Tag: Commentary
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Sunset Road, Beyond the Road to Nowhere
Sunset Road, Beyond the Road to Nowhere Early morning 85-degree ride along the Tucson Loop, with the sun sittingjust 15 degrees off the eastern horizon,108 predicted for the daytime high6 mile/hr tailwind helps drive usnorth toward El Camino Del Cerro ‘the Road to nowhere’ and beyondto Sunset Road, connecting two north-south arteries, either side of the dry riverbed, the…
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The Sultans of Swing
The Sultans of Swing by Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits Verse 1]You get a shiver in the darkIt’s raining in the park, but meantimeSouth of the river, you stop, and you hold everythingA band is blowing Dixie, double-four timeYou feel alright when you hear the music ring [Verse 2]Well, now you step insideBut you don’t…
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Ann Arbor Part 3 – The Ark
The Ark Coffee House Ted and I started playing at the Ark on Wednesday nights. It was an open-mic night, and all the local musicians hung out there. Professional touring acts played there on the weekends. It was there that I met those who would be my closest friends and confidants while I lived there……
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Ann Arbor Part 2 – Memoir Continued
Ann Arbor Part 2 I was under pressure to find my own place from Ted’s friend who’d been letting us stay at his place. Ted moved in with Sharon. Susan invited me to move in with her. Boy, that was a hard one… Hell yes, I did! She had an efficiency suite, one big room…
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Ann Arbor – Part 1 – Memoir Continued
Ann Arbor – Part 1 Yes, I was a little depressed after Gail. Ted A. was going to go and check out the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and invited me to go along for company. I was still without a driver’s license, so decided to enjoy a diversion. We went up for the…
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Out on the Wire
Out on the Wire by the Sweeplings My body is breaking downOut here on the wireAnd I can’t turn back nowCause if I stay I’ll die here Is anybody listeningAnybody anybody wishing we could walk awayIs anybody laughingAnybody will anybody fight for thisWe should walk away My body is breaking downOut here on the wireAnd…
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Memoir Continued – Community College ’67
The New York Commune adventure happened between the fall and winter quarters of the events cited below. I’ve posted the poem below preiviously, but this is where in the scheme of things it belongs. Lorain County Community College (LC³) – ‘67 Started taking classes, the basics, including English, Psychology, Western Civilization, Philosophy. Tuition was pretty…
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The New York Commune – Memoir Continued
I’ve posted most of this adventure previously, but this is where it belongs in the narrative. The New York Commune During the mid-to-late ’60s, I read a string of Hermann Hesse novels. There was Journey to the East, Siddhartha, Damien, The Glass Bead Game, Steppenwolf, and Narcissus and Goldman. They struck sympathetic notes in me…
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The Threepenny Opera – Memoir Continued
The Threepenny Opera (a band name that I used off and on for several years) Guy and I started singing folk music together. I also had met a young woman at the Hut, a bar in the front part of the Lorain Roller Rink on Route 6 out near Beaver Park. Her name was Jane…
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Hot Town, Summer on the Bikepath
This is the result of my 6 AM ride last Friday morning. The high for the last 10 days or so has been consistently around 110F and 82 for a low at night. Hot Town, Summer on the Bikepath cicadas singing their hearts outdeep in the foliage of eucalyptusmesquite and palo verde withambient backup of…
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