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Friendship. It can't be bought or loaned, only earned. It can't be replaced by anything on earth. An

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My Interests

Kula Shaker-85% familiar/45% inventive,and just plain GOOD. Watch him shift gears from Emerson Lake and Palmer to Stevie Ray to the Kinks!! in one song!!

I'd like to meet:

Albert Einstein. He died only a week after I was born. Could it be that the world could not contain us both?Groucho Marx. Enough said.An ape with language. Koko or some of the Bonobos at Yerkes Primate Center.Kismet-An MIT computer/robot.James Taylor- To thank him for helping me live past 13.A Native American of the time of the Inca or Maya dynasties.A real ET.Richard Feynman, scientist, teacher, raconteur, musician, world citizen. You.

Music:

Any. Good, bad or indifferent. I'll sort it out.I don't even know where to start. I lie. The list includes Ian Moore, Lena Horne, Jennifer Holliday, David Sanborn, Mavis Staples, Pops Staples, Ry Cooder, Martin Sexton, Charlie Sexton, Johnny Cash, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Lenny Welch, Lindsey Buckingham, Jennifer Warren, Swing, Jazz, Gospel,Blues Soul, Rap, Folk, Country,Slack Key Guitar, Tuvan throat singing,Segovia, Mahalia Jackson, Patsy Cline, Pick a Hank Williams, one two or three. Emmy Lou Harris, Vince Gill, Vince Converse, John Prine, Eurythmics-together or apart, the list goes on and on and on ..........

Movies:

DOMINO DOMINO DOMINO If your life needs changing, this is the movie that will do it. Sadly, the woman on whose life it is based, never got to see the finished product. Rest in Peace Domino. Speaking in Strings, Redemption, Goodbye My Lady, Contact, Signs, The Princess Bride, To Kill a Mockingbird, The African Queen, Bringing Up Baby, Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet, It's A Wonderful Life, Harvey, The Creature From the Black Lagoon, any Tarzan with Johnny Weismuller, Close Encounters, Speed, The Matrix-just the first one please, Lord Of the Rings Trilogy-Go Pete!! The Show He Never Gave, Some Like it Hot, Father Goose, Gigi, Ressurrection, Misery, Teenagers From Space, The Green Mile, The Professional, Stand By Me, Chocolat, A Patch of Blue, Lillies of the Field, The Fifth Element, The Transporter movies, Mirror Mask, Over the Hedge, Children of Men, all the Saw movies and Hostels too. This is a long list as well but I'll stop here.

Television:

OK, so I got a tv and I'm getting Dish Network hooked up this weekend. Are you satisfied now? And here it is, many months later and I still don't turn it on very much. In fact, I just dumped my premium channels.

Books:

Stranger in a Strange Land- Time Enough for Love- Robert Heinlein-I think his collected works should be required reading for humans.Charlotte's Web- E. B. White- This is the one that hooked me for life. I am ever greatful.The Stand- Stephen King- He writes wonderful folks that you would like to know.My collection of Audubon Society Field Guides.Thank you Mr. Gutenburg

Heroes:

My Big Sister Jeannie. She was the real hippie. I am just a pretender to the throne.My Mother-Margie, who taught us to love by loving. My Father-Jay, who taught us to love life .Richard Pryor. He spoke the truth.George Carlin. Ditto.Mahatma Ghandi. Ditto.Jane Goodall. Ditto.And Carl Sagan, for having faith AND facts.

My Blog

Still Dark

The sky lightens. The full moon in half grin behind me Peeps and twitters tell me  That the dawn chorus Cannot be far away. They tune up to signal day has begun. And so it comes.  ...
Posted by Music on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:57:00 PST

Update

  Ovarian cancer. Ain't life cruel and unusual? As soon as it's safe I will start chemotherapy followed by radiation and then more chemo. Possibly by my birthday in April, I may have a crew cut a...
Posted by Music on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:54:00 PST

The Shape of Things to Come

I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but He was not there; I went to the temple of the Hindus and to the old pagodas, but I could not find a trace of Him anywhere. I searched on the mountains a...
Posted by Music on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:12:00 PST

This bears repeating.

Anyone who knows me, knows that I love George Carlin. He is always  profound and someties profane and sometimes it takes that to get your attention. He got mine here.Thanks, George.The paradox of...
Posted by Music on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 06:53:00 PST

Moonflowers

Mother tends the moonflowersShe always liked mornin' glow-rees as she called themJeanie wears a gardenia in her hairEvery dayLady Day smilesand approvesDaddy keeps sharp eyesOn his girls And sharp sni...
Posted by Music on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 06:01:00 PST

Words tumbling out

BacklitPassing the firehouse, DeSoto's war dogs slavering, slobbering, running full out, snarling, biting at air.Bouncing over the bridge, a tall ship at full sail, poised over your house, sextant mut...
Posted by Music on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:54:00 PST

Transparencies

The hands you hold are transparentYou think you can see themBrief instances here and thereBut they fadePacking your woes and foodClimbing a mountainLooking around for companionsFinding shadows and sha...
Posted by Music on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 09:17:00 PST

Sting

Sting"I Burn For You" Now that I have found you In the cool of your evening smile The shade of your parasol And your love flows through me Though I drink at your pool I burn for you, I burn for You a...
Posted by Music on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:12:00 PST

Makes sense to me

Musical quote of the moment: Whether you're playing in a bar, a strip joint, or the Himalayas, the first duty of music is to compliment and enhance life.- Carlos Santana...
Posted by Music on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:49:00 PST

A Quote For You

If a man should importune me to give a reason why I loved him, I find it could no otherwise be expressed, than by making answer: because it was he, because it was I. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (15...
Posted by Music on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:52:00 PST