Frontier Justice In The Crossroads......

......or was it? All I have to say on this, is that it's a damn good thing the beating to death of the man in Shiner or Moulton or Hilljie or wherever the hell it was, didn't involve a white man beating a black man to death. Heaven forbid. Otherwise Trayvone Martin supporters and George Zimmerman and his backers, would be kissing their book deals and fifteen minutes of fame goodbye. The American public is quick to grab a liplock on the tit of the sensational story du jour.......aren't we? Miley who? Lindsay who? Bernie who? Adolph who? Lee Harvey who? Henry who?? Ford? Wolff? see, I tossed in a couple of good guys, for those paying attention, just to fuck with you.

Traffic Jam at the Top of the World......

What my first wife just shook her head at, nomero dos, called a "death wish", and the angel now charged with keeping me in check, just chuckles at the stories...... For all of my ER visits and near misses, I fall far short of the group of annual Darwin Award candidates you'll find here http://news.yahoo.com/days-deaths-another-crowd-attempts-everest-040343707.html
Call it natural selection, or what you will, but this just proves that "strength in numbers" isn't always the case.

Made it to The Beaver,,,,,,,,,

......which to some might signify "third base". Actually, in the middle of a cranky evening, I threw in the towel and decided to head for Seadrift....on my antique BMW notorcycle......The old thing ran like a dream, holding it's own in the "fatal funnel" that is Hwy 59.
I made it to the Colorado River, before I realized that I wanted to be back to hang with the love of my life, and hot wake up with a 159 nile ride back home......
All in all, it was a good night's ride, A few families here legally, were coming and going. A few more entrepneurail sorts, were pullinga car or two south to turn a profit, and likely, bring back a shitload of drug profits......business is booming, eh?
Bottom line- I could ride to Denver tomorrow. My old Beemer, while a classic, is a hoss.....Nothing like a 150 mile ride on a 30 year old classic machine, on the Fatal Funnel Fleeway, passing minivan human sardine cans, to shake down an old bike that'll be on the road when 5 year old Harleys are in the shop.......
The Nazis got at least two things right....(don't forget the VWs)........

Got a Call From an Angel......

.....well, okay from my sister. She does this on occasion. Somewhere along the way she picked up on the fact that I love music.....real music, and poets......real poets.....and real storytellers.

I hope you liked this.....they are on YouTubee.....explore - if you find tickets for aale, let me know....first drink's on me.

Breaking New Ground......

.......welll, a bit of old dude overview here. Okay, just maybe a reminder of where the really good and relevant rock music that inspires the youth of today.......got its start. Try to connect the dots if you must, or shake your head kids, but this is the beginnings of Foo Fighters, Breaking Benjamin, and The Beatles came from......

From The Edge.....Not

This little art project will be in your city one day....www.postsecret.com

and for a bedtime song......



....g'night

Beautiful World Set to Beautiful Music - Enjoy, Then Read On......

This amazing duo came to my attention today, in an unusual way......First I caught the above clip on a site I visit daily. I was blown away by the video, but even more so by the ethereal vocal duo accompanying it. I can't as a rule, stop digging and mining the net, when I get a bug in my butt, but after watching this, I filed it, and went about my day. (please bear with this ramble here). As I was prepping and picking up stuff for dinner, was listening to Radio Margaritaville on XM, and caught a rare cut from Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris titled "Ooh Las Vegas". As though that wasn't treat enough, when I got home, out of the blue, my young spouse, was browsing Netflix on the wi-fi on the TV, and asked if I wanted to watch "my movie - Grand Theft Parsons.....Google it. Well that was eerie enough, but after she turned in, and after KP duty for me, I took it upon myself to look up the info on the group "First Aid Kit" whose "Wolf" provided the amazing backdrop for this vudeo collage. I went to their website, and while I probably would have likened them to Ann and Nancy Wilson in their harmonies, I was pleasantly and scarily surprised to read that they actually patterned their harmonies after Gram and Emmylou......and noted that their music illustrated how like in addition to Gram and Emmylou, like June Carter and Johnny Cash, it made the music better, singing with "someone you love". Interesting sequence of musical events for me today. I got the message. Susie - they were also heavily influenced by Fleet Foxes...........damn!
.....and for those who would like to see more.......




If like me, you want to see them live, get in line, and prepare to fly somewhere interesting for the next few months