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December 17: Live Music with Classical Guitar Virtuoso David Temple and Stephen Larsen on The Funadmanetalist Mind |
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Written by Adam Roufberg
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Wednesday, 17 December 2008 |
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Today
I was joined in the studio by classical guitar virtuoso David
Temple. David performed a diverse selection of live tunes ranging
from the King of Baroque (really the father of all modern western music) Johann
Sebastian Bach to the great bossa nova tradition of Brazil with tunes like Manha
de Carnival by Luiz Bonfa. There is as much to be said about David's technical
expertise as there is to be said about his musicality. From the slower more contemplative
movements delivering a sound likened to Segovia and his student Christopher Parkening,
to the more fiery technical selections reminding one of John Williams, David Temple
shines with a brilliance surpassing most brave enough to pick up this solo concert
instrument and attempt to master it.
As
someone who has studied the classical guitar with one of the worlds premier
classical guitarists I have a keen ear and great appreciation for David's abilities
and accomplishments and regard David as a premier guitarist on the East Coast,
in the US and in the World. His three
CD's are not only ideal for listening no matter what the mood -
as he offers a diverse selection to carry the listener through all moods and
emotions - they make great purchases (remember, Holidays come at all times of
the year)
I
began the program with Part Two of an interview conducted with psychologist
Dr. Stephen
Larsen on his outstanding and critical work for our time, "The
Fundamentalist Mind: How Polarized Thinking Imperils Us All."
Dr. Larsen lays it on the line - from the physiological basis for our perceptions,
actions and reactions to environmental and archetypal stimuli to the foundations
for world religions locked in the mythogems which dominate the perceptions an
actions of entire groups and cultures, this book is an essential part of anyone's
intellectual diet who seeks a better understanding of their own behavior and
how it will ultimately interact with the characters on the world stage. That
is to say, any politician, historian, legal expert, historian, psychologist,
therapist, healer, and, well just about everyone should read this book. That's
why I interviewed him, you know. So you would realize the importance of this
work and go purchase it and pass it on to the next person when you are done
reading it.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 21 December 2008 )
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