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  • The iris pond has floweredBefore the old temple;I sell tea this eveningBy the water’s edge.It is steeped in the cupsWith the moon and stars;Drink and wake foreverFrom your worldly sleep. - Baisao (1…

  • The playlist so far...Longhair/The Last Mardi Gras in the car (I TOLD you guys I'm a hardcore fan!)...and now, in the CD drive, Johnny Nicholas/Thrill On The Hill.... OK, let's pick another...Ronnie Earl & The Broad…

  • 10 now-deceased musicians whom I'd invite to dinner if they were still alive... 1. John Lennon 2. Thelonious Monk 3. Patsy Cline 4. Miles Davis 5. Stevie Ray Vaughan 6. Jimi Hendrix 7. Sam Cooke 8. Otis R…

  • In all things be a masterOf what you do and say and think.Be free.Are you quiet? Quieten your body.Quieten your mind.By your own effortsWaken yourself, watch,And live joyfully.Follow the truth of the way…

  • More musical thoughts...music is kind of like an iceberg. The 10% above the surface is what the major record companies like to concentrate on (and they hope you do too, of course...it's how they make the monthly Mercede…

  • Stuff that's caught my ears lately, musically speaking... 1. Claudia Schmidt...I'd never even HEARD of her prior to Saturday the 21st! WDET, our WONDERFUL Detroit public radio station ( http://www.wdetfm.org ), has a …

  • Time for a civics lesson, folks....below is the 1st Amendment to our Constitution (which, BTW, is the oldest WRITTEN Constitution still in effect today)... Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of relig…

  • "Women complain about sex more often than men. Their gripes fall into 2 major categories: 1. Not enough 2. Too much.".....Ann Landers

  • "The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves."....Sophocles So why does it take so damn long to figure that out, hmmmm?

  • "Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside wakes." --Carl Jung

  • How much wood would a woodchuck chuck/if a woodchuck COULD chuck wood?.....

  • .....the REST of the patient charts...... 11. Patient's medical history has been remarkably insignificant with only a 40-pound weight gain in the past three days. 12. Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia f…

  • ACTUAL STATEMENTS FOUND IN PATIENT'S HOSPITAL CHARTS: 1. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night. 2. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side f…

  • No poems. Or lists of names. Or horrific pictures of what happened a year ago today. Just a reminder to think of what happened then in your own way....

  • Possible record titles (or CD or what-have-you)... The Doors/Windows...Shoes/Socks...Thomas Dolby/Noise Reduction...David Bowie/Knife...Graham Nash/Teeth...

  • Ladies and gentlemen...boys & girls....THE ONE...THE ONLY PROFESSOR LONGHAIR!!! The Bach of rock...a major inspiration of Dr. John, Allen Toussaint, the Neville Brothers, and COUNTLESS other New Orleans musici…

  • I finally saw the movie.....hilarious! It skewers EVERY rock n'roll cliche......

  • "Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."..........Will Rogers

  • Ever just wonder...why?

  • "I would have made a great Pope."--Richard M. Nixon Suuuuuure you would have, Dick. IF you'd been born Catholic and Italian and in the time of, say, the Borgias...

  • THE SPIRIT WORLD GAINS A GREAT PERCUSSIONIST...... LIONEL HAMPTON (1908-2002)

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