PLAYER

photo by Jarle Refsnes

Saturday was Record Store Day, and I'm good with that.  What's old is new again.  Licorice Pizza mean anything to you?  We aren't just old geeks, you know.  You are welcome youngins, for vinyl.   story

Principle in the type:  "A man walks down the street/He says why am I soft in the middle now/Why am I soft in the middle/The rest of my life is so hard/I need a photo-opportunity/I want a shot at redemption/Don't want to end up a cartoon/In a cartoon graveyard..."        You Can Call Me Al, Graceland album, Paul Simon

PEACE, MAN

photo by Xavier Badosa

Bob Dylan is being pretty quiet about winning the 2016 Nobel prize in Literature.  The first musician ever.  Are lyrics poetry?  Is Dylan Nobel prize material?  That's up to you.  Meanwhile, his silence in the matter has struck some as ill-mannered.   I mean it is an honor.   Though he doesn't speak officially for the Swedish Academy, academy member Dagens Nyheter, said, 'One can say that it is impolite and arrogant.' "     story            
Fancy a video since I didn't post one yet this weekend?   It doesn't get more Bob Dylan, landmark 60s, than this.  You likely know it:



                                     

Principle in the type:  "Attempt to be creative for the joy it brings ... select something like music, dance, sculpture, or poetry.  Being creative will help you enjoy life.  It engenders a spirit of gratitude." Richard G. Scott

MUST BE A SIGN

photo by Damien Ayers

This summer a prankster changed electronic roadside signs in Buffalo to the stuff smiles are made of like, "It's All A Dream," and "I Love You," before authorities shut the fun and games down.   (I mean if you can call that fun and games; messing in such a 'dangerous way' with intricate and important government electronic roadside messages such as 'buckle up?'  Come on.)    story

Principle in the type:  "It is a happy talent to know how to play."   Ralph Waldo Emerson  

NET FEATURE

photo by edward stojakovic

Good stuff.  Defending Your Life is on Netflix right now.  Your welcome.

                                   

Principle in the type:  "One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words."   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

                                                                                                   Happy Weekend!