A little music, and a little perspective
It’s been a rough if interesting week in the world of politics and here on the blog as well. Emotions have flared, expectations have been dashed. Time for the healing power of music, I would say.
But as important as politics might seem to some, a little perspective might be in order. I’ve got a couple of folks in my personal life — relatives by marriage, technically, but over the years they’ve become much more than that description could ever imply — who are facing health issues. One of them has already gone through the fire, so to speak, and has emerged safely on the other side; the second is about to begin that voyage, and we’re gonna make sure she comes through it as well.
So … this one is for Wendy, and for her best friend Ted.
– Jay Bookman
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godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
4:40 pm
The birds are hopping around outside with their beaks wide open, a sure sign that it is damn hot out there!
Worried about my chickens, but what can you do? Thinking about turning the sprinkler on their place.
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
4:42 pm
Jam: that is a rockn tune
Back at you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLSAGnHNqGc&feature=related
Jay
June 29th, 2012
4:43 pm
Worried about my chickens, but what can you do?
Prepare some tater salad and pole beans, cuz them chickens gonna be baked?
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
4:43 pm
Yeah, Tom. That cover of the monster Jumpin’ Jack Flash was fantastic.
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
4:43 pm
Working for ACA?
http://youtu.be/CTtaflRXBCg
Native Atlantan
June 29th, 2012
4:44 pm
Thanks for the reminder Jay — just went out and filled up the bird bath….
Jay
June 29th, 2012
4:44 pm
And Mr. Heyward? Nah, never mind…
Gordon
June 29th, 2012
4:45 pm
“I think Roberts saw what I and others saw, that the court was indeed in danger of losing the credibility from which its authority flows.”
In other words, the ruling had nothing to do with his view of the constitutionality of the law.
josef
June 29th, 2012
4:46 pm
Mustafa the al Qaaida Terrorist Cat hasn’t budged from atop the Scrabble board all day…in these temps he ain’t up for no
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDt27zYBF94
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
4:46 pm
This blazing heat reminds me of working out in the fields as kid in Kansas. That and one very brief trip to Phoenix is the only heat I’ve ever experienced to rival this!
Smokin’…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmwrqldUdCc
Jay
June 29th, 2012
4:47 pm
Jamvet, had to crank up my speakers for those Bad boys!
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
4:47 pm
godless @ 4:43
That was too funny
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smFcaCD8U_4&feature=related
Tom Middleton
June 29th, 2012
4:49 pm
JanVet
Thanks, Jam. And in my humble opinion, nobody makes you feel better that Aretha does. She could sing the grocery list and I’d walk away smiling.
BADA BING
June 29th, 2012
4:49 pm
It is so hot that the skinheads are wearing open toed combat boots, and the lesbians stopped wearing flannel in L5P.
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
4:51 pm
It’s so hot that the politicians have their hands in their own pockets. Oh wait, I got that wrong…..
BADA BING
June 29th, 2012
4:52 pm
It’s only 21% humidity in the ATL, so we finally get to say “yeah, but it’s a dry heat”.
Native Atlantan
June 29th, 2012
4:55 pm
Took my 2 dogs outside and they looked up at me like “….are you out of ur f*&*ing mind?”
josef
June 29th, 2012
4:55 pm
IMAM
@ 4:43
Jay
June 29th, 2012
4:57 pm
I remember one morning at 9 am back in Vegas, standing out in center field for softball practice with the newspaper team (The Bad News Bearers), and watching a nearby bank clock flashing “109″ “109″ “109″ “110.”
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
4:57 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NWPwzaFsIE&feature=related
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
4:57 pm
“This blazing heat reminds me of working out in the fields as kid in Kansas. That and one very brief trip to Phoenix is the only heat I’ve ever experienced to rival this!”
I was in SE Missouri around 1980 when people were dropping like flies in the cities. It was around 110 and the wind would blow like hell all day. Very similar feeling to this.
josef
June 29th, 2012
4:58 pm
NATIVE ATLANTAN
So, you’re an Englishman, eh…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6splB7acXc
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
4:59 pm
Damn josef, now I want some kittens. Too bad they grow into cats.
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
5:01 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t15l2rE_RYw&feature=related
Joe the Plutocrat
June 29th, 2012
5:01 pm
I’d like ‘em more if they didn’t look like socialists. they sound like good Christian folk, which makes it all the more confusing.
Tom Middleton
June 29th, 2012
5:01 pm
Reminds me of the Santa Ana (desert) winds in southern Cal. Used to melt the candles, I tell ya!
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
5:02 pm
BOTH, that sure is a super sweet MT tune. You always play some really great stuff, buddy.
I think this week left a few scars on some of us here. As I was driving home, I considered just what a total jerk I’ve been here lately.
I’m not sure what that is all about.
But for those I was unkind to, I am sorry.
How could I change your mind
If I can’t change myself
Try again tomorrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v10gEIUcK70
Joe the Plutocrat
June 29th, 2012
5:04 pm
I now live in the Southwest; and it flirts with 100 every afternoon, but the humidity is -20%, so it ain’t that bad. but don’t let ‘em fool ya with the ‘dry heat’ stuff; to paraphrase Ralph Nader; dry heat is still heat.
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
5:05 pm
jonix, and as we know, “Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun”.
josef
June 29th, 2012
5:06 pm
July, 1978…left Sea-Tac, 58 degrees, landed in the land of the Delta Blues and it was 95 and 90% humi-ditty…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSFl-K5fpfg
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
5:06 pm
Hey, somebody here besides myself references Ralph Nader! Without it being a slur! LOL!!
Paul
June 29th, 2012
5:08 pm
“One of them has already gone through the fire, so to speak, and has emerged safely on the other side; the second is about to begin that voyage, and we’re gonna make sure she comes through it as well.”
No matter the issue, knowing someone – acquaintance, friend, family – in the situation has a way of humanizing things, softening emotions and changing attitudes.
The best to your family, Jay.
Jay
June 29th, 2012
5:08 pm
Josef, I found this humorous. From the chair of the Mississippi Tea Party after yesterday’s ruling:
“When a gang of criminals subvert legitimate government offices and seize all power to themselves without the real consent of the governed their every act and edict is of itself illegal and is outside the bounds of the Rule of Law. In such cases submission is treason. Treason against the Constitution and the valid legitimate government of the nation to which we have pledged our allegiance for years. To resist by all means that are right in the eyes of God is not rebellion or insurrection, it is patriotic resistance to invasion.
May all of us fall on our faces before the Heavenly Judge, repent of our sins, and humbly cry out to Him for mercy on our country. And, may godly courageous leaders rise up in His wisdom and power to lead us in displacing the criminal invaders from their seats and restore our constitutional republic.”
Drama queen alert.
Tom Middleton
June 29th, 2012
5:08 pm
You’re honest and forgiving, Jam. On a blog like this, these are much more valuable traits than sweet and don’t mean it. Hell, I’m sitting here hoping Bruno comes back!
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
5:09 pm
josef
like that WAR you played
back at you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YllP22mVZQg&feature=relmfu
BADA BING
June 29th, 2012
5:09 pm
……had to send my porch thermometer back to school to get some more degrees…..
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 29th, 2012
5:10 pm
Thanks for the reminder; I need to fill the birdbath!
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
5:10 pm
Tom @ 5:08
I’m with you
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
5:10 pm
Hell, it’s so hot, I’ll even listen to a bit of cornball country music…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3uyGGjv-e4
Joe the Plutocrat
June 29th, 2012
5:13 pm
tried to find the ‘77 SNL appearance.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/284762
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
5:14 pm
JamVet. You’re cool.
I was flying back to ATL one July not long ago. Had some Californians sitting behind me on the plane. They yakked all the way. Close to arrival the Captain gave the Atlanta weather. 97 degrees in Atlanta. I heard one Californian say, “97. Well that’s not bad.” I thought to myself, “You just wait until you step you a$$ out of that terminal.”
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
5:16 pm
From the chair of the Mississippi Tea Party after yesterday’s ruling:
A bit over the top. They’d fit right in here.
Brosephus™
June 29th, 2012
5:17 pm
Thomas Heyward Jr.
Specifically for you….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiqmEibSY0I
Release those bonds in which you have been enslaved by Ron Paul…
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
5:18 pm
Thanks, Tom.
Hell, I’m sitting here hoping Bruno comes back!
I’ll work on him but I’m not sure it will do any good nor am I sure why I would even try. (But I will…)
He’s my buddy, and buds help each other out.
Just a sweet little ditty about forgiveness…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI1Mu5D6XyA
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
5:19 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfAJLGFWxYo&feature=related
Oscar
June 29th, 2012
5:20 pm
It’s only 21% humidity in the ATL, so we finally get to say “yeah, but it’s a dry heat”.
++++++++++++++++++
Dry heat, wet heat, it’s still wipes me out when I go outside. almost get the dry heaves from the dry heat.
Jay
June 29th, 2012
5:21 pm
Warm up your falsetto, cuz you know you’re gonna sing along:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPEqRMVnZNU&feature=related
Finn McCool (The System Isn't Broken; It's Fixed ~ from an Occupy sign)
June 29th, 2012
5:22 pm
wow.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/9430-out-of-the-mouths-of-babes-video-of-12-year-old-money-reformer-tops-a-million-views
Brosephus™
June 29th, 2012
5:23 pm
I thought to myself, “You just wait until you step you a$$ out of that terminal.”
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 29th, 2012
5:25 pm
Aw, Josef, thanks for the kitties!
josef
June 29th, 2012
5:26 pm
For our Friday Night foursome partner who’s not with us this pp.m. Just remember, he’s a…and knows not where he’s going to…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wn_BTkoZo0&feature=related
stands for decibels
June 29th, 2012
5:26 pm
and me, my Les Paul Deluxe!
In some ways it sucked growing up, starting a career and family, huh?
Well in that one way, sure. I wish I didn’t need the non-trivial sum that particular private sale generated at the time. But given the alternative, it was time to be a-movin’ on, so to speak. (As I’m sure it was for you and your LP.)
Got a decent electric, a decent acoustic–for an infrequent player like me, that’s plenty.
/drive-by
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 29th, 2012
5:29 pm
And , Josef, mean with the skunk, but funny.
And, Jay, mean about the chickens, too, & also funny.
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
5:29 pm
Thanks, Joe. I’d never seen that.
And heathen, your kind words mean a lot to me. Ta…
jonix, excellent call at 5:26! What a fine song.
Back at ya…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KynpC1e9I9E
Tom Middleton
June 29th, 2012
5:30 pm
JamVet
Thanks, Jam. I mean, who among us hasn’t had to admit we were wrong about something in the last,…oh, say,….week or less. LOL
Matti
June 29th, 2012
5:34 pm
JamVet,
Heh.. if you want to shame the ball-spiker into un-breaking up with us again, you might remind him (others can confirm) that the night Scott Walker won the recall in WI, I stayed on this forum for hours, sans tantrum, conceding the defeat of my “side” in it, and honestly discussing the reasons the Dems failed in their effort. (Okay I annoyed Scout some, too, but in a nice way.) If I can man up, can’t he? Heh heh… Maybe not.
Oh heck, here’s a little song for him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Iho1V–8G4
Heh.
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
5:35 pm
Stay indoors and drink plenty of liquids.
http://youtu.be/6cbX4DUACYU
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
5:35 pm
Turn it UP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDTI0tiOFqY&feature=related
Jay
June 29th, 2012
5:35 pm
Great Beatles song. Only problem is I end up staying on youtube playing the whole Beatles songbook…. Listening to “Across the Universe” now.
BADA BING
June 29th, 2012
5:35 pm
it is so hot……FEMA is being called in to remove fat peoples’ thighs from their vinyl seats……..
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
5:39 pm
Bada
The one about the skinheads was pretty damn funny
BADA BING
June 29th, 2012
5:41 pm
…….I went to a sushi bar and all they had was fried fish………..
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
5:42 pm
Jam, your schtick gets a little old, but I must admit that you have made me rethink a lot of things. I really try not to be so hung up on ideology that I don’t consider what others are saying. Here’s a special song just for you.
http://youtu.be/ZqsW_noBIjQ
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
5:42 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnS_5JY0LAQ
How bout some Elvis?
Brosephus™
June 29th, 2012
5:43 pm
They BOTH
The birds outside my window have been tweeting that one for a minute. I think they’ve even got a Soul Train line going on….
They just switched to this one here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctcMZHwP1H4
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 29th, 2012
5:44 pm
Godless & 5:35, one of the best songs ever. Thanks.
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
5:47 pm
Matti, you’re a righteous woman. He knows that. But I’ll bust his stones about what you said anyway!
heathen, LOL. I’ll work on it, OK?!
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
5:48 pm
Bro
Too many of these days and folks will be thinking about……..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bF9X7qnWro&feature=related
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
5:49 pm
That’s heavy metal, Jam.
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 29th, 2012
5:51 pm
Hey, how about some REAL Elvis somebody, please? I’d try to put some up myself, but haven’t figured out how to do it on the iPad.
josef
June 29th, 2012
5:51 pm
JAY
@ 5:08
“Drama queen alert”
Excuse me! I thought this was Friday Night peace, love and harmony. Am I in the wrong place?
Finn McCool (The System Isn't Broken; It's Fixed ~ from an Occupy sign)
June 29th, 2012
5:52 pm
i was 5 months old! hehe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FxX5JHvAiM&feature=related
Jay
June 29th, 2012
5:55 pm
G Mare, will this do?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzQ8GDBA8Is
Orange 12
June 29th, 2012
5:55 pm
Bah Humbug! Benidict Roberts.
Jay
June 29th, 2012
5:57 pm
I’ll accept your rebuke, rebbe.
Matti
June 29th, 2012
5:58 pm
I have to go out for a bit. I’m scared! Fortunately, I’m female and will not be ridiculed for wearing a skirt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIl39hYZUQ4
Paul
June 29th, 2012
5:58 pm
Jay, your 5:08
Just had to send that out to my email address book.
It was just too good.
Finn McCool (The System Isn't Broken; It's Fixed ~ from an Occupy sign)
June 29th, 2012
5:59 pm
trying to make a chinese green bean dish and didn’t think we had enough. the wife says “you go to war with the green beans you have…”
josef
June 29th, 2012
6:00 pm
GMARE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlKJ-0bnxdA&feature=related
Paul
June 29th, 2012
6:00 pm
ooooooo……. Matti………….
Don’t you know better than to post something like that on a Friday with this lot?
Adam
June 29th, 2012
6:02 pm
godless: I know what “penalty” will be assessed in November and let me tell you…
I’m NOT worried
Brosephus™
June 29th, 2012
6:02 pm
This one’s for Orange 12 and all those who were disgruntled and regruntled this week. Instead of peddling that “2nd Amendment remedy” stuff you hear listening to Rush, Boortz, Hannity, and those other talking heads, I’ve got a better way for you.
You’ve got to let go. Funk not only moves, it removes… dig!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzBBBrKfjIQ
That’s how you do it, right there….
Matti
June 29th, 2012
6:04 pm
Brother Brocephus,
AMEN!
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
6:06 pm
Jay, funny. I found myself spinning through some Beatles with out meaning to. (Please Mr. Postman. LOL)
Marilyn had some kickass legs, huh? Have fun, Matts…
“you go to war with the green beans you have…”
Love it. Although channeling Dick Cheney is a bit scarey!
disgruntled and regruntled
Love that too. Bro, you’re a real wordsmith.
Back at ya with those smooth Doobies…
Darlin’ since you went away
I think about you everyday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpaIfCY79gc
godless heathen
June 29th, 2012
6:06 pm
The old Ocmulgee River is so low the carp have ticks on their backs.
Jay
June 29th, 2012
6:06 pm
An underappreciated group, Bro….
josef
June 29th, 2012
6:08 pm
IMAM
Well, failing an outright apology, I guess I’ll accept that.
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
6:10 pm
No question ’bout it. This weekend promises to be the hottest in these parts since thermometers caught on…
Jay, your Drifters and that sweet falsetto that we all song along to reminded me of this one…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiE9fYZ6KQ0
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
6:11 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3Yl4ehzX-o&feature=relmfu
pogo
June 29th, 2012
6:12 pm
Here’s one for I.Crowell. Befitting for a gleeming product of todays society.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u0wwCfoJ4
Thomas
June 29th, 2012
6:14 pm
A promise by President-elect Mohamed Morsi of Egypt to seek freedom for a man convicted of planning attacks on New York City is likely to complicate American ties.
You think? Really? Honey- guess who I ran into at Publix- that young man who was poisioning our pets- told him we are grilling some ribs- come on over.
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 29th, 2012
6:15 pm
Oh, yeah! Thanks, Jay.
pogo
June 29th, 2012
6:16 pm
I always did think that Tom Cruise had more on-film chemistry with Val Kilmer in Top Gun than he did with any leading lady in any film he has made.
Come on Tom, the truth will set you free!
Paul
June 29th, 2012
6:17 pm
G Mare 71
Just for you, one of my favorites. First hit with a double ending.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SlwV7mtsmw
JamVet
June 29th, 2012
6:20 pm
heathen, back at ya…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p29wEZSwUVM
They BOTH suck
June 29th, 2012
6:21 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6qjzW2Two8&feature=related
Jm-pass TSPLOST silly people
June 29th, 2012
6:23 pm
I can report it is hot as hades in Philly too
Global warming I guess
That Black Guy
June 29th, 2012
6:24 pm
Brosephus™
June 29th, 2012
3:25 pm
They BOTH
No worries. I was laughing so hard at TBG that I really didn’t get too deep into your exchange.
____________________________________________________
Wut eye do?
G Mare 71(PLEASE VOTE NO ON TSPLOST)
June 29th, 2012
6:25 pm
Thank you, Josef. I well remember his first tv appearance, on The Ed Sullivan Show. My sister & I were doing the dishes (I washed, she dried). Dad called us & we belly slid in to the tv. I enjoy a lot of singers very much, but Elvis will always be the KING of my youth.
josef
June 29th, 2012
6:30 pm
GMARE
I was a wee-tot and I can remember Mama teaching us to dance like Elvis!