Time to put on those travelin’ shoes and go a-fishin’
The first time I saw the great Elvin Bishop, we were both younger men. It was back in the early ’70s, in Raleigh, N.C., right about the time he put out his excellent and underrated album “Let It Flow.” Looking through the song list from that album — “Travelin’ Shoes,” “Stealin’ Watermelons” — is like going back in time.
That album also included Elvin’s classic celebration of fishing, the aptly titled “Fishin’.” It’s a critically important theme, so important that Mr. Bishop felt obligated to revisit it at more length in a later song, the equally aptly titled “Gone Fishin’ Again,” as in “me and my no-good friends are gone fishin’ again.”
Which of course we are. See ya’ll back here in a couple of weeks. Be good, be cool and be wishin’ you were with us, ‘cuz we plan on having us a damn good time.
– Jay Bookman
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Joe Hussein Mama
July 27th, 2012
7:07 pm
Towncrier — “the only other such categories involve status (derived from a decision to do something in the past – such as serve in the armed forces or beget a family). So I believe my distinction holds . . .”
If, as you say, homosexuality is a choice and is not deserving of protected status, then veteran status — being a choice for those entering service in 1976 and later — should also not be deserving of protected status by your argument.
Of course, for those entering military service prior to 1976, it might well not have been a matter of choice at all, which complicates things a bit under your construction.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
July 27th, 2012
7:07 pm
Thulsa:
Bigotry against Christians is alive and well.
But …………. we knew it was coming.