Everything is relevant, even evolution

I have been reading Richard Dawkins’s The Selfish Gene, recently. You would have been pissed if you were the lady across from me at the library yesterday, who pursed her lips and frowned when I laughed after reading the following:



“Hawks always fight as hard and as unrestrainedly as they can, retreating only when seriously injured. Doves merely threaten in a dignified conventional way, never hurting anybody. If a hawk fights a dove the dove quickly runs away, and so does not get hurt. If a hawk fights a hawk they go on until one of them is seriously injured or dead.”



Dawkins says every member of any society always behaves either like a hawk or like a dove. Some are naturally inclined to be one or the other, but we all modify our behavior based on who confronts us. Finally, scientific proof! Nobody in the band is either the hawk or the dove. We all fight as hard and unrestrainedly as we can, “to the pain,” as the Dread Pirate Roberts might say. Then, gratified, in peaceful moments, we quiet ourselves, and merely threaten in a dignified way.

the metronome

Metronome Graph

 

Shows

Hawk and Dove have some shows at new venues coming up. There is hope that Dave will play the drums in a full metronome costume. John will unveil his full-color graph explaining the connection between music, timing, and sound. I'm pretty sure he will have to correct me on some of this, because though he explained said graph quite thoroughly, I have to say I am still unsure...

Anyway, the shows are as follows:

November 14th @ The Princeton Arts Council in (you guessed it) Princeton, NJ.
November 23rd @ The Living Room in the LES.
December 3rd @ Public Assembly in Williamsburg (for the Childe CD release party).

More Complete Listings @ hawkanddovenyc.com
See you there.

Birds

Thanksgiving is coming up, which makes me think of turkey, which makes me think of birds, which then, of course, leads me to Hawk and Dove. Now I could go into a whole thing about what the Hawk and Dove represent, or who is the Hawk and who is the Dove... but I'd just be making shit up. Speaking of making shit up, have you seen how many bird tattoos there are out there?