Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Token . . .

 





 If you're into that kinda' thing . . . 
A music NFT (non-fungible token).   Own this one-of-a-kind document of one step in the process of the creation of my latest album 'Grains' - if you dare!   MWAH, HA HA HA HA!





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Monday, August 29, 2022

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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Sunday, August 28, 2022

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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Saturday, August 27, 2022

Thanks . . .

. . . Kiye 


Ocean City Ditty by OHO 

 
 
 

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Friday, August 26, 2022

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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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Manipulation . . .

. . . 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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