I had a first marriage a very long time ago now. It was a tragedy in the classic sense, in that we brought with us into the union the seeds of the marriage’s demise. At twenty three I married a young woman of twenty one. We wanted to be adults, I think. We did [...]
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Maybe it was all those Republicans. It would be easy to blame them. There have been more global warming deniers in our state for the past year than is natural for any state. Nature responded by giving us balmy weather. Temperatures reached nearly sixty degrees this week. It didn’t work. The only [...]
“I started writing songs about losers in a society that was made solely for the winners.”
Peter Case
“Troubadour Blues” is a film, a documentary, generated by the heart and mind of Tom Weber. Weber took on the daunting task of attempting to portray and preserve a valuable, yet [...]
WINDS OF THE OLD DAYS
(Words and Music by Joan Baez)
The lady’s adrift in a foreign land
Singing on issues both humble and grand
A decade flew past her and there on the page
She read that the prince had returned to the stage
Hovering near [...]
When I was a child, growing up in Brooklyn, NY, my heroes were easy to chose. They all wore Dodger uniforms. Pee Wee, Carl, Duke , Campy, Gil and most of all…Jackie. Jackie Robinson stood above everyone of the other “Bums” as a godlike symbol of strength, courage and talent. He was easy to [...]
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