Last summer, Nicholas Morrow Williams published a book about Tian Wen ("Heavenly Questions") that I discussed in a previous podcast. The title of the book is Dialogues in the Dark: Interpreting “Heavenly Questions” across Two Millennia and was published by Harvard University Press.

I am still working up to my podcast about Transcendental Whistling; the pursuit has taken me down some interesting side paths. I hope you don't mind.

I present to you a rhymed, simplified version of "Heavenly Questions," translated by  Yang Hsien-yi and Gladys Yang.

You can read along here:

https://www.cjvlang.com/Pfloyd/quyuan.html

Check out Brad's Bandcamp page and buy some albums:

https://bandcamp.com/search?q=brad%2Bterry

Check out Brad's most recent album, The Nashville Sessions:

https://www.earuprecords.com/thenashvillesessions

Type in "Brad Terry" on Youtube and find a treasure trove of videos.

Buy and read Brad Terry's Memoir:

https://www.lulu.com/shop/brad-terry/i-feel-more-like-i-do-now-than-i-did-yesterday/paperback/product-22197896.html?srsltid=AfmBOooyov5GxpDM-ysZh4FfZeZTQIChrlOguiYkYQyaWULIAstx8M1Y

Check out "Jazz on a Summer's Day" on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/DKAPRqQ8q9Y?si=oPgDf9jEV6319fn9

Well, it looks like Episode 32: Christmas Whistling has too many copyright strikes. It will forever be the missing episode. Let's move on to:

Merry Christmas! This is an O. Henry story from 1909. It contains hobos, tramps, and so much more.

Please listen to my Christmas playlist on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4DaWjRRjk8CqU1ev0oiCpo?si=gbLzAJbmTSqYWmkHGB2Qvw

After the holidays, please listen to the Whistling Podcast Playlist, also on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2zNZek3KjpfiMOLryAlb5R?si=_4JVqN2oQoyqLP-tKaWuYQ

"Cher Amour, I beg of you please endure my taking a brief detour with somebody new. It's just that when in Rome I do as the Romans do."

"When In Rome" Bill Evans/Tony Bennett (my favorite song) 

https://youtu.be/fj2S-Fr7P6Y

This is another article from our old friend and hero Noel Coppage in the same year (1970) that he wrote "The Vanishing Art of Whistling." It's not directly about whistling, but it's an interesting tangent. I hope you don't mind. 

The Article:

https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Audio/Archive-HiFI-Stereo/70s/HiFi-Stereo-Review-1970-02.pdf

pages 78-80

Here's some other links of interest:

Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling

https://youtu.be/PgZY5iDQxKY

Oscar George Theodore Sonneck's Book: "The Star Spangled Banner."

https://archive.org/details/thestarspangledb00sonn

Colin Kaepernick

https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2016/08/colin_kaepernicks_stand_shows.html

Aretha Franklin

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/16/aretha-franklin-controversial-national-anthem-219364/

Jose' Feliciano

https://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2019/04/12/jose-feliciano-susan-tigers-world-series

Racism

https://theintercept.com/2016/09/13/more-proof-the-u-s-national-anthem-has-always-been-tainted-with-racism/

We're almost at the end of the series on whistling in China. Just one more and then we'll discuss Transcendental whistling. This is a poem by Qu Yuan, c. 300 B.C. He asks a lot of good questions. This is a good preamble to the next podcast on the history of China.

We return to our second discussion about the I Ching with an added special guest, Nate. Joining us once again is Malsacrus Decisor. Both are I Ching experts.

Nate's Youtube page:

https://youtu.be/llnJ49yXRnQ?si=Fjk_z8TDu98aJOBz

Malsacrus Decisor can be contacted at:

linktr.ee/malsacrus_decisor

for I Ching readings and consultation.

Or https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568740740756

I Ching Discussion Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ichingonline/

Silver coin flip sound: Thank you to L-Ayex at Freesound.org.

https://freesound.org/people/deephazed/sounds/554346/

Used with Creative Commons license 4.0.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

More delving into Chinese philosophy as we approach the final episode on whistling in China--the phenomenon of transcendental whistling.

In this episode, I speak with the I Ching expert Malsacrus Decisor (AKA "The Vile Sage").

To get an I Ching reading, contact Malsacrus at:

linktr.ee/malsacrus_decisor

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61568740740756

Malsacrus is now also the moderator of the Facebook I Ching Discussion Group.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ichingonline

I'm back after a long hiatus. This was an article I found recently covering whistling in China.

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b4dd/285195b4f1ad2160a02ef52bd84e876a4597.pdf

Let's keep it going. More of Laoze's Dao de JIng.

Let's avoid actual whistling for just a little while longer. This guy is all hat and not cattle (when it comes to whistling, that is. Not actual ranching). We are near the conclusion of a look into whistling in China, the place where I have lived for the last ten years. I am going to read the Dao De Jing for your listening pleasure. Is it profound. Can it guide you towards enlightenment? Can it at least help you lead a good life? Or is it just a bunch of gibberish? Well, you have to answer those questions for yourself. We will need it as background for the final grand finale on the subject of Transcendental Whistling. There is a method to my madness.