{"id":7768,"date":"2018-06-25T00:30:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T00:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=7768"},"modified":"2018-07-12T05:49:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T05:49:40","slug":"matter-antimatter-minnick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2018\/06\/matter-antimatter-minnick\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhen Matter Touches Antimatter\u201d by Rodney Rawlings &#8211; Brian Minnick, Tenor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rationalbusinessjournal.rationalargumentator.com\/tophatwhitesm.jpg\" alt=\"The New Renaissance Hat\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><big><big><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Rodney Rawlings<\/span><br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">******************************<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xd1Oi2Kzs_s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;When Matter Touches Antimatter,&#8221; World Premiere, performed by tenor Brian Minnick (<a href=\"http:\/\/bminnick3.wix.com\/brianminnick)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/bminnick3.wix.com\/brianminnick)&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1529972300759000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGnH_Y3s-XatP_Hnok8UC5D0ns3aQ\">http:\/\/bminnick3.wix.com\/<wbr \/>brianminnick)<\/a>, November 3, 2017, Central Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas. A winner of Second Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Art Song, One Ounce Opera.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>See this video on YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xd1Oi2Kzs_s\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Matter Touches Antimatter\u201d describes a well-known astronomical concept and uses it as a metaphor applicable to a well-known human situation. See another performance of it by soprano Amanda Noelle Neal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rqAD2fF4vrI\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to the original (2004) arrangement of this song:<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/rationalargumentator.com\/music_rawlings\/Rodney_Rawlings_When_Matter_Touches_Antimatter.mp3\">MP3 file<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong><em>(Left-click to listen, right-click to download.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;WHEN MATTER TOUCHES ANTIMATTER&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>Some say there must exist in the outer zone<br \/>\nA world of antimatter.<br \/>\nThe thought makes people scatter,<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause it could make our own<br \/>\nWorld shatter<br \/>\nIf, by some awful twist, part of it is hurled<br \/>\nAnd crosses over. Watch out, my friend:<br \/>\nWith scarce a chance to catch your breath<br \/>\nYou have no world.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ah, you should know by now: Matters of the heart,<br \/>\nAre not just idle chatter<br \/>\nAnd more like antimatter<br \/>\nIf you are worlds apart<br \/>\nWhile at her<br \/>\nSide, acting like your Earth<br \/>\nCircles &#8217;round her sun.<br \/>\nSo at the slightest hint of the end<br \/>\nThat comes WHEN MATTER TOUCHES ANTIMATTER,<br \/>\nRun.Because, no matter what you pretend,<br \/>\nThat antimatter&#8217;s touch is death<br \/>\nTo everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2017 Rodney Rawlings<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Rodney Rawlings is a Toronto writer and composer\/songwriter. He\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prleap.com\/pr\/102679\/\">arrived at the concept of hypercomplex numbers independently<\/a>, using Ayn Rand\u2019s philosophy of Objectivism to guide him. \u00a0See his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4UklzPdmzVm0tDc7coz5tw\">YouTube Channel<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rodney Rawlings ****************************** &#8220;When Matter Touches Antimatter,&#8221; World Premiere, performed by tenor Brian Minnick (http:\/\/bminnick3.wix.com\/brianminnick), November 3, 2017, Central Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas. A winner of Second Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Art Song, One Ounce Opera. See this video on YouTube here. \u201cWhen Matter Touches Antimatter\u201d describes a well-known astronomical concept and uses it as a metaphor applicable to a well-known human situation. See another performance of it by soprano Amanda Noelle Neal here. You can also listen to the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2018\/06\/matter-antimatter-minnick\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5435,199,5436,277,2457,5498,5215,5218,5437],"class_list":["post-7768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","tag-antimatter","tag-austin","tag-brian-minnick","tag-composition","tag-matter","tag-premiere","tag-rodney-rawlings","tag-song","tag-tenor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7768"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7780,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7768\/revisions\/7780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}