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2nd-Day-of-Spring Trip to Mendocino County

March 23, 2016 at 4:01 pm

Conjunction of Four

Sunday was the Spring Equinox (also Evan’s birthday).

Monday was Bach’s birthday.

Tuesday I left home at 6 AM for points north.

Wednesday (today) is the full moon.

Seals cormorants, seagulls at Jenner rivermouth

It was a spectacular drive along the coast. Clouds, rain, sun, mist, fog, along with thundering surf. Hills are the greenest of green. Cows, sheep, goats, horses grazing happily.

Music: “I just dropped into see what condition my condition was in by” the Launderettes

“You can have my husband, but please don’t mess with my man,” by Koko Taylor

“Look how me sexy,” reggae, by Linual Thomson…

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The Rolling Stones, Little Queenie – Live 1969

February 25, 2016 at 10:04 pm

I heard this song in the mid-60s and, being in a slightly more-than-usually conscious state of mind (coming down, that is), felt like the Stones were bending time. Taking time and goosing it, delaying it, playing with it.

Keith’s book, Life, is surprisingly good. In it he talks about a record they made in a motel room with a tape deck, Charlie playing a kids’ drum kit, that they achieved something with analog that you can’t get with digital. (My recollection may not be entirely accurate.) But what’s interesting is that digital recording is on or off, black or white, with nothing in between, if you will.

The idea of introducing (allowing) imperfections in your music, your art, your life. Richer.

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