Happy Eclipse Day!
Our Sun is like a star--well, because it is a star. Today millions of observers will witness the moon passing in front of their view of the Sun. The Moon covers many stars on a regular basis, but very few of us notice. On this day (Monday August 21, 2017) millions will see this rare phenomena first hand while those like me will mostly watch on television. I'll peek outside now and then to see what my view will be, but I don't expect things to get very darkened where I live. And watching on TV I shouldn't have any risk of going blind.
Anyway, since I can't really compete with a total eclipse of the Sun and I don't have all that much to say about the science or history or whatever about eclipses, I'll just move along to announcing the winner of my previous Battle of the Bands match-up.
Battle of the Bands Results
I figured this match between Jane Monheit and Corinne Bailey Rae performing Rae's "Like A Star" would be a close one. This Battle did not disappoint. Even without my vote, my preferred artists won by a tiny margin.
My wife and I both agreed that Corinne's version was perhaps more heartfelt and more dramatically delivered, but from an aesthetically musical standpoint we agreed that Jane Monheit's version was more pleasing to our ears. Besides Monheit's dreamy vocals, the instrumentation put me in a faraway contemplative state of mind. Love that kind of sound!
Final Vote Tally:
Jane Monheit 13
Corinne Bailey Rae 9
Next Battle on Friday September 1st
Yes, I will be trying a two Battle a month schedule to see what response I get. Hopefully some others will join me on the 1st--but I hope plenty of you will at least stop by to vote.
Will you be (or did you) watch the total eclipse? What were your feelings about it? Had you been facing this day will some uncertain sense of dread or apprehension?
