Monthly Archives: January 2010
Dock Ellis and the LSD NO-NO!
[NY Times December 21, 2008] Dock Ellis, a leading pitcher for pennant-winning teams with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Yankees despite a long addiction to drugs and alcohol, died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 63. The cause was liver disease, … Continue reading
Out of Auschwitz by Samuel Pisar
SIXTY-FIVE years ago this week, the Soviets liberated Auschwitz, while the Americans were approaching Dachau. For a survivor of these two infernos to still be alive and well, with a new family that has resurrected for me the one I … Continue reading
Sunday Music ~ Homecoming
Sunday just brings out the Hillbilly in me. Nothing more American than bluegrass gospel. Be sure to come see The Ozark Alliance at Katy Days this year!
Filed under AMERICANA, Bluegrass Gospel, Bluegrass Music, Country Music, Faith, Missouri, Music, Religion
Pull Yer Damn Pants Up!
Okay, you can blame THE FRIGGIN LOON for this one! Not sure why I rate a mention here, other than quoting the song over at The Crabby Old Fart’s blog. Then again, I am so cool that the … Continue reading
Filed under AMERICANA, Folk Music, Humor, Music
The Black Man’s Eric Burden
SERIOUS R&B! CHILDREN and GARAGE BANDS, do not attempt this. (WARNING: not for country music fans) This should only done by serious professionals who have SOUL. The last time white people attempted this in the wrong setting, they self-destructed!
Filed under Blues Music, History, Music, Rock and Roll, Trains, WAR
MLK jr Remembered
God above is there not anything that we might do to try and make this world of ours a better place for me and you. Oh Tell me all about man Tell me so I can understand Tell me somebody … Continue reading
Filed under AMERICANA, Blues Music, Crime, Faith, History, Human Rights, Music, Religion, Rock and Roll, Tributes
Sunday Music ~ The Black Messiah
A HAT TIP to Sing a Simple Song, for today’s inspiration!
Filed under BLOGS, Faith, Human Rights, Humor, Music, ODDITIES, Religion, Rock and Roll
Some Things Will never Change
In the fullness of our lifetimes, the emptiness of goals, We will strive to make perfection, we’ll run aground on many shoals some will try to be conformist, others find out what is strange but in the order of this … Continue reading
Filed under Poetry
