Right now I don’t want to think
I do not wish to just sit & dink
I should not & do not want to shrink
I’d rather just close my eyes & not blink
On the edge of adversity I am once again upon the brink
Glad I don’t smoke nothing nor do I drink
I pause & stretch to get out some of the kinks
Sometimes the things of life just plain stinks
But that’s part of the game & the mystery Inc.
Joy is a cuddly cat in my lap with his nose pink
But soon though I must get busy looking at links
Can’t I just be some band’s roadie or guitar tech; Ha & kidding wink wink
I ought to do some o’ the dishes in the kitchen sink
I can’t lay low too long like Egypt’s sphinx
I must send out some paper with those things called words in ink
In the silence of now visions of the next can come into being
I don’t have to understand about anything of purpose or meaning
My believing in the new window or door will result in my seeing
Have a nice now, afternoon, & onward into this evening
Maybe I’ll go get mindless & stare for a while at the t.v.
All I can do is just keep swimming & breathing
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
iRevolution
Greetings blog reader(s),
First I claim all ignorance about the times & the issues. And I have not read or studied a thing about the times & the issues. So I'm going on only 1 source in this ramble. I was only very young at the time anyway.
I watched a documentary this week that was made in 2006 called The U.S. v.s John Lennon. All I really knew about him was The Beatles & songs & him being a song writer. That's it. Then he was shot dead.
I knew nothing of he & Yoko being the hard core activists they were in trying to join forces with other radicals to bring an end to the Viet Nam war. I did know of the "Give Peace A Chance" song. I learned that he & Yoko were basically an enemy of the state for the state hated him. The state was threatened by him. This quote was interesting "So flower power didn't work. Don't give up. Keep trying." They did, they kept pushing & pushing under the scrutiny & threats of the FBI. So the state used immigration to come after them to get them deported. I find it amusing that despite the state's best, injust, law bending attempts for 5 years to force deportation upon them, that the state failed. Peace was victorious over the injustice.
Lennon & Yoko stood their ground for wanting the war to come to an end & wanting peace. At the end of the documentary their lawyer shared that he got a call saying the appeals court has dropped the deportation issues as Watergate had already occurred. So the lawyer called John & that was the day they were on the way to the hospital to have their baby. Jullian was born on John's birthday & on the same day as freedom from the state.
One historian summed it up as "John was a man of trying to inspire peace. And that is admirable. Nixxon & Mr. Bush are men of death. And that's a bad thing."
Then I read on Yahoo headlines this morning about some U.S. report doubting the Iraqi leaders' ability to govern. Without diplomacy & leadership, what's a nation without peace supposed to do? It's a Mad Max kind of genre. May some out of the box radical visionary in our times figure out how to establish peace there. Our troops are there in harm's way to help the Iraqi people. That is admirable. But a way to peace must be found.
The word Shalom is a blessing. Shalom means peace, completeness, harmony, health, & welfare. May Shalom be upon Iraq & all who can influence change to bring about positive change.
Until later comes turn it up to Shalom.
First I claim all ignorance about the times & the issues. And I have not read or studied a thing about the times & the issues. So I'm going on only 1 source in this ramble. I was only very young at the time anyway.
I watched a documentary this week that was made in 2006 called The U.S. v.s John Lennon. All I really knew about him was The Beatles & songs & him being a song writer. That's it. Then he was shot dead.
I knew nothing of he & Yoko being the hard core activists they were in trying to join forces with other radicals to bring an end to the Viet Nam war. I did know of the "Give Peace A Chance" song. I learned that he & Yoko were basically an enemy of the state for the state hated him. The state was threatened by him. This quote was interesting "So flower power didn't work. Don't give up. Keep trying." They did, they kept pushing & pushing under the scrutiny & threats of the FBI. So the state used immigration to come after them to get them deported. I find it amusing that despite the state's best, injust, law bending attempts for 5 years to force deportation upon them, that the state failed. Peace was victorious over the injustice.
Lennon & Yoko stood their ground for wanting the war to come to an end & wanting peace. At the end of the documentary their lawyer shared that he got a call saying the appeals court has dropped the deportation issues as Watergate had already occurred. So the lawyer called John & that was the day they were on the way to the hospital to have their baby. Jullian was born on John's birthday & on the same day as freedom from the state.
One historian summed it up as "John was a man of trying to inspire peace. And that is admirable. Nixxon & Mr. Bush are men of death. And that's a bad thing."
Then I read on Yahoo headlines this morning about some U.S. report doubting the Iraqi leaders' ability to govern. Without diplomacy & leadership, what's a nation without peace supposed to do? It's a Mad Max kind of genre. May some out of the box radical visionary in our times figure out how to establish peace there. Our troops are there in harm's way to help the Iraqi people. That is admirable. But a way to peace must be found.
The word Shalom is a blessing. Shalom means peace, completeness, harmony, health, & welfare. May Shalom be upon Iraq & all who can influence change to bring about positive change.
Until later comes turn it up to Shalom.
Monday, August 20, 2007
iThought I saw a big strange commercial...
Hey-row,
This is your local neighborhood me just rambling. I have no idea what this will become once I introduce what the subject is about in this rambles. Nobody has to agree with me. It's just my blah blah opinion.
I watched the VH1 whatever press conference tonight for the Van Halen tour whilst diddling with kid clothing, aka laundry. I saw 3 ol' guys and an underage kid overhyping how great they are & how awesome & blah-de-blee-de-blah. I looked at them & said, "I don't care." I only cared about the guitar parts in the first place. I didn't care what the words were nor who was singing 'em.
Now before I continue, I think it's great that EVH is smiling, happy, sober, & playing & such. What disappoints me that in his 'new perspective' EVH & band are going to go out & play the same ol' older than PG-rated songs to the lemmings who just want to see guitar carnage. And I know that I shouldn't be surprised that they would go out & play their old stuff; I knew they would. After all they are a rock legend & that's what they do. If Hendrix suddenly appeared for a press conference announcing a tour, he'd do the same thing & he'd sell out just as fast. I'm speculating that momma Valerie will be tending to keeping wolfie outta the inappropriate scene. I just think it's stupid to put Wolfie into that adult mix. So what if he's a great bass player. Hello, he's not old enough for the scene nor for the lyrics.
Why is it EVH can reconcile with DLR but not with Michael Anthony? Oh that's right, what king EVH wants, king EVH gets. I'd have slightly more respect if Michael was playing instead of king junior. Haven't they learned anything in their older ages that the lyrical spooge that they've created is just that...spooge? They're cashing in because they can. Just because it's there to play, doesn't mean it should be played. But that's my own cringing opinion. Do something new & more meaningful for cryin' out loud.
I'm mad at the man whoever the man is. I don't know why I am but it just is. Maybe I'm mad at stripes or brown sound. I dunno. Maybe I'm mad at burgers burned brown. How does one go from being a recluse druggie drunk to smiling & playing well & not having the guts to say no to the old junk? Because it's all about the business of music ma'an.
Edward why are you doin' the ol' groovin'?
Spewing forth the gibberish upon the drooling humans
You are different now as the new is bloomin'
What good is it to resurrect the old in your renewin'?
Legendary, yes but there's nothing you need to be proovin'
But I guess you are entitled to do yer same ol' doin'
I shouldn't judge I know but you've overcome yer usin'
I guess for you to do away with the old was my own delusion
For you are a product to be marketed & the old is the money making solution
Does the world really need to hear once again the lyrical confusion?
I'd rather just hear you than all the in between noise pollution
You are coasting upon the history & ya now be crusin'
Well I hope ya'll have a great party & find much to be amusin'
May you rock on Edward but into more positive content may you be movin'
You done good in gettin' rid of the stuff you were abusin'
May the tones & setups be with thee & may yer guitars be in tunin'
Take care of your son most of all for the scene will be quite overwhelming & consumin'
I don't know why but I'm mad at you for the path you be choosin'
I hope from this now forward you won't come into any ruin
Doesn't matter though; I hope that your 'new perspective' you won't be losin'
This is your local neighborhood me just rambling. I have no idea what this will become once I introduce what the subject is about in this rambles. Nobody has to agree with me. It's just my blah blah opinion.
I watched the VH1 whatever press conference tonight for the Van Halen tour whilst diddling with kid clothing, aka laundry. I saw 3 ol' guys and an underage kid overhyping how great they are & how awesome & blah-de-blee-de-blah. I looked at them & said, "I don't care." I only cared about the guitar parts in the first place. I didn't care what the words were nor who was singing 'em.
Now before I continue, I think it's great that EVH is smiling, happy, sober, & playing & such. What disappoints me that in his 'new perspective' EVH & band are going to go out & play the same ol' older than PG-rated songs to the lemmings who just want to see guitar carnage. And I know that I shouldn't be surprised that they would go out & play their old stuff; I knew they would. After all they are a rock legend & that's what they do. If Hendrix suddenly appeared for a press conference announcing a tour, he'd do the same thing & he'd sell out just as fast. I'm speculating that momma Valerie will be tending to keeping wolfie outta the inappropriate scene. I just think it's stupid to put Wolfie into that adult mix. So what if he's a great bass player. Hello, he's not old enough for the scene nor for the lyrics.
Why is it EVH can reconcile with DLR but not with Michael Anthony? Oh that's right, what king EVH wants, king EVH gets. I'd have slightly more respect if Michael was playing instead of king junior. Haven't they learned anything in their older ages that the lyrical spooge that they've created is just that...spooge? They're cashing in because they can. Just because it's there to play, doesn't mean it should be played. But that's my own cringing opinion. Do something new & more meaningful for cryin' out loud.
I'm mad at the man whoever the man is. I don't know why I am but it just is. Maybe I'm mad at stripes or brown sound. I dunno. Maybe I'm mad at burgers burned brown. How does one go from being a recluse druggie drunk to smiling & playing well & not having the guts to say no to the old junk? Because it's all about the business of music ma'an.
Edward why are you doin' the ol' groovin'?
Spewing forth the gibberish upon the drooling humans
You are different now as the new is bloomin'
What good is it to resurrect the old in your renewin'?
Legendary, yes but there's nothing you need to be proovin'
But I guess you are entitled to do yer same ol' doin'
I shouldn't judge I know but you've overcome yer usin'
I guess for you to do away with the old was my own delusion
For you are a product to be marketed & the old is the money making solution
Does the world really need to hear once again the lyrical confusion?
I'd rather just hear you than all the in between noise pollution
You are coasting upon the history & ya now be crusin'
Well I hope ya'll have a great party & find much to be amusin'
May you rock on Edward but into more positive content may you be movin'
You done good in gettin' rid of the stuff you were abusin'
May the tones & setups be with thee & may yer guitars be in tunin'
Take care of your son most of all for the scene will be quite overwhelming & consumin'
I don't know why but I'm mad at you for the path you be choosin'
I hope from this now forward you won't come into any ruin
Doesn't matter though; I hope that your 'new perspective' you won't be losin'
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