H*A*P*P*Y 2019 [thinking OUT of the BO]X:

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' ROTA s<
>OPERA<
>TENET <
>AREPO<
=SATOR i
  ^ ^ ^ ^ i

Forget the "i" and get "SATORI" (starring composer Nino Rota "Godfather"

               >i

    ROTAs SO/pera
"TENET": a R°*^-epos
    = S*A*T*O*R*I<

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Outside the Lennonian box:

        The arid, clean Sister Custard
She married a Mean Mister Mustard
                lived unhappily ever after
 grieved crappily - NEVER a laughter:
They begat a cream-twisted bustard

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Sometimes limericks almost write themselves, like recently the memorial Geoff Emerick-one. And now the sad Me Too-case against Kevin Spacey. The opening line has to be a limerick-classic:

"Kevin Spacey on trial in Nantucket (!)..." of all places

But what comes next?
Well, here goes nothing. At least trying to make it Subtle~As~A~Flying~Mallet (Dave Edmunds:)

Kevin, the Spacey on trial in Nantucket

They say: "he played p°°l in another man's pocket"(?)

          Says actor Kevin Spacey:

          "Perhaps I'm guy-crazy

and I just may have touched, but I did not hand~flog~it !"
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The following one - dada-cated to Kurt (Julius) Schwitters:

      >ANNA  (i)  ANNA
    Kurt S.: "Oh, NO dada!"
        Anna J  Blume.
      Emu/LBJ? Anna-ad:
"a Don Ho struk Anna (i)"
                            >ANNA<<
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeOzpTOQlog

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(or Y we are STILL lovin U BRITS to BITS:)

If-it-aint-broke.-why-fix-it? But they ARE Gonna Hustle!:

"A Full English Brexit needs MORE out of Brussels:

"NO BORDER or BACKSTOPS!

Let's just have snack'n'flagshops?"

Some Brits have a strong EXIT (ring) muscle?

P.s.:
Other Brits planning a strange exit strategy:
JUST LEAVING the rest up to God & Her Majesty

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' ROTA s<
>OPERA<
>TENET <
>AREPO<
=SATOR i
  ^ ^ ^ ^ i

Forget the "i" and get "SATORI" (starring composer Nino Rota "Godfather"

               >i

    ROTAs SO/pera
"TENET": a R°*^-epos
    = S*A*T*O*R*I?<

 

To me all this is like a "koan" (riddle/enigma/conundrum). I'm nowhere equipped like Bill Tobeman on this. So this is just my gut-feel-flows. Question is this. How to get from a koan to "satori"? Allegedly one has to Let-Go-Of-Your-Ego. In the "tenet"-quadrat we can see the paradox(on). The additional "i", needed to spell satori is placed OUTSIDE the box. And in the haiku-version, the first "i" is only a palindromic reflection of the "i" in "satori". But THiS TiTLE iTSELF ruins the integrity of the HAiKU as such.
Now let's compare the dilemma with the famous lower case "i" spelling of SMiLE. Composer ROTAS name is here a stand-in for bRian dOuglas's Teenage operA "Smile". The "TENET" (soap-)opera means SM:LE teenee opera ("A Teenage Opera To God") The lower case "i" in the SM:LE title (and in the BR:AN name?) getting in the way towards satori. ["R-epos "= Riddle-epos?]
How can we lose the "i" and  get an answer to the koan?

Koan°: "What is the sound of one hand clapping"?
Koan':  "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound"?
Koan²:  What would an opera/epos titled TENET by Nino Rota sound like?
Koan³:  How is the sound of a SM:LE?

      >Koan, aok?
S*A*T*O*R*I !  Did "i"  rot  AS
      koan: AOK?<
 

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            >"B.W. - eh

Pendulum drawn oh onward,

    MuLud !"  :  nephew B<

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Beach Boys aliasses:

The PENDELtones     [drawn!]
The AL/C^P°NES       [Carl & The Passions]
Barbie & The Kenny-CADDets  [Carl/AL/Dennis/David: Kenny & The Cadets NOT actually the BeachBoys!]

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> U~o ! yer AL°°F Slir-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        PapaLaPap//Papa-lap:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        APRILs F°°L are YOU<-<-

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    I  (by J.A. Lindon:)


B R I A N~

r o n d o:

I N G O T"

a d o r e

n o t e s"

      II

B R I A N#

R o n d a=

I N G O T"

a d o r e

n a t e s"

    III   (featuring "Rondor" Music: publisher of great Brian songs like Help Me, Ronda(!)  Squared by Lindon/PapaLaPap, sponsored by "Droste" - I wish:)

B  r  i  a n D

R o n d o r

I  n Go~To

a d o r e s

N o T e s t,

D  r  o s t e

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(pendulum-palindromic powwow, penned by Shakey Graves/Pap^L^Parks:)

                          -> L.A.
                         PENDULUM
                    :       ******

                 "- drawn     ******
                inward"        Parks:
               *****            "Are we
              *****              n o t
             *****                drawn
            *****                  ONWARD,
           *****                    we freer few;
          *****                      drawn
         *****                        onward
        *****                          to new
       *****                            ERAs ?"
      :                               ******

    "KRAP !                               ******
   drawn                                   ******
  INward,                                   ******
 MuLud!                                      ******
nepal?"          (((<<>>)))              ?****!<-

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  I  (by J.A. Lindon:)


B R I A N~

r o n d o:

I N G O T"

a d o r e

n o t e s"

      II

B R I A N#

R o n d a=

I N G O T"

a d o r e

n a t e s"

    III   (featuring "Rondor" Music: publisher of great Brian songs like Help Me, Ronda(!)  Squared by Lindon/PapaLaPap, sponsored by "Droste" - I wish:)

B  r  i  a n D

R o n d o r

I  n Go~To

a d o r e s

N o T e s t,

D  r  o s t e

   A stupid cubic across/down, co-starring Beach Boys-devotee "Dr." Ian Rusten (author of "The Beach Boys In Concert" and plenty more). "L" is for Love! Squared off by Lindon&PapaLaPap:

B  r  i  a  n  D W:

R o n d  o   r,  (I)
 
I   n G o  t   U, L°

a  d o  r  e   s   S°

N o T   e s   t   o-

D R. u s  t    e n

W  I  L S O  N g

[SBonilla]

right on

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Lindon&PapaLaPap's crossword OCTO²puzzle:


 
B  r  i  a  n D W a:
  
R o n d o  r    I  s

I   n g o t #u  l  k!

A d o  r e  s  S O

N o t  e s  T o  A
 
D R.u s  t  e n s

W  i l  s o n  P I?

A s k O a s  i  s

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right on

For that, someone gets his personalized limerick-palindrome. But be warned: it's "nothin" if not ABSOLUTELY "obsolete"!:

>Nuf' L*O*L? "Right on",
e'! Telo-SBON-
    ILLA: "repete?
    per ALL in obsolete!
NOTH'~ girl = ol' fun!"<

Ps. This is exactly what palindromists do (according to Will Thomas:)

>"We name odd names, revers'em and do'em anew!"<

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Lindon&PapaLaPap's crossword OCTO²puzzle:


 
B  r  i  a  n D W a:
  
R o n d o  r    I  s

I   n g o t #u  l  k!

A d o  r e  s  S O

N o t  e s  T o  A
 
D R.u s  t  e n s

W  i l  s o n  P I:

A s k O a s  i  s

The nearest FARAWAY reading:
Inspired by the Tenet quadrat (see top) I wanted to make a BRiAN one, knowing full well how hard it would be. In fact impossible to me, had it not been for Lindon's original 5-by-5 square.
BRIAN DOUGLAS WILSON. Rondor (music publishing) is GOLD (not least owing to BRIANs magic music). Hulk (= the Pied Piper "You can see the green glow I make") adores notes to  Ian RUSTENs Wilson PI (frankly, when I chose "PI", I thought of the magic infinite number as a nice Brian-symbol. But Pied Pied it is!)  Ask Oasis.

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"Dear GEEK, Van Dyke Parks.
We are BIG fans!" (Mike/Marks)

 

Parks: "(anoraks!) I anarch a Spark In The Dark;
Love Y'all - divaDavid/Bruce~curb/jazzAJ"

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         >B*B :<
            >20/20 ?<
      >resist to resist !<

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Who's gonna be the first to get all 10 answers right? (don't be too modest to contest:)

B  r  i  a  n D W a:
  
R o n d o  r    I  s

I   n g o t   u  l  k!

A d o  r e  s  S O

N o t  e s  T o  A
 
D R.u s  t  e n s

W  i l  s o n  P I?

A s k O a s  i  s

1) 1st across/6th down: Beach Boys-historian (full name)
2) 1st across/going down: a "Menace" - really?
3) 2nd across: very Together-guy (UNrelated)
4) 2nd across: Beach Boys-producer's mother
5) 2nd across/going UP: aid needed?
6) 3rd across (3-5+5/6+8): do The Chicken!
7) 4th across (1-3+3/4): Goodbye Surfing?
5th across/going down: lyricist
9) 7th across/down: Faraway guy
10) 8th across: Bud anthem?

I guess #10 could almost fit with Don't Hurt My Little SIS !? but I AM referring to the lyrical content within another song ...

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1) IAN RUSTEN
2) Dennis WILSON
3) RON (Wilson from We're TOGETHER Again)
4) DORIS (Day/Melcher's Mom)
5) (HELP Me,) RONDA
6) GOT TO Know The Woman
7) ADIEU OR die (from Surf's Up)
TOny ASher
9) PIed PIper (from Mt. Vernon & Fairway)
10) >SIS< (Be True To Your School/BUD:)

    >Ed: "rah-SIS-boom-ba
her (ho); NOT on ?  Oh, rehab
 (= moo-B*S)  is HARD, e'! "<

(by PapaLaPap/RengaWagneR)