What Is And Is Not . . .

https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/box-document

(from https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-mar-a-lago-search-justified)

". . . The truth needs to be set forth plainly and simply, and so let’s get down to brass tacks here. What happened on August 8, 2022, was not tyranny. It was not political persecution. It was not a minor dust up over bureaucratic processes blown out of proportion. It was the criminal justice system operating just like it does with any other private citizen on any other given day ending in a "y." . . . Trump was the president and commander-in-chief up until noon on January 20, 2021. The moment Joe Biden took the Oath of Office, Trump became just another private citizen in his 70s who vacations in Florida during the winter months to avoid the bitter cold back in his native home in the Northeast. He was no longer shielded by any privileges or protections of the Office of the Presidency at the point beyond physical security protection. He is subject to the laws of the United States just like anyone else. . ."

I'm Not Like Everybody Else
- The Kinks

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Token . . .

 

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                 Critic’s Choice

Complacency . . .

It won’t happen.
Turmoil’s not round the bend for us.
All controls are in place;
Neat in their space
See the keeper’s
Keeping vigilant watch
Through a window obscured.
This I assure.
It just can’t
Happen here.
No one saw it 
Sneaking up round the corner. Was
Like a thief in the night
Without a fight.
Quite the artist.
Candy-coating what he’s saying
For his own selfish means. 
That’s how he leans.
Advocate progressive-sounding ideas.
Tell the people what they want to hear.
There’s no hiding
Dissatisfaction you feel. 
Keeps on burning inside.
Still you abide.

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                               Put A Finger On It

Maybe . . .

. . . everything is really NOT about you!

From Wikipedia The Evil Queen in front of the Mirror. Illustration by 

John Batten for Joseph Jacobs's Europa's Fairy Book (1916).

Every hair on your head

Has got to be in place

For the camera.

Every place you happen to be

The people stare.

You are not the main attraction.

You are not the main attraction.

You are not the main attraction,

But oh,

How you wanted to be.

Don't equate each little thing

That happened in the past

To the present.

Don't expect each person to see

The things you see.

Do you ever think of anyone else?

Does concern come crossing your mind?

There's enough conceit under your own belt

To last a lifetime.

If your dream should ever come true,

I'll see that spiteful face

On the cover

Of a tabloid where the headline reads

'She wants to be . . . '

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                 Critic’s Choice

Thanks . . .

. . . Kiye 

Ocean City Ditty by OHO 

 

 
 

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                   Chromatose

Rare . . .

Rarely performed John P. Graboski composition '28721' which may find its way to a professionally documented version soon. A noble performance effort here for you, warts and all (as they say.)

 

 

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                                     Grains

Saturday . . .

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            Ambience & Wine

Manipulation . . .

https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/marionette

. . . and the culture war. DON'T let them manipulate YOU!

(from https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/15/opinion/republicans-environment-climate.html)

". . . Wokeness normally means talking about racial and social justice. On the right — which is increasingly defined by attempts to limit the rights of Americans who aren’t straight white Christians — it has become a term of abuse. Teaching students about the role of racism in American history is bad because it’s woke. But so, apparently, are many other things, like Cracker Barrel offering meatless sausage and being concerned about climate change. . . This may not make much sense intellectually, but you can see how it works emotionally. Who tends to worry about the environment? Often, people who also worry about social justice — either that, or global elites. (Climate science is very much a global enterprise.) . . . What this means is that those people hoping for bipartisan efforts on climate are probably deluding themselves. Environmental protection is now part of the culture war, and neither policy details nor rational argument matters. . ."

Master of Puppets
Metallica

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Judge . . .

. . . ye NOT!

https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/draft-beer

(from https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/brett-kavanaugh-likes-beer)
". . . "Listen to the people I've grown up with and worked with and played with and coached with and dated and taught and gone to games with and had beers with. . ."

-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

". . . When I was in town I spent much of my time, working, working out, lifting weights, playing basketball, or hanging out and having some beers with friends as we talked about life and football and school and girls. . . "

-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

". . . "The calendars show a few weekday gatherings at friends' houses after a workout or just to meet up and have some beers. . . "

-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

". . . "I drank beer with my friends. Almost everyone did. Sometimes I had too many beers. Sometimes others did. I liked beer. I still like beer, but I did not drink beer to the point of blacking out. . ."

-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

". . . "Yes, we drank beer. My friends and I. Boys and girls. Yes, we drank beer. I liked beer. Still like beer. We drank beer. . ."

-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

". . . "We drank beer and still do. So whatever, yeah. . ."

-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

". . . "I remember what happened and I think you've probably had beers, Senator. . ."
-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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For The Ride

Token . . .

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                 Critic’s Choice

Your Choice . . .

 

https://www.travelandleisure.com/style/shopping/

airports-unclaimed-baggage-online-store

Again, as I am inclined to do, 'Check or Carry' is piano improvisation on the the dominant chord pattern from 'Baggage', from the new album 'Grains'.  Since 'baggage' can refer to emotional as well as physical phenomena, we can make the choice between checking or continuing to carry an unnecessary burden?

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        Black & White Then Back

Crime Is . . .

. . . as crime does

https://www.vecteezy.com

(From https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2022/08/13/michelle-goldberg-absurd/)

" . . . He is reportedly motivated to run for president again in part because the office will protect him from prosecution. If we don’t want the presidency to license crime sprees, we should allow presidents to be indicted, not accept some dubious norm that ex-presidents shouldn’t be. . . Trump’s most inflamed fans might act out in horrifying ways; many are heavily armed and speak lustily about civil war. To let this dictate the workings of justice is to accept an insurrectionists’ veto. The far right is constantly threatening violence if it doesn’t get its way. Does anyone truly believe that giving in to its blackmail will make it less aggressive? . . . It was Trump himself who signed a law making the removal and retention of classified documents a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. Those who think that it would be too socially disruptive to apply such a statute to him should specify which laws they believe the former president is and is not obliged to obey. . . The only relevant question is whether he committed a crime, not what crimes his devotees might commit if he’s held to account. . ."

Baggage
from the newly-released album GRAINS



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            Ambience & Wine

Precedent?. . .

https://www.legalbites.in/precedent/

(from https://www.theshovel.com.au/2022/08/10/the-shovels-view-on-the-fbis-raid-on-donald-trumps-home/) 

". . . we’re certainly not Trump supporters. But in today’s partisan world, it would be easy to fall into the trap of cheering on the FBI’s actions, without taking a step back to look at the bigger picture. If Trump goes to jail, it opens the door for every lying, corrupt, perverted piece of shit to go to jail too. Is that what we want?. . . "

What Do You Want
- Gotye

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Porches and Things . . .

https://www.homedepot.com/c/ap/back-porch-rebuild-

and-refresh/9ba683603be9fa5395fab901455f7bc3

The stars lay in a blanket above.

A gentle breeze blowing in from the sea.

The last light flickers from one lonely candle.

Never before was a night half as perfect

For you and me.

But there was a party last night. 

Yes there was a party nextdoor,

‘Cause there’s a boy sleeping on the back porch.

You would have noticed a pin drop that evening.

The peace and calm when romance fills the air.

Ambience oozing from Coltrane and Hartman.

And barely twenty feet away, we’d no clue

What was happening there.

No blaring rock and roll.

No bottles on the walk.

No screaming, shouting and no fight.

Nobody called the law.

No sirens in the night.

Just one young man, stretched out on a chaise,

Sleeping it off.

Occasions such as this should be savored.

The combination of circumstance rare.

You may just be the true love that I’ve searched for.

I think though, that the folks in the house that’s next door 

Just don’t care.

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Think . . .

https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/103370

For some reason, I periodically write a lyric that is intentionally trite. It's fun. It's paying respectful homage to the simple, tin-pan alley-type of swooning love songs from the past. McCartney surrendered to the feeling in lots of his songs. I think that many of the biggest pop music hits involve the topic of 'love' (romantic love) and incorporate some 'hokey' language because when you're dumbstruck by love, you feel and can many times act hokey, trite and even silly. It's all part of life and just another of those crazy things 

that make us human. (Starting to sound like another song.)

Note: This song, entitled 'Thinking,' is the reason you see an image of 'The Thinker' attached to the post.

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                               Put A Finger On It

Out . . .

. . . and about 

Come say 'hello.' 

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                          2014

Reveal . . .

https://marinas.com/view/marina/vgcvmn_Inner_Harbor_Marina_Baltimore_MD_United_States

The story of Albert revealed itself during a mid-day stroll around Baltimore's inner harbor on a summer day. My full-time, non-musical employment kept me in the downtown Baltimore area for most of my working years. Whenever I could, I would spend my lunch hour either walking or otherwise occupying that time with other diversions within the inner harbor. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, downtown Baltimore was a lively, vital place with shops, restaurants, a science center, museums etc. One day while sitting and primarily people-watching, just to the right of the boat slips in this photo, an announcement blared over the PA system of the marina, apparently directed at one of the employees. Back then, the slips were configured differently with definite 'T'-shapes and running directly from the water's edge outward in smaller piers. The announcement was, "half of the T-head on E, Albert." I hadn't received a more obvious song title since "Art Edsel Diamond Beach Grand Pool Bar", but that's another story.

 

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                   Chromatose

Origins . . .

. . . of ideas are inexplicably wonderful

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/590/babbitt/#overview

I don’t ask much,

Living my life the way that I want.

I stay in touch with what goes on there.

I’ve seen trouble. I’ve seen heartache.

But my time here

Has been long enough to

Instill certain qualities. 

Seems the more that I witness,

All the more that I wish

I could hear what you’re saying.

We’re all better than this.

Let’s identify exactly what we miss.

Beyond perilous moors

The brave sea glitters.

Better lies ahead.da

Whether or not 

We realize the years flow upstream.

Things that we’ve got aren’t always what they seem.

Your and my faiths are so different.

Each is placed in 

Antipodal reference 

So painful to reconcile.

If we stop trying,

What can we do?

What’s in the future

For me and you?

There’s both right and wrong but only reality prevails.

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                         No Frills