12yearplan, Forgot to include this: I thought i remembered Emerson Lake and Palmer for quieter stuff. More pleasant, which isn't to knock that one, just wasn't expected. Could easily be wrong, probably am. Just that one is so chaotic and dour, it felt different. So looked ..
The phrase "Karn Evil" is sound-alike (homophonous) with the word "carnival".[2] The story of "Karn Evil 9" is told in three parts, with the second part being an instrumental interlude. First Impression, Part 1 begins with a tale of a bleak world (although timeframe is not specified): "Cold and misty morning I heard a warning borne on the air ..." and where humanity is either being destroyed or has fallen into decay and helplessness. First Impression, Part 2 tells how the decadence of the old world is preserved through exhibits that are part of a futuristic carnival show, which exhibits depravities like "seven virgins and a mule", along with things that are rare in the future, such as a "real blade of grass".
Unlike the rest of "Karn Evil", the Second Impression's instrumentation...
and BINGO!!!! Hahaha ... no one could ever guess what's coming next ...... haha .. ok ..
last night i started on a Jan. 5 crossword in the Sydney Morning Herald and the first Across clue was Arrangement of music (15) .. heh, i'd got as far as orchestration but that only 13 .. and then got a couple down to give me a n and a t .. so seeing the word above ..!!! .. bingo!
How's that for a top example of having some fun with the idea of synchronicity ..
In psychology, synchronicity is defined as the occurrence of meaningful coincidences that seem to have no cause; that is, the coincidences are acausal. The underlying idea is that there is unity in diversity. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/synchronicity
Chuckle, would have got there eventually as had that first n and the first t, but when i saw the word there .. whoooopeeeeeeeee. It was a fun way to snag the 15ner, and will make finishing it easier.
So you have helped in a xword effort in Australia. There's a first for you maybe. And maybe a story to tell.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”