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When the Selmer Mark VII came out, I traded my Mark VI for it. In the music store, and moderate volume, the VII was nice. On stage, I found I couldn't overblow it to get that distortion. I suppose Selmer thought that was a good thing for serious music, but I was playing rock and blues. I went back next week to buy my old VI back, but it was sold already. Decades later, the Mark VI is the most collectable of all saxophones, and sell for prices that are much more than they are worth as player's saxophones. Insights and incites by Notes ♫

Heart Of Stone – Rolling Stones

No Controles - Flans When working on the cruise ship, we would take the waterjet ferry from Cozumel to the mainland of Mexico, and this was a frequent video on the boat.

Lavender Haze – Taylor Swift

Irresistible Force – Bee Gees

Nor my saxophone, car, music CDs, and quite a few other things. I shun subscriptions if there is a 'for purchase' alternative. Subscriptions make sense for phone/internet service and many other things, but not for everything. I know, the company wants continuous cash flow, but really hasn't anything to offer that will make you fork over more money. I think we are starting to see the failure of capitalism, but I have no idea how to fix it or what to replace it with. The problem is capitalism needs perpetual growth to keep the stockholders from jumping ship, and perpetual growth in a closed system is not possible. Insights and incites by Notes ♫

Breaking Away – Balance

Enter Sandman – Metallica

I liked Hawaii a lot. It was a lot like South Florida in the late 1960s and early 1970s, before Central AC and overcrowding. I had a great time, but a week on the Big Island was enough. I didn't sit by the pool on a beach and sip cocktails with an umbrella in them, I grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, so that didn't interest me – too much like home. As much as I liked it, I wouldn't want to move there. I'd get rock fever after a while. Mrs. Notes and I do not have children (no kids, no pool, no pets, no debts, no regrets). We live on musicians' wages, without a lot of material possessions, but spend money on travel experiences. Besides for the USA and territories, we've also been to more than half the Canadian provinces, 7 Mexican states, Bahama Islands, Bermuda Islands, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, England, Scotland, Wales, Gibraltar, The Netherlands, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Czech Republic, Austria, Australia, Russia, Japan and China (From the Great Wall down to Hong Kong). Of those places, the ones I would like to live in are USA, Spain, and Australia. Before COVID, Mrs. Notes and I were planning a trip to Madagascar. It's still on the wish list, along with 50 or so other places. I don't have 50 years left, and we can only go once a year (unless we win the lottery), so we'll see what we can. The only “Tour” we took was in China. We prefer to take local transportation or rent cars, and not only visit the important tourist sites, but get out of them to the real countries, too. But in China, I couldn't read the bus/train schedules or the road signs, so it was our only option. Some people like possessions, others prefer experiences. Either way is OK, and I'm lucky Mrs. Notes and I have similar desires. Insights and incites by Notes ♫ Kiluea:

Spent a week in Hawaii. Kiluea erupted just for us (The ranger said we won the lava lottery) – went to the top of Mauna Kea (technically the highest mountain on Earth) – saw the night sky at +10k feet – caught COVID in the plane – spent one night in a hospital – walked across lava fields – ate junk food – hiked nature trails – observed wildlife and feral animals – saw most of “The Big Island” and had a great time. Isolating at home until the COVID bugs are gone. I've been gigging since 1965, and this is the first time I'm missing a gig. I would play, but I don't want to give COVID to our elderly audience. Too many of them have died already. That makes all 50 states plus Puerto Rico, St. Thomas USVI, St. Croix USVI, and St. John USVI for us. I guess we'll have to go to Guam next.

There is always a woman to blame. (It doesn't mean it's her fault though)

La Vie En Rose – Edith Piaf We learned this for a big party of French folks, they love it, and we never sang it again.

I e-mailed them: 502 Bad Gateway error when trying to log into forum. Tried it on Foxfire and Edge, same results. and the response was Hi Notes, Thanks for writing, and sorry to hear about the trouble. What browser are you using? Can you try clearing the browser's cache and cookies? Let us know how it goes! Best, Karlo They bold typeface is my addition. Duh. Anyway, I'm glad it's back. Notes ♫

And it's a gated community

Some Skunk Funk - Brecker Brothers