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My brother and I went to see Shane and the Popes at a place on Landsdowne. Later, a bartender I knew told me Shane n was seen next door drinking 10 gins at Mamakin (place next door) just before going on. He came on sweating and he had two big fans right in front of him set. We had found a place standing right at the stage. Good view. That was not wise because these big droogs started bashing into each other and basically we were in the way and candidates from broken arms etc. So went onto the stage, where a guard was about to block us. But in sign language I explained we were normal people, weren't going to mosh, and and we were just going round the big amps and then back into the safer part peripheral of the crowd again. That found us on stools at the very far back of the bar. We'd seen Shane and the Popes and we could hear them fine in the back. But, at some point he broke into Cracklin Rose. "Neil Diamond?" I asked my brother, Mike. "Wow" Un-cool beyond c...

   Bill Gates Source Code: Harvard Drop-Out Makes Good Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2025 With the likes of Sam Altman and Elon Musk dashing about, we crouch for shelter now in an era where well-funded high-tech bros can live a life that was once reserved only for Doctor Strange. That tends to make Bill Gates’ “Source Code: My Beginnings” a much more warmfy and life-affirming book than it might otherwise have been. In this recounting of his early days, and founding of Microsoft, he paints a colorful picture of a bright and excitable boy making good. Much of Source Code is set in “the green pastures of Harvard University.” [ story continues ... ] [I posted this on Amazon][But if they move the URL, note it is also on LinkedIn, Facebook, and ProgressiveGauge.]

NYC- Reading "Lucking Out" about NYC in 1970s. Me and Dave lived there early in that period. It was all about the New York Dolls and Patti Smith. The jazz thing was a little less strong than in the 60s. And we were not big jazz fans. When Jim visited I think he made us go to see Frank Foster at a small tavern on 2nd Ave. But Slugs was just a block from where we lived...I saw Archie Shepp there. But I was seeing double by the time I got there to be honest. Did Archie ever play a trombone? Let me know. Cause that is what I remember. A double slide. We would play Attica Blues back at the pad. This was just a year or so after that. I recall they were on the lookout for HRapBrown. We played the hell out of that record and Give Me My Money - which was a constant theme that finally ended the adventure. why is luCking out preferrable to Patti Smith's National Book Award winning same time tome.? I am a jealous guy - and Wolcott's admission that he was lucky is all I need to fo...

  I only got but one cell. They call me unicellular. I am a “stentor” – I got one cell but many trumpet like appendages. And a dashing ropelike cilia edging. I vacuum what comes my way. Swimming bacteria: My Favorite Prey, Momma. All my appendages do me nada, unless I can form a family dinner. Together, my stentor crew, are better fed. We can make the water flow more quickly. More quick water, more bacteria prey. I can do this without a neuron or a brain. It’s like watching TV. Together we stentors form a higher order structure, much like the US Congress except that we accomplish more. You will find us near the surface of ponds, or if fate is foul, in petri dishes. Our swirling trumpets and lapping mouths gain the attention of biophysicists at Emory University in Atlanta. My Favorite Song: Hang on Slurpy. From:  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/science/stentors-cells-evolution-physics.html?

We got a new pope...shares John's message: No More War.

 

  Watched a bio on Keith Haring last night...and realized my el marko icons are of his school! he seemed like a nice fellow. Well meaning, intelligent, hard working, creative, great brush and paint handler, improvisationalist. This drawing was inspired by Jim Haas's Blues Ruminations. Yknow, how Wolf sings 'my left hand's itchin'? he and others have also sung of the eye movement that is predictive. jv