I‘m as white as they come, but this signature spoken word performance piece by Gil Scott-Heron came out in 1970 and definitely spoke for me. (Six months later, I dropped out and moved to an 8 x 16 ft hand-made shack in the Ozarks.) The lyrics constitute a hologram of the times. If only you [...]
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I surely never will. This day 41 years ago changed my life instantly and forever. I was teaching at Wharton County Junior College in Wharton, Texas at the time. My conservative students were either ignorant of what had just happened or said “those hippies had it coming…” I was apoplectic and spent most of the [...]
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According to the YouTube description, this is a “funeral procession for those who died in Sana’a’s Change Square on Friday,” (3/18/2011) a peaceful protest broken up when government snipers fired into the crowd. Fifty-two people were killed. This well-produced video offers a striking look into a beautiful, passionate culture. I had tears in my eyes [...]
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Man, I have got to get out more. Ironic that I discover this band right after St. Patrick’s Day, or is it? BEHOLD, Flogging Molly performing “What’s Left of the Flag.” I hope you have good speakers or earphones. I totally love this, in case anybody wonders. I could even play it. Good medicine all [...]
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You know the drill: don’t try this at home! (I’ll leave it to you to figure out just what that is.) This FotoFeed image shows where I was. What we have here is a cool video I just created of footage shot while descending from the west side of the Rio Grande gorge to the [...]
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Last Saturday night we attended the opening of a new “gallery/boutique” here in Taos (TurnStyle Gallery) featuring the work of Dan Enger, Pattie Traynor, Jaap Vanderplas, Susan Kohl, Kim Treiber, Chipper Thompson, and Doug Yeager. I know four of the preceding and was happy to put in an appearance to say hi and have a [...]
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A little diversion for you: a video starring the venerable ’87 Ford F-150, complete with an original soundtrack from mysterious sources known only to a few. I’m having fun, though—things could be lots worse, after all, and usually are! Featured above are the truck, obviously, including the windshield wipers, a plastic buffalo on the dashboard, [...]
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Remember this post? Hah! Now we’ve got a video. Here’s the background: In 1981 after Reagan was inaugurated, I wrote a song called “2011″ [pronounced twenty-eleven] about a dystopian future I was sure would follow. Riffing on a film based on a Harlan Ellison novel called “A Boy and His Dog,” the idea was, I’d [...]
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When my new camera arrived two weeks ago, I recorded the moment for posterity. The best part of this is watching how fast the UPS truck comes down the driveway. The worst part is how I forgot to wear a spiffy outfit or at least put on a cool hat. Now my wife will be [...]
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Another video from darkest northern New Mexico! Besides offering close-up views of my wonderful pile of firewood, this one features narration and anecdotal hilarity. You could do worse on this ominous Sunday morning. Yes, ominous. I don’t know what it is, maybe just my own psychology, but I felt a disturbance in the force. I [...]
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