Grape Stompers

Grape Stompers

Was watching a special on the prohibition. The ladies of the Women's Christian Temperance Union did have a point. There were cases where the breadwinner would come home having drunk up the pay leaving nothing for the dependents, and then take it out on their hides.

Walking on the Beach

Walking on the Beach

You know when you get the wet sand between your toes, yeah, and look out to the sky, think of the universe beyond, think of the world below the waves, sunken wrecks, sharks, then be so glad to feel the sun's warmth going right through ya...

Does anybody really know what time it is? Uh, 25 or 6 to four, man. As I was walking down the street, er, beach, one day...

What If I Got Nothing

What If I Got Nothing

WhadifIgutnuthin? Not a pleasant thought. OTOH, material things treasured, in the end can't be given away... "That's OK, I still got my guitar" - Jimi Hendrix.

Where the Truth Lies

Where the Truth Lies

A very fine Internet crank passed away the other day. John "Birdman" Bryant. His website has some pithy observations about truth in the abstract. However, when he applied them to certain subjects... watch out. Not for the easily offended. And yes, my ox got gored too upon occasion.

I was run over by the truth one day
Ever since the accident I've walked this way

- opening lines to Adrian Mitchell's poem, To Whom it May Concern. A counterculture classic from the counterculture decade. From time to time, YouTube has a clip of him reciting it in the Albert Hall. Very groovy, to borrow a phrase of the day. Adrian Mitchell passed away last December.