Not too long ago I was having a conversation in a bar, something I like to do, about the greatest generation compared to the generations that followed. We came to the conclusion that baby boomers are the worst of all generations and may be blamed by future generations as the perpetrators in the demise of the American empire ... maybe even human ( Read more... )

We made $125 at a yard sale today and I finally sold my billiards table for 1/7 it's 2002 purchase price. The fact I got anything is good. There are dozens of pool tables on Craigslist. We advertised the yard sale on CL. The  professional yardies hit us early, 7am. The first Mexican couple bought $40 of great junk. We made most of our cash haul in  ( Read more... )

I received an email from a friend back east informing me another friend had just gotten his first email address. Snapper is the last man on the internet. Pigs are flying. I promptly sent an email welcoming him to the 21st century. I mentioned the porn and gambling opportunities on the web. I cautioned him to not surf the entire internet in the ( Read more... )

I've had a post in my drafts folder for weeks now. It's about my continuous search for new music. The idea was underscored last night.

We went to the Arizona State Fair where Bob Dylan was performing live at Veteran's Coliseum. I was looking forward to seeing the sixties folk, rock, and cultural icon. I cannot claim to be a huge Dylan fan. I became ( Read more... )

Do you have interest in a form of media that is a complete departure from what you normally listen to or view?  My dad never liked my music from the 70's or 80's and I can't say there's very much out there today that I like unless it's being produced by the 'hangers on' from my hey day or contemporary blues artists. There are few exceptions to that ( Read more... )

My Grampa used to talk about how much better things were when he was growing up in the 1920's.  Everything was better, flowers smelled nicer, the sun was brighter and food tasted better. The way he saw it the country had been going steadily down hill after WWII. He even had nice things to say about the depression era. "We appreciated what little we ( Read more... )

I'm purging. This piece has been sitting in my drafts for weeks, too long to post. trimmed down and a lot of work put into it.  It's still too long. It's incoherent at times.  But I must clean out my drafts folder to make room for new stuff.  Get yourself a drink, a comfy chair and a couple of toothpicks to keep your eyes open. This is a very long ( Read more... )

I suspect music will be a recurring theme here. I wrote about the blues in one of my first LJ posts a couple of months ago (A Black Soul) but there's no one essay or line-of-thought that could possibly capture how I feel about music. I run the risk of being repetitive but it's my blog....so fuck it. Here it goes. The funny thing about people that ( Read more... )

Do you remember when you were a teen or 20-something rolling your eyes at the cluelessness of the oldtimers?  Maybe it was mom bitching about your clothing or long hair of the 70's. I'm sure dad complained about the loud music behind your locked bedroom door. "What's that smell? Are you burning something?" Other times it was the oldsters in the ( Read more... )