Stretching . . .

. . . out on the changes of 'Kismet', a new song just posted on You Tube, just because that's what I like to do. The complete song is an unusual composition for me as the 'hook' occurred to me while sleeping.  And being the lazy person I am, I don't usually make an effort to record/document/'write-down" such 'inspirations', but in this case I did. The rest of the song revealed itself during the recording process, again, a method that I do not generally employ. As always though, I like to learn each new composition as it is  written and consequently attempt improvisation on the chord changes to each one like the bebop players of old (and jazz musicians still do.)

 

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                   Chromatose

Precisely . . .

https://www.dreamstime.com/photos-images/bad-idea.html

. . . why this should NOT be!

(from https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-2024-criminal-probes-jan6-1384379/) 

". . . In recent months, Trump has made clear to associates that the legal protections of occupying the Oval Office are front-of-mind for him, four people with knowledge of the situation tell Rolling Stone. . . Trump has “spoken about how when you are the president of the United States, it is tough for politically motivated prosecutors to ‘get to you,” says one of the sources, who has discussed the issue with Trump this summer. “He says when [not if] he is president again, a new Republican administration will put a stop to the [Justice Department] investigation that he views as the Biden administration working to hit him with criminal charges — or even put him and his people in prison.” . . . "

 

Baggage
from the newly-released album GRAINS
 

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                                     Grains

Kismet . . .

 

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/676/kismet#overview

What do you want?

What do you need from me?

What makes you happy?

What makes you tick?

All these questions

I ask.

You respond-

Ignore me,

Ignore me

And I won’t come back

No more you’ll see.

Implore me,

Implore me, 

I badly need

Incentive to

Stay here.

How long has this

Feeling been on your mind?

Has it consumed you?

I never knew

Just how needy

You were.

Then you said-

Sometimes it seems

There are things 

Right in front of your own face,

Not always easy to recognize.

Then comes the choice

Everyone must face up to.

What are you there for?

Just for you, for myself, or for both of us?

What do I need?

What do I want from you

To make me happy?

Is there a trick

That I’m failing to see?

I need to know.

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                         No Frills

A Song . . .

. . . for Senator Josh Hawley 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx3MkwaGrpE

Everybody needs music.

What more need be said?

Run For Your Life
- The Beatles

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For The Ride

Certainly Not . . .

 

http://www.thestudiotour.com/wp/studios/universal-studios-hollywood/

backlot/current-backlot-sets/colonial-street-wisteria-lane/colonial-

street-the-cleaver-house-leave-it-to-beaver-house/

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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                          2014

About . . .

https://sagathingpodcast.wordpress.com/past-judgments/nicknames-2/

Maybe its a byname, 

Hypocorism really means the same.

An affectionate term, 

A diminutive, I've learned.

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        Black & White Then Back

Reel . . .

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/four-movie-film-reels-

gm994632272-269318851

-life . . . 

(real-life [text] conversations, continued)

#1 - So the Os are in Chicago playing the Cubs. Last time they were there was in 2014. That's when we were there! That was a great trip, in spite of the fact that we had to leave the game early because we had plans later in the evening (and the game was delayed due to weather - a bizarre snow squall! Remember that?!

#2 - I do. Also Brian Matsuz and Ubaldo Jimenez both snubbed me when I asked them for autographs during the rain delay. And now they're both outta baseball, so that's what happens!!!

#1 - They got their just desserts!

#3 - Yeah!

#4 - Ziing!

#5 - What they said.

#2 - They weren't even doing anything when I politely asked. The two of em were just sittin around the dugout during the rain delay, finger popping each otha's assholes!

#4 - That seems to be a frequent past time of people you don't like. 

#2 - (#1 and 5, that last part is a quote from 21 Jump Street, so you can't be offended, just fyi)

#1 - No problem. 

#5 - What #2 should have said, "I've come all the way from Baltimore to see your sorry asses play baseball. We PAID to be here. YOU are getting paid (LOTS) to be here. You can't even get those sorry asses off that bench to scribble on a baseball for me? . . . WELL, EXCUUUUUUUSSSSSE MEEE!" There. I feel better. 

#4 - I bet they could be contacted online somehow. . . or if we find their addresses we could sent them exotic animal feces. 

#5 - Nah. 

#4 - That's fine, just tweet at em then.

#5 - Tweet tweet. 

#2 - Had some excellent pizza in chi town too tho.  And remember when #3's pants got stuck in the doorway of the el?!?! Classic!! I knew you'd remember that thing with #3's pants #5. 

#5 - Ummm? Hey #3 . . . 

#3 - Yup?

#2 - #3 also got stuck in your hotel room toilet. 

#3 - I probably could have been convinced otherwise if everyone got on board, but no I don't. 

The toilet thing 100% happened though. 

#5 - That, I remember. 

#4 - Well, who doesn't do that accidentally at least once a week?

#1 - Too funny!!

#5 - Twice a week for me.

Reelin' In The Years
Steely Dan

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            Another Shot