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James Brown
I cannot say I learned to dance, although at times I was inspired; and with each wrong note, took a chance that in his band, I might get fired. Precision: like a jeweler’s saw he cut through space and time … Continue reading
Eulogy on a Blank Canvas
I was born; that’s not quite news, nor is the sequence of events that followed closely there behind of much import, or consequence: like Isaac, most of my short life falls into sets of seven years, some uphill climbs, some … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement, analogies, eulogies, happiness, personal history, relationships, success
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Goodnight for Gonzo
for Hunter S. Thompson A life in isolation breeds its own brand of malaise, that the respected classes just ignore and seek instead on worthless causes to heap shame or praise, with their good sense, naming such moods a bore. … Continue reading
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Tagged democracy, dissent, eulogies, guilt, Hunter S Thompson, isolation, paranoia, separation, underdogs
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Artie Shaw
By the time I got to it, the clarinet was odd; a quaint small instrument for guys who never got the girls (even the ones who played and sat in the same orchestra rows day and day, year after year), … Continue reading
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Tagged Artie Shaw, eulogies, Gene Krupa, genius, influences, inspiration, jazz, Music, swing
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Imagining
Too much of what the world has been, and is, and still might be, has as its limits what we call impossibility. We reign imagination in and relegate its course to doomsday visions, worst-case scenes, and dissipate its force. But … Continue reading
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Tagged brotherhood, connection, eulogies, imagination, John Lennon, love, peace
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Ray Charles: Eyesight From the Blind
In one of his early 70s comedy routines, Flip Wilson imagined a conversation between Christopher Columbus and Queen Isabella of Spain (and I paraphrase, as the album Cowboys and Colored People is long out of print and my vinyl is … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, America, blindness, eulogies, genius, inclusion, influences, inspiration, Music, Ray Charles, wholeness
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