Gabe Douglas & the4onthefloor ringing out 2011 to a packed house at the Triple Rock!
Jimmy Lens, Blanko Film, No Flash, Taken with Hipstamatic
Lakeshore Effect
Last October, while in Milwaukee, I was pleased to meet up with Trapper Schoepp and the skilled engineers at WUWM public radio. We recorded a segment that you can stream here:
http://www.wuwm.com/programs/lake_effect/le_sgmt.php?segmentid=8549
The Tongue That Bites
You know what it’s like when someone is giving you an earful. Tat feeling is easy to recognize. Why does it become difficult to recognize the opposite of that feeling - when you are the one doling it out? When buying gas today the clerk asked me if I really wanted as much as I was ging to purchase, since it was much more complicated to do the refund than it was just to choose a different amount to begin with. I think it is always much easier to offer less because taking anything back, once put forth, is a tangled mess.
The Ghost of Christmas Future is Death. First Blondie then The Linebacker, then a hideous blood-chilling merciless wraith. Nothing says Merry Christmas like a soul harvesting ghoul. But the point is clear. Dickens is giving us the ultimatum: Love and be loved, or wither away disrespected. Kindness is not afforded to the unkind.
I have to admit, the mind has a way of wandering; thoughts have a way of collapsing further and further into themselves. It is not hard to see the seeds of greed and selfishness, for they are plentiful. Dickens classic tale has less to do with Christmas and more to do with awareness. The Christmas theme is appealing and convenient for putting the theme within a digestible context, but it is more than a holiday story.
The dark days of winter are full of color and vibrancy. The trees may be bare, but they are alive. The water may be frozen, but it is has only been slowed. Speed is relative. It is a time as good as any to celebrate one another. The possibilities are great. Be awake. One Way or Another…
When the clock strikes 2am, it means the ghost of Christmas Present is nigh. If your name is Scrooge, you will be visited by a huge bearded linebacker wearing a dreamy green robe. He will be sitting amidst a buffet of candied meats and sugar plums, laughing heartily. You don’t mess with the ghost of Christmas Present. If you think you are hallucinating, and perhaps it is merely a figment of excess Drambuie, or one too many spoonfuls of figgy pudding, cast aside your doubts and realize that it is possible to be mistaken.
I believe in the paranormal; in spirits and ghosts and U.F.O.’s, etc. I don’t know how I feel about Roswell, but I have a couple of strange saucer stories I will save for another time. I would love to visit Our Lady or Guadelupe, and I don’t mean it as disrespectful to consider its inspiring miracle paranormal. It’s hard to disagree that its an unusual way for water to behave.
These overlapping realities submerge one in pleasant and powerful memories. It is easy to forget about the moment and dwell in the past, but it comes at the expense of the feast quickly spoiling. Be well and Happy Holidays. Hug a Mall Santa or a salvation army bell ringer if you must, but by no means horde your affection or let it be idle.
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