[johnfowles]

Originally Posted by jj

thanks, once again, TG...you are on an audio find roll, for sure!

Originally Posted by jj

Now and Then, so nice to hear, with it's interesting, ringing ending...

I will return to the subject of Tony G's roll after I finish a bit of lengthy research into finding rapidshare files:I think I now know how he finds them.
But meanwhile I must comment on "Now and Then": How simply wonderful to now have choice of two live versions. I think that the later 1975 performance is a tad better, don 't ask me how or why
This has been one of my very favourite Gordsongs for many years, ever since I found in my guitar playing days, before my stroke in 2001 reduced the abilities of my hitherto dominant left hand to get around the fret and press my fingers on the strings, I used to love playing the ending of this song because the final two chords are achieved by simply lifting a finger off its string,(I think I am right in saying)
I think that this song is well up there with the use of words and imagery
We now know that a "Curious Moonbeam" is a fellow resident of The Garden State
but I had long wondered what exactly is the "Golden Rule" A modicum of googling unearthed a great wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Rule

"The Golden Rule is an ethical code that states one has a right to just treatment, and a responsibility to ensure justice for others. It is also called the ethic of reciprocity. It is arguably the most essential basis for the modern concept of human rights, though it has its critics. A key element of the golden rule is that a person attempting to live by this rule treats all people, not just members of his or her in-group, with consideration. "
I had thought it might have some connection with the golden number the subject of another good wiki read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio
In mathematics and the arts, two quantities are in the golden ratio if the ratio of the sum of the quantities to the larger quantity is equal to (=) the ratio of the larger quantity to the smaller one. The golden ratio is an irrationalmathematical constant, approximately 1.6180339887.Other names frequently used for the golden ratio are .....golden number
　
　

At least since the Renaissance, many artists and architects have proportioned their works to approximate the golden ratio—especially in the form of the golden rectangle, in which the ratio of the longer side to the shorter is the golden ratio—believing this proportion to be aesthetically pleasing. Mathematicians have studied the golden ratio because of its unique and interesting properties
all well and good but at school all those years ago as a keen student of mathemarics I was deeply impressed by the golden rectangle as it had a certain magical quality or attribute as explained in a learned UK treatise at
http://www.maths.surrey.ac.uk/hosted-sites/R.Knott/Fibonacci/fibnat.html
a terrific read which introduces the concept of
Fibonacci Rectangles and Shell Spirals
what I clearly remember after a half century is that if you draw a square at one end of a golden rectangle the remaining rectangle is itself golden and so on as his little diagram shows. The resulting spiral is then cleverly employed by mother nature in seashells
　

Such spirals are seen in the shape of shells of snails and sea shells

So boys and girls here endeth today's rather late in the day MathematicS lesson
(UK "Maths" but as usual the Americans must omit a letter to produce their colorful version of pure English hence US "Math"