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Boko, Bono, Borno In the city, the villagers arrive. From the remote areas of the Borno State. Tented, they wait. The poorest people on the planet, some of them. Wait they do for food to arrive. They run from Boko Harmum. And Rape. Murder. Beheadings. Child suicide bombers. In New York, Bono canvasses the world leaders at the UN. They never have found those girls, have they?

Sharon rose uncurling Sharon rose uncurling cornstalk sprouting Sunflower unveiling All the grass disrobing All around me Falling on the ground n Reaching for the Sun Summer going But it ain't happened yet When I live in the summer I live with the growing things n Praise to the Creator That I can walk through the garden universe.                       - Jack Vaughan, Sept 11, 2016

As a followup, about a week later...from the obit for Robotics pioneer Victor Sheinman - turns out that The Day The Earth Stood Still Really Freaked him out.... “My first contact with robots occurred when I went to see the movie ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ as a kid maybe about 8 years old or maybe 9 years old,” Mr. Scheinman recalled in an interview with the Robotics History Project of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. “And I was terrified by the robot in that movie and had nightmares over it,” he continued. “In fact, one night I woke up and saw the robot standing in my room. I’m convinced it was there. So I hid under the covers after that for many weeks.” As therapy to allay his fears, his father persuaded him to build a wooden version of Gort, the 8-foot-high, laser-equipped robot from the movie, which was released in 1951 and starred Michael Rennie.  http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/technology/victor-scheinman-dead.html

Update Aug 29 - The Apple Press Fest was a great thing. That cider was good! So glad to be able to get in front of a microphone and belt a few heartfelt numbers. I was joined in, and I am so thankful for, accompaniment by Mark Schlack on GTR and Jake Vaughan on drums. It's been a long time between gigs for The Jack Vaughan Experience.  But the timing was right. Here is the set list: Apple Cider Reel Im Tore Down Reconsider Baby Dead Flowers - Voc. Jake Come On Let's Go I Live The Life I Love It Takes A Lot to Laugh (It Takes a Train to Cry) Voc. Mark Muswell Hillbillies Mission Hill Annual Cider Press Fest - Sunday August 28, 4-6pm Top of the Hill, Upper Terrace (4th tier) McLaughlin Playground [Across the street from 170 Parker Hill Ave.] Enjoy cider from Roxbury apples - Music from The Jack Vaughan Experience, and Woodland tours. Press on! Mission Hill Apple Cider Reel or Jig I love my apple cider I get it up on mission Hill I love my ap...

Insight from Mr. Dolphy via: Mr Hutcherson: "Music is like the wind. You dont know where it came from, and you dont know were it went. You cant control it. All you can do is GET INSIDE THE SPHERE OF IT and be swept away." Bold Stump Musingly Before the memories fade, I wanted to say what a fantastic time I had at George's Tavern with all of you.  We greatly exceeded my expectations. We made some fun and cool music. And some spacey jamming happened.  And we had some amazing improvisational things happen.  Like how the heck did we go to that Gloria ending wehn we could not get out of another song -- of which I don't recall? Or how we all got back home on Homework after Bob and I were playing Watchtower as the set list said.  I loved the vibe we had on stage. Bob -- you were amazing as a bass player considering you started working on it 3 months ago. You were rock solid my rhythm section partner.  Jef and John nai...

Live August 10, 2016 7pm The Bold Stumps Georges Tavern 1201 N. Main St. Racine, Wisconsin