{"id":141,"date":"2012-02-24T16:35:56","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T16:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2020-02-10T20:19:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T20:19:34","slug":"norden-bombsight-xvi-tower","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/?page_id=141","title":{"rendered":"Norden Bombsight (XVI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-141-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/09-Norden-Bombsight.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/09-Norden-Bombsight.mp3\">http:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/09-Norden-Bombsight.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a title=\"Tower\" href=\"http:\/\/www.corax.com\/tarot\/cards\/index.html?tower\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tower<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Key Words: Mars, far-reaching inner transformation;<br \/>\nhealing; the old is destroyed to make room for the new;<br \/>\nspiritual renewal; self-knowledge.&#8221;<br \/>\n(page 47, Ziegler, Gerard.\u00a0<em>Tarot: Mirror Of The Soul)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>my grandpa&#8217;s cousin was a famous man<br \/>\na bombadier in World War 2<br \/>\nAnd on the Enola Gay<br \/>\nwhen Truman gave orders; he followed through<br \/>\nlooking through a Norden bomb sight<br \/>\nin just moments, 80,000 people died<\/p>\n<p>the men on the Superfortress<br \/>\nhad never seen an atomic bomb<br \/>\nand over Hiroshima<br \/>\nwhen they reached the target<br \/>\nthey did the job<br \/>\nlooking through a Norden bomb sight<br \/>\nin just moments, 80,000 people died<\/p>\n<p>how does the world look<br \/>\nflying in a B-29<br \/>\nthe earth a boiling liquid<br \/>\nthe sky a tremendous blinding light<br \/>\nwhat did he think when he realized<br \/>\nthat when he pushed the button over 80,000 people died<\/p>\n<p>my grandpa&#8217;s cousin lived to be 81<br \/>\nhe grew a rose garden and went bass fishing with his sons<br \/>\nwhen he was asked about his life<br \/>\nhe said he did a job that had to be done<br \/>\nwhen he closed his eyes late at night<br \/>\ndid he feel the ghosts of the 80,000 people who died<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve heard a surrender was underway<br \/>\nWhen Truman decided to drop the bomb<br \/>\nhe wanted to show the rest of the world<br \/>\nthat America was mighty and strong<br \/>\nlooking through a Norden bomb sight<br \/>\nin just moments 80,000 people died<br \/>\nlooking through a Norden bomb sight<br \/>\nin just moments you could realize<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Michele Solberg: vocals, acoustic guitar<\/p>\n<p>Rob Halverson: upright bass, hammered dulcimer<\/p>\n<p>Javier Chaparro: violin<\/p>\n<p>Chris Searles: drums and percussion<\/p>\n<p>Song written by Michele Solberg<\/p>\n<p>Produced and Engineered by Rob Halverson at\u00a0<a title=\"Tree World Recording\" href=\"http:\/\/www.treeworldrecording.com\/TWR\/Home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tree World Recordin<\/a>g, Austin TX<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 32px; height: 32px; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; background-image: url('http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/Images\/Links\/white-square-32px.png');\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tower &#8220;Key Words: Mars, far-reaching inner transformation; healing; the old is destroyed to make room for the new; spiritual renewal;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":58,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953,"href":"https:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/953"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michelesolberg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}