Full Circle to Robby Kreiger... Jim and a ...

Full Circle to Robby Kreiger... Jim and a Spanish Caravan...
 Spanish Caravan

And then... Asturias... from the Master himself....

And then... Asturias... from the Master himself....
Andres Segovia... a guitar can bring peace...
Of mind...
 Andres Segovia... Asturias

While we're at it... then there's Steve Howe...

While we're at it... then there's Steve Howe... if you're in the mood... if only for a day...
 Steve Howe -Mood For A Day

I love this guy... an amazing guitarist...

I love this guy... an amazing guitarist... Santa Fe... live...
 Ottmar Liebert - Santa Fe

One of my favorite Carlos Santana vinyl lps

One of my favorite Carlos Santana vinyl lps... a natural soundtrack for this evenings celestial festivities just before sunrise...
 Carlos Santana

A partial eclipse of the Moon will be...

A partial eclipse of the Moon will be visible over western North America just before sunrise on June 4th.

Full Moon June 2012: Partial Lunar Eclipse As Venus Crosses Sun

Music instruction in schools is of tantamount importance...

Music instruction in schools is of tantamount importance...
It opens the doors of your mind to endless possibilities...
Like sex for your brain,
Music can literally change your mind

We cannot place our foot in the same stream twice...

We cannot place our foot in the same stream twice...
it is ever changing... like life is ever changing...
although we may think we are in control...
much is out of our control.. let the universe be kind... and... Let It Be...

Red, white, green, blue, black, we are all the same...
One day we will all realize that... now that would be something...  It would be...

So... where have all the flowers gone...

God Bless Pete Seeger,
Mary Travers, Paul Stooky, Peter Yarrow...
So... where have all the flowers gone...
when will we ever learn...

Edwin Starr...

 Edwin Starr...

Eric Burdon...

 Eric Burdon...

Here are a few forgotten songs...

 Here are a few forgotten songs...

All I can say is HOLY SH!t...

 All I can say is HOLY SH!t...

Lee Kantor & Stone Peyton Atlanta Business Radio X...

Lee Kantor and Stone Peyton Atlanta Business Radio X... thank you for a great time visiting with you both at the studio!
http://www.driveforresearch.org/atlanta-business-radio-x/

I've been studying...

I've been studying... to become a yogurt instructor...
It's very relaxing... but sometimes like any plain vanilla career choice...
It's really tough to cross... your legs...

Sun is shinning... sky is bright blue...

Sun is shinning... sky is bright blue... the air is clean and fresh... beagle is wagging her tail... my younger one Jonathan Rizzi graduates High School today... a mile marker on the road map of life... next stop Bonnaroo... and Georgia College State University...
It's a beautiful morning... 
take it away Felix Cavaliere !

From one of Jackson Browne's finest vinyl lps "Hold Out"...

From one of Jackson Browne's finest vinyl lps "Hold Out"...
a song written with Lowell George in mind and also appropriate for a weekend we mistakenly treat as a holiday... considering the missing persons that have made the BBQ's and pool parties possible... a
 a tribute on Memorial Day...

No longer a dozen left...

No longer a dozen left... wandering into Santa Monica to shop... perhaps better luck at REI or Dick's Sporting Goods... Bergdorf would not be good...  man...  even for a wild cat...

Maybe all it wanted to do was have fun on...
 Santa Monica Boulevard...

It could be the only way...

It could be the only way...  you would get to swim in the pool...

Getting hard on Mr. Softee...

Dallas newspaper calls for
Death to ice cream trucks

Michael Franti & Spearhead...

Michael Franti & Spearhead... opened for Steve Winwood last night at Chastain... it was amazing to see him come onstage... from the very moment he stepped foot in the spotlight... the Sound of Sunshine coming down... brought the audience to... their feet... even those at the tables... with all their trimmings...
waiting for the storm to pass me by...  that's the sound of sunshine comin' down..

Mother Nature in her wrath and fury can be devastating to watch...

Mother Nature in her wrath and fury can be devastating to watch... on the other hand in her gentle moments such beauty and calm as a Wren that has made a nest in the eaves of our front porch to raise her young... two of the three eggs have hatched into little chirpers... as she feeds them... protects them Mom sends a gentle thunderstorm to clear the air... sweeten the flowers... the shrubs... and the sun is shining throughout... now that is something to behold...
thanks Mom.... beats a DVD anytime...

On the lighter side....

On the lighter side....
NOTICE: Billboard is perched atop a "Mile High" liquor store...
"This bud is for who?"

One Mug = Two cups... Life is short... stay awake for it...

One Mug = Two cups... Life is short... stay awake for it...
If six were nine...

Could be time to break out the marshmallows...

Could be time to break out the marshmallows...campfire anyone,,,,

The internet has it's own political party...

The internet has it's own political party...
Really they do....

Would Wilma and Fred appreciate these....

Would Wilma and Fred appreciate these....
Powered by...

Does anyone really care what time it is.....

Does anyone really care what time it is.....
Global biodiversity...

And slightly further on... years later....

And slightly further on... years later.... a birthday and he was...
 ...further on...

Actually is that a granola bar ... or....

Actually is that granola... or....
 ...what?

Here's to having had a good Mother's Day for you

Here's to having had a good Mother's Day for you, your Mom
and a good night... where ever you are...
Good night Mrs. Calabash....

Gotta watch Hollywood Palace... now...
 We Five...

The best part of growing up was color TV...

The best part of growing up was color TV...
 Who was it... with the Smothers Brothers...

Under the Light of a Full Mad Man Super Moon...

Under the Light of a Full Mad Man Super Moon - Ticketmaster.com

Variety Playhouse - Atlanta,, GA 05/06/2012

Favorite moment:

Entire presentation was a memorable experience.

Including the encore of "Watcher of the Skies" and the "Musical Box".

Setlist:

The "Lamb". Two album sides connected and presented in "Its" entirety as "It" was meant to be done!

Slightly overcast.... visibility is fair...

Slightly overcast.... visibility is fair... flying none the less...
 flying none the less...

Life imitates art... Art imitates life...

Life imitates art... Art imitates life...

there must be a parallel universe...

make the leap if you need to...

further proof...

directly from LinkedIn:

Peter Gabriel

...

There was a moment when one could have ...

There was a moment when one could have the alarm clock awaken you to a random soft sound... after the overnight thunder showers and rain on the roof gave way to wrens, cardinals, blue jays and robins whispering good morning...
 and the sound of wind and water...

Anticipation is provocative. It begins...

Under the Light of a Full Mad Man Super Moon. A “Genesis” Recreation of “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway” by The Musical Box at the Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, Georgia, last night, Sunday May 6th, 2012

Anticipation is provocative. It begins... as a very small emotion and as time ensues it grows to much larger proportions. Having never been delighted by the presence of The Musical Box in an auditorium full of loyalists, the Genesis years that featured Peter Gabriel was presented in more than a trip back in time, rather it was a resurrection of an era of progressive rock that included fairy tales and theatrics for the common man.

My nephew, in NY suggested that” this” will be the show to see. Having heard stories with the likes of folklore from an uncle who had been to as many a Genesis concert as there were albums and then some. “This” was something to see and authorized in some way by Peter Gabriel, Michael Rutherford, Steve Hackett and Phil Collins. An effort to recreate an event for the eyes and ears that experienced such an incredible show, Back in NYC… in 1974.

Now that would be something to anticipate. Luckily, the extravaganza would take place at a location in Atlanta, that is legendary in itself, let alone a favorite spot to see music of all kinds, in a venue that is intimate, comfortable, open and easily one of the best Atlanta has to offer.

“The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway” was the crescendo to a bands rise that ended with the departure of theatrical front man Peter Gabriel. At the time, I recall seeing that presentation, having been a loyalist Genesis fan growing up in NYC, after listening to the likes of Scott Muni play “Twilight Ale House” on WNEW-FM on “Things from England” on a Friday afternoon. Those distant days of liner notes, lyrics and all things “Hipgnosis”. Those days were the college years and they included seeing this original show in Rochester, New York, at the Auditorium Theatre. Followed by an interesting trip to Albany and the Palace Theatre, and concluding with heading home for the single sole purpose to be back in NYC for “The Lamb” once more at the Academy of Music on 14th street.

“The Lamb” was to be a very stark and physical presentation. Coming from an English band with experience in writing and performing rock theatrical masterpieces. Our supper was ready. “It” was about a kid in New York City, a kid who was an “Imperial Aerosol King” and a graffiti artist who would take us on a visual and mindful journey.

Could anything or anyone, ever, in ones wildest imaginings, recreate such an incredible presentation and performance. Especially, since in those days, Genesis and Peter Gabriel were often criticized by the music press for being pretentious. It was bat wings, uniforms, masks, and a multimedia presentation done the hard way. In an age when film and slides were the rage, rather than a digital computer animation. Critics complained, that “The Battle of Epping Forest” from “Selling England By The Pound” was steeped in English slang and vernacular, that couldn’t possibly be understood or cared for by an American rock audience. “Pretentious” stories, based in fantasy, literature, nursery rhymes, with religious overtones from the bible. “It” was rock and roll, and not Sunday School they cried!

Genesis however, prevailed. Through their iconic presentations, their loyalists, like I, did follow, from Rochester, to Albany,… to NYC... to Atlanta, and now to the Variety Playhouse, to see The Musical Box and “The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway”. Surrounded by loyalists, in an audience filled with AARP card holders, that perhaps for only one evening, meant the “Authentic And RAEL Presentation” of “The Lamb”.

If you have been anticipating this presentation, if you have wondered what it would be like to go back in time, just for a few hours, to hear two album sides connected in “Its” entirety, “It” will enthrall your senses with images of what is “RAEL” and what will become real if only for a brief moment in time.

Timing is everything in life. In Atlanta the timing included a full super moon at perigee the night before and a continued Mad Man Moon on the drive to the Variety Playhouse. Such befitting visual natural circumstances. The genius of Genesis is captured by The Musical Box and their incredible attention to detail in chords, progression, performance and costume. For the Genesis loyalist, this presentation is a must, as “It” like everything in life is fleeting as time. Peter moved on and gave us more, Phil came forward and more than filled in. Genesis and Gabriel gave us a body of work over the years that have pleased and mesmerized us all. To step back in time for “The Lamb” with the Musical Box is a gift, blessed by a band who understands, and presented through hard work with the loyalty of saints.

Critics may still say, you can see right thru “It”. However “It” will be kept alive. “It” you see, is only “Knock and Know All”, and you can leave “It”, or you can love “It”, or as all Genesis fans can tell a critic “Shove It”.

“It” is “Only Rock and Roll” and we love “It". If only you can see "It", don’t miss “It”.

 

 

Thinking again.... the best way to travel...

Thinking again.... the best way to travel... Now that timeline is fully aware and also connected to MSN.... I can read an article and it magically appears here as well... so beyond posts of observations and opinions we all have apps that co...nnect all of us together for obvious and not so obvious reasons... and it all resides somewhere on a server farm the size of Oklahoma with Google, Facebook, and Microsoft.... if you only knew what .exe and communication files are running in the background on your computer and where they were connecting open ports in the operating system and to who recording information beyond cookies and perhaps pieces of cake you would be alarmed... Freedom is just a word we heard... as long as you buy me a Mercedes Benz... but then the IRS and AMEX know where you shop, when you shop, what you buy and what you eat... psychologically profiled so you receive ads that will "interest" you and perhaps entice you to buy... books have been written... books have been burned (Fahrenheit 451) will you read the book again... are we there yet... who wants gum... counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike... welcome to America... it's 1984...
 Don't look.... it's here again...

Wahoooo did ya see the super moon...

Wahoooo did ya see the super moon... An update from one of the original watcher of the skies.....
Thank you Peter...

On your way to San Francisco...

Via Rick McCaffrey a very special song that changed the lives of many of us, the way we thought, the wy we dressed and the way we were.... thank you Scott McKenzie!On your way to San Francisco...

•> The root of the word lunatic comes from luna...

•> The root of the word lunatic comes from luna, the Latin for moon. Centuries ago it was believed that periodic insanity was caused by changing phases of the moon. The same root is borrowed for the slang loony (though Bugs, Daffy and friends spell their cartoon series Looney Tunes, with an extra “e”).
 It's a moon... of super proportions...

Saturday rummaging through the vinyl...

Saturday rummaging through the vinyl... a Full Super Moon... a trip to the drive in, an RC Cola... and a Moon Pie...
 Whadya' mean ya'll never heard a NRBQ...    Ya'll had an RC Cola and a Moon Pie....

Terrestrial radio has an antenna tower...

Terrestrial radio has an antenna tower and a licensed frequency in a specific location... each location has similarities and then it ends there... local flavor... support... is acquired and understood because you live there... one clearing ...house for music and ideas, rather than integrating local passion, experience and alternate opinions into the mix is a sin... local input, debate, opinion, alternate methods and ideas creates improvements that would otherwise never occur... we are all the same yet we are all different... like the cities and towns across this country... tough to mow the lawn on Saturday with the box screaming Boston from the garage while doing the front yard and once again a short time later when you wash the car... that's why the kids listen to their iPod... they are the future of music... they will be here and hereafter we’re gone… the music matters to them and crossing boundaries exposes a new artist through an adjacency to similarities derived from their personal influences so evident in their work… isn’t that how rock history was created... when you mixed The Band, The Who, Joni Mitchell, The Doors, Poco, Genesis, Dan Fogelberg, Jimi Hendrix, and Cream with the Doobie Brothers, Harry Chapin and Pink Floyd... and still had room in your mind for your Dad’s Frank Sinatra collection… or in a Zune perhaps....

No one ever lost their job in IT by choosing IBM....

No one ever lost their job in IT by choosing IBM.... then the dinosaur floundered and Apple came alive.... DELL came alive... it took years for the Brontosaurus' head to find it's tail and come full circle to become competitive again... an open mind opens doors... a closed mind... never reaches to open one... an open door is music for one's ears....
When the Doors are open....
  Amazing things can happen....

Drive Time….

Drive Time…. Who wants gum.... Dad are we there yet?... Count some license plates... by state!

■May Day! Calling All Cars■ ...

TOMORROW Morning @8am FLASH YOUR HEAD LIGHTS to send a signal to accelerate brain tumor research! 

Would you, could you,.... Go Gracie Go!

Maybe... our generation got old... but we still have soul...

Ride…on….

Is the news absurd or is it ...

Is the news absurd or is it just my internet connection because I live in Atlanta.... Or... was it a flathead or a phillips... either one would be hard to swallow not to metnion pass even if it were a bran... name... like a little craftsman....... Funny though... usually you don't get screwed until the insurance company rejects the implant and considers it cosmetic... but then in Kentucky it's not romantic to have a missing tooth... Kentucky woman swallows a screwdriver, sues her dentist!

I guess she will get a book deal... and a tool box...

Another morning or perhaps not just any other morning...

Another morning or perhaps not just any other morning... they are all different ....yet they are all connected... in a circle... sunrise and sundown.... in the universe... and yet this one brings many things to an end and in that a beginning... in my mind...
in my mind...

Last night Greg Lake played here in Atlanta at a very cozy and intimate venue...

Last night Greg Lake played here in Atlanta at a very cozy and intimate venue the Variety Playhouse.... a very long distance from the arenas of the seventies... the format was unique much like Jon Anderson's presentation a year ago on the v...ery same stage... with some significant, yet subtle differences... it was only Greg... yes... and the couple next to me mentioned... gee no drum set? Is he "alone"... I thought well... certainly appears to be sans an electric piano... and then guessed... well in an age of MP3's, Macintoshes and overdubs... he has probably multiplied himself.. He did and added the feel of a community radio interview... stories between songs... questions from the audience... such a great distinct voice... and a surprise... Christmas in April... when one question came up about this song... if he's there... where you may be... be there... it's worth it... and we all still believe...
I believe in Father Christmas - Greg Lake - Ian Anderson

Pete Fornatale was also a teacher and teachers are remarkable individuals...

Pete Fornatale was also a teacher and teachers are remarkable individuals... they get up every morning and prepare us for things that we have yet to encounter... Pete was always full of eloquent explanations... listening to and looking forw...ard to WNEW every day was a musical learning experience and Pete's explanations and descriptions were full of sheer profundity... in fact the music and the lyrics were full of life and Pete and WNEW took the time to explain and explore life with us... so much of Pete and WNEW is a part of us all this morning... Pete kept the Beach Boys alive on a transition from AM radio to FM even as it became "progressive" and formats changed…. there was always a space for our own Americana in his Mixed Bag and that's why God made radio and gave us Pete and WNEW. God Bless you Pete Fornatale…The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio!

How appropriate to be attending a live show last night here in Atlanta, Georgia...

How appropriate to be attending a live show last night here in Atlanta, Georgia... and to see the member of a band that of course was introduced to my ears by WNEW-FM the first time I heard them... From the Beginning, Tarkus or Lucky Man...
Greg Lake is here at the Variety Playhouse... a cozy venue like the Last Chance Saloon in Poguhkeepsie, New York... And also appropriate as a tribute to Pete and... Scotso... one of those things from England... ELP was... like King Crimson and Atomic Rooster and the first time I saw them play was at Fordham University in Da Bronx with time to have a White Castle with cheese around the corner on Fordham Road... and then watch Keith Emerson spin around in a contraption that would make you dizzy as he played.. at all places... Gaelic Park... a soccer field in Da Bronx !

The last few weeks have been full of sad music news...

The last few weeks have been full of sad music news... earlier today Pete Fornatele of WNEW-FM days in NYC passed away... a voice on the radio that I listened to every day along with Scotso, Roscoe, Jonathan and Allison... voices that were all so responsible for my own time in radio.... the top of the hill is here for many of us as the rest of us approach it... no time to waste...
God Bless you Pete Fornatele...

May Day Calling All Cars! - Classics Du Jour - Flash Your Headlights!

May Day Calling All Cars! - Classics Du Jour - Flash Your Headlights!
Radio Press Release Audio - Drive For Research, with help from CDJ Classics Du Jour - Everything Classic Rock - and FMQB inviting radio stations across the country to bro...adcast the radio signal “May Day Calling All Cars – Flash Your Head Lights” at 8am on May 1st for brain tumor awareness month. During May stations are asked to participate in the Daily Drive To Survive and Pledge The Miles You Drive radio promotion to raise funds for accelerated brain tumor research.
 May Day Calling All Cars! - Classics Du Jour - Flash Your Headlights!

Would you ever wonder just what the beagle is thinking...

Would you ever wonder just what the beagle is thinking after following you into the bathroom when you are just getting out of the shower... when they sit quietly and stare....
Now could it be... gee... I don't look like that... where is all their hair.... is bald beautiful... or ...
How did I get here.... is this my beautiful house.... do I get to ride in the car with the rear passenger window down so I can bark at the semi's going by..... or what?

The end of April... no climate change?...

The end of April... no climate change?...
Unless the climate changes to discuss the change in climate...The end of April... no climate change?...

We get to make contact with a higher more intelligent life source and being...

AMC ran an old favorite sc-fi movie that rather than alien bugs and viruses, we get to make contact with a higher more intelligent life source and being... a magnificent movie with Jodie Foster and David Morse... although a the sequence "co...uld not have happened" according to the pundits in charge... in a moment and at the speed of light... light years away... for Ellie... Jodie's character it most certainly did... we all do not know where, why or even how... there is more than just another car... a bigger house... or a more expensive vacation... some search for it and never find it... others build it and it never works... or no one comes... all for some reason when reason does not seem to have the answer... faith is all there is in the face of rejection and silence, disaster and distress... faith in that contact whenever or wherever it finally comes...
 Wllie meets .....

There are times when you hoped you would get there...

There are times when you hoped you would get there... there are times when you thought you would get there... there are times when no matter what you have done or tried to get there...
These are those times...

Would it not be common sense to think that if ...

... you remove supporting layers of shale and viscous oil from deep under the ground that the vacancy in consistency would precipitate a new layer order that would cause shifts and strains. Would that require a geological scientific degree in stratified sediments or would that be a logical sentiment?
Study ties oil and gas production to Midwest quakes

The test of an invention is the power ...

Polaroid co-founder Edwin Land said, "The test of an invention is the power of [the] inventor to push it through in the face of staunch - not opposition, but indifference - in society." Great ideas and inventions are often shunned or ignored before they are accepted. It makes sense then that inventors tend to be a hearty sort: they don't mind failure, they don't care what others think, and they're willing to work really damn hard.

"I think.. therefore I am.. I am not.. what I do.. I do what I am."

"I think.. therefore I am.. I am not.. what I do.. I do what I am."

Deafening silence: a silence or lack of response that reveals something significant...

That was then.... this is now... too many miles and too many smiles... I still remember this...
Deafening silence: a silence or lack of response that reveals something significant, such as disapproval

Searching... never finding an answer....

Searching... never finding an answer.... looking... searching... never ending...
still looking... for answer...Counting the cars on the NJ Turnpike....

Flight Attendant: Would you like flies with that...

Airline Passenger:
Can I please have a refill of my Starbuck's Strawberry Frappacino to go with my trail mix.
 .....Flight Attendant: Would you like flies with that.....

Substance will always prevail over emptiness ...

Substance will always prevail over emptiness even if there's a nickel in it when you return the empty bottle...

Jorma and the H2O Song...

Then there is this favorite Water Song...
 Jorma and the H2O Song

Here's a great relaxing HD video with natural sounds to to meditate to...

Here's a great relaxing HD video with natural sounds to to meditate to...
 Listen to the rain....

Ah... one of sixteen vestal virgins who were leaving for the coast,

Ah... one of sixteen vestal virgins who were leaving for the coast,
got your ticket... as the ceiling flew away....
 Although my eyes were open... they may just as well been closed...

Damn the torpedoes... this thing still floats...

Damn the torpedoes... this thing still floats...
 It does...

Here comes the twister...

Here comes the twister... they test the scare-the-bejesus-out-of-'em method for severe weather warnings.Weather service fights apathy with fear-mongering

The weed police....

The weed police....

After mowing the lawn.....

After mowing the lawn..... and weeds down.... the dust, dry dirt... such fun... a must for the Sunday chore list... I decided to clean up and relax from the pollen and happy bees... only to wake in a dream where the weeds were growing like... lychen... the weed police sent a letter and fined our lawn for not meeting the code and we thought code de la gras'... such a dream... what a horticultural... nightmare...
 After mowing the lawn.....

The lawn is so full of weeds this spring...

The lawn is so full of weeds this spring... has it been global warming... or the unusual early warm weather and rain this past winter... and then yesterday there were two long chem trails in the bright blue sky overhead first thing in the m...orning... or must it be a chem lawn conspiracy theory to increase the unnecessary weed population so they can canvas the neighborhood with those little door hangers telling us about those doppelgangers from across the street that have now made it to your yard and must be contained... with more chemicals... chem tales... from the lawn...10 Secret Organizations

Oregami...

Oregami...
 Oregami...

Waking up in the parallel universe... Beagle says... hey were is that box of fresh bisquits from ALDI... anyway... now when you take them to work wouldn't it be novel if they worked and you went for a walk...Taking dogs to work 'reduces employee stress'

Considering the veracity of most tweets ...

Considering the veracity of most tweets that will be full of sheets in 140 characters or less... this seems to be one of the most appropriate forms of publishing such scatological creative vernacular for some unpublished literary geniuses... butt then we are always in need of some kind of reading material when we are having one of our daily sit downs with such a close friend as john don’t we….You can now wipe your butt with your own tweets

I've done my time on the bottom line... ain't no thrill

I've done my time on the bottom line... ain't no thrill
When the morning light comes streaming in,
I'll get up and do it again...
 I've done my time on the bottom line... ain't no thrill

I'll have two crushed insect frappuccinos

I'll have two crushed insect frappuccinos, now that's natural...Starbugs.... ???

New 30 Second Pre-recorded PSA for Radio May Day

New 30 Second Pre-recorded PSA for Radio May Day

New 60 Second Pre-recorded PSA for Radio May Day

New 60 Second Pre-recorded PSA for Radio May Day

What a front row seat for this conjunction!

View of the moon, venus and jupiter from the front porch... Great sky tonight!
What a front row seat for this conjunction! 
Dogs barking... at the moon in the neghborhood... our Beagle says.... hmmmmm...

Imagine.... it is 1967... some 45 years ago...

Imagine.... it is 1967... some 45 years ago...
You pick up a 33 1/3 lp at the record store... not a 45 rpm record... a 12 inch record with lots of songs to listen to...
One in particular "Nights in White Satin" was longer than the abbreviated one played on the radio.. then "Tuesday Afternoon" and thus begins a trip through life "Days of Future Passed" sheer profundity...
As they celebrate 45 years of music the Moody Blues came through Atlanta last night... the Fabulous Fox theatre... a depression era rococo Moroccan splendid venue replete with false blue twilight sky overhead and twinkling stars... outdoors indoors... and a well done show of such memories from "Days of Passed Futures"...
Graeme Edge came forward for '"Higher and Higher" as always to climb to tranquility reaching for the moon as in 1969, then to explain that considering he took Viagra that nothing has changed at 70 years of age... since Woodstock... landing on the moon... and the Viagra side effects...
it's still sex, drugs and rock and roll.. . .

A classic in the realm of "7 Days In May"... and "Fail Safe"...

A classic in the realm of
" 7 Days In May "... and " Fail Safe "...
and a unique movie to watch when you were seven years old...
 On The Beach 1959

What's in a name...

What's in a name... funny how an internet news website will unexpectedly display an old friends name and as it appears it is wholly embodied in someone else... again...
A story that was perhaps overlooked this week by "Hunger Games" none the less... with an interest that would bring back childhood memories of "On the Beach", this story had a similar scenario as that with which Fred Astaire was at the wheel but not besides Willem Defoe... but rather it was Delancey Street in this one and that story required a trip to Australia for the end... to arrive...  again.

Home for the End of Days

Never doubt ...

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead

Ah... the love of a beagle...

Ah... the love of a beagle... forever at my side this weekend... fourth cup of coffee tastes as good as the first one... at 5:37am when the beagle noticed... something.... in the backyard and thought I would like to share that observation...
regardless of a sound sleep...

Vote much?

Here is a rather polite mathematical observation on the state of our nations debate... for those that you read who are in danger of losing a home in the “mortgage crisis”…

Why is it that when we buy a home appraised at fair market value for $336,000 and take a $150,000 mortgage, we own 55% of the home and the bank then owns 45%...

The economy and the market fails and falls and the home is then ...appraised at $226,000 and you now own 33% of the home and the bank now owns 67%... the loan to value does not adjust as your equity to value adjusts... upside?

Consequentially Americans need to refinance to lower their payments so they will not fall into foreclosure...

For the bank who has no risk in the fall of the economy has a preferred position now in your home and has profited on the fall of the economy and your home’s value as they now have a larger % of ownership...

Never mind that you got there because of the banks and their practices... never mind the government felt they were too big to fail and decided to give them money to protect their positions while you have gone unprotected and absorb the loss... pay the additional taxes to cover the investment to save the banks while they have profited from the transaction... both ways...

Such a preferred position... and time for a bonus... record profits... based on the demise of so many Americans...
or dare we say ... "American dream'...

Vote much?

A decision to do nothing is not the status quo…

A decision to do nothing is not the status quo… to do nothing is a conscious decision to do something that carries its own set of consequences...

Mediocrity is a life without oscillations…

Mediocrity is a life without oscillations… a sinusoidal wave meets the centerline to climb and fall… to know the low is to appreciate the high.. for those who have never known the low cannot truly understand the high… for a flat line perhaps safe...
would merely be mediocre…

Lost wheels...

The end of an era... or perhaps just another error...
Life like a well crafted "esse" has many twists and turns...
Those familiar roads can be navigated easily with anticipation of what the next bend will bring...
It's the road not travelled that brings the unexpected... with experience as your teacher and your guide... you navigate as best you can to safely get to your destination...
After 28 years the R100RS will leave my charge... it's clear that we do not own anything in this world... we are only allowed to be the best steward that we can while we are here...

if you can...

This book has been an important guide in my small collection for over 40 years... written by a favorite and albeit unknowingly... a mentor... radio raconteur... they are touching but brief short stories of occurrences in one’s life that hold much significance when approached and viewed separately, but somehow have a greater significance and impact on ones consciousness when viewed as a part of the whole...
Life is a long song... full of many changes... some that you make... others that are made for you without your consent or agreement... changes that you can agree with and yet others that you may try to resist.. but changes none the less... a road travelled or less travelled with only one destination in mind...
How you make it there may not be quite what it seems or perhaps not what you thought it would be, whether you may like it... or not...
But get there you will...
if you can...

Brain Tumor Research 2012 - May Day - Flash Your Head Lights

Brain Tumor Research 2012 - May Day - Flash Your Head Lights
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-754329

One year after disaster at Fukushima nuclear plant, town remains frozen in time

One year after disaster at Fukushima nuclear plant, town remains frozen in time
http://rockcenter.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/07/10594667-one-year-after-disaster-at-fukushima-nuclear-plant-town-remains-frozen-in-time?chromedomain=worldnews

We live in a village... the earth as large as it is ....

We live in a village... the earth as large as it is .... is quite small in relation to the expanse of the universe... here we are all human... earthlings... we are all the same... distance is relative... we are all relatives...
http://youtu.be/Odf1WWhAF6I

Imagine.... solar flares and coronal mass ejections...

...Imagine.... solar flares and coronal mass ejections... disrupting power grids and electrical systems... perhaps the electrical impulses in our brains are being effected... changing the electrical impulses of thought.... for the better... to effect understanding, harmony, tolerance and respect....
http://www.space.com/14861-solar-flare-active-sun-storms.html

...Enough said...

The preacher talked with me and he smiled...

The preacher talked with me and he smiled... said come and walk with me.. come and walk one more mile... and for once in your life you're alone... and you ain't got a dime... there's no time for the phone...
http://youtu.be/scgmW0BNdGI

Messages... no FedX... US Mail...

Messages... no FedX... US Mail... ponies.. paper airplanes.. paper clips... DHL... phone... http://youtu.be/UCTbNnoZMwc

I really don't mind if you sit this one out....

I really don't mind if you sit this one out....
My words but a whisper..... your deafness a Shout!
http://youtu.be/BV-ASc0qkrM

Which brings us to Elroy and Astro... thanks George...

Which brings us to Elroy and Astro... thanks George... Mr Spacely says you're late...
http://youtu.be/Yjy-fnsmWR4

Nuclear powered cars... the Astro...

Nuclear powered cars... the Astro... nuclear radiation would be no problem... listen to the "meltdiown" narration... priceless...
I coulda had a V8!
http://youtu.be/7Sc7ZMq-yVw

Such fossil fuel bliss...

Such fossil fuel bliss...
http://youtu.be/4_ccAf82RQ8

In 1939....

In 1939....
http://youtu.be/aIu6DTbYnog

Surely you remember this...

Surely you remember this...
I rode it more than once... thanks Dad!
http://youtu.be/2-5aK0H05jk

Somehow takin' a bus seems more practical...

Somehow takin' a bus seems more practical...
http://youtu.be/13tlqXYYOvg

Now that's something... have your car driven for you...

Now that's something... have your car driven for you... who would you ask to stop at the convenience store to use the bathroom... Google would know how many times you stopped to use the lavatory and then your kidney incontinence would be co...mmon knowledge along with your driving habits, locations... along with your evenings permeated with virtual gaming... why not have a virtual job and forget the car... or just a virtual life... let someone else live it...
A novel idea.. why not just take a bus or the metro-north…. oh that would be highly schizophrenic now wouldn't it...

http://now.msn.com/living/0302-driverless-cars-hacker.aspx

And you think "UFO's" are a problem...

And you think "UFO's" are a problem...
Mr Martin outlined how the agency suffered "5,408 computer security incidents" between 2010 and 2011.

He also noted that "between April 2009 and April 2011, Nasa reported the loss or theft of 48 Agency mobile computing devices".

In one incident an unencrypted notebook computer was lost containing details of the algorithms - the mathematical models - used to control the International Space Station.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17231695

What is the job of a thought leader?

Here is a thought provoking conversation...

What is the job of a thought leader? Gretzky is a retired Canadian hall-of-fame hockey player who once said, "A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be." Valuable advice but overused, here in SoCal, to the point that it has become code for "trifler."                   

Response
Actually rather than Wayne Gretzky in So Cal I would think that there are dozens of boxes of little Lego's. A thought leader would have been steeped in the instruction set to build a Millennium Falcon from the little bricks accurately following the supplied directions.

When the directions ended up in the trash and the little blocks were disassembled and placed in a plastic zip lock bag it would be interesting to see if the same Millennium Falcon could be construed from the same inventory of plastic blocks.

Better yet it would be far more interesting to see something materialize with far more significant value constructed from the same inventory of little plastic blocks. Indeed that it did not even vaguely resemble the Millennium Falcon, but would have required a new set of instructions for someone without a Lego mentality to appropriately duplicate the new significant innovation if it were relegated back to the zip lock bag.

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Davy Jones left us this morning...

Davy Jones left us this morning...
there are not many Pleasant Valley Sundays left...
http://www.tmz.com/2012/02/29/davy-jones-dead-monkees/#.T05mNHkmySo

It's a beautiful morning just like the song....

It's a beautiful morning just like the song.... I remember it in stereo but can only hear it in monaural...
there are many types of brain tumors, some rob you of your hearing others rob you of your life, some of us are lucky, we are here to talk about it because we have lived through it. Your help is needed to get the word out. please pass this post on to your friends and share or recommend it on CNN iReport.... and thank you for your comments... very much... Ron Rizzi
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-754329

No matter what kind of day it will be... it's a beautiful morning...

No matter what kind of day it will be... it's a beautiful morning...
thank you Felix Cavaliere ...
http://youtu.be/eyooCErXdMI

Go where no one else will go..

Go where no one else will go.. take your innovation and lead... nothing will change without innovation, to be inside a box is to be warm and comfortable... boxes have four corners that will polarize your thinking.. boxes have quadrants that will not allow them to include an encompassing circle... innovate.... place the circle outside the box... from there your vision at any point on the curve will allow you to see every point inside the circle... including the area of importance that is not inclusive in the square...       
http://tinyurl.com/89lx48a

Persistence is ...

Persistence is a must as it takes perseverance to continue to call day after day until you reach the one pair of ears connected to an open mind...     
  http://tinyurl.com/7tv64vm

Went to a Garden party to visit my old friends...

Went to a Garden party to visit my old friends...
http://youtu.be/fxdiraVxwkI

Garden Party... Dolphin Party...

Garden Party... Dolphin Party... perhaps they were protesting dolphins caught in tuna nets...
http://now.msn.com/now/0225-dolphins-race-ship.aspx

If it doesn't come naturally... leave it...

If it doesn't come naturally... leave it...
http://youtu.be/_PMsJxjsOQg

Zen...

In ZAMM, Pirsig explores the meaning and concept of quality, a term he deems to be undefinable. Pirsig's thesis is that to truly experience quality one must both embrace and apply it as best fits the requirements of the situation. According... to Pirsig, such an approach would avoid a great deal of frustration and dissatisfaction common to modern life.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_Maintenance

OM

1.The chanting of Om drives away all worldly thoughts and removes distraction and infuses new vigour in the body.
2.When you feel depressed, chant Om fifty times and you will be filled with new vigour and strength. The chanting of Om is a ...powerful tonic. When you chant Om, you feel you are the pure, all pervading light and consciousness.
3.Those who chant Om will have a powerful, sweet voice. Whenever you take a stroll, you can chant Om. You can also sing Om in a beautiful way. The rythmic pronunciation of Om makes the mind serene and pointed, and infuses the spiritual qualifications which ensure self-realization.
4.Those who do meditation of Om daily will get tremendous power. They will have lustre in their eyes and faces.

http://youtu.be/5-lGKnIbNbw
 

George would have been '69 today...

George would have been '69 today...
a good year for the movement... (-<)
http://youtu.be/D8MlS0vu7gE

If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority,

If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and the enveloping darkness.
-- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World

Keys on the piano... fingers on the frets...

Keys on the piano... fingers on the frets... let nothing stop you...
Ride Like the Wind...
http://youtu.be/U9-ljaJpSC4

Life is tough...

Life is tough... love is tough... some things change others remain quite the same... there are many places to be... in the universe... seek the one that gives as you do... leave the ones that take and refuse to give back...
http://youtu.be/WaqwWUdE2nQ

Never compromise your principles...

Never compromise your principles... no matter how much turbulence arises... weather the hot air over the cold... stay aloft... rise above the fray.. runnin' against the wind...
http://youtu.be/wjWSqlY-_Us

For all the people you may hurt,

For all the people you may hurt, for all the people you will lose, for all the reasons you are... just like us all...
http://youtu.be/_wp4O7v5320

Business as usual...

Business as usual...
http://youtu.be/WyxkdP-5mD0

... 20 years ago....

... 20 years ago....
http://youtu.be/AH4LAitSXCM

Now thats innovative!

http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/friday-feb-24-steven-tyler-strips-down-on-idol/59kbql7

Funny... chickens cross the road,

Funny... chickens cross the road, others stand and fight and yet others will get run over.... christians are taught to turn the other cheek... how many times can you.... until the lion is in your face... it has been going on since the beginning of time... it...
http://youtu.be/0KRGBWgTNUs

Thanks Dave...

Thanks Dave...
http://youtu.be/g-wYQRsNOds

Neither treador or treadee be...

Neither treador or treadee be...
http://youtu.be/uFI36dir_Ro

Beware of enterprises that require new clothes ....

Beware of enterprises that require new clothes ....
- Henry David Thoreau
Constructive compromise is fullfilling for those that partake... placated compromise to satisfy dominance, arrogance and force is dangerous at it requires more than new clothes in the long run....

Back in the New York Groove...

Back in the New York Groove...
http://youtu.be/mYHgKYhhvg8

Persistence

Persistence is a must as it takes perseverance to continue to call day after day until you reach the one pair of ears connected to an open mind...
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/222762

Midnight fridge

Awakened for a brief ride in the parallel universe, beagle says what'll you have... refridgerator door opens with a bright light shining... all the glossy, shiny packages, gleaming... choose one as they all smile... one sense teases with glee for there are many colorful and friendly choices...but then another sense sends a warning.... something is not quite right... there is a sneaking suspiscion ...that something... one of those shiny items has filled the fridge with an unmistakeable odor only masked by its glossy coat.. the truth be found only when you choose and when you reach for the wrong one.... or dig so deep as to uncover what is masked in the shiny exterior of that one false package... look closer before you leap... it may just soften the fall or provide flight...