UPDATED/ADDED: The "morning after..." - SEE THIS NOTE BELOW This post like so many others developed from a "day in a life" of...ME. (song link near the end as well as a playlist of all 13 tunes) I was part of a text conversation with friends in which Mike shared a photo of himself in fatigues from his Vietnam War days. I noticed that another friend was missing. Let's eavesdrop together...after all, the Big (BR)others are already listening in... (Reply to my friends) Just realized that another friend and veteran - Gregory - is missing from this foxhole. We'll have to start a new hole (thread) - as there's no way to add someone else to a thread that contains Androiders and iPhoners. Hmm...yet another example of exclusion (***) *** Terms and Conditions Apply...Documentary... *** Terms and conditions apply Rates may vary in some areas. See fine print for details (***) *** Rosetta Stone subscription required (***) *** Terms and conditions apply Rates may vary in some areas. See fine print for details (***) Etc… I was just playing around with this and found there's a serious film about this: Terms and Conditions May Apply (Wikipedia) Terms and Conditions May Apply Official Trailer #1 (2013) - Documentary Movie HD ...by now it's probably even worse...keep reading... Deception is hobbit-forming... *** ERRreverent... FIGuratively speaking... *** No Shirt...No Shoes...No Service... *** IF...The Garden was in China instead of "Rome"... UPDATED/ADDED: The "morning after..." *** IF...there was a parking lot in the Garden... UPDATED/ADDED: The "morning after..." This next song was added "the morning after" as it fits right in to this "tail"/tale with it's inclusion of these related themes: New York Yankees, baseball, "commitment"... ...BUT...with this important exception: Adam and Eve were vegetarians... Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light (08:25) *** Let's go back again to the beginning...GENESIS... Genesis - Land of Confusion (Official Music Video) (05:28) --seeing how a dream was a key part of this song...please see "*** For this is all a dream..." section in this post... *** Apple, too, Sells Our Data... Apple Just Traded Your Privacy for $15 Billion (2021) The company's deal with Google is lucrative, but it's hard to square with its values. Note the "Privacy Policy and Terms of Use" link at the bottom of this webpage. *** I’ll Be Watching You... The above (and other) Big Brothers are Watching Us... Google as Big Brother (2018) How is Google as Big Brother? (Dec. 2020) --watch the 1-minute video to SEE what they SEE...ME...YOU...everyone else... Personally, I prefer this next KIND of Big Sister/Brother: https://youtu.be/EH-RPvJ_9as (04:06) *** For What It’$ Worth… "Paranoia strikes deep...into your heart it will creep…" Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967 (02:37) Crosby, Stills and Nash with Tom Petty Perform "For What It's Worth" in 1997 (05:52) *** Every Stroke You Make...I'll Be Watching You... The Police - Every Breath You Take (Official Video) (03:48) Every breath you take Every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you. Every single day Every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay I'll be watching you. Oh can't you see You belong to me? …your data belongs to me… *** Androids vs. iPhoners *** We Gotta Get Back to the Garden Woodstock - Crosby, Stills and Nash (04:22) Back to the Garden - Crowder (04:29) *** "For this is all a dream we dreamed one afternoon, long ago..." Didn't plan this but it just happened. See, one of the guys in our text group - Steve B - says "There's a Grateful Dead song for every occasion." And he's right...ON...a song about dreams... Steve Forbert - "Box Of Rain" (Official Music Video) (05:11) Grateful Dead-Box of Rain-6/25/88 Buckeye Lake (05:00) --amazing dreamlike images --on this day in 1988, our son John was incubating comfortably in Eileen's belly until his arrival on 10/8/88. That he would be involved in music was announced over the Mercy Hospital (RVC) PA system - as he emerged just after midnight to two prophetic tunes: Morning Has Broken by Yusuf Cat Stevens (03:19) --as I listened I was amazed but not surprised that the lyrics sang of several themes in the post: rain, Eden, first's, new day... Here Comes the Sun (SON) by The Beatles (03:11) Here Comes the Sun | Beatles cover by Abby & Annalie and a VW bus! (03:16) ---extra likes for the VW Bus. My brother Mike had a '61, I had a '65 and our friend in heaven: Chickie had a "new" '68 like to one in this video. *** A Day in the Life - The Beatles (05:12) *** A Day in the Life - tOM (me) I awoke this morning (Friday) confused and fearful from a night of frightful dreams. For sometime I've been in a time of major change that's been challenging some of my longstanding behaviors and inviting me to let some go...as well as start some new ones...and to pray for "the wisdom to know the difference" - as the 12 Steps wisely state. I am blessed with some great companions for such a time as this. Earlier, I mentioned some friends I was texting with. I was fortunate a few years ago to reconnect with these guys from my 20's. But, this morning, I needed someone closer to home - my mate of 44+ years: EILEEN. Now 75, some time ago, I decided to start showing up in our relationship. And this morning, as we talked, her loving companionship really helped me navigating my troubled waters. For starters, her perspectives allowed me to let go of trying to "figure it all out" and just focus on the basics: centering prayer meditation, eating breakfast, going for a walk, listening to music, and visiting the crew at Witches Brew Coffee House...where, when I asked Kareem to concoct something that would pick up my spirits, he served up a caramel delight...just what the Coffee House Witch Doctor recommended!!! Later, Eileen had a wonderful evening prepared for us: tasty food and an hilarious movie. The Dream Team (1989) Trailer (02:01) 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 --Starring Michael Keaton, Christopher Lloyd - and includes cameos by Yankee Stadium, lots of NYC street scenes, NYPD's Finest, and one LOL scene after another. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Personal Note: When I was 16, I began my my junior year at Power Memorial Academy in NYC (when Lou Alcindor/Kareem Abdul Jabbar played center) but ended up missing it when I contracted rheumatic fever and had to remain bedridden for months. In the spring, I was able to go outside and started acting...OUT. It seems the fever left my heart and went to my brain. Years later, I was told I had contracted rheumatic encephalopathy. This combined with raging hormones and just being 16 led to a lot of aberrant behavior - which resulted in arrests and several admissions to various psychiatric hospitals. Fortunately, like the Prodigal Son, and with help from a very cool NYC psychiatrist, I "came to my senses" and was able to return to Power and restart my junior year... *** GARDEN PARTY PLAYLIST (all 14 tunes) #music #humor #Apple #Android #Google #Beatles #TheHobbit #ThePolice #BigBrotherAndTheHoldingCompany #RockyMovie #BuffaloSpringfield #AdamAndEve #Crowder #CrosbyStillsNash #YusufCatStevens #SteveForbert #GratefulDead #WitchesBrewCoffeeHouse #Kareem #Eileen #AbbyAndAnnalie #Meatloaf #vegetarian #Chinese Sent from my iPhone

Yes, "Weir" a cult…a KULTure of KINDness… At higher levels, we’ve even professed VOWS… “The first one’s the hardest one Don’t you worry any more…” The tribe will help you to… BE KIND Now 74, and fresh from 3 days in a local hospital because my “eyes were seeing double”…I’m aware that “the wheel is turning and you can’t slow down…” I've also lived long enough to "know all the rules by now...and the fire from the ice..." So, naturally I’m wondering, “What’s next?” [FYI - Another band says it like this: “WHO’s Next?] At the same time, I’m also trying to simplify my sometimes over-complicating mind… SO, I can stay focused on the MAJORS…and so not get distracted by the minors… As I SEE it, when the FAT LADY SINGS…these words from “Sugaree”: "When they come to take you down When they bring that wagon 'round When they come to call on you And drag your poor body down" And I'm standing B4 ol St. Peter at the Pearlies, he’s only gonna ask ME one question… “WERE YOU KIND???” So, prepare for your finals and… Better watch out...better not shout...CAWS "the crow told me...the only song he knows..." "It's the same story the crow told me It's the only one he know Like the morning sun you come And like the wind you go" Are You Kind? The Grateful Dead's Philanthropic Legacy --(from this HuffPost article) The answer was for the Grateful Dead to approach philanthropy in the same way they had approached everything else: try not to control it, try not to define it, but always allow for enough flexibility to adapt to the possibilities and needs of a perpetually changing world. Click above link for Furthur reading… Also check out the other posts about how the individual members GIVE BACK: Bob Weir as spokesperson for HeadCount - an organization that goes to shows and encourages concert-goers to register to vote. Bobby and Mickey supporting SEVA - an organization started by my first guru - Ram Dass - that provides sight-saving eye care in under-served parts of our shared world. Mickey Hart has been working with world-class scientists like Dr. Adam Gazzaley to find ways to use music to help folks like me - with more than a Touch of Grey - help us with cognitive impairment issues. Just before Covid, I was at an amazing presentation Mickey and Doc did at NYC's Museum of Natural History and Hayden Planetarium. Here's an article about this show when it was done in other cities. NOTE: Among the PRAYlist (at the end) of all songs in this post is "The Wheel." To highlight the band's own practice of BEING KIND and GIVING BACK, I chose a version they performed at Farm Aid in 1986. from the video's description: "Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001." While he walked among us, Jerry made more than a few ripples in the fabric of time...and they're still moving among us... "Reach out your hand if your cup be empty If your cup is full may it be again Let it be known there is a fountain That was not made by the hands of men There is a road, no simple highway Between the dawn and the dark of night And if you go no one may follow That path is for your steps alone" NOTE: I chose Playing for Change's version of "Ripple" to emphasize our theme of BEING KIND. For starters, it includes the generous contributions of the Grateful Dead Family: Jerry's daughter Keelin Garcia as well as drummer Bill Kreutzmann - supporting the work of another GIVING BACK organization: Playing for Change - a musical group I often feature in my posts. This PFC version also features the GIVING BACK/BEING KIND talents of: Jimmy Buffett at Long Island's Montauk Lighthouse, David Crosby and the Chicago Children's Choir. The Playing for Change 501c3 Foundation builds and supports music programs in under-served parts of our shared concert hall (our world) - so children can grow up experiencing the benefits of music. "He's come to take his children home..." Lest you get the impression that I'm putting Jerry and the Band on a PEDESTAL... ...G-d rest ye merry gentlemen...women...others...Pranksters...they're just playing in the band on a PEDAL STEEL. For FURTHUR proof that "my intentions are good"...check out another post: WWJD...What would JERRY do?...same as the OTHER ONE "wood"... PRAYlist/PLAYlist of the 7 songs in this post Sent from my 3rd eyePhone #music #humor #GratefulDead #TheWho

Ana, Katie & Jason: As far as you are able...do everything with PASSION... Work hard, play hard... (the) rest (is) easy... MY ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS In case you're wondering...when I graduated college I had "tenyear" - it's like tenure in that it took me 3 colleges and ten years to finish. That's a story for another time... ICING FOR YOUR GRADUATION CAKE So, work hard...don't "puck around"...well, for two of you, I'll pretend I'm an NHL referee and look the other way... BANK SHOTS...(for Jason & Ana)...the age of specialization... YOU MIGHT BE A NURSE IF... More holiDAZE humor... You might be a redneck (nurse)... SCHOOL EXIT EXAM Education is over-priced...here's all you need to learn and remember in 5 minutes... Everything we ever need to know...we learned in kindergarten (song) Final Exam Question... --Pssst...If you don't have an Uncle John, it's OK to ask your Grandpa Mike (aka, "Dad") Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead It's the same story the crow told me It's the only one he know Like the morning sun you come And like the wind you go Ain't no time to hate Barely time to wait Whoa, oh, what I want to know Where does the time go? SONGS & A POEM FOR MOVIN' ON... For Katie... Nursing School Graduation Song - Whitney Welcher FYI - My wife Eileen was a nurse then a nursing instructor For all... Your New Beginning - Julie Durden Moments (a 2022 graduation song) - Julie Durden So Many Roads (to ease my soul) - Keller Williams (cover of Grateful Dead) --I had the good fortune to make 3 cross-country surfing safaris- one with my brother...your Uncle Mike (aka, "Dad"). I did a 4th in two stages. In 1973, I relocated to California accompanied by my Dad and Mom...then 2 years later, did a return trip from California with my sisters. --If you'd like to get a few more CEU's from Grateful Dead University FOR NO ADDITIONAL TUITION...here's a post that lists other possible songs for graduation... The road is a wonder-filled place to allow your vision and experience to EXPAND... The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost (poem) Go Your Own Way - Alex G (cover of Fleetwood Mac) Ripple - Grateful Dead --this was one of the tunes included above in the post about Grateful Dead songs for graduation OVERTIME The Best Graduation Songs of the Past 25 Years - Rolling Stone (2020) --From Green Day to Miley, the best songs for moving on... COMMENCEMENT HYMN & HER So Many Roads - Grateful Dead - 7/9/95 (from the uploader) @ Soldier Field in Chicago, IL. From the last Grateful Dead show. This is maybe the most soulful "So Many Roads" Jerry ever sang. So many roads I tell you New York to San Francisco All I want is one To take me home (1) From the high road to the low So many roads I know So many roads – So many roads So many roads to ease my soul... (1) Exactly 2 months to the day (August 9, 1995), Jerry got his wish and was welcomed home...I sometimes wonder if he knew his time here with us was coming to an end... BUZZER SHOT... I was in a recent Zoom meeting where our facilitator asked us to name the two most important days in our lives. For the first, many agreed on the day we were born. I was both surprised and challenged by one participant's reply for the second most important day, "The day we discover WHY we're here..." PLAY-HARD PLAYLIST (all songs in this post) #music, #humor #college #graduation #banking #nursing #kindergarden #GratefulDead #FrGuidoSarducci #Rumi #JulieDurden #WhitneyWelcher #RobertFrost #AlexG #FleetwoodMac #JerryGarcia

RICHIE: Wonder-full!!! Through you and MaryAnn and your offspring... another soul has found a body… Name This Child... Eden + Ciel (“sky” in French) --One site says people who like the name Ciel also like: Theo, Sebastian, Lucien, Finn, Noah, Ronan, Felix, Anais, Aurora, Evangeline, Luna, Camille, Genevieve, Cosette “Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning Born of the one light, Eden saw play” Morning Has Broken = Yusuf/Cat Stevens (03:19) --This song was playing over the PA system at midnight in Mercy Hospital on October 8, 1988 as Eileen was guiding our son John into this world of form... Another beautiful version... Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken (03:19) Let's set our intention: May Eden grow up into the space imagined by this next soul and those like him... “Above us only sky…” John Lennon - Imagine (live 1975) (03:01) Another version... IMAGINE. (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (03:53) A "sky" song bursting with feminine energy… Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky (05:18) Grateful Peanuts Never too early to share with our little ones the realities of life and death, gain and loss...with a light touch… Peanuts Gang Singing "Spirit in the Sky" by: Norman Greenbaum (04:54) --while the above image is playful, the song's lyrics are DEADly serious...as are the video's images of children performing acts of civil disobedience. --Save it for an appropriate time in her life... --Here's Throwing Stones - Grateful Dead (04:38) Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion - Grateful Dead (02:03) --For Kids - features the Banana Splits Golden Road (to unlimited devotion) illustrated/comic (02:08) --For Kids of all ages Golden Road Mashup (05:21) featuring Alice, Frank Zappa, and other assorted and sordid characters... --For Adults...Awesome fun... And now for something completely different… ...Just another example of your "Uncle" Steve's wisdom (he's your Grandpa's friend who lives in the woods in East Hampton): "There's a Grateful Dead song for every occasion." Grateful Dead - "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" 3-24-93 (04:58) GRATEFUL KIDS...from the beginning For the HoliDAZE Sometimes the Night Light's all shining on you... Kinda looks like your Grandpa once looked Onesie The Other One-zy (11:02) (for the adults) Early transportation Toddler Bear For her first day at school Play...Ground...Rules... They Love Each Other - by the Barton Hills Choir (BHC-Austin. TX) (03:18) --BHC website --BHC YouTube channel Ripple Dance Studio Colt Clark and the Quarantine Kids play "Ripple" (03:59) PT Class at the beach Eden might ask, "Grandpa, what did you "Dew" when you were younger?" Tye-Dye Chi Mountain Girl pose Amazon link Family Pic-i-nick Bears (sorry, Yogi) You’re Not High: Grateful Dead Totally Just Released a Care Bears Cooler Collab (RollingStone) --With Care Bears replacing dancing bears, the officially-licensed Igloo cooler is perfect for your next long strange trip Storytimes... Daughters of the Sky - Clamavi De Profundis (04:13) Goodreads.com Alternative DEADucation The Rock and Roll Playhouse's Music of The Grateful Dead for Kids :: Brooklyn Bowl :: 11/11/18 (1:03:04) HIGHER DEADucation PLAY...DEAD... When she's older...let her pick her team...from these...or others... FLA@SF: Grateful Dead perform national anthem - 4/12/93 (02:43) SIKH...and you shall find... These next songs for children of all ages are from a musician I was introduced to when I enrolled in a Kundalini yoga class at Echo Park in West Hempstead, NY. Elena, our teacher played her in every class. When I started to listen to her in my home practices, Yogi YouTube began recommending similar artists and my musical soul began waking up... "The more you love music...the more music you love." --Ryan Flynn, Malverne, NY Snatam is from the Sikh tradition. These and other songs offer children examples of positive self-affirmations... "I AM..." Feeling Good Today - Snatam Kaur (04:11) I Am the Light of My Soul - Snatam Kaur (05:27) Feeling Good Today - Snatam Kaur (04:26) --same as above with beautiful images of children The Sun Shines On Everyone - Snatam Kaur (08:16) Another artist from this tradition Bliss (I Am the Light of My Soul) - Sirgun & Sat Darshan (08:13) --toddler has the original masters teaching her poses like cat stretch and downward-facing dog... ENCORE Black light poster art...Day 1...in the beginning... "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" Iron Butterfly (01:57) - Kids Rock Chorus --this song is about the Garden of Eden but when the band recorded it, they had been drinking to much wine and famously slurred out these words... The Hidden Meaning Behind In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (article) --This article led me to this next video The Simpsons - In the Garden of Eden - S07E04 (01:56) --For Adults (HELLarious!!!) Garden of Eden - New Riders of the Purple Sage (10:46) PLAYLIST-1 (for kids) PLAYLIST-2 (for grownups) #music #humor #Peanuts #GratefulDead #YusufCatStevens #JohnLennon #RockAndRollPlayhouse #BartonHillsChoir #TheSimpsons #KidsRockChorus #NormanGreenbaum

Readers: Kevin Griffin is a Buddhist author, teacher, leader in the mindful recovery movement and a very hip musician. My 3 Bill's are: Bill T is a counselor on Long Island that's been working with me on waking up...growing up...and showing up for life...on life's terms. I'm now back for a second round of work together. Bill W is of course Bill Wilson, one of the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous. Again, I'm back in the rooms again. I need to stay here for my thinking. Bill K is Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. Like Fonzie, when "I'm so confused..." I follow the advice of Bill's band of Merry Pranksters that followed me around the US of A: --lyrics are from Franklin's Tower (1) and are a fun way to practice a popular recovery room slogan... "Move a muscle...change a thought..." ...I heard it few months ago from Mike F at my home group at the... Witches Brew Coffee House in West Hempstead: Thursday's 11 am to 12 pm. Enter through rear parking lot, but, please do not park there or in the fire department lot across the street. There's ample street parking. FYI - I try to practice his advice. Today, I woke up in a strange and uncomfortable emotional space. WHEW!!! Funky...So, I practiced "If you get confused...listen to the music play" and put on Kevin Griffin's "Laughing Buddha" CD...and went to the sink... "Chop wood...Carry water...Wash Dishes..." ...and whistled and danced as I cleaned up last night's dishes. And from the ashes...this post emerged like the Phoenix... (1) I chose one of Jack Abramson's (a.k.a., "The Bacon Man") "grate" mashups. I highlighted his outrageously funny and creative mashups that mix songs with TV shows, movies and bands. Jerry Garcia Week: 9 DAZE OF HAIGHT – Day #5: JACKS are Wild…CarTUNES & Slap Schtick Bill T BILL: I just mailed you this CD - I hope you enjoy it (with detachment : ))) There were no more new so I got a used one. “Progress Not Perfection” Before mailing it, I listened to it and it’s “Perfect” : ))) Kevin Griffin is a Buddhist author, teacher, and leader in the mindful recovery movement. Laughing Buddha CD – Kevin Griffin Laughing Buddha – Kevin Griffin (Apple Music sampler of all tracks) Same Laughing Buddha on Spotify Buy CD or mp3 on Amazon BILL: Track 4 – “Metta Nova” - includes lyrics “radiating kindness…” seems like you, as part of the One, influenced his composing with your wisdom. Everyone with whom I've shared it...love your gem!!! “Radiate…don’t Infiltrate” Track 7 – “Vipassana Blues” – describes what I’ve been experiencing and we’ve been discussing: the pain of facing our shit as our awakening proceeds. Kinda like from pink clouds to dark clouds… Here's a sticker on the back of my iPhone case. It's from the Wharf Rats - a group of sober Deadheads...Yup! You read that right. They have a Facebook group. The sticker shows one of their slogans with lyrics from "Franklin's Tower." It was a gift from a guy I met at my home group at Witches Brew. He invited me to hang out with him, his wife and his buddies at the August 19, 2022 Half Step show at the Jones Beach Bandshell - right on the boardwalk. Half Step is Long Island's premier Grateful Dead cover band. Curious about the Grateful Dead but not willing to take a WHOLE step? Take a HALF STEP... (2021 blog post) Recovery is DEADly serious business... Waking Up Is Hard To Do – The Laryngospasms (02:59) Shit Happens ("ANALysis" from various perspectives) EnLIGHTenment I just got introduced to a band – The Lumineers – that sings about recovery. I was introduced to them during my ride to Shoreham for the Tesla Science Museum’s recent celebration of Tesla’s birthday. My friend Richie drove me there and shared from his amazing playlists. Richie was a fellow surfer, partier and Deadhead who retired as a NCPD Detective. He resonates with Buddhism and has been a practitioner and teacher of various martial arts. He’s the guy who’s been teaching me and others Tai Chi, Qi Gong and other healing arts on the dock at Hempstead Lake Park. [Field 2 Tue & Thu 7:45-9ish AM] COME JOIN US!!! After listening to some Lumineers’ tracks, several days later, I was in a doctor’s office and heard one of their songs accompanying an ad for a recovery treatment center. Lyrics from the Grateful Dead's "Scarlet Begonias" - See "Barton Hills Choir" at end of this section. The messages are all around us… The Lumineers Trace The Cycle Of Addiction: 'It's A Progressive Disease' (2019 NPR Article) Here's one of their "Move a muscle...Change a thought" tunes...Whadya waitin' for? ...Get up and dance...like your life depended on it...It MIGHT... Ho, Hey! - The Lumineers (02:41) The Lumineers - III (Official Short Film Trailer) (00:47) The Lumineers - III (full movie in 11 acts (songs) (44:00) Grateful Dead's 'Scarlet Begonias' by the Barton Hills Choir and DeadEye (04:00) #DeadCoversProject2017 Barton Hills Choir (from Austin, TX) YouTube Channel Just for fun…Some of my other musical therapists… PLAYING FOR CHANGE BILL: Since you like to play drums and guitar, I selected a favorite from each instrument. Skin Deep featuring Buddy Guy | Playing For Change | Song Across the USA (05:32) King Clave | Planet Drum ft. Mickey Hart | Playing For Change | Song Around The World (02:48) Playing for Change YouTube Channel GURUGANESHA SINGH GuruGanesha Singh --I got to see him at a yoga studio on the North Shore. In interviews, he’s said that he was influenced by the Grateful Dead. He’s part of the kundalini yoga tradition I practice. GuruGanesha Band - In the Light of My Soul + What You Won't Do for Love (Bobby Caldwell's Classic) (08:17) The GuruGanesha Band 2012: Call on the Light Within (Hari Om) (10:09) GuruGanesha Band - A Thousand Suns - Introducing Paloma Devi (07:04) ALEX DAV Alex Dav – Creates music for meditation, relaxing, healing, inspired dancing... Relaxing Hang Drum music | Positive energy | Good vibes | 432 Hz | ♬051 (3:00:00) --Richie plays appropriate music for our time on the dock. Handpan is one of the featured instruments in his playlists. One for the road... How Buddha helps to be a better Christian: Richard Rohr (5:47) --Richard's "Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps" was used to draw me into the rooms...and I am forever grateful!!! Kevin Griffin, Buddhism and the 12 Steps (02:12) --YouTube has a few more of Kevin's insights. The 11th Hour --Please interpret "11" in as many ways as are helpful for all our today's...and tomorrow's...Then repeat with ever-new eyes... "M", Congratulations on way more than 3 coins in your fountain...30 to be exact!!! --Celebrating a friend's 30-year AA anniversary. 10,950 "one day at a time's"... There's Power in the Group...Sangha...Community #music #recovery #humor #12Steps #AA #AlcoholicsAnonymous #WitchesBrewCoffeeHouse #Buddhism #KevinGriffin #PlayingForChange #GuruGaneshaSingh #AlexDav #RamDass #GratefulDead #TheLumineers #BartonHillsChoir #RichardRohr

READERS: Following AA's tradition, I'm respecting the anonymity of the recipient of this post. To my fellow "Roommate" Congratulations on putting together a lot of steps…a lot of one-day’s-at-a-time… Thanks, too, for sharing with us your accumulated wisdom. At our meetings, when you’re talking, I like how your smiling eyes search around the room looking for receptive hearts with whom to connect…(see "Two Hearts" song further down) ADDED 9/29/22: See "your EYES" at the end of this post for others who experienced this loving gaze... OLD YOU I’ve heard you tell of how people would act when you showed up… …THEY’D LEAVE… Well…my wife recently came upon a quote that seems to describe an opposite type of reaction, after we’ve allowed ourselves to be changed. NEW YOU “A successful life is one so lived that we come into this world crying while the world rejoices, but we leave this world rejoicing while the world cries.” Lost & Found Dept. I’ve selected for you 4 songs. Also included a poem that’s the title of the book that was used to first draw me to the recovery rooms. It’s written by a guy I consider a spiritual father – a guy that George B. also likes. So do folks like U2's front man - Bono - who did a private retreat with Fr. Richard. Two Hearts Beat As One - U2 (04:00) NOTE: For some time now I've been hearing some love songs from a new perspective - as that of Divine Lover to her/his Beloved and/or the reverse: Beloved to Divine Lover. It works for this song. Additionally, this number has several recovery themes. I've put some of them in RED text. "Two Hearts Beat As One" I don't know, I don't know which side I'm on I don't know my right from left or my right from wrong They say I'm a fool, they say I'm nothing But if I'm a fool for you, oh, that's something Two hearts beat as one Two hearts beat as one Two hearts I can't stop to dance, honey, this is my last chance I said, can't stop to dance, maybe this is my last chance Two hearts beat as one Two hearts beat as one Two hearts Beat on black, beat on white Beat on anything, don't get it right Beat on you, beat on me, beat on love I don't know how to say what's got to be said I don't know if it's black or white, there's others see it red I don't get the answers right, I'll leave that to you Is this love out of fashion or is it the time of year? Are these words distraction to the words you wanna hear? Two hearts beat as one Two hearts beat as one Two hearts I try to spit it out, try to explain The way that I feel, oh yeah Two hearts Well, I can't stop to dance, maybe this is my last chance I said I can't stop to dance, maybe this is my last chance I said don't stop to dance, maybe this is my last chance I said I can't stop to dance, maybe this is our last chance I said don't stop to dance, maybe this is our last chance Oh, oh! Kendrick Lamar - Swimming Pools (Drank) (03:51) Pour up (drank), head shot (drank) Sit down (drank), stand up (drank) Pass out (drank), wake up (drank) Faded (drank), faded (drank) Emeli Sandé - Breathing Underwater (03:50) I believe in miracles Cause it's a miracle I'm here Guess you could call me spiritual Cause physical is fear Something like flying Hard to describe it My God, I'm breathing underwater Something like freedom, freedom My God, I'm breathing underwater BREATHING UNDERWATER: The Poem (02:17) --Poem by: Sr. Carol Bieleck, RSCJ (from an unpublished work) --Read by: Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM Justin Hayward - "Lost And Found" (Acoustic) (03:53) I was lost I was wandering in the dark I was searching for the spark That would light my life I was lost I didn't know where I was from I was always on the run Tryin' to find myself I was out on my own Then you brought me back home I was lost But now I'm found I'm so glad that you're around To shelter me Meeting Feedback on Your "EYES" - Added 9/29/22 During our celebration of your 30 years, several people expressed in their own words the power of your gaze - how you looked deeply at them. This reminded me of this passage from the Gospels: Playlist/Praylist of Recovery Songs #music #recovery #AA #12Steps #AlcoholicsAnonymous #Bono #U2 #RichardRohr #KendrickLamar #EmeliSande #JustinHayward

This morning I noticed that there were 11 people in a particular text conversation. If, after reading this, you're curious about these 11, I'll be meeting with them in this shelter from the storm on this Wednesday at 10:30 AM in the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. Call or text me for more...(see "BONUS" at end - a reward for wading in the water...) "11" is a favorite number... AA's 11th Step The Eleven - Grateful Dead --preceded by the William Tell Bridge, which prophetically asks us: "Wonder who will water all the children of the garden When they sigh about the barren lack Of rain and droop so hungry 'neath the sky William Tell has stretched his bow Till it won't stretch no furthermore And/or it will require a change that hasn't come before" Hmm...Sounds like right now... The Eleven, preceded by The William Tell Bridge (03:29) A Remnant:11 Disciples that Remained What a motley crew! A tax collector, a doubter, a denier ---Talk about karma: I'm named after the last two...Thomas Peter... Ahh...but also a disciple of love - John. I'd like to believe that his energy held the tribe together. After all, the Apostles Paul & John tell us AISI: Ol Bill Murrary'd fit right in... "All we need is love...Love is all we need..." (03:48) The Wheel is turning and we can't slow it down... The Wheel - Grateful Dead (07:14) --Utilizing a humorous method, we are reminded of the effects our thoughts, words and actions have on others; and, more importantly: OURSELVES...and our CARma... The 11th Hour Turning 75 on Tuesday I'm more aware than ever of the passage of the sands of time... The Byrds + Bob Dylan - Turn Turn Turn + Mr Tambourine Man 2/24/90 (10:11) BONUS I see this as one of my favorite parts of writing...of exploring possibilities...The clip from "St. Vincent" that I chose showed me that I'd never seen that movie. Can't wait... St. Vincent w/Bill Murray - Trailer (02:31) FYI - He states that the childcare gig will pay him... YUP! $11 an hour... Thematically related... RAGE against...REST in...the dying of the light #music #GratefulDead #AA #12Steps #AlcoholicsAnonymous #recovery #JulianOfNorwitch #Psalm90 #TheByrds #BobDylan #TheBeatles Sent from my iPhone

AUTUMNAL EQUINOX… RAGE... Summer rages at the dying of the light… ADDED 9/22/22 8:08 AM It's likely this part was inspired by these experiences: a recent 3-day hospitalization for a mini-stroke that caused double-vision a recent fall while crossing Hempstead Turnpike on my way to Witches Brew to fill my cup the approaching 75th anniversary of my incarnation (9/27/47) into this present form... and, perhaps most significantly...the inner work I'm undergoing that's challenging me to be more aware of and LET GO of energy-draining patterns of behavior...so, I can BE WHO I AM...for whatever time I have remaining in this world of form... ...all this said, my cup runneth over...I AM blessed...and so happy to have fellow sojourners like you... Do not go gentle into that good night - Dylan Thomas (01:33) “You know the day destroys the night Night divides the day Tried to run, tried to hide…” The Doors - Music Video - Break on Through REST... Then a Libran calmness descends…as we follow nature's lead into rest... Mabon (Autumn Equinox Music) by Miguel Berkemeier 🍂 (02:38) Music for Mabon - Autumn Equinox songs (Summer's End) (39:18) Mabon - Omnia (06:17) Bob Dylan: A Song for...A Man for...ALL SEASONS Turn, Turn, Turn & Mr. Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan & The Byrds (10:11) Dead...but Still with Us... The Wheel - Jerry Garcia (04:02) --"The Wheel" from Jerry Garcia's debut solo album 'Garcia'. Written by Robert Hunter & Jerry Garcia. Video directed & created by Justin Kreutzmann (son of drummer Bill K). http://www.JerryGarcia.com From Previous Turnings of the Season Autumn…Falling Leaves…Rising Hopes Seasons Change and So Do We Cosmic Song for Autumnal Equinox: Day/Night...Yin/Yang #music #TheDoors #DylanThomas #MiguelBerkemeier #Omnia #BobDylan #TheByrds #JerryGarcia

Calling all lovers of art...and nature... What: Artist's Reception by LI's Women Sharing Art, Inc. When: Sun. Sept. 18, 2022 from 1-4 PM Where: Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Great River, NY Why: I know Y I'm going...How 'bout U? Eileen and I will be participating and we are inviting interested souls to join in the fun and adventures. As part of our time on these sacred grounds, we'll also take some "sole" time and stroll around among the tree creatures... Borrowing the wisdom from A.A. and St. Francis, my perception of "G-d" as I understand "G-d" is of...an artist...musician...poet...gardener...feel free to add your own... Bayard Cutting Arboretum website "G-d" as Artist... Women Sharing Art, Inc. website While exploring their site, I spotted someone I know - Doris Diamond - who's part of Multicultural Solidarity of LI and their Friendship Circles. This is a great circle to run around with and I've met several that I've been hanging out with. One of these folks introduced me to the Arboretum. Thanks, Harriet!!! See info at end of post for more... Here's Doris's bio on this site. Check it out to see how this amazing woman sees...depicts...and interacts with our shared world... Upon seeing this at last week's exploration, the watercolor image recalled this next song. As I'm receiving this post, it's a grey day here in West Hempstead... "G-d" as Musician... Dangling Conversation - Simon & Garfunkel (02:48) --The creatively apropos images in this video recall what an amazing journey these two made...from Queens College to Greenwich Village...and the world... I luv stuff I find while I'm looking for something else..."hear's" one from a few days ago...join me and we go into the woods... SLOOOOOOOOW DOWN...WE MOVE TOOOOOO FASSSSST... Let's give ourselves permission to slow down...even for a few moments. Enjoy nature and the company of friends and fellow travelers on life's paths... 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) - Simon & Garfunkel (03:12) --where else but in NYC Same song with Art, his son and his wife (01:57) "G-d" as Gardener... Being There Movie Trailer (02:51) Gloria - Amadeus - A Concert in Nature - The Electric String Quartet (04:16) "G-d" as a Poet...and Musician My Mother, the poet... --You can read a little here on Amazon. --I credit my own love for words and wordplay from my early home environment. Mom wrote and Dad punned. Later, when I was leaving home (for the umteenth time), they invited themselves to accompany me as I followed Horace Greeley's "Go West, young man" and drove across the country to California in 1973 in my '65 VW Microbus... Picture yourself in a Bus on a highway... Oops... Dad rode shotgun taking pictures (one of his many hobbies) and Mom sat in back writing poetry. Whenever I replay this scene, I imagine another S&G road song - "America." As I listened again just now, I imagined that it's being sung by my Dad to my Mom. She was a Catherine, and though Dad called her "Katie" and not "Cathy/Kathy"...it still works. When I returned to NY in 1975, I was destined to renew my casual relationship with Eileen. The way she tells it, she KNEW I'd be back for her...I didn't...but AM SO GLAD I did!!! Three of my sisters flew to California and made the return voyage with me. Lotsa great memories... America - Simon and Garfunkel (03:36) --I'm surprised that there aren't more videos with nature and road trip images... No sooner did I speak...type...then this roadtrippin' cover version appeared...it adds the female perspective... America - The Swingles cover of Simon and Garfunkel's tune (04:13) ...and the moon rose over an open field..." --Sept. 2022 Harvest Moon taken in the George Washington Elementary School field across from our home "G-d" as a...Bridge...Train...Rolling Stone... Driving NYC's Ed Koch Queensboro (59th Street) Bridge Outer Roadway (it's a 4:02 video...without traffic : ))) ) --In my 20's as a taxi driver, I crossed that bridge "when I came to it" many times... Across the 59th Street Bridge & Back: Sights, Smells and Sounds from the G Train --Hilarious!!! Add likes if, like me, you enjoy NYC subways and trains in general... Here's Mick to tell us about "wants" and "needs." You Can’t Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones (04:28) Want...Need...more tree time??? Contact me and I'll let you know more about the folks that invited me to sit among the trees...Here's our gathering place near the Manor House in the Arboretum... Next gathering: Sept. 28 @ 10:30 AM... #art #music #humor #CatherineTittmann #SimonandGarfunkel #RollingStones #DorisDiamond #Swingles #TheElectricStringQuartet

Part 2: SECOND SET Part 2 of a post I did earlier to the Wharf Rats Facebook Group - a partying, life-saving and life-enhancing Grateful Dead sober group. "An 'OXYMORON'?" you might ask. Naw, one of these (see next image)... FYI - Part 1 is below...and, "if you get confused...listen to the music play..." It’s Sunday so I’m taking the opportunity to preach about my favorite band…and will “Dew” this via some of my favorite “evangelists of song”, including those sung from the hearts of our children… We are encouraged to become as little children… I asked Dad and Mom's permission to photo this little Deadhead at the Half Step show. She was one of many such heart-warming and smile-producing moments - that included: electric hula hoops, glow-in-the-dark bracelets and necklaces, very cool "ink" (tats) and, of course, amazing tee shirts and other wearables... "Weir" never to old to grow young... [My Higher Power has used children as a major part of my salvation “trip”…beginning with the morning I joined some of my younger siblings and showed up at a church program for children with disabilities…showed up still high from the previous night’s “dosed and confused” partying…] It's one of many amazing stories on this long, strange and wonder-filled trip...called LIFE... BARTON HILLS CHILDREN'S CHOIR (YouTube Channel) Under the capable direction of Gavin Tabone, the children and their version of "Ripple" was led by guest musician David Gans (see below) located in a musical capital of our US of A: Austin, TX Ripple - Barton Hills Children’s Choir (04:04) DAVID GANS (21st CENTURY MUSICIAN) (from intro to Wikipedia - see it for links...) David Gans (born October 29, 1953) is an American musician, songwriter, and music journalist. He is a guitarist, and is known for incisive, literate songwriting. He is also noted for his music loop work, often creating spontaneous compositions in performance. He is the co-author of the book Playing in the Band: An Oral and Visual Portrait of the Grateful Dead, and the host of the weekly syndicated radio show The Grateful Dead Hour. He currently co-hosts a radio show with Gary Lambert on Sirius XM's The Grateful Dead Channel called Tales from the Golden Road, a call-in show about the Grateful Dead. And "Furthur" down in this piece... He has performed onstage with members of the Grateful Dead, The Schwag, JGB, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, Donna the Buffalo, Peter Rowan, Ollabelle, The Waybacks, Blueground Undergrass, Dark Star Orchestra, Keller Williams, moe., Hot Buttered Rum, the Rowan Brothers, and Henry Kaiser. DAVID GANS (16th CENTURY STAR-GAZER, PHILOSOPHER...) (from intro to Wikipedia - see it for links and footnote references...) Later he attended the lectures of the Maharal of Prague and of his brother, Rabbi Sinai. They introduced philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy into the circle of their studies, and from them Gans received the impulse to devote himself to these branches of science. He lived for a time in Nordheim (where he studied Euclid), passed several years in his native city of Lippstadt, and then in about 1564 settled in Prague. There he came into contact with Kepler and Tycho Brahe, and took part for three consecutive days in astronomical observations at the Prague observatory. He was charged with the translation of the Alfonsine Tables from Hebrew into German by Tycho Brahe.[2] His grave in the Old Jewish Cemetery in Prague is marked with a Star of David and a goose (gans means goose in Yiddish). The star of David, in Hebrew called a "Magen David", alludes to his work titled ``Magen David.[3][4] PLAYING FOR CHANGE BAND Ripple - Playing for Change Band (02:27) —featuring The Chicago Children’s Choir, Jerry’s daughter Keelin, Bill Kreutzmann, Jimmy Buffett at the Montauk Lighthouse, David Crosby in LA, and grateful musicians from around our shared globe. FYI - PFC’s 501c3 Foundation builds music programs so children in underserved parts of our common home can experience the wonders of music. ROCK AND ROLL PLAYHOUSE A Grateful Father’s Day at the Rock and Roll Playhouse (2019) (02:40) An entire show from Brooklyn 2018 (1:03:04) --included Davis Gans and the Barton Hills Choir Their entire 2019 show from Brooklyn (1:25:53) And like our band of brothers and sisters and others, they're INCLUSIVE!!! JOIN THE MOVEMENT!!! LET’S MAKE SOME RIPPLES!!! Part 1: FIRST SET 🅡🅞🅛🅛 🅐🅦🅐🅨 🅣🅗🅔 🅓🅔🅦🅑🅘🅔🅢… …friends of Jerry can “Dew” life SOBER…and still have FUN…now that Big Daddy (i.e., Higher Power) “has taken the T-Bird away”…and the Southern Comfort, Johnny Walker, Tito (but not Puente), Bailey’s, add your faves…BUT! Not the Ripple! (I’ll explain in my next post - see Part 2 above) I’m sure Red Foxx would approve. As I recall, he’s the comedian who once said on a Sanford and Son episode: “What do you get when you mix cream soda and Ripple? Cripple!” Nuf said! More of his humor here. AND, when in sobriety we get “Dazed and Confused” - and want to go back to our “old ways” (excluding “Old and in the Way” ways) - our Teachers guide us back to the “straight and narrow” path with the words of wisdom in the meme below. FYI - I’m writing this “under the influence” of a heart-expanding and fun night of “playing in the sand” on Friday at the Jones Beach Bandshell where the magic of Half Step helped my feet tell my mind where to go…where to grOW! And, I SO ENJOYED the company of a fellow Deadhead who I met the day before at my home group at the Witches Brew Coffee House in West Hempstead (Thursday’s 11-11:55 am). We got connected because he overheard me telling another Stepper about the Half Step show…There AREN’T any coincidences…Agree? Oh! and I got a booster shot of their musical medicine just now - as I listened to this “treat for our feet” Dead-on dance number (link below). I found it while looking for something fun to send to a friend who’s in the hospital recovering (aren’t we all?) from hip replacement surgery. Done by a very creative YouTuber (Lolo Yodel) who knit together the video selections of other “grate” “Tubers” who dig the Grateful Dead. You’ll frequently find me in town “Dancin’ in the Streets” to one of the “grate” videos done by masters of their craft like: Jack Abramson, Knut Masco and others… Grateful Dead Dancing Mix (10:05) a mash up by LoloYodel ENCORE ("any more...any more...any more...any more...) ...from two of my greatest influences... Jerry made more than a few Ripples in the still waters of our shared cosmos --(my post on his 2021 Birthday) Jerry, R.I.P.ple... #music #humor #WharfRats #HalfStep #GratefulDead #BartonHillsChoir #RockAndRollPlayhouse

THERA FARMS: FOOD & MUSIC THERApea Continuing our summer series on Facebook ("SUMMER CUM LOUDAY"), today’s song was inspired by some DEEEElicious organic watermelon I foraged on Saturday at Thera Farms in Brentwood. It’s located on the cool campus of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Brentwood. After a monthly men's circle (2nd Sat.) on the campus, several of my Muses (Musical Muse & Mealtime Muse) combined to entice me to explore other parts of these sacred grounds...but not before I spent a wonder-filled hour in their labyrinth. Then onto the Farm... I will be posting more about that day’s adventures, including my time at Thera Farms - where I was treated to friendly service, delicious food and live jazz. Here's a link to their Facebook page. (1) “T-Man? In our 20’s (no, not the Roaring ones), my surfing and partying friends used to call me “T-Man” – never exactly sure where the nickname originated…but, musing…I have 4 “T’s” in my first and last names and, then and now, I dig teas. "'scuse me while I kiss the sky..." Song reference inspired by a delicious PURPLE PEPPER from Thera Farms - my first of this shade. "Peter Piper picked a peck of purple peppers..." MUSICAL BACKGROUND Watermelon Man (Wikipedia) --if you dig musical stuff, get into this article - filled with references to jazz, Afro-Cuban, R&B, Herbie Hancock (composer), Mongo Santamaria (most popular cover and in the 1998 Grammy Hall of Fame). -- Recalling the piece, Hancock said, "I remember the cry of the watermelon man making the rounds through the back streets and alleys of Chicago. The wheels of his wagon beat out the rhythm on the cobblestones." The tune, based on a bluesy piano riff, drew on elements of R&B, soul jazz and bebop, all combined into a pop hook Let’s remember the people who are picking the crops…hot sun, backbreaking work…when possible, try to find out if they’re being treated fairly. As is my custom, I take my time looking thru search results to find appropriate versions. I check out the thumbnails to see what catches my imagination. Animations are a fav. So, “hear’s” one: THE TUNE Watermelon Man performed by Ramón "Mongo" Santamaria Animated - Coooool (03:32) Mongo Santamaria...... Watermelon Man LIVE 1980 (04:48) Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (11:14) --this is a combination of the jazz legend talking about how the song came to be and his playing parts from both his original and later versions (this one influenced in part by the guy who copied Hancock – Mongo Santamaria). Miles Davis - Herbie Hancock - Watermelon Man (08:07) --all that jazz gotta satisfy your soul...for MORE... The Headhunters ft. Harvey Mason 'Watermelon Man', live at Band on the Wall 09:58) (from video description) Led by founding percussionist Bill Summers; the line-up featured Harvey Mason standing in for drummer Mike Clark. Mason and Summers both featured on Herbie Hancock's Headhunters LP, from which this version of Watermelon Man originates. Joining them for this performance were bassist Chris Severin and keyboardist Kyle Roussel. (from the Wikipedia article at the top) - Go to the article to see additional background at the many hyperlinks in the piece) On the intro and outro of the tune, percussionist Bill Summers blows into beer bottles imitating hindewhu, a style of singing/whistle-playing found in Pygmy music of Central Africa. Hancock and Summers were struck by the sound, which they heard on the ethnomusicology album The Music of the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies (1966) by Simha Arom and Geneviève Taurelle. KIDZ KORNER...MUSIC ROOM Regular readers know that I like to include children in my posts, especially those with music. Music often does what things like politics, religion, race and nationality cannot - BRING FOLKS TOGETHER (Food's a second). FYI - On Saturday, a lot of children were at Thera Frams and they graciously invited their parents to sample the organic treats. Watermelon Man for Kids by Herbie Hancock | Mr. Boom Boom's Music Room | Black History for Kids (02:58) Next one features kids from around the globe joining together in song to the Bobby McFerrin classic. It's produced by Playing for Change - a group I frequently cite in my posts. In addition with collaborating with some of the world's top music makers, they build music schools in under-served corners of our shared world - so children can has the experiences that only music can bring. Don't Worry Be Happy (Bobby McFerrin) | Playing For Change | Song Around The World (03:59) PERCUSSION IS A "DEAD" END... Enjoying the fine percussion in these jazzy jams, I went looking to see if one of favorite percussionists - Mickey Hart - had a video up of him doing Watermelon Man. No, but that gives me an opportunity to give you some leads and free passes to the other projects this former Grateful Dead drummer is into. As part of his Planet Drum project, Mickey collaborated with Playing for Change to produced this next number. Don't be shy...be SLY and get up and "dance to the music..." King Clave | Planet Drum ft. Mickey Hart | Playing For Change | Song Around The World (02:48) WHETTING YER APPETITE FOR MORE THERApy I asked permission to take Teddy's picture... #music #humor #TheraFarms #HerbieHancock #MongoSantamaria #MilesDavis #JimiHendrix #MickeyHart #PlayingForChange

...from tenement halls to concert halls...writing on subway walls...til misuse of power falls... ...nearly all of them...others and ours...around our shared globe...spinning out of control...it's time for a change from merely changing "diapers" from RED to BLUE and back again... …BUT NOT to GREEN...for as some see it, the $tring$ of the puppet$ on both LEFT and RIGHT are pulled by different monied interest$, each with their own agenda$. Money - Pink Floyd (04:43) --all the lyrics and video imagery point to the lunacy...of greed...excesses...of those who've made it to the top...and turn their eyes and hearts away from the plight of the " ragged people in the poorer quarters..." [NOTE: "For the LOVE of money is the root of all kinds of evil." 1 Timothy 6:10 In and of itself, money is not evil. It's needed for basic living standards. The problem arises when someone turns a deaf ear to the cries of the poor.] The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel (05:16) "...a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest..." Perhaps, PINK might offer a viable alternative...at least in helping expose the truth that the EMPEROR hasn't any clothes...(see below for what the Prophet Bob says about this...) Pink Floyd...Brain Damage (06:26) 𝙄 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩, "𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙆𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙙𝙮𝙨?" 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚 --Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones (06:22) 𝑾𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑫𝑶 𝑾𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻 𝑻𝑶 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑹𝑻 𝑨 𝑫𝑰𝑭𝑭𝑬𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑻 𝑪𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑺𝑬??? I'm starting with the man in the mirror I'm asking him to change his ways And no message could have been any clearer If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself and then make a change Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson (05:03) Within you Without you - The Beatles (05:04) We were talking about the space between us all And the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion Never glimpse the truth, then it's far too late, when they pass away We were talking about the love we all could share When we find it, to try our best to hold it there with our love With our love, we could save the world, if they only knew Try to realise it's all within yourself No one else can make you change And to see you're really only very small And life flows on within you and without you We were talking about the love that's gone so cold And the people who gain the world and lose their soul They don't know, they can't see, are you one of them? When you've seen beyond yourself then you may find Peace of mind is waiting there And the time will come when you see we're all one And life flows on within you and without you 𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔... Art can help us SEE...lunaSEE... ...But we gotta be willing to look...really look...with more than our rational mind... "Trouble with you is The trouble with me Got two good eyes But we still don't see" --Casey Jones - Grateful Dead ...we need a deeper faculty...to SEE what lies beyond the veil Grateful Dead's 'Scarlet Begonias' by the Barton Hills Choir and DeadEye (04:00) It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - Bob Dylan (07:30) Lyrics: (𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙨) Darkness at the break of noon Shadows even the silver spoon The handmade blade, the child's balloon Eclipses both the sun and moon To understand you know too soon There is no sense in trying Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn Suicide remarks are torn From the fool's gold mouthpiece The hollow horn plays wasted words 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙄𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙮 𝙙𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 Temptation's page flies out the door You follow, find yourself at war Watch waterfalls of pity roar You feel to moan but unlike before You discover that you'd just be One more person crying So don't fear if you hear A foreign sound to your ear It's alright, Ma, I'm only sighing As some warn victory, some downfall Private reasons great or small Can be seen in the eyes of those that call To make all that should be killed to crawl While others say don't hate nothing at all Except hatred Disillusioned words like bullets bark As human gods aim for their mark Made everything from toy guns that spark To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark It's easy to see without looking too far That not much is really sacred While preachers preach of evil fates Teachers teach that knowledge waits Can lead to hundred-dollar plates Goodness hides behind its gates 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙙 An' though the rules of the road have been lodged It's only people's games that you got to dodge And it's alright, Ma, I can make it Advertising signs that con you Into thinking you're the one That can do what's never been done That can win what's never been won Meantime life outside goes on All around you You lose yourself, you reappear You suddenly find you got nothing to fear Alone you stand with nobody near When a trembling distant voice, unclear Startles your sleeping ears to hear That somebody thinks They really found you. A question in your nerves is lit Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy Ensure you not to quit To keep it in your mind and not forget 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙩 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙄 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙈𝙖, 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙤. For them that must obey authority That they do not respect in any degree Who despise their jobs, their destiny Speak jealously of them that are free Do what they do just to be Nothing more than something They invest in. 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙎𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙗𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙜 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙊𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙏𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙮 "𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙢". 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙞𝙧 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙩𝙮'𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙞𝙣. But I mean no harm nor put fault 𝙊𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙫𝙖𝙪𝙡𝙩 But it's alright, Ma, if I can't please him. 𝙊𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙨 𝙇𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙚𝙭, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙏𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙛𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙨, 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠, 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙮. While them that defend what they cannot see With a killer's pride, security It blows the minds most bitterly For them that think death's honesty Won't fall upon them naturally Life sometimes Must get lonely. My eyes collide head-on with stuffed graveyards False goals, I scoff At pettiness which plays so rough Walk upside-down inside handcuffs Kick my legs to crash it off Say okay, I have had enough What else can you show me? 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩-𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩, 𝙈𝙖, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮. Simon & Garfunkel - The Sound of Silence (from The Concert in Central Park) (03:58) POST...POSTSCRIPT... Want to leave us with a hopeful message about solutions that can help us find unity amidst diversity...Once there, we'll be led from WITHIN...and not manipulated from WITHOUT... ...if not for us...then for our children... One Love – 1World Children's Chorus: Celebrating Bob Marley (02:56) "Peace Train" featuring Yusuf / Cat Stevens | Playing For Change | Song Around The World (04:09) PLAYLIST (all 11 songs): Take it with you into your halls... #music #PinkFloyd #RollingStones #BobDylan #MichaelJackson #SimonAndGarfunkel #PlayingForChange #YusufCatStevens #BobMarley #BartonHillsChoir #GratefulDead #Beatles #GeorgeHarrison 0 Comments