Johnnies We Have . . .

. . . and Have Not Known . . .

Johnny (given name), unisex given name.
Johnny Aba, 1970s- and 80s' Papua New Guinean professional feather/super feather/lightweight boxer
Johnny Abarrientos, retired Filipino professional basketball player
Johnny Abbes García (1924-?), governmental intelligence office chief during the Dominican Republic Rafael Trujillo dictatorship
Johnny Abel (1947–1995), Canadian politician
Johnny Abrego, former Major League Baseball Chicago Cubs starting pitcher
Johnny Ace (1929–1954), American rhythm and blues singer
Johnny Ace Palmer, award-winning American close-up magician
Johnny ace (wrestler), retired American professional wrestler and senior producer
Johnny Adair ("Mad Dog"), Ulster loyalist, former "C Company" leader, 2nd Battalion Shankill Road, and "Ulster Freedom Fighters" (UFF) West Belfast Brigade
John Adriano Acea (1917–1963), American jazz pianist
Johnny Appleseed, pioneer nurseryman and American legend
Johnny Archer, American professional pool player
Johnny Bench, former professional MLB Cincinnati Reds catcher
Johnny Yong Bosch, actor and martial artist
Johnny Bristol (1939–2004), American musician
Johnny Burke, American lyricist
Johnny Carson, American talk show host
Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter and actor
Johnny Cook (Canadian football), American football player
Johnny Crawford, American actor, singer and musician
Johnny Depp, American actor, film producer, and musician
Johnny Chakravarthy, Indian actor
Johnny Davis, American kickboxer
Johnny Galecki, American actor
Johnny Gioeli, American singer-songwriter, vocalist of Hardline and Crush 40
Johnny Hallyday, French singer and actor
Johnny Karras, American football player
Johnny Knoxville, American actor, daredevil, comedian, screenwriter and film producer
Johnny Lee (actor), American actor
Johnny Lee (singer), American country music singer
Johnny Lewis, American actor
Johnny Mathis, American singer
Johnny Mercer, American lyricist, songwriter and singer
Johnny Moeller, American Guitarist
Johnny Peacock, American baseball player
Johnny Peacock (American football), American football player
Johnny Rivers, American Rock 'n' Roll singer, songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
Johnny Rotten, British lead singer for the Punk Rock band the Sex Pistols
Johnny Sequoyah, American child actress
Johnny Simmons, American actor
Johnny Winter, American blues guitarist, singer, and record producer
Johnny Whitaker, American actor
Johnny Whitworth, American actor

(from wikipedia.com)

Johnny & Johnny
(Recorded at Johnny's Pizza & Pub, Ocean City, MD on November 29, 2014) by OHO - John P. [Jay] Graboski, David Reeve and Ray Jozwiak with special guest Johnny Hofman




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Burning Grey . . .

. . . Live at Johnny's last Saturday . . .


Do you mean you were just lying there?

Out of reach of anyone who cares

They have bound you with their loving arms

In the distance I still hear you sound the alarm



Can you see yourself more clearly now?

As if you stepped out of a cloud

Beginning when it seems to end

Above below merging



Your mind doesn't feel

Your fingers don't think

Your eyes do not touch

While the heartbeat goes skipping away



It's now and then you're living

While you wait start the giving

Prove it it's always there

Burning grey without its flare



Obligated but one hand is tied

Constant chattering within your mind

How to leave it no one cares

To hear the silly language spoken there



There's a love that empties its own veins

As they spend they fill up again

The flow traffics through eternity

Carries on in all purity



Now you feel and you think

You see and you touch

With a matrix that springs from your heart

To your hands through your head

Burning grey

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My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:

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Diplomacy? . . .

(from wikipedia.com)
". . .Cowboy diplomacy is a term used by critics to describe the resolution of international conflicts through brash risk-taking, intimidation, military deployment, or a combination of such tactics. It is criticized as stemming from an overly-simple, dichotomous world view. Overtly provocative phraseology typically centralizes the message. One of the earliest known applications of the term was in 1902, when it was used by Jackie Lawlor from Westford, Massachusetts and the American press to describe U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policies. Roosevelt had at the time summarized his approach to international diplomacy as "Speak softly and carry a big stick", an adage that was engraved on a bronze plaque on Donald Rumsfeld's office desk in the Pentagon and has set the modern precedent.

The term has since also been applied to the presidential administrations of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. . ."


. . . living through it got me thinking . . .


Cowboy Justice
©2006 Raymond M. Jozwiak
from Put A Finger On It
available at CD Baby
 



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Exactly . . .

. . . what we need?????


Cowboy justice
Is just exactly what we need
Twice as effective
As mercy now for which they plead
If I can't get you
To see things the way I do
Something happens
I start the process see it through
It's what I've been taught to do
And I'll teach you

No one tells me
Just what I can or cannot do
My advisers
Some say are keepers of this zoo
I don't mind if
You think that what they say is real
I'm in charge here
At least that's how they make me feel
That's a part of the deal
And it came true

Gotta see it my way
I'm giving the people what I want
It's a price I must pay
We cowboys know how to be gallant

There's no question
Of right or wrong here to debate
Disagree though
You'll be subjected to the hate
That's inflicted
On members of the team like you
Cause we cowboys
Will never worry if we're few
Our justice is true
Make no mistake


Cowboy Justice
©2005 Raymond M. Jozwiak (copyright demo recording) 





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(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD) OHO is Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak

My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:

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Rehearsing . . .

 . . . sing along with us now. . .


Round every corner and fade into blue
The Angelus rings, she comes into view
Nine is her number
In nine she is due
She will never fail you

Singing creation, look into her eyes
Out of her mouth she is speaking the sky
Circling heaven, higher than high
She in time is movement

Why should I move from her world vibration?
Molding this clay into
Paleolithic Goddess Figurines

Streaming to rivers, she floats on the sea
Gathers her children who sit on her knee
Showing and telling them where they are free
She is softly speaking

Holding the line when she seems unpleasant
Molding this clay into
Paleolithic Goddess Figurines

There is no real dilemma
She has her own agenda
Though there's a vulture hovering above our heads
Go on and trust the pattern
Her sun and moon are lanterns
Painting the firmament with stars

She is the vision of attention engaged
Breaking the spell of automaton rage
A circuit of heaven, a luminous wave
All is seen before her

Why should I move from her world vibration?
Molding this clay into
Paleolithic Goddess Figurines

Round every corner and fade into blue
The Angelus rings, she comes into view
Nine is her number
In nine she is due
She will never fail you


Paleolithic Goddess Figurine
(rehearsing for the Johnny's gig) by OHO - Jay Graboski, David Reeve and Ray Jozwiak



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And Toast . . .

I offer my deepest appreciation and my most profound apologies to the plants and animals whose lives were forfeit for our good health this day.

We give thanks to the ranchers and the farmers, their workers and their hands whose skill, sweat and toil have brought forth this bounty from the Earth.

We are grateful to the workers in the fields who pick our food, the workers in the plants where our food is processed, the teamsters who carry it to market and the stockers and the checkers who offer it up for our selection.

We are particularly appreciative for those at this table who have prepared this food with love and affection for our enjoyment and nourishment this day.

We remember fondly those who the miles and circumstance keep from joining us today as we remember those who are no longer with us and are grateful for the time we have shared with them.

We enjoy the warmth and fellowship that surrounds this gathering as we share the fervent hope  That people the world over can share the good fortune, warm feeling and conviviality that  embraces this gathering.

(“Nonbeliever’s Grace” by Paul Diamond, who was inspired by a column in Ann Landers where an atheist asked what to say when asked to say “grace” before a meal)

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Something Fishy . . .

Missouri police office Darren Wilson says that he could not have done anything differently to have prevented Brown's death. Wilson, who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown,a total of 12 times on August 9 according to autopsy reports also said he had a "clean conscience" and that he was "simply doing his job", a surprisingly cold, over-simplified conclusion to a complex and real situation that has evoked extremely emotional reactions from many people.

Granted, the officer felt that Michael Brown was a threat to his own life.  He is a police officer.  He has been trained to react when encountering just such a situation.

Granted, Officer Wilson was taken aback when a twice-shot, bleeding but unarmed Brown came running towards him again.  Was his training inadequate in providing him a tactic for subduing a wounded man instead of shooting him multiple times in the head?

Granted, Michael Brown may have been belligerent, large and scary to Wilson, but Wilson was and is not the complete justice system contained in one human package. 

Granted, the grand jury rendered their decision but the conduct of the prosecutor and Wilson himself show a remarkably insensitive disposition to the entire episode.

Something is fishy and less than 'just' in this situation.

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(and, if you're in town, at Trax On Wax on Frederick Rd. in Catonsville, MD) OHO is Jay Graboski, David Reeve & Ray Jozwiak

My latest solo release, '2014' of original, instrumental piano music, can be downloaded digitally at:

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