Monthly Archives: December 2008

“A dark night of the soul comes to anyone who wishes it.” – Fractured Fortune And now, the year of blogging anonymously. Toodles.

I am a very misdirected person, he thought. I waste my energies. I find no joy in social paradise. (Steve Herbst/’An Uneven Evening’)

Art Garfunkel ‘Breakaway’ Nitty Gritty Dirt Band ‘Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy’ Walter Murphy selections from ‘A Fifth Of Beethoven’ John Mayall ‘Back To The Roots’ Fripp & Eno ‘Evening Star’ Cat Power ‘dear sir'(Runt EP) Ali Farka Toure … Continue reading →

Small girl behind me on the train, sitting on her grandfather’s lap singing- “Ho! Ho! Ho!…and a bottle of rum.”

If Vince Guaraldi doesn’t do it I’ll try the Best of Vanilla Fudge CD I’ve brought to work.

How many times must one hear ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ by Vince Guaraldi before the magic happens? Let’s find out.

I enjoy listening to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. In the mid ’60s my parents bought one of Herb’s albums, ‘South of the Border’. The seed was planted, decades later growing so that I now have most of the … Continue reading →

Is that a banana in my pocket or am I just happy to see you?

felixwas read my previous post and mentioned another well qualified contestant. With Noel Redding(The Jimi Hendrix Experience), the proper perspective is required. Noel Redding, a contestant disqualified for being non-white, Mitch Mitchell (L-R)