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For my brother and our neighbor George V. Higgins - Meet me at Neponset circle, he says. Bring a shovel. We're gonna dig some holes and plant some trees. And I’m F-ing thinking, what’s this, am I digging my own grave? What's eating you, he says. Nothing says I guess it’s is the damn Sox. What happened to their bats? Better not to ask, and don’t put you money on those expensive bums. Now dig. So I am digging and say This is a fine how do you do Here I am digging on my F-ing birthday. Keep digging he says. Happy birthday. Fact is my birthday was a couple of days ago. What's your date of birth, he says, I says What is this? F-ing CVS? Then he's got this idea to go to the Eire Pub. Now I’m really beginning to wonder.  Well I was born at night, but it wasn't last night. I hit him over the head with a shovel. I got tickets to see the Broons. You want to go? I decide to go to the Erie Pub. I’m a thirsty old mick and I need a drink quick. I walk in and every body yells HAPP...

 

 Easier to see why the American populace (30 percent or so) can't figure out who the president is.  They couldn't figure out what was good music in the 1960s when these numbers didn't rise above #70 in Billboard. Course ... A lot of vagaries.... But Big Boss Man, for one example, sure stood the test of time. Why do they stall? Could have been a B-side, brand new artist, on small label, not much air play, peaking in different cities at same time, says DJ Alex. Now everything happens at once on the Internet. 12:04The Spencer Davis GroupKeep on RunningV/A Island Story [CD][#76] • (Atco, 1966) 12:07ChicagoQuestions 67 And 68Chicago - Greatest Hits [LP][#71] • (Columbia, 1969) 12:46SonnyThe Revolution KindThe Best of Sonny & Cher [CD][#70] • (Atco, 1965) 12:49The WhoMy GenerationUltimate Collection [CD][#74] • (Decca, 1966) 12:53The KinksDead End StreetComplete Collection [CD][#73] • (Reprise, 1967) 1:00Bobby BlandCry Cry CryThe Definitive Collection [CD][#71] • (D...

A Prose Poem: I dropped a penny in the river https://t.co/pwXFGE5TPa — Smili ng Jack Vaughan (@SmilingVaughan) October 17, 2021

Let’s tell a tale of a happy summer outing after (or during) a long enforced respite due to the Black Swan for the Ages known as COVID-19. Last month my brother and I took a short vacation and got up to Saratoga to see the ponies run. It was nice of course to be out and about. The track has the feel of an old county fair - and people-watching was as fun as horse-playing. The first race was a steeplechase, in fact it was the first running of the Jonathan Sheppard Stakes. From Epitomime, our Web blog for sports and finance.  Read more... https://epitomime.blogspot.com/2021/09/inaugural-running-of-jonathan-sheppard.html

Music Director/Conductor Andris Nelsons welcomed all to the Symphony Hall on Huntington and Mass. Ave. in Boston. And it was touching because this was the first Saturday the Hall had been filled for so long. It has been lonely for so long. The building was waiting for the music to return. Waiting out the COVID-19 Pandemic. At Nelsons' words of welcome, the musicians eked out smiles. And, behind masks, the Audience did too. The concert started with Beethoven’s Consecration of the House, the first piece ever played in the building back in 1881. Tonight, Beethoven rapidly filled the bases. Setting up John Williams grand slam. For what was really astounding was John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter doing Violin Concerto No2…practically a world premier.  Must begin like so: Mutter was resplendent – a word I don’t get to use too much – musically and personally. Tan, blond, in form fit yellow polka dot strapless dress. Like a swim champion  of Ester Williams’ time. But most important ...