i just read a blog -

http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2013/01/31/opinion-chick-fil-a-controversy-leaves-a-bitter-taste-for-some-longtime-fans/?hpt=hp_t2

about the author being a lesbian and conflicted about eating at chick-a-fil.  i ate there twice this past week.  i’m lesbian too.  no, i’m not – well… never mind… #1 – regular chicken sandwich with just extra pickles and those fries… but i don’t do tea – i have soda pop.  (i wish the stores had some cheerwine – that would be scrumptdelishcious.  it was the first time since this summer.  i’ve really tried to stay away – i have a number of close friends – and one of my absolute closest – is gay.  so i’ve truly struggled with the idea of supporting a place that was so stridently biased against people i love.  truth be told – my gay friends still eat there too.  and i did ask them if it was ok if i went.  it is a southern thing – at least for us – i realize the brand has become a strong nationwide prescience – but my friends grew up in the south and i went to college in the south and still travel at least twice a year back to visit – and hope in the next few years to return and settle in for them golden years…  i love the south – i love my friends – well, and i love me some chik-fil-a… 

kinda right bit of a quandry

could go for some chicken and waffles right about now… 

 

i want to see what your eyes say.

do they look at me

do they ask me to stay

or are they somewhere – around, about me.

or are they simply waiting for me to leave.

are they happy to see me

or are they seeking something new

some new deliciously delicate eye candy.

it used to be

eyes saw and shared glances, ideas even things – together.

near and far, light and dark and shadows and softness

in throes they wanted more

the way they moved about and slowly rolled

and playfully pleaded

now do they want to be somewhere, anywhere else.

they did want at times to see inside mine

eyes

but they know how burdened and desolate where

sad even – or maybe

really – they are broken and the vision

is no longer the shared reality or any sense of shared

or reality.

what makes your eyes light up now?

what brings them brightness and hope and

mine, mine – are tired, they are sadly weary.

they want to rest.

my eyes – they do need more than some

they do need less than others.

but they do need. they do always try and give.

they don’t express or say well.

or enough – never enough.

they need warmth.  virtue.  kindness.  patience.

different types of lenses and lights and

and more time to adjust to rigors above and beyond

and behind.  behind is the challenge – it’s always been. 

above and beyond is free and it will always be -

they will always know yours.

they will always love yours. 

let’s hope they can always find yours.

let’s hope they don’t close and

and never see the lights and sights in yours.

i do want to see what your eyes say.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

yes – i borrowed a bit from echo and his furry friends…

i couldn’t find the latest song of thao’s i wanted to play – but i like this one well enough..

i had a whole post i just about guns – i deleted it.  there’s quite simply – no rationale conversations to be had. 

so listen to some new neil young & crazy horse instead…  he’s pissed a few off in his day…

i’m not sure what to think of jim james latest…  i like, as i’m wont – the olde timey feel…  but if he’s a goin’ to god – well it’s his choice… and i prefer me a little science…

as long as we’re on the subject of heavy – how’s this?  (if you tend to tear – have you some kleenex ahandy)

and well – the heavy – here goes…  a fine round-up…

enjoy folks – as outdoor concert season approaches – so does the flow of new sounds…  keep your ears open – and your minds – well keep your minds for your self’s… 

I must have taken a much longer nap today than I remember…  Cause I’m wide awake right now.  A bunch of pretty compelling fa cup matches in the am…  My daughter had an in hOuse match this pm…  Man it got pretty icy and dicey out this pm…   Downton abbey was pretty shocking, and dbi banks or whatever it is right after is pretty twisted…  So now I watched some show called ‘plastic wives’ and. I had to turn it off…  Who – wtf?!? Are these women serious?  Who allows themselves to be filmed acting like that – well I guess it’s not acting, but some form wof twisted reality. really twisted reality… I mean are they thinking to be out head of the curve – I felt like I was watching the female version of dumb and dumber – but it’s more biggest idiots and even bigger idiots…  Im all for maintenAnce you know – some form of it…  these people are looney…  I was at some party a few weeks ago and when i see these women with all this botox and plastic – i mean it gets to a point that they look like absolute freaks – but obviously they don’t see it that way.  Now I’ve found ‘o brother where art thou’ – and some form of reality Much more akin tsome etching I can relate too.

so while I was watching PBS it seemed like all the actors are in the same shows. I  watched a little of dr. who too.  i know it’s not true…  But they sure looked alike – well maybe because all white folk look alike…  But maybe that’s just in great britian…  But Isee seed like all the same actors were in all these various series (but when I looked it up – none of them were same same…). So I’m just delusional…  So I guess Im just better suitEd to awatchin’ cows get shot up and banks robbed…  Enjoy your night folks…

somehow while perusing youtube i stumbled across this video…  now i had to share it with someone – but i’ve gone back and thought about it and well the other five people that read my posts might be amused as well – and i’ve been meaning to post some other influential german music – so here goes – vertig?

 

back in the early to mid eighties i was in high school – really, not ‘high’ school – i…  nevermind… anyway ich ware in deutschland gebortet…  vier kilometer von mein grossvater – yeah ich habe alles vergessen…  i thought as a high schooler i’d reconnect with my germanic roots – so i took german for three years… scheisse – it was probably a year and a half too many…  but our german teacher, who looking back was an incredibly fair and really nice guy (and also a key club advisor – and i connected much better on that level) tried to play us some tunes that were hip in germany…  and i think this was one of the first… obviously it later became a huge part of volkswagon’s american advertising campaign…  and listening to trio always brings a smile to my face…

three men in/around a double bed… wtf?!?  in the 80′s?!? i was still wishing i was jack in three’s company or gilligan stranded with mary ann and ginger…  but to each his own…

and then there came – well not came like in the above reference – more like ‘onto the scene’…

as if joan jett and her cherry bombs weren’t hot enough…  (this has nothing german about it – but what the hell – it’s what came to mind – so to speak…)

schwing…  one of the best badasses in the biz… 

and the ending – at least the sound of an explosion best ends this here post…  otherwise i’d have to go find a train wreck video somewhere…

 

so really – some totally new tunes… well mostly or even 3/5…  i guess that’s a mandate nowadays…

i saw these first guys on letterman a few nights ago – and well – i liked – so here you go…

check out the # of views – and remember – you saw it here first… 

felt very 80′s jesus and mary chain meets ?  i mean – i went and bought it off itunes so…

this next band – a friend of my daughters asked if we had heard of them en route to soccer a few weeks back.  while i had heard the name i couldn’t recall the ‘sound’ – well i have and i like…  so kudos miss esme… 

sounds to me a little like – (you don’t have to listen to the whole thing…  trust me – i didn’t…  my daughter just said it sounds like jibberish…)

and then well – this struck a note…

go figure…  peace out…

i’m procrastinating.  i should work – there’s piles of paper all around me – to file, to bid, to make notes (note – nothing to invoice)…  and i have absolutely no desire to do any of it…  now listen’ careful like hear folks…

 a nap sounds appealing, but i’m going to add songs for my future workout playlists instead.  and my garments of choice…

damn love me some southern culture… one of the funnest, finest, evah…

p21 suggested the notion of reversing my ear buds.  that might take some time – i’ll never remember if the ‘l’ in my hand is supposed to match or be opposite the ‘l’ on the bud…

i never knew what the ‘r’ and ‘l’ stood for until just a little while ago, i just thought it was the first and last letters of ‘rock n roll’…  but to know it meant ‘louder’ and ‘righteous’ just makes such more sense.  so now i can totally rock out and not be held back when i wear my ‘captains’… 

i asked for a part for some low voltage track – that i was absolutely sure had been discontinued – at an electric  supply house the other day – and offered to do a somersault if they had the part.  that wasn’t very bright…  they had it – but the (cute) smartass behind the counter wouldn’t let me have without a somersault…  i finally convinced her that if she dialed 911 simultaneously i was willing to have a go…  she never dialed and i got the part… 

ok – got me more some moodin’ and now a workin’ to do…

 

i’ve had a quite weekend alone.  the family went to san francisco and i opted for time to think – and i never smelled smoke – not even once.  i’ve worked out twice, one (today) good 45 minutes on elliptical; yesterday sucked – i bought these i fallutin’ fancified ear plugs from klipsch – and they suck ass.  they have a totally heavy volume control that weighs down on the buds and pulls them out of your ears.  totally frustrating.  i ripped them out and tossed them after about 25 minutes.  i had tried holding the cords in my mouth so i could continue, tucking it into my shirt – (so yes i did want to work out) but became so annoyed i gave up… i’m guessing apple store is not going to take them back… 

social distortion rocks.

and last night i went to the 50th bday party of a client/friend…  it was quite nice and saw lots of people i wouldn’t ever seek out – and a few it was good to see and catch up with.  i’m not real social in situations like that because i can never remember names and it’s usually loud and because of my affinity for music – (headphones, ear buds, guitars, amps…) i’m way going deaf…  and i can’t read lips very well…  so i heard about every fifth or sixth word.  i got him two pretty expensive bottles of wine – the wineyard/vineyard whatever it is – i don’t drink wine – i’m more a non-fancy beer kinda guy… the name of the place had his daughters name in it and a 93 review so figured well allright.  and then i got him an elmo bib – i meant to cut it in the back and put some duct tape in to make it big enough – but i forgot.  and then i gave him one of those glow sticks – so that if he needed help getting to the bathroom later in the night he had some sort of guide.  good times.

yeah – not the brightest lights in the proverbial universe – but hey – too each his/her own…  and southern culture always does me just fine…

today has been – made me some tasty eggs with mushrooms, chives n’ cheese…  and then parked in front of the tv watching soccer – clint dempsey leveled the spurs v man u in the 93…  pretty sweet…  and then the san fran game was pretty entertaining…  a fine, fine, power nap…  i can’t watch new england – behliupchuck is such a wanker i could care less…  and not a raven fan either…  and so i wanted to through some more music up – i’ve been trying to find work out tunage…  and well here we go…  oh i washed the wife’s car and did some grocery shoppin’…  a few walks with the pup….  freakin’ cold here… 

these guys just flat kick it…

which always makes me want to listen to these – but unfortunately a wicked drug habit (of one member in particular) ended their musical forays way too soon… love this video though…  great imagery…

and well lastly i’ll leave you with this…

where i get my religion from…  the reverend… 

 

 

or rendered captive by the notion, actually drawn by the vlog by mr. c l o g & co. of happiness

one of my favorite songs to play on guitar…  and i just had one of my acoustics set-up…  it’s time.  time for them to re-emerge and find my, my…  i have no idea…  i’m still not free of a profoundly distracting issue – and it’s been effecting me as of late… so i find myself procrastinating and hiding on some level… no, actually lots of levels… 

 

 

 

and so perhaps nostalgia lays potently upon the latent centrifugal component of life, which like inertia, is tended to be impacted quite confidently by gravity…  someday to escape that pretensive grasp and just

imagine that…

 

i’m…  i’m – if i said i was going blind that would be a bit dramatic.  but it seems the last few months my eyes have taken a radical turn toward – well maybe away from actually being able to see.  i mean i’ve had glasses since i think 2nd grade…  so no great shakes there – but – well to be honest a few weeks ago i picked up my first bi-focals…  holy cripes.  they talked me into progressives – which is the kind that don’t have lines, so only the wearer knows and the people they chose to tell…  well that didn’t work out so well.  you see i have a bias for adidas frames – i like the way they wrap my head and are protective so that as i work in the field, my eyes are relatively well protected from debris and flying things…  that turns out – doesn’t work so well with lenses that are curved…  i spent the last two weeks in a constant state of blurdom…  just getting more and more frustrated so i went back to the eye doctor yesterday and this time they said no to progressives – do to the curve and now i get lenses with the lines…  so now everyone knows i can’t see for crap…  but i guess if i can see at all – it’s all good from there. 

speaking of curves – been thrown a few lately… and well – just kinda taken each day as it comes and we’ll see what happens…  and i guess it’s time for some new tunage…  not that i’ve had a grand exposure lately – but just need to kinda find some motivation as gogb seems to like to put it…

eyes…  it’s hard to believe what this has become… 

i mean it’s ok – and fergie’s fine candy… but the original bep…  were really good…

yeah – they’re due some new stuff in the next few months from what i hear…

yep…  for those of you who don’t know my tastes – they don’t trend toward pure ‘pop’…

but i will go old school…

and one of the great ‘eye’ songs…  (i can see is up there as well… )

see ya’ ’round…