RELAX REDUX / IN THE LAP OF LUX
After my last post (“RELAX”), the title of a possible sequel (“RELAX REDUX”) came to me….however, further inspiration waned, leaving me a title in search of a post. But fear not. We artistes are too artiste-tic to give up a half-asinine idea without a fight….and, in time, a way forward hit me: if RELAX REDUX became the asinine half of a whole post, the whole post would be half-asinine if the second half of the whole were also half-asinine. In other words, the second half of the whole must be better than half-asinine, or the whole post is half-asinine.
In short, to half or not to half — that was the question. The answer came to me when I asked myself what can be logically paired with relaxation to buttress a less asinine whole, and I answered myself: luxury, that’s what. Hence I appoint IN THE LAP OF LUX to serve as my better half….whether my wife likes it or not.
So, Weather* you’re weady or not, it’s time to welax — er, RELAX. That’s half the battle.
*LAZY WEATHER was one of a number of songs written by white composer Peter DeRose and black lyricist Jo Trent in the late 1920s (a time when such bi-racial collaboration was almost unheard of)
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Now on to IN THE LAP OF LUX:
“Living in the lap of luxury isn’t bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.” –Orson Welles
“If your neighbor has it, a luxury immediately becomes a necessity.” –Evan Esar
“The older I get, the more I realize that the ultimate luxury is time.” –Michael Kars
“Someone loving you back with all they’ve got is perhaps the greatest luxury of this rotten modern times, when lovers are easy but love is rare.” –Nitya Prakash
“Contentment is natural wealth; luxury [is] artificial poverty.” –Socrates
“Authentic luxury flourishes in the untying of self-worth from popular opinion.” –Ann Brasco
“Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three — and paradise is when you have none.” –Doug Larson
“It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.” –Thomas More
So….
calmkate 2:12 am on August 18, 2020 Permalink |
great quotes and love the music … the last is even this century, most unusual 🙂
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mistermuse 2:44 am on August 18, 2020 Permalink |
That song is actually late 20th century, but still more recent than most of the music clips I post. In any case, who could “Don’t Worry Be Happy” as long as Trump is President!!!!
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calmkate 5:18 am on August 18, 2020 Permalink
well at least you are trying to stay more upbeat despite the current disaster!
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equipsblog 9:34 am on August 18, 2020 Permalink |
Punultimate luxe-out.
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mistermuse 12:00 pm on August 18, 2020 Permalink |
My brain was ‘all in’ after going ‘all out’ in the first half. Thank God for quotes to close out, or I would’ve had to pun-ish my readers even worser in the second half.
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equipsblog 5:43 pm on August 19, 2020 Permalink
LOL
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D. Wallace Peach 11:24 am on August 18, 2020 Permalink |
Great song!
Awesome quotes too. 🙂
Thanks for starting my day with a smile.
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mistermuse 12:06 pm on August 18, 2020 Permalink |
Tbanks, Diana. I didn’t think I’d find that many great quotes about luxury, so you might say it turned out to be an unexpected luxury of riches.
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annieasksyou 11:55 am on August 18, 2020 Permalink |
I like your artiste tic! A fine affliction. But it sounded as though you were settling into your wife’s lap, so I hope the weight difference isn’t too deluxe ( in ad-speak).
The a capella arrangement was great, though there were times when the burden of singing seemed to outweigh the ability to look happy. Not to stereotype, but all these guys look alike. Was this a tricky solotet (solo quartet)— or was it just my aging eyes?
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mistermuse 12:28 pm on August 18, 2020 Permalink |
Actually, it might be a bigger deal if my wife sat on my lap — but let’s keep that to ourselves, shall we?
After playing that A Cappella clip again, I can’t answer your question definitively, but I don’t think they’re all the same guy. I used another video by the same group (or guy) in a post months ago, but I don’t remember which one, or I’d check it out.
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Don Ostertag 2:32 pm on August 18, 2020 Permalink |
Great quotes and music. To Kars, “The older I get, the more I realize that the ultimate luxury is time”, I would like to add ‘and health’
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mistermuse 4:02 pm on August 18, 2020 Permalink |
You said it, Don. Time without health = misery (mitigated by wealth).
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Rosaliene Bacchus 2:45 pm on August 18, 2020 Permalink |
Enjoyed the musical clip by Cappella. Amazing how we can use technology today to clone ourselves! Randy Rainbow uses the technique to great effect in his song parodies.
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mistermuse 4:12 pm on August 18, 2020 Permalink |
Indeed. i would use technology to clone myself but I inflict enough suffering as it is.
Love Randy Rainbow. They should play one of his song parodies of Trump ‘virtually’ every night of the Democratic convention.
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Elizabeth 8:18 pm on August 20, 2020 Permalink |
I was delighted by the video and more so with the Randy Rainbow “Gee, Dr. Fauci,” sung to Officer Krupke from West Side Story.
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