I've been wracking my brains for days to think of a good blog name. Literary and Biblical allusions were just not cutting it. I toyed with the notion of calling it "Witty Fool" (with a Shakespearean quote to go with it), but I don't want to be saddled with "fool" in the title. I toyed with the idea of calling it "The Fifth Plagal Tone" but that would only attract fellow Orthodox people and I'm playing for all audiences.
So then in a moment of inspiration I thought of a brilliant song title by the band Cake. Of course! Alpha Beta Parking Lot! It's perfect! This blog could be anything.
Glad to see you! I've got you bookmarked and will try to visit often.
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I chose 'Persistent Fool' after Blake. 'The Fifth Plagal Tone' would have attracted me even though I'm a Buddhist. It's something like what was called Hypodorian in the west?
ReplyDelete@CCCCppppCCppp: 'The Fifth Plagal Tone' refers to one of the 8 tones used in Byzantine chant. (There are 8 tones in Russian chant as well, but none of them is called plagal.) I had to Google 'Hypodorion,' but I believe you are right: they are related. Byzantine chant is a descendant of the older form of Greek music.
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypodorian_mode