He and I are connected on the social media channel, X. The “he,” of which I speak, is Bryan Duncan. And, for those of you who aren’t aware (or just don’t care) X is the platform that used to be called Twitter. But Elon Musk bought the platform. And he likes to add the X label to his businesses, so there you go. X. … Read the rest…
Category Archives: Words and Music
To say I thoroughly appreciate and enjoy digital technology would be like saying Pete Rose was a decent hitter. Or Michael Jordan was a pretty good basketball player. Yeah. Understatement. But I was big time analog before that was even cool. I even wrote an analog man song about a guy who lives his life without modern tech. Ironically I wrote and produced the … Read the rest…
As the “hallowed evening” fast approaches, I see souls scatter like startled roaches. Some parts of it are kinda funny. But most are like the “love of money.” Yeah, Halloween (Neewollah, as its known in Independence, Kansas) sure brings out the people who love to live in the dark. And I mean that mostly literally. After all, it IS “hallowed evening.” Most of the … Read the rest…
For several years I wrote a lot of short tunes that became jingles in advertising. And I wrote for all sorts of companies. If you lived in Colorado for any time during the past 20 years, and if you listened to radio, chances are you heard me at least once. Most jingles in advertising tend to have a short life. But not all of … Read the rest…
Your government’s budget (and every other part) is NOT operating on or in a just and wise system. And if you ran your household like politicians run this country, you’d be a dead duck already. Dead duck. That’s kind of a weird thing to say when you think about it. I read, somewhere, that Andrew Jackson first used the expression, dead duck, in the … Read the rest…
Love when you can, cry when you have to. Be who you must, that’s a part of the plan. Await your arrival with simple survival. And one day we’ll all understand. One day we’ll all understand. Those are lyrics from Dan Fogelberg’s song, Part of the Plan. I included several of Dan’s songs in my regular repertoire when I made my living as a … Read the rest…
There’s no safe haven on Earth. ”Uh, gee Wally. Why you gotta be such a Donnie Downer?” Look. I’m just sayin’. This planet ain’t no safe haven. Sure, there ARE safer spots than others when it comes to crimes like murder and stealing. But planet Earth is wicked. And I know that’s an old-fashioned word. But it fits better than just about any other … Read the rest…