Mangoes . . .

https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/mango-fruit

. . . etc. 

Dancing, I've heard, is good exercise,

And I'm sure that it's true, still I try and I try.

But my feet, I can tell you just don't follow through.

The music, as always, makes the party - like glue.

On occasions, which rare, 

It works fairly well.

My score may be 'FAIR'

Still it's early to tell.

But, assured, may you rest,

Though I may not be graceful,

I think music's the best,

And the better when tasteful.

It's pure joy, I would posit,

Like eating a mango,

Please excuse these bad rhymes

Here's my song called T-Tango. 

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Baggage
from the newly-released album GRAINS



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Reading . . .

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Tread Carefully
- Everrest

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Doubles . . .

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/sports/tennis/doubles-tennis-ATP-finals.html

The week was a good one.

The weather was nice.

Many hours did I practice

Wanted to be precise 

In performance of the pieces

We'd agreed upon for that night.

On arrival, just one hour ahead

Of the one at which we would start,

Something strange, seemed was brewing.

Our mere presence surprising, 

Was causing a real disconcert.

The appearance of a fellow troubadour

Brought the feeling of sickness inside.

He was there, just like us, to play music tonight.

At the sight of each other, we sighed.

It's got to the point it's mundane, with this place,

A routine like a supper that's cooked.

You see now, once again, for whatever the reason,

She most certainly has double-booked.   

     

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Almost . . .

 

https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/almost-complete

No matter how much effort made,

You can't expect the earth to move.

There's not always the fairest trade,

Least not one of which you will approve.

The hope is all will find great delight.

But in spite of your input they just can't quite.

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Epilog . . .

https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/the-end-book

ep·i·logue

/ˈepəˌlôɡ,ˈepəˌläɡ/

Learn to pronounce

noun

1. a section or speech at the end of a book or play that serves as a comment on or a conclusion to what has happened.

   "the meaning of the book's title is revealed in the epilogue"

   
   

   
   

Epilog was originally the middle-section (piano solo) for Third-Hand Intelligence, pre-OHO's treatment of the song on Gazebo. This recording is a particular favorite of mine. I like it's clarity, crisp intonation of each instrument, simplicity of the small ensemble and the dynamic performance which renders the scattered errors irrelevant. But that's just ME. 





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Glorious . . .

https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/freedom-bird.html

 

Tommy came from far across the sea

Looking for some opportunity.

In his land there's almost none.

He's only one of many millions.

No one told him streets were paved with gold

Like they used to in the days of old.

But he heard from some who knew

Of all the things to do,

He could accomplish

Searching for glorious freedom 

Here in America.

He can be anything

He wants to be.

With his wealth accumulating, 

And he's got every liberty,

Deep in his heart he knows he

Never will be free.

Ravi took a wife they had a child

A year or two before they came stateside.

And he had such big brown eyes,

Too young to realize what he was seeing.

On the surface one would never guess

That this family wasn't quite as blessed

As you might believe they were.

He isn't sure of her

Or where they're heading.

Someone from oh so long ago still remains

Firmly embedded in his soul.

She wasn't of the same persuasion as he.

His friends and family convinced him

That it couldn't be.

Broken hearts take time.

Broken hearts take time to heal.

When he finally felt the strength he'd need

To live the kind of life he'd like to lead.

As the heartache dulled with time,

Made up his mind,

Back when he married.

Realizing that he'd never find 

The true companion that he had in mind,

Like the one he almost had.

He placed a wanted ad

In the local paper.                                                                               

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Wisdom . . .

https://depositphotos.com/14001462/stock-illustration-cartoon-wise-man-laptop.html

Sometimes I think I've got the stuff

Which makes one feel he's up to snuff.

Some do  think that money is

The thing that makes them all the biz.

But I know more, by far, than this.

Money brings only temporary bliss.

Pure joy has roots in a much better system

And now with age, I've attained such wisdom.

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Harry . . .

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". . . Mr. Weinberg -- who was listed in the phone book and answered his own phone -- had no trouble communicating with reporters. If they called, he'd bark a gruff "no comment" and hang up. . . Criticized as a callous landlord who neglected his properties on Howard Street and in other Baltimore neighborhoods, Mr. Weinberg didn't seem destined to end life with a grand act of public service. It wasn't until he was diagnosed as having cancer about eight years ago that he announced that he would give his money away after he'd finished making it. . . He'd grown up in Baltimore, where the city's great philanthropists were revered, his son said. Like Johns Hopkins and George Peabody, he wanted to give something back to the community. . . Mr. Weinberg wasn't particularly religious, but he strongly supported Jewish causes and charities. He also never forgot those who helped him. . . As children, Mr. Weinberg and his siblings were treated free at St. Agnes Hospital. Years later, William Weinberg saw a large check to the hospital on his brother's desk and asked about it. . . "Goddammit," Harry Weinberg told him. "You of all people ought to know what that's for." . . Mr. Weinberg also developed a special concern for the elderly. During trips to Atlantic City, he avoided the casinos, instead spending time talking to old people on the Boardwalk, asking how they were making ends meet. . . On his final 1989 pilgrimage to Israel -- a nation whose birth he witnessed firsthand in 1948 -- he asked to visit several of Tel Aviv's nursing homes. . . It was a humid summer day, and Mr. Weinberg was surprised that the nursing homes were not air-conditioned. So he wrote a check for $1 million to pay for air-conditioning for every nursing home in Israel. . . In Baltimore, he spent $20,000 to ensure that residents of the Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital receive premium ice cream twice every month. . ."

 

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Barking . . .

 

https://www.idioms4you.com/complete-i

dioms/bark-up-the-wrong-tree.htm 

Think about it.

You can't be pro-life, 

but anti-education, 

and anti-social programs,

unless YOU'RE willing to raise the children. 

ALL the children, yourself!

Right?

End of story!

Barking Up The Wrong Tree
- Freddy King

 

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Spirited . . .

 

https://lifehacker.com/how-to-stop-being-late-all-the-time-1838012536

A spirited performance from OHO circa 2014 of John P. Graboski's "It Will Not Be Late." Video by Cameron Reeve. 

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Evolving . . .

 

https://www.infoplease.com/math-science/biology/genetics-evolution/human-evolution

The tune Blood Brother was written sometime back in the late 90s, inspired by swampy funky Little Feat tunes like 'Dixie Chicken.'  I've always been attracted to novelty songs, but novelty in a more subtle form, like 'Dixie Chicken.'  OHO performs Blood Brother very much in the spirit intended, and like all good music, it metamorphosizes slightly with each performance. With Spencer playing the bass these days, I'm free to concentrate on hitting the notes, adding vocal inflections and playing the keyboard (the latter for me always challenging to do simultaneously with the two former.) In any case, I think the performance posted here is commendable for the performance by all. I can't wait to hear where it goes in the future.

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Eat . . .

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-redondo-beach-after-county-says-close-owner-says-no/

The specials sound great and they're such a nice deal.

If I only ate more, great advantage I'd feel.

The Cottage Cafe has fried oysters one night

And the wine is half-price o'er at Finn's, just in sight.

Everyone's got fish tacos, they are really quite good,

And in Ocean View there is number I could

Most certainly partake of, order something I do not

Eat at home on a basis that's regular - or forgot.

That's enough, I must say, about food, cause for sure

I eat plenty, delicious and healthful, be assured.

(to be continued)

Eat The Rich
- Aerosmith

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Deluded . . .

 

https://www.istockphoto.com/illustrations/delusional-cartoons

So you tried to exercise your right.
Choose someone who actually would fight
For the things you actually believed
We need to do.
Then, he proved to lack just what it takes
To advance, no matter what the stakes.
All within the rules and regulations;
Protocol.

 
 

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Still More . . .

https://bugunderglass.com/luna-moth-natural-history/

 

Now luna, you're going to get a concussion.
If you've hit that screen once, must've hit it a dozen.
Perhaps to your eyes that light is attractive.
If you really got in, you would feel like a captive.
Should I turn off the lights, or turn the television off?
Should we be mouse-ly quiet, cease to talk, even cough?
So back into the woods, our poor luna friend flew.
Left our door screen alone.  Left our deck and house too.
But in some way I felt we had seen something great.
I was fortunate; lucky to have this be my fate.

(to be continued)

Moon
- Lund



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Expressing . . .

https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/stick-figure-of-a-psychiatrist-

and-a-patient-in-a-therapy-session-gm871185844-145448009

 

It's hard to describe

My new feelings of late

Regarding the stance

Some have taken to date.

Succumbing to 

The wiles of one,

Humanity possessed, seems is virtually none.

But defend, they will,

To the end they say,

Because some enemy

Wants his way, 

Whose perception of which

Has misguidedly strayed.

Their blindness,

Self-administered, 

Is to proclivities

Very sinister.

Now, apparently and accepted,

These misguided thoughts 

Have been directed

To innocent others to whom they should not.

The worry I'm having, after this short respite,

Is that this wrong-headed person,

Reprises the drumbeat

And our situation worsens.

 
Don't You Worry About A Thing
- Stevie Wonder

    

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Circling . . .

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When You Wish Upon A Star
- Jiminy Cricket (Cliff Edwards)



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