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Paul is Retired, Miss Him, Miss Him

Frankly, I’m amazed. Despite the countless denials and refutations by all the Beatles and everyone close to them ever since the “Paul Is Dead” story broke in 1969, there is a recent documentary that claims new evidence— attributed to George … Continue reading

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The Other Best Concert I Ever Saw

Led Zeppelin May 4, 1973, with over 49,000 people at sold-out Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium— the first show on their Houses of the Holy tour. My girlfriend and I made our way down the aisles of the stadium seats and made … Continue reading

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The Best Concert I Ever Saw

Ladies and gentlemen, the Rolling Stones in Knoxville, TN on 7/7/1972. The Stones were touring in support of their recently released Exile On Main Street album— their first American tour since 1969. This was the Stones at their best. Most … Continue reading

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Spores

The spores turn out to be life forms, which inhabit the bodies of whoever comes in contact with them. Continue reading

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She’s So Heavy (Lennon-McCartney)

Lennon’s pleading voice leads the listener to rise and fall along with the guitar and bass line to alternatively experience anger, fear, awe, and ecstasy. It’s a prayer in the Dark Night of the Soul from Lover to Beloved that reveres and rants simultaneously. Continue reading

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Genexodos (The Ten Demandments)

1 In the beginning, God created Atom and taking a fib from Atom He created the Eve of the first day. Continue reading

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Almost

Almost can never be always
yet sometimes more than we can get. Continue reading

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All

All that passes is time Only wishes don’t come true
All I’m crying are tears All I’m missing is you Continue reading

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Distraction is the mother of convention

This morning the weather was brought to me by a hamburger. Not a Father God or Mother Earth or even a faithful dog. Without the hard sell of soft drinks, fast food and slow acting antacids, there would be no … Continue reading

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amber graves of wane

Leaving on time with no time
to make up for going no
place but stopping halfway, the
now repaired special
arrived at Nowhere
with no one left. Continue reading

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