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Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhhh UNKIND DONUTS

Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King And one with Stevie Ray

Wibbles and S.L.I.P., please tell me, how do I un-see those pictures :D

The chips are down

Jorge Caballero - Capriccio Espagnol - (by Rimsky Korsakov)

We each have our own viewpoint and ethics. Me? I do not want to inflict permanent physical damage on the people who come to see me. IMO Not only is it like biting the hand that feeds me, but knowing my fans and talking with them year after year, they are like extended family to me. I feel I'm responsible, I'm the pro, I know the limits, they should trust me.

She-Wolf - Megadeth

My random thought for today. It's freakin' cold, only going to get to the low 70s today. I think I need to move to Key West (but I can't afford that).

You are correct. I hadn't thought of that until you mentioned it. Thanks!

Mr. Airplane Man - Howlin' Wolf

One of my favorite acoustic slide players: "Dallas" - Johnny Winter

I think I'll call it "God's Waiting Room's Band" ?

Last entry 96 Tears. We gigged locally with that band. A DJ in Flint MI bought half share in their band and broke the record which was 69 tears until they went into the recording studio and the DJ said it wouldn't get airplay. "The Tears Of A Clown" - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles A bassoon player got work on that session. I worked at Motown for a year or so, opened for a lot of their acts, and Berry used to hire Detroit Symphony Orchestra players for a lot of the sweetening parts.

Is that some kind of fish?

I'll be playing music and hopefully gigging until I can no longer fog a mirror ;)

Motion in Non-Motion Here you find a series of slits roving across an illustration, thus allowing only small bits of information at a time. Our brain then fills in the gaps of different stages and recreates the experience of viewing fluid movement. If you're feeling dumb and disappointed in the power of the human brain, don't—as you can see, the cat in this video was also fooled.

"All the cops in the donut shop say Ay oh whey oh, ay oh whey oh Walk like an Egyptian" (We finally learned that song, it's fun. Wish we learned it years ago)

Remember, you need a purpose in life. Working is good, but you need to work where you either enjoy the work, or feel you are needed. It's a recipe for a long life. I've gigged at retirement communities since I was 40. We play a lot of them over and over again, and we get to know the people. Those who get "retirement disease" are usually the first ones to die. They used to say "Don't let the rocking chair get you" now it's "Don't let the TV (or Hulu) get you". The long lived folks in Japan call it ikigai https://medium.com/thrive-global/ikigai-the-japanese-secret-to-a-long-and-happy-life-might-just-help-you-live-a-more-fulfilling-9871d01992b7 Ikigai (生き甲斐, pronounced [ikiɡai]) is a Japanese concept that means "a reason for being." The word "ikigai" is usually used to indicate the source of value in one's life or the things that make one's life worthwhile. Congratulations on getting to Uncle Sam's list. No be careful who you vote for, one political party is trying to take that away - google "starve the beast" (with quotes). Remember, you paid all your life, don't let the super-rich steal that money from you. I got on at 63, could have done 62 but I procrastinated.

Good stuff, some of Bizet's best ? In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson

Secrets That She Keeps - Roxette

Don't worry, the cops are on their way!!!

It got interrupted before it was done yesterday, so I'm listening to it again today, hopefully until completion.

Mmm, I'm having a cup I just made. Unkind (Dunkin) Donuts coffee with a tablespoon of cocoa powder, some stevia and heavy whipping cream. Caffè mocha mocha mocha mocha mocha mocha mocha mocha mmmmmmmmmm good.

I've gone low-carb so lets get back to becan

Starbucks has good coffee So does Dunkin' Donuts -- which if you move the first letter of Dunkin to the end it turns into "Unkind Donuts (I have no idea what that occurred to me). I little over a year ago I spent 5 weeks in Australia (in a camper van). In Oz they make coffee by first making expresso and then adding hot water and/or cream. It gives the coffee a slightly different but good flavor. But I had to learn new terms for ordering it - I preferred "Long Jack" which was the closest thing to American coffee, espresso with water and a bit of cream. ---- Back to Magazines. Electronic Musician was sold to a UK company who put me back on their free subscription list, even though I don't advertise in it anymore (Thank you). It's still not the EM of days gone. Much of the focus in all music magazines today seems to be for recording vs. live performance. When I record, I let the nice folks outside the fish bowl take care of all the technical things and I just play. But I don't record that much anymore, most of the studios around her went belly-up as home recording technology became affordable. I gig for a living, and the only recording I need is to plug a half dozen or more synth modules into a mixer, make a backing track for my duo, and record it straight from the output of the mixer. Playing music with my musician wife in front of an appreciative audience is the most fun I can have with my clothes on. It's a good way to make a living. Sorry for the tangent on the magazine thread.