BLOGDAY 15

 

Me Myself & Al

Once upon a time, in the arid deserts of the old southwest, there lived a clever and elusive creature known as the jackalope. With the body of a bunny and the antlers like a deer, the jackalope was a master of camouflage and stealth, able to blend seamlessly into its surroundings and avoid detection from predators.

One day, the jackalope found itself in a particularly dangerous situation. A group of coyotes had been stalking it for hours, and the jackalope knew that it was only a matter of time before they caught up to it. But the jackalope was not one to give up without a fight, and so it began to search for a way to outsmart its attackers.

That's when it saw it: a piece of desert camo uniform from a nearby dead soldier. Without a second thought, the jackalope snatched up the fabric with its funny front teeth and began to wrap it around its body, using the patterns and colors of the fabric to blend in with the surrounding terrain.

As the coyotes approached, the jackalope held its breath, waiting for them to make their move. But to its surprise, the coyotes walked right past, completely oblivious to its presence. For the rest of the day, the jackalope moved through the desert, perfectly hidden from all who sought to harm it.

From that day forward, the jackalope continued to exploit the power of desert camo, and began to seek out more scraps of fabric to add to its collection. With each new address, the jackalope became more and more adept at blending in with its surroundings, and has became one of the most elusive creatures in the Americas. 

And so the legend of the jackalope and its mastery of stealth has perpetuated, passed down from generation to generation as a testament to the ingenuity and resourcefulness of this cunning and unique creature. For as long as there were deserts to roam and predators to evade, the jackalope would always be ready to don its camo and disappear into the desert.

Happy Blogday 14

 

Another Blogday, and after two years of two weeks to soften the curve, we're risking an all-out war with the Ruskies. I know, I know... the state department has worked hard for this for a long, long time, and now it's their big moment to go down in history as the people who thought it'd be fun... and worth the risk. Meantime, everything that you see is controlled because the first casualty in WAR is always the TRUTH.  

I finally Listened to the Beatles Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Edition

I finally got to listen to the 2019 reissue of the Beatles Abbey Road and I am thoroughly, and happily surprised. 

It was almost like hearing it for the first time. I was surprised because I didn’t expect there’d be much of a discernable difference.  I’ve heard Abbey Road SO many times and I know it SO well that I thought it couldn’t be “improved.” Surprise! It sounds fresh and new. Almost like a perfectly executed cover version, sort of like Billy Sherwood’s Back Against the Wall* project. There’s a definitive Wings vibe too, as if Linda is there backing her man, (she actually is). 

The new version touched me in an emotional way that I wasn’t expecting. Of course, I laughed at times, I mean, these guys are hilarious, but I didn’t expect "Something" to bring me to tears. WTF? 

The track that most impressed me is Octopus’s Garden. Maybe the best track on the album? I know, “best” is unquantifiable, but it stands out as exceptional, in true Beatles form. As Her Majesty played, a melancholy sense of “wow, this is where the Beatles ends” swept over me, and as the track abruptly terminated, I literally broke into laughter and proclaimed, “it’s all a big effing joke”

NOTES: 

*Released in 2005, Billy Sherwood's Back Against the Wall is a tribute to Pink Floyd's The Wall, and features notable contributors as, but not limited to: Adrian Belew,  Tony Levin, Keith Emerson, Ian Anderson...