India

I've Got to Follow My Heart

Do we get changed by going to other places?

Or do we go to other places in order to get changed?

When we seek out the new experiences and hope for change, sometimes we get what we hoped we'd get.

More often, we get what we didn't even know was waiting there.

And then, if we're lucky, we find our way home.

Miles Away

No Don't Shake Me

Why, yes. I'd love to go out drinking with you starting at 1am.

Except.

I'm not 22 anymore.

(And, to be honest, didn't do that even when I was 22.)

In fact...

To be honest...

All My Life

I've been walking in the rain just to get wet on purpose

She wanted to spend time with him.

I don't know what he wanted. If he didn't want to spend time with her then he was an idiot. But I don't know.

She didn't go out drinking. She thought that was stupid.

She didn't smoke pot with the others. She'd tried it and didn't like it.

She wanted to spend time with him.

And he was not there. This was before cell phones. Before texting. Before email took off.

So there were long pauses. And long unpauses.

But mostly long pauses.

I know this. She told me.

She wanted to be with him. And he wasn't there.

And she smiled wistfully as she told me. And I answered. Truthfully. Before I could stop myself.

"Then he's an idiot."

And she nodded. Not because he was an idiot. But because she was sure.

She'd wanted to be with him. And he wasn't there.

It Probably Went Something Like This

I wasn't there, but...

"So honey, I know there are a lot of problems in the world."

"So many problems that could use your thoughts and energy and hard work."

"Yeah. I couldn't decide if I should spend time on solving the energy crisis, cleaning up pollution, solving our political problems, or curing cancer."

"I know. Where do you begin?"

"So instead of doing any of that... I put all my time and energy into... this:"

Songs of Thanks

Triptophantastic

A few songs of Thanks for Thanksgiving:



and



and, just for good measure:

New Graham Parker and the Rumour

First New Album in 31 Years

And it's great. (Don't just take my word for it -- read what Holly has to say about it.)

The Rumour split up 31 years ago (although Parker has worked most of them individually since then). But this is the first new album they've put out as "Graham Parker & the Rumour" in 31 years.



The cover (even if it's meant ironically) is just... um... awful.

Oh... and they misspelled the band's name on the CD (but not on the cover).

*sigh*

Even 31 years later, GP's still not getting the respect he deserves.

But, as has been the case for his entire career, the music is still great. (And isn't that what's really important?)

Anything That's Rock and Roll

'Till The Sky Went Light

The skies shimmer.

Shake with light.

Shimmy. Almost.

And they float above the horizon.

Dancing. Almost.

And the people below watch.

Listen. (Because there's a sound.)

And marvel.


And then, from the edges of long ago, from a corner of my consciousness comes this. This long-ago song I'd play immediately. If only I could play guitar: