It's perhaps a sad measure of how loserly 3CM is that SNLC has been going as a series long enough that it's possible for him to do a 'sequel', of sorts, on the idea of April 4 (4/4) cultural trivia, like the first version from 6 years ago. Thanks to calendrial vagaries, it's actually possible to repeat this theme every 6 years. The challenge, of course, is to do so without repeating anything from the earlier version - except, perhaps, for 3CM to remember now, unlike last time, that we're in the midst of the NCAA Final Four (though that made headlines for a non-basketball-related reason this year, of course). With that in mind, here goes for the 2015 edition.....
Going slightly out of order from the previous version:
1. Classical music "fourth" compositions, of a more obscure bent, since 3CM pretty much covered the "greatest hits" among fours the last time:
(a) Composers with a Symphony No. 4 to their credit, which generally don't get performed:
- Malcolm Arnold
- Sir Arnold Bax
- Carlos Chavez
- Antonin Dvorak
- Benjamin Frankel
- Roberto Gerhard
- Roy Harris
- Karl Amadeus Hartmann
- Hans Werner Henze
- Allan Petterson
- William Schuman
- Eduard Tubin
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
(b) Various Concertos (OK, Concerti) No. 4:
- Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik No. 4 (Chamber Music No. 4)
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 (nowhere near as popular as #2 and #3, but for good reason; it's not nearly as good)
Of course, in classical music, there are innumerable string quartets, or even quartets of other musical combinations, but that would be sort of cheating, not to mention way beyond the scope of this already-pointless diary ;) .
2. Movies:
- Citiizenfour (2014)
- Four Friends (1981)
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
- Four's a Crowd (1938)
Later this year, in the summer, a new movie based on the Fantastic Four comic characters is scheduled for release.
3. If we go to 3CM's usual default numerology theme, and go back to April 4, 1915, various stuff includes:
(a) The birth of McKinley Morganfield, who became much better known later as Muddy Waters
(b) Among the "Juvenile Delinquents Committed to the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society", historical records show that:
- Charles Perassole was discharged on 4/4/1915
- Armin Doring was committed on 4/4/15
(c) From World War I, soldier Ernst Pauleit had this diary entry, which Google-translated, reads:
Sleep Wake awarded 9 clock weather:.. Cloudy and rainy.
The roads in the vicinity of our camp are terribly muddy and extended. So we do not sink into the mud, we demonstrate for the "Celebration of the Day" to walk our settlement with truncheons.
Now our Stiebel will remain at least somewhat moderately Sunday. But to abklabastern the whole "village" on this bumpy surface, a few hours Acrobat lessons are thoroughly recommended. [No idea what "abklabastern" properly translates to.]
Our battery bombards today trenches and behind enemy deposits Height 203 with one 53 total income. We stand out from our resting position with her telephone call and learn as always with the latest news from the front of the shortest path.
12 clock sleep."
(d) In much less militaristic circumstances, Harley-Davidson has
this note about a race in Venice, CA:
"On April 4, 1915, Otto Walker and Leslie Parkhurst took first and second place, respectively, at the International Grand Prize Road Race in Venice, California. Both broke world records by running at 68½ miles per hour for 300 miles and finished within 15¾ seconds of each other."
Interesting how the definition of "fast and furious" for motor racing changes with time, isn't it?
(e) Atlantic City, NJ was clearing up the residue of 6" of snow on April 4, 1915, noted here (global climate change underway back then?).
That should do for now. With that, time for the standard SNLC protocol, namely your loser stories for the week......