Bill

5/26/09 gonna experience Lumbar Laminectomy Surgery wish me well ifin ya want. 5/30/09 yep, I got blessed!:)I'm doin real well! :) thank you God, thank you friends.now, let's ROCK! 6/4/09 I'm walkin again, "unassisted"! :) Love to all.Footprints in the Sand: One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky. In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there were one set of footprints. This bothered me because I noticed that during the low periods of my life, when I was suffering from anguish, sorrow or defeat, I could see only one set of footprints. So I said to the Lord, "You promised me Lord, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there have only been one set of footprints in the sand. Why, when I needed you most, you have not been there for me?" The Lord replied, "The times when you have seen only one set of footprints in the sand, is when I carried you." Mary Stevenson Copyright © 1984 Mary Stevenson, from original 1936 text, All rights reservedNow for your listening pleasure: Had ta set de way back machine for 1969 fer dis next one. As funky and poignant as I've EVER heard in 3:56, enjoy. Ain't heard Hambone yet?! Here's one fer u... There's more from where this one came, check em ALL out.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones, and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.-Victor Hugo ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Be very, very quiet. Clock everything you see. Little things might matter later. At the start of the end of history.Yes, we are the GodWhackers, who rip and chop and slice. For crimes beyond imagining, it's time to pay the price. You better step back son, give the man some whackin' space. You know this might get messy GodWhacker's on the case.Vocals, Wurlitzer, solo synth, percussion: Donald Fagen Bass, solo guitar: Walter Becker Drums: Keith Carlock Guitar: Jon Herington, Hugh McCracken Rhodes: Bill Charlap Background vocal: Tawatha Agee, Catherine RussellNovember 08 had the immense pleasure of traveling to Arizona for my long lost Niece's wedding. I can state, without exception, it was the bestest one I've ever attended. Lin has come a very long way from the streets of Chicago we used to run together as "kids". She has overcome challenges that would have broke a lesser person. She has earned a thousand fold the happiness that is known as (a good) marriage. I could easily see in the way Lin and Rob interact, they've been blessed with what I'll call 'the real deal'. LOVE ROCKS !! :) In closing, I'll post a few lines from their 1st reception song by The Cure: "However far away I will always love you However long I stay I will always love you Whatever words I say I will always love you I will always love you." I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert, but I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime... Big Country......the FIRST rule of the music business, don't trust anyone IN the music business...Mr. Homer Simpson...(I've been know to quote any of the Stooges, even Iggy Pop, truth is truth, regardless of de source)....... "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust "You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It's just amatter of paying attention to this miracle." Paulo Coelho ...."If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much." — Jim Rohn: American entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker....3/18/08 well, less than a week ago I git an e mail. "subject" was 'are you my Uncle Bill?'Well kick de dog an spit in de fire, yes, I am. In touch again with my good friend (who happens to be my Niece) from mid 70's early 80's before we lost touch. I am reminded how great the internet is. Lin it's like 30 days not 30 years. :) thanks fer lookin fer me. :) Hold tight to your faith don't let nobody make you jaded your love is precious, give it to somebody who deserves it this is what I believe in Hold tight to yourself don't let nobody give you hell your life is sacred live it right, but live it your way this is what I believe in All the world is a cannibal even time itself will eat us all but that's no reason to be a jerk you either make it better or make it worse I believe this. I believe it's true I believe it All the world is dangerous full of homicidals and terrorists but underneath their blanket of hate the only thing that will survive is our love and faith I believe in truth and I believe in me and I believe in you... Adrian Belew, lyrics, all instruments on 'Inner Revolution'.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>Gustavo Dudamel the Rock n Roll Conductor >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Al Stewart once wrote... It seems to me as though I've been upon this stage before and juggled away the night for the same old crowd These harlequins you see with me, they too have held the floor as here once again they strut and they fret their hour I see those half-familiar faces in the second row ghost-like with the footlights in their eyes But where or when we met like this last time I just don't know It's like a chord that rings and never dies for infinity.And now these figures in the wings with all their restless tunes are waiting for someone to call their names They walk the backstage corridors and prowl the dressing-rooms and vanish to specks of light in the picture-frames But did they move upon the stage a thousand years ago in some play in Paris or Madrid? Was I there among them then, in some travelling show and is it all still locked inside my head for infinity.And some of you are harmonies to all the notes I play, although we may not meet still you know me well while others talk in secret keys and transpose all I say and nothing I do or try can get through the spell So one more time we'll dim the lights and ring the curtain up and play again like all the times before But far behind the music you can almost hear the sounds of laughter like waves upon the shores of insanity. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everybody should follow one path. Listen to your own truth. Ram Dass >>>>>American Spiritual Author, Lecturer><><.....Artist: John Hiatt Album: Little Village Year: 1992 Title: Do You Want My Job?Cool breezes from the mountains blow,as I wake up and dress to go.On the island, dawn is breaking,in the harbor, tanker's waiting.From the land of the rising sun,They bring their old plutonium,and we unload it in the bay,for two dollars forty cents a day.CHORUS:Do you want my jobI hump the stuff, I take the cash,so my kids can wear Adidas,and if you lived here, homie, you'd know,we ain't got no place else to go.I remember when the air was sweetand I brought home the fish to eat.Now we buy Spam from the grocery store'Cause you can't eat the fish no more.Do you really want my job? Unbelievable Voice
*********************************************************** ONCE MILES DAVIS SAID:"Without music, life would be a mistake""Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself""Don't fear mistakes, there are none""Don't play what's there, play what's not there""Where words fail, music speaks">>>>>>>>>>>>>W arning: Authorities warn that "try" is a dangerous expression that has enormous power to influence your behavior. It's toxic. Use it very carefully. When "try" creeps into your language or into your thoughts, pluck it out quickly. Walter Anderson(American Trainer, Author) Dale Bozzio (born Dale Frances Consalvi on March 2, 1955) is an American musician and former Playboy Bunny. She became famous as the lead singer for the 1980s pop/new wave band Missing Persons. ...ain't she sweet!? Props to her ex-Hubby, MR. Bozzio, one of the best rock drummers,ever.