.
The male surrounded her and stood in front of Enzo and touched his cheek (like a kiss), a gesture of gratitude. Enzo ended his speech with the words:
"Until man learns to respect and #communicate with the #animal #world, he will never be able to know his true role on this #earth."

🆘 ~71 Menschen in Not nahe #Syracuse🇮🇹!

@alarm_phone ist in Kontakt mit ~71 Menschen auf einem defekten Boot, das schlechtem Wetter und Wellen ausgesetzt ist. Behörden sind informiert, und Rettung ist jetzt erforderlich.

ACT NOW @guardiacostiera
#DontLetThemDrown!

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https://twitter.com/alarm_phone/status/1575914482429140992

Looking Up

The façade of the Duomo of Syracuse, Sicily, by night.

#photo #photography #mywork #sicily #syracuse #ortygia #duomo #baroque

Piazza Duomo By Night

Piazza Duomo in Ortygia, the old town of Syracuse, Sicily.
From left, Palazzo Vermexio (current town hall), the Cathedral (Duomo), and the Archbishop’s palace.
I do know that whoever it was to come up with the choice of lighting on Palazzo Vermexio will be suffering from tinnitus for the next few weeks at least ;-)

#photo #photography #mywork #sicily #syracuse #ortygia #duomo

Fountain of Arethusa

aka Fonte Aretusa, is a freshwater spring in Ortygia, the old town of Syracuse, Sicily. Located mere meters from the island's western shore, it has been a dependable source of freshwater since the city's foundation by the ancient Greeks ca. 730 BCE.
For the mythological backstory, see my previous post.

#photo #photography #mywork #sicily #syracuse #ortygia

Fountain of Diana

in Ortygia, the old town of Syracuse, Sicily.
Sculpted by Giulio Moschetti ca. 1906, the fountain depicts Diana (aka Artemis), goddess of the hunt, with her usual attributes - bow and quiver, and a crescent moon above her forehead. At her feet, the water nymph Arethusa, about to be transformed into a spring in order to escape the attentions of her suitor Alpheus, to Diana's right. Attentions unwanted since Arethusa had a vow of chastity to Diana.
The spring that Arethusa was transformed into is just a couple of hundred meters away, at the island's western shore just south of the marina.
As a sidenote, this is the type of content that couldn't be posted on corporate social media because OMG NUDITY!!!

#photo #photography #mywork #sicily #syracuse #ortygia #diana

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