MAIN ACT: GRATEFUL DEAD IN EGYPT 1978 The next article contains videos to a few of the songs they did in this place of spiritual energy. included is a short ABC News video about this historic event in which they tell us that it was a fundraiser for handicapped children and the Antiquities Museum in Cairo. [more from the article] The Dead were joined on this trip by the counterculture author Ken Kesey (not to mention Bill Graham and Bill Walton ) who apparently captured footage on Super‑8 reels. (Watch it above.) Kesey himself later tried to explain the symbolism of the visit, saying: “The people who were there recognized this as a respectful and holy event that went back to something we can all just barely glimpse, them and us both. Our relationship to ancient humans. To this place on the planet. To the planet’s place in the universe. All that cosmic stuff is what the Dead are based on. The Egyptians could understand that.” When the Grateful Dead Played at the Egyptian Pyramids, in the Shadow of the Sphinx (1978) - Open Culture Comic Intermission  King Tut - SNL (03:34) See the 3 AM reflections at the end of this post on what to do BEFORE offering our gifts at the altar... SECOND ACT The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (Official Video) (03:22) ENCORE: "There's a Grateful Dead song for every occasion" I've used this observation in other posts...It originated with a comment made by my friend Steve Bermont - a fellow surfer, Steve was my automotive guru and taught me how, as he termed it, "to play with cars" ...beginning with the Volkswagens we both drove: His Beetle and my Microbus . "Trouble with you is The trouble with me Got two good eyes But we still don't see" --Grateful Dead: "Casey Jones" Eye of Providence - Wikipedia [from the article] The Eye of Providence  or All-Seeing Eye  is a symbol depicting an eye, often enclosed in a triangle and surrounded by rays of light or a halo, intended to represent Providence, as the eye watches over the workers of mankind. A well-known example of the Eye of Providence appears on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States , which is depicted on the United States one-dollar bill. I grew up learning about life from cartoons....and I'm still learning...like from this CARTUNE... READER: Folks that associate the Grateful Dead with drugs miss their deeper messages about life...both it light and dark sides...Reflections on this follow this song... "Casey Jones" - Grateful Dead | StonerTV (04:30) THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD " Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world" Folks that associate the Grateful Dead with the drug culture miss their deeper messages about life...both it light and dark sides... My main authority David Dodd on things DEAD... [from the next article] Thinking about the juxtaposition of the two songs, we have “Estimated Prophet,” with its maniacal raving deluded character, very much inwardly-focused, and then, bam: “Wake up!” as the chorus begins in “Eyes of the World.” Of course, the prophet in Estimated does accuse his listeners with the line... “you all been asleep, you would not believe me...” ...but “Eyes” seems to say that the sleeper may have been the prophet. Sometimes criticized, lyrically, as being a bit too hippy-dippy for its own good, “Eyes of the World” might be heard as conveying a message of hope, viewing human consciousness as having value for the planet as a whole. There are echoes in the song of a wide range of literary and musical influences, from Blaise Pascal to (perhaps) Ken Kesey ; from talk of a redeemer to the title of the song itself. Greatest Stories Ever Told - "Eyes Of The World" The tune... There was a special relationship between the band and their followers. Here drummer Bill Kreutzmann receives a personalized license from a GRATE-FULL fan: Here's my version...from a 2022 Half Step gig at the Malverne, NY LIRR station with friend and fellow DEADHEAD Brian Barry : Grateful Dead - Eyes Of The World (Winterland 10/19/74) (Official Live Video) (07:12) Eyes Of The World Lyrics By: Robert Hunter Music By: Jerry Garcia Right outside this lazy summer home (note 1) You ain't got time to call your soul a critic, no Right outside the lazy gate Of winter's summer home Wondering where the nuthatch winters Wings a mile long Just carried the bird away Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world But the heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own Wake now discover that you are the song that the morning brings But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own There comes a redeemer a nd he slowly, too, fades away And there follows his wagon behind him that's loaded with clay And the seeds that were silent all burst into bloom and decay And night comes so quiet, its close on the heels of the day Sometimes we live no particular way but our own And sometimes we visit your country and live in your home Sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own (1) in at least one early performance of the song (28 Feb 1973, on Dick's Picks Vol 28), Jerry sings "Right outside this lazy country home" AFTER THE SHOW: 3 AM CONSIDERATIONS ON FORGIVENESS AND THE PART IT PLAYS IN THE AWAKENING OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS... First, the lighter side... Got up to go to the bathroom... " Angels PROSTATE fall ..." Seeing King Steve preparing to offer his blender to the gods...I recalled these wise words about the paramount importance of FORGIVENESS : Now, some grist for the mill...from two fellow travelers who continue to help me walk the path of awakening... 2/3's of the Gospels is about FORGIVENESS and INCLUSIVITY... Richard Rohr: Jesus' Teaching about Forgiveness (02:23) [from the next article] Question: I’d like to know about forgiveness as a bridge between the separate self and the awakened soul.   Ram Dass : That’s a nice way of phrasing the question. It’s a step on a ladder that goes from dualism into non-dualism. Because as you forgive or allow or acknowledge or say “Of course you’re human” or “We all do that” or something, you open your heart again which embraces the person or the situation back into you, which allows the play. See, every time you close off something with judgment, it’s as if you take a bit of energy and you lock it away and make it unavailable to you. Until pretty soon you are exhausted. You don’t have any energy, because you are so busy. Click the next link to continue these reflections... Forgiveness and the Awakened Soul - Ram Dass #music #humor #Wednesday #HumpDay #GratefulDead #DavidDodd #camel #Egypt #JerryGarcia #SteveMartin #KingTut #TheBangles #SteveBermont #surfing #VWBeetle #VMMicrobus #forgiveness #inclusivity #RichardRohr #RamDass

BACKSTORY Keith, Hi! I was with John and Jill Payne earlier at the Double L bar in Hicksville seeing a mutual old friend Kelly Schmidt and her all-girl band mates known as Pandora’s Vox .  While there he noticed some people had posted on Facebook that today is your birthday …. HAPPY ARRIVAL DATE!!! Several hours later after dancing the afternoon away, I was sitting in my basement wondering what kind of greeting to send your way to celebrate who you are and how that’s enriched many lives including mine. Again, channeling Bob: "Tommy's in the basement mixing up the medicine..." Rx: So, here’s my medicinal song/gift: MAIN ACT The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes (from One For The Road) (07:25) Their tune made references to good guys and bad guys - characters you share with us in your great film presentations…This next song follows that thread: ON THE SAME BILL... Why..this could be the Beach Boys version of Felina and Rosa's Cantina... The Beach Boys SMiLE Sessions - Heroes and Villains Music Video (04:54) MORE MUSICAL CONNECTIONS... Staying in the dramatic territory of "Good guys" and "Bad guys", my affinity for another band combined these threads and reminded me of the classic Marty Robbins Western tale "El Paso"... Here's current owner Oscar Lopez on the right with chef Martha in the middle... ...Fred Powers - A Rosa's regular... Oldest Bar in El Paso - The One and Only Rosa's Cantina, El Paso Texas (06:49) The narrator's mention that after visiting Rosa's Cantina , he penned the song just a mere 102 miles away...This timing reminded me of my recent meeting with Janis Joplin in the nearby parking lot at Whole Foods and a post that followed within a few short hours. Marty Robbins - El Paso (Live) (04:43) "THERE'S A GRATEFUL DEAD SONG FOR EVERY OCCASION" Returning readers know this is an occasional feature in my posts. It originated from the life experiences of friend, Deadhead, fellow surfer and Volkswagen repair mentor: Steve Bermont. KEITH: I subscribe to this uploader - Jack Cerro - because, like you, he’s also a creative filmmaker  Grateful Dead El Paso Freedom Hall Louiville, Ky. 06-18-1974 This is Bobby’s song... Grateful Dead - El Paso - 6-26-94 I decided to hang around a little longer in the Southwest...  Another Western tale featuring Bobby riding rhythm saddle... Grateful Dead - Me & My Uncle / Mexicali Blues - 12/31/1981 - Oakland Auditorium (Official) ROGUES GALLERY You might be wondering about the photo of Keith I grabbed from his Facebook page for the post's thumbnail. It's a play on words of Dylan's original lyrics: "I was so much YOUNGER then...I'm OLDER than that now..." Keith's Facebook page Keith's Website One of several posts on my friend Keith: Keith Crocker can help: “If you get confused, listen to the music play” Celluloid Heroes Everybody's a dreamer And everybody's a star And everybody's in movies It doesn't matter who you are There are stars in every city In every house and on every street And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard Their names are written in concrete Don't step on Greta Garbo As you walk down the boulevard She looks so weak and fragile That's why she tried to be so hard But they turned her into a princess And they sat her on a throne But she turned her back on stardom Because she wanted to be alone You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of People who worked, and suffered and struggled for fame Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain (yeah) Rudolph Valentino looks very much alive And he looks up ladies dresses As they sadly pass him by Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi 'Cause he's liable to turn and bite But stand close by Bette Davis Because hers was such a lonely life If you covered him with garbage George Sanders would still have style And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney He would still turn 'round and smile But please, don't tread on dearest Marilyn 'Cause she's not very tough She should have been made of iron or steel But she was only made of flesh and blood You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of Oh, people who worked and suffered and struggled for fame Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain Everybody's a dreamer And everybody's a star And everybody's in show-biz It doesn't matter who you are And those who are successful Be always on your guard Success walks hand in hand with failure Along Hollywood Boulevard I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain And celluloid heroes never really die You can see all the stars as you walk along Hollywood Boulevard Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of People who worked, and suffered and struggled for fame Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain La-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la Oh, celluloid heroes never feel any pain Oh, celluloid heroes never really die I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain And celluloid heroes never really die Songwriters: Raymond Douglas Davies. For non-commercial use only. #music #humor #KeithCrocker #JohnPayne #JillPayne #KellySchmidt #DoubleL #PandorasVox #Hicksville #TheKinks #TheBeachBoys #ElPaso #MartyRobbins #RosasCantina #OscarLopez #FredPowers #Martha #WholeFoods #GratefulDead #BobWeir #SteveBermont #NRPS #NewRidersPurpleSage #RoguesGallery #JackCerro

SETTING THE STAGE Today, in the parking lot at Garden City's Whole Foods, this combination of logos ("Logos") fired my imagination... ...and I actually started singing her song to passers by... Keith Crocker, you should be proud of one of your students of music... YUP! as shown by these other logos on today's Beamer... I MUST MAKE AMENDS... OPENING ACT Advert featuring Janis Joplin - "Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz" (01:01) SOUND CHECK “Selling Janis Joplin” 1995 - The Pop History Dig NEXT...A BACKSTAGE PAPARAZZI PASS... ...that scales the terrain from the halls of power to the ordinary folks at the bottom of society... Meanwhile...A messiah walks among the downtrodden...preaching FREEDOM to the captives... Janis Joplin: Mercedes-Benz, clip (03:48) Here's another cool version with great photos... Janis Joplin-Mercedes Benz(original) (01:49) And here's that Porsche she's singing about... "THERE'S A GRATEFUL DEAD SONG FOR EVERY OCCASION" ...so says friend Steve Bermont, fellow surfer who taught me the fine art of "playing with cars"...that became my CAReer path. I started out on burgundy (V Dubs) and soon hit the harder stuff (Lincolns...) Janis & Pigpen...sharing the LOVELIGHT... Grateful Dead & Janis Joplin - Lovelight 1970-07-16 (19:41) GOT HER PICTURE IN THE POST OFFICE...AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING!!! U.S. Postal Service Honors Groundbreaking Singer Janis Joplin on Limited-Edition Forever Stamp --Stamp Available Today Online and at Post Offices Nationwide August 08, 2014   BTW - She shares the August 8th publication date with Saint Dominic Guzman, the patron saint of astronomers... Meanwhile, in other corners of our shared concert hall (globe)... THE "27" CLUB Both Ron "Pigpen" McKernan and Janis Joplin are members... The 27 Club: A Brief History - Rolling Stone ENCORE... I mentioned this musical influencer above and have learned from his vast knowledge base about things relating to music. His presentations at colleges, libraries and other venues are always fun and informative. Here's a post I penned a few months ago from my hospital room - my first-ever created solely...souly...on my iPhone... Keith Crocker can help: “If you get confused, listen to the music play” You can check out his offerings in music and horror and other topics on his Facebook site. #music #humor #WholeFoods #ParkingLot #Janis #JanisJoplin #MercedesBenz #BMW #messiah #GratefulDead #Pigpen #RonMcKernan #SteveBermont #PostOffice #stamp #Beamer #ProsperityGospel #27Club #RollingStone #KeithCrocker

Reflections after hearing today of the passing of a fellow human being... Horst Schiesz , a fellow member of the LI Baha'i community. He previously worked for Entenmann's Bakery is now making angel cakes...It's a FULL-TIME job and I heard the benefits are "out of this world..." BUT...there's still an occasional rush order... ...and some "Thou shalt nots"... Here's his most recent Facebook image: PROMOTED FROM ANGEL CAKES TO DONUTS... ...Maybe even figure eights... How to Perform the Perfect Donut (02:40) SHOWROOM...A Big man and his Big ride... Largest Cars of the 1970s: The 1975 Buick Electra Was More than a "225" / Deuce-N-A-Quarter (12:34) GALLERY Walking each other home............. Regular readers will know that in his seminal book "BE HERE NOW" , in 1968 when I was 21, Ram Dass introduced me for the first time to a LOVING version of "G-d" ... For this and other reasons, he's always had a special place in my heart ... Younger... Reels by Dierks Bentley Walking Each Other Home - Dierks Bentley (03:43) Older... "We Are All Just Walking Each Other Home," Blue Ridge Threshold Choir, Oct 5, '18 (02:35) Our animal Companions... FOR THOSE OF US STILL WALKING THE PATH... Ram Dass – Here and Now – Ep. 133 – Walking Each Other Home with Mirabai Bush (58:22) WALKING EACH OTHER HOME Kerouac gave me a book of poems And Silverstein gave me a song And Martin gave me a D18 so I could play along And they've all been fine companions To help me get to where I'm goin' I guess we're all just walkin' each other home Well I gave the first one my class ring And she taught me how to hope And the third one taught me how to keep on Bending till you're broke And broke is where you found me And you turned me right to gold I guess we're all just walkin' each other home So take the low road, take the high road Take whatever road you're on Sometimes the wrong one leads you right Sometimes the right one leads you wrong And the world just keeps on spinnin' So find a hand for holdin' on 'Cause we're all just walkin' each other home Two men sittin' on a bench, new friends growin' old White and black and laughin' at some story being told Throwin' breadcrumbs to the sparrows Now that both their wives are gone I guess we're all just walkin' each other home So take the low road, take the high road Take whatever road you're on Sometimes the wrong one leads you right And sometimes the right one leads you wrong But the world just keeps on spinnin' So find a hand for holdin' on 'Cause we're all just walkin' each other home (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh) (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh) One day sons turn into dads And one day dads turn into dust Can't tell if I was leadin' him, or if he was leadin' us And even though I might get lonely I'll always know I'm not alone 'Cause we're all just walkin' each other home So take the low road, take the high road Take whatever road you're on Sometimes the wrong one leads you right Sometimes the right one leads you wrong And the world just keeps on spinnin' So find a hand for holdin' on 'Cause we're all just walkin' each other home Walkin' each other home We're all just walkin' each other home Songwriters: Dierks Bentley, John Osborne, Luke Dick. For non-commercial use only. #music #humor #HorstSchiesz #Bahai #Entenmanns #bakery #RamDass #AngelCakes #donuts #Electra225 #DierksBentley #BlueRidgeThresholdChoir #MirabaiBush

Celebrated by Christians as "Resurrection Sunday" ...I'm "hear" to offer some unorthodox interpretations... I chose this as my thumbnail because it's like a mirror image of my 2024 Easter Sunday post at this same venue. Also, because I've been writing about and participating in events celebrating LIFE in all its forms and at all stages of EXISTENCE ( please see my blog ), this blackboard image (enlarged in the inset) caught my attention: "Respect Existence OR Expect resistance" 2025... Thanks to Brew barista JAY for once again serving as my Paparazzi... 2024... Who'll roll away the Stones? Why the Dead, of course! *** "As I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy..." As I left to practice this daily ritual/sacred text... FYI - The Witches Brew "boilermaker" I mentioned in the description for this post is made by dropping a shot of their espresso into a cup of their fine coffee...Extra inspiration... ...as I left my home, I was greeted by a frequent visitor in these parts of West Hempstead ...More "hare-brained" humor follows... FYI - In these environs, we also have leapin' lizards. ..see end of post... At the Brew , I was greeted by a barista I just met who was wearing this tee with a skull rabbit and asked him it's meaning. My search for "Hazel skull rabbit" led me here...and continued my weekend explorations into respect for all forms of life...at all stages... Source: Watership Down Wiki Hazel's Death (02:22) RESURRECTION RABBIT... Yesterday afternoon, the Westerners of our West Hempstead Volunteer Fire Department made their annual appearance as they made their rounds to the delight of children of all ages. In my alternative perspective, the hare was acting as a savior and using the West Hempstead Fire Department to baptize those who are on the Highway to Hell…or at least on the sidewalks... "LOVE ONE ANOTHER": JESUS AS AN INSURRECTIONIST The political and religious leaders of his time saw Jesus as a threat to their established order...their methods of controlling those "under" their authority...or as Jagger swaggers: "Under my Thumb" SO, instead of acting like those he was critiquing, he practiced his UNorthodox principle: "LOVE one another" This was echoed today on this tee shirt worn by another young Witches Brew barista: Marvin Gaye sings it like this: Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Official Video 2019) (03:59) A MERE 300 YEARS AFTER JESUS, THE CHURCH JOINS FORCES WITH THE EMPIRE...AND FORGETS...those at the bottom...on the edges of society... 313 AD: the Emperor Constantine declares Christianity as the official religion of the Holy Roman Empire and the Church replaces it's earlier "view from the bottom" with alignment with those in power...at the top. The View from the Bottom The last great formal persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ended in AD 303. Ten years later, Christianity was legalized by Constantine I. After this structural change, Christianity increasingly accepted, and even defended, the dominant social order, especially concerning war and money. Morality became individualized and largely sexual. The Church slowly lost its free and alternative vantage point. Texts written in the hundred years preceding 313 show it was unthinkable that a Christian would fight in the army, as the army was killing Christians. By the year 400, the entire army had become Christian, and they were now killing the pagans. Before AD 313, the Church was on the bottom of society, which is the privileged vantage point for understanding the liberating power of Gospel for both the individual and for society . Overnight the Church moved from the bottom to the top, literally from the catacombs to the basilicas. The Roman basilicas were large buildings for court and other public assembly, and they became Christian worship spaces. From Bottom to Top "IF I WERE A CARPENTER AND YOU WERE A LADY..." I just awoke with yet another addition...last evening, Eileen selected for our evening movie "A Simple Twist of Fate." Steve Martin starred as well as wrote and directed this story that reminded me of Joseph and Mary ...It involves Martin as an early 20th century Joseph who chooses to raise a child he didn't father. As the child grows, the wealthy natural father, a corrupt political hack, attempts to shower his offspring with gifts and promises of a better life that she could ever have with her poorer foster dad...Who, happens to be a woodworker like Joseph. A Simple Twist of Fate Movie Trailer 1994 (Steve Martin) (02:04) Robert Plant | 'If I Were A Carpenter' | Official Music Video (03:45) MORE ADVENTURES IN THE WILD Wade in the water...NAW! Walk on the water... Jesus Christ Lizard | National Geographic (01:25) "Leapin' lizards!"...West Hempstead wall lizards Wall lizard Are there lizards on Long Island NY? The Environmental Literacy Council I disagree with the article's claim that there aren't any other local lizard species...as this "lounge lizard" species is often sighted in and near local "watering holes"... GOOD vs. EVIL: A MUSICAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS I was thinking about creating a 2025 post of all the things for which I'm forever "GRATEFUL" ...BUT...when I reread my 2024 Easter post, I decided to add to this 2025 Easter basket post the above musings and highlight two of "battle-of-the-bands" songs I had included in that 2024 missive. I'll let you decide who "wins" this epic...age-old battle... The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (Official Video) [4K] (08:48) Grateful Dead - Knockin' On Heaven's Door 7-7-89 (08:55) Evil Is a Social Reality: What Can We Do About It?  In case you're interested, here's a perspective from a person and organization that has helped me see deeper and wider for over 50 years... Evil Is a Social Reality: What Can We Do About It? - Center for Action and Contemplation #music #humor #WitchesBrewCoffeeHouse #WestHempstead #Easter #rabbit #lizard #WatershipDown #ACDC #LedZeppelin #heaven #hell #RollingStones #GratefulDead #BobDylan #evil #RichardRohr #CenterForActionAndContemplation #CAC #MarvinGaye #love #hate #Jesus #insurrectionist #evil #LoungeLizard #Constantine #HolyRomanEmpire #SteveMartin #carpenter #woodworker #Joseph #Mary

Consider this a draft...I'll come back after this morning's peaceful presence in front of Nassau University Medical Center. Today is Good Friday and I'll be "DEW-ing" 2 posts: Prolife GRATE Friday focuses on our goodness Grateness rather than our sinfulness  ADDS when I return: music to be born to Feminists for Life John Jill  Considering women have been treated as property  Taking the life of the preborn is the same  check past posters in basement and attic Wear Grateful I’m not Dead shirt Came to me while sitting in centering prayer  Don’t murder me… https://youtu.be/C5FdaUjfFEQ Most of the spokespersons for the current versions of the original Grateful Dead band are in a camp different that mine...Be that as it may...I'm observing the masses and "DEW-ing" the opposite... LIFE IS A TAPESTRY...A MYSTERY... ...so consider these as threads...discussion starters...for within ourselves and with interested others... James Thurber and other have told us that...  "DEW" (1) no Harm... "DEW" (1) no Pharm...medical terminations. Morning Dew - written by Bonnie Dobson and covered by the Grateful Dead and others [for link, see full article] The song is a dialogue between the last man and woman left alive following an apocalyptic catastrophe.[2] Dobson stated that the inspiration for "Morning Dew" was the film On the Beach , which is about the survivors of virtual global annihilation by nuclear holocaust. Dobson wrote the song while staying with a friend in Los Angeles; she recalled how the guests at her friend's apartment were speculating about a nuclear war's aftermath and "after everyone went to bed, I sat up and suddenly I just started writing this song [although] I had never written [a song] in my life".[3] Wikipedia Robert Plant | 'Morning Dew' (3:31) "Morning Dew" (Grateful Dead Harp Cover) - Mikaela Davis & Southern Star Live From Relix Studio (08:53) Does the embryonic child feel pain? From their Dire Wolf lyric One pill makes you larger...And one pill makes you small And the one the doctor gives you don't do anything but... Children's Peace Plan (Evelyn Voigt) - Grateful We're Not Dead (03:29) #music #life #GratefulDead #

Hello, Fellow Travelers... Sharing events that help us find balance between work and play...between holding on and letting go...between waking up and falling asleep... First, here's the source of a lot of my imaginings in the worlds of music, humor, spirit, culinary and the other arts: CHRONUS TIMETABLE OF OFFERINGS ONGOING Creating an oral history of music in West Hempstead. Share your stories! My web post: "Bits 'n Pieces" of West Hempstead's Musical History LAST MINUTE NOTICE: Tonight Sat. April 12 7 PM there's an opening ceremony - see end of post. April 11-May 4 IN-PERSON & ONLINE "Moon as Sacred Mirror" Location: Cathedral of the Incarnation Garden City NY https://www.incarnationgc.org/visit/moon/ Registration needed for some events. Refer to above link for details My web posts: The 1st presents the details...the 2nd my reflections... -- inSPIREd April Lunar See at Historic Garden City Cathedral: MOON as Sacred Mirror -- A Lunar Schtick is in the halls of this historic Garden City Cathedral April 14 6:30-7 PM & all the following Monday's: ONLINE Weekly meditation and contemplative prayer Host: Cathedral of the Incarnation Garden City NY Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89456875414 Meeting ID: 894 5687 5414 April 28 10 AM-April 29 4:30 PM ONLINE "Wisdom of the Mothers" Reserve your spot before April 21st. Fees: General public: $85, Students & low/fixed income: $45 Academics & professionals: $77 My web post: Women's HERstory Month: SHE Speaks... A friend - Janet Rudolph - will be a featured presenter. She will be presenting her SheSpeaks! films along with time for QandA and discussion on April 28th from 3:00-4:30 Eastern time.  May 4 3-5 PM IN-PERSON Dances of Universal Peace Location: Baha’i Center of Long Island 11 West Jamaica Ave, Valley Stream, NY My web posts: Dances of Universal Peace WANTED: Musicians & Participants to enJOY Dances of Universal Peace The Dances of Universal Peace is a 50-year-old tradition of meditative dancing and chanting involving themes of peace and healing. The event allows people to participate in dance movements to gain an overall sense of peace. No previous dance experience is needed to join. “The intention is to bring heart,” said Mariam Casdin-Silver, the leader of Dances of Universal Peace. “It’s not a performance, it’s a practice.” May 7 7-8:30 PM ONLINE "Artists Tackling the Futility of War" Sponsors: This online event is sponsored by North Country Peace Group, South Country Peace Group, Pax Christi Long Island, Veterans for Peace Long Island, Peace Action New York State, Building Bridges in Brookhaven, and Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives. Register (free) here My web post: Artists Tackling the Futility of War: May 7th Renowned Peace Activist to Speak POSTS Steel Drums Along the Wissahickon: Ruffy & Kyle building bridges between people & planet "Just what the truth is I can't say anymore..." Problems with seeing clearly: OUR's & OTHER's... Takin' it to the Street Artists-4: Mallory Heyer...from Brooklyn to San Francisco via Califia Farms TONIGHT'S MOON GALLERY OPENING They ask that you first notify them of you desire to attend. Email: connect@IncarnationGC.org We are very excited to welcome you to the Cathedral of the Incarnation's inaugural gallery space opening: "Illuminations: Art in Sacred Space" as part of our Moon as Sacred Mirror program, featuring Luke Jerram's Museum of the Moon. The gallery opening ceremony will take place promptly at 7pm.  Parking for this evening's event is along any of the ring roads that traverse the cathedral campus. Light refreshments will be served.  Please enter through the main doors of the building, which face Cathedral Avenue. A volunteer will check you in and you can then proceed to the Undercroft, where the gallery is located. For ease of entry, we recommend parking on the NORTH side of the cathedral campus, which is nearest the LIRR railroad tracks.  You are more than welcome to experience the Museum of the Moon, found on the main floor of the cathedral, after the formal gallery opening. It is an immersive, awe-inspiring experience and the perfect complement to our talented local artists' work.  Thanks in advance for visiting, and we hope you enjoy your evening.

"If you feed me, I will come!"  A staple in our home are plant milk offerings from Califia Farms . While drafting a post to promote their healthFULL and delicious products, I came upon this video on their site. It was visual music to my eyes...as I also love folks who make street art...on walls, fences, sidewalks...anywhere. I have a few posts on these. See below. The video features artist Mallory Heyer describing her work as we get to see the craftsman apply the paint to the wall.... Queen Califia Mural in San Francisco (02:04) MALLORY HEYER [from her site] Some Brands I've Worked with Nike, Nickelodeon, Washington Post, Target, MTV, Sony, Penguin Random House, Wall Street Journal, Adobe, Google, Refinery29, and many others. Check out her imaginative work on her website. Two offerings caught my eye... Celebrating March's "Women's History Month." Getting ready for summer: CALIFIA FARMS Here's a sampling in our kitchen: They like to mix it up...offering seasonal treats...and whatever their creative chefs brew up... Here's this morning's wake up call: FUNNY FARM Early muralist... Early Critic: FUTURE POST IDEAS Melanated Black Queens Full Series (Queen Califia, Cleopatra, and Sarrounia) Why Murals? | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios (09:17) OTHER STREET ARTIST POSTS Takin' it to the Street Artists-1: Jesse Kreuzer...Mural, mural on the wall... Takin' it to the street Artists-2: Ross Clark...Mural, mural on the wall... Takin' it to the Street Artists-3: Mallory Heyer, Niki de Saint Phalle & Jack Etchells #music #humor #art #StreetArt #murals #MalloryHeyer #CalifiaFarms #PlantMilks #food #CaveArt

Dear friends, Please consider joining Building Bridges of Brookhaven for this online event on May 7th! Click here to register for this important free online event. Artists Tackling the Futility of War —  a presentation with Kathy Kelly Wednesday, May 7, 2025 from 7:00pm-8:30pm on Zoom Drawing from paintings, photography, poetry and song, this program will feature works of art depicting war's consequences. Artists steadily summon antiwar solidarity. They help people focus on the crimes committed by war profiteers. Living alongside people trapped in various war zones reinforced Kathy Kelly's belief that “the means you use determines the end you get.” Artists and writers provide us with the means to imagine a better world, a world beyond war. Kathy Kelly is board president of World BEYOND War and a co- coordinator of the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal. Her protests against militarism have led her to war zones and prisons, and she believes children of war and those who are victims of violence have been her most important teachers. Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, she and an international network of activists have assisted over 100 young Afghans forced to flee their country. In 2024, she helped launch and develop a Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine network. This online event is sponsored by North Country Peace Group, South Country Peace Group, Pax Christi Long Island, Veterans for Peace Long Island, Peace Action New York State, Building Bridges in Brookhaven, and Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives. Doves of a Feather... Recently, I introduced readers to the Garden City NY Cathedral of the Incarnation's multifaceted offerings. I've included this image to show how they have also featured other leaders who are onboard the "Peace Train." In the meantime, here are three videos to serve as a warm up act for the May 7 event. Included in the video’s description is information about the mission of Playing for Change and its outreach to children in under-served areas of our shared world.  War/No More Trouble feat. Bono | Playing for Change | Song Around The World (05:09) Music Is My Ammunition feat. Stephen Marley | Playing For Change | Song Around The World (04:51) "Peace Train" featuring Yusuf / Cat Stevens | Playing For Change | Song Around The World (04:09) In troubled Northern Ireland, youth from the warring sides join together in harmony Peace Through Music Film Clip: Playing For Change (10:42) #music #peace #KathyKelly #BuildingBridgesInBrookhaven #PFC #PlayingForChange #NorthCountryPeaceGroup #SouthCountryPeaceGroup #PaxChristiLongIsland #VeteransForPeaceLongIsland #PeaceActionNewYorkState #LongIslandAllianceForPeacefulAlternatives #CathedralOfTheIncarnation #JohnDear #CenterForSpiritualImagination

READERS: This first of two posts presents the details of the Cathedral's imaginative offerings. The second contains my reflections...observations...lots of music, humor, mindFULL & mindless musings about the lives we share here on "the third rock from the Sun"... There's a link at the end... PROGRAM OF EVENTS For events that include REGISTRATION, refer to the details on the FULL SCHEDULE PAGE. Here's a preview of what you'll find there: A Lunar Schtick is in the halls of this historic Garden City Cathedral --This second post introduces readers and seekers after "spiritual but not religious"  frontiers to this historic Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, NY and their creative offerings...Thanks to friend - Barbara - for passing this along. She's also a "Friend of Jerry" : ))) #moon #CathedralOfTheIncarnation #GardenCity #Episcopal

Janet Rudolph - a friend who includes among her offerings one that I've enjoyed - guided labyrinth walks - will be part of an April 28-29 symposium celebrating matriarchal and matrilineal spiritual traditions. I'm already registered...JOIN ME! Janet will be presenting her SheSpeaks! films along with time for QandA and discussion on April 28th from 3:00-4:30 Eastern time.  Angela Davis - A Tower of Women's power April 28-29 SYMPOSIUM: Wisdom of the Mothers: Celebrating Matriarchal and Matrilineal Spiritual Traditions Janet will be presenting her SheSpeaks! films along with time for QandA and discussion on April 28th from 3:00-4:30 Eastern time .  Matrilineal society definition Matriarchical society [from Janet's invitation email - with my added emphases] Aloha to all,  You are invited to an on-line symposium where I will be one of 24 presenters.  I will be presenting my SheSpeaks! project subtitled, "women of the bible have their say."  During my presentation there will be 5 short scenes (films) where you will be introduced to 4 biblical women to be followed by questions and discussion.  1) Eve inviting you into her garden 2) Naamah (Noah's wife) talking about building the arc 3) Miriam discussing what she and Zipporah (Moses' wife) did to prepare for the Exodus (2 films).  4) Sarah and Abraham describing their sojourn into Egypt The title of the symposium is: Wisdom of the Mothers: Celebrating Matriarchal and Matrilineal Spiritual Traditions .  The dates are April 28th to April 29th.  On zoom!  Through March 30th there will be an automatic 10 % discount applied to registrations.  I am including the link for more information and attaching the poster announcing the symposium: Register here Please feel free to share this to anyone who may be interested.   Bright Blessings, Janet Wisdom of the Mothers flyer Here's a preview of Janet's "She Speaks" presentation Image from Janet's article (below) Miriam Speaks by Janet Maika’i Rudolph - Feminism and Religion [From intro to the article with my added emphases] Intro:  I have been working on a project inspired by Charlene Spretnak and her book Lost Goddesses of Early Greece . I am writing biblical stories through the eyes and words of the women. The scribes who wrote down the tales of the bible, wrote mostly from men’s point of view. And they had their own which was to destroy evidence of the Goddesses. I tell Noah’s story through Naamah , his wife. Abram and Sarai’s journey to Egypt through the eyes of Sarah . Exodus in Miriam’s voice. In my telling, Miriam went to Midian with Moses and, while there, experienced the Burning Bush and worked with Moses’ wife Zipporah to protect knowledge of the Goddesses. [more from the article with my added emphases] Here is another sample of our work. When people pray to a being called the Almighty , they might be picturing a large muscle-bound man rising out of a roiling cloud and throwing thunderbolts. Little do they realize they are praying to a female deity. Almighty  in Hebrew is Shaddai  and shad means breasts . The goddess with breasts is the same female divinity who created the Milky Way in the heavens from the overflow of her own milky teats. The same Goddess who sends down the gentle dew that coats the earth in the early morn, who coaxes the shoots to grow and the buds to blossom. Our Goddesses were not thunderbolt types of deities. They tended more towards caring for Her Earth children . But don’t let that fool you. They could handle thunderbolts with the best of them, it just wasn’t their preferred source of power. "...new mother suckles her son..."... tOM's add-ers : )))) Based on my last name, I give myself permission to expound with a musical reference to Janet's piece... See, I woke up during the night thinking about Janet's post and these Moody Blues lyrics started playing in my mind: "...new mother suckles her son..." Breast feeding The myth of the milk of Hera  ( Ancient Greek : Ἥρας γάλα, romanized :  Hḗras gala ) is an ancient Greek myth  and explanation of the origin of the Milky Way  within the context of creation myths . The standard telling goes that the mythical hero Heracles , as an infant, breastfed from an unsuspecting Hera , the goddess of marriage and Zeus 's wife, who threw him away, causing a little bit of her milk to splash and create the galaxy with all its stars. [continues at next link] Milk of Hera - Wikipedia Woman breast feeding stars Milky Way eyes Her eyes hold us captive The Goddess feeds us with her loving gaze and nourishing breasts... The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin [Lyrics] HD (04:26) Black Madonna You might want to put on a little JIMI... Source for this glow-in-the-dark BLACK light poster HE Speaks... : ))))) Went looking for a female version of this classic and was rewarded with this. SHE replaces all the male members of the group. Be sure to give her video a "HIGH FIVE"!!! One woman replaces 5 men One woman replaces 5 men One woman replaces 5 men ...wait only for my boot heels to be wandering..." One woman replaces 5 men One woman replaces 5 men One woman replaces 5 men Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan One Woman Band Cover (The Byrds Version) - Margot Cotton Bring balance to the Force... Seeking balance between genders Here's a 2022 offering in which we participated with our Baha'i friends...on occasion, Janet also joins these welcoming folks... Women's equality Baha'i #music #humor #JanetRudolph #WomensHistoryMonth #labyrinth #AngelaDavis #matrilineal #matriarchal #Eve #Naamah #Miriam #Zipporah #Sarah #goddesses #Shaddai #breast #BreastFeeding #MoodyBlues #JimiHendrix #MargotCotton #BobDylan #TheByrds #equality #Bahai

RUFFY Introducing these Pennsylvania change makers who have fashioned their careers around building bridges of connection… Ruffian Tittmann is the daughter of my younger brother Peter and his wife Allys. She’s used her creativity in the Pennsylvania outdoor parks making them more accessible... Kyle Dunleavy , partner to Ruffy, and operates a business manufacturing steel drum instruments for individuals and groups like educational institutions and bands. FYI - Post's title is a takeoff on the book and film "Drums Along the Mohawk." Wissahickon Lenape tribe origins: "The valley, avenue and creek all take their name from “wisameckham,” meaning “catfish stream.” - Philadelphia Magazine Building Bridges... Ruffy has overseen the re-building of foot bridges in parks, helping the community and those she in the organization...go further. [from the article linked below] Seeing a project through was one of the greatest things for me,” said Ruffian. “Whether it was the Forbidden Drive collapses and seeing those restored, the parkwide signage project, various trail projects, the ultimate was the [Lida Way] bridge. It was amazing. That day, December 10, standing on it [at the ribbon cutting], I don’t know that I’ve had a such a great feeling of satisfaction ever professionally. A bike ride leads to a career path... [from the article linked below] It’s special to know that Ruffian’s fantastic journey at FOW was as serendipitous as a longer-than-usual bike ride on an unfamiliar path, where she stumbled upon the park that would be the backdrop for her life for the next 18 years. “I had been living over in the art museum area, and Kyle and I took a bike ride one day up Kelly Drive and onto the bike trail and somehow ended up in the woods,” said Ruffian. “When we made it to Lincoln Drive, it had felt like maybe we had ridden much further than we thought to be because all of a sudden you couldn’t see the city anymore, and there are all these trees.” She recalled finding her way to the Wissahickon when she stumbled upon the job posting for development director that year. A woman who helped lead others into the woods... [from the article linked below] We are thankful for our female leaders every month, and this Women’s History Month , we’re proud to recognize Ruffian and to have had her as a collaborator, leader, and role model at FOW all these years." FOW Staff Celebrates Ruffian Tittmann’s Lasting Legacy [from the linked article below] In 2006, Ruffian Tittmann was working as the director of membership and annual giving at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) when she went on a "longer than expected" bike ride up Kelly Drive. She came across the Wissahickon Valley Park . Thus, when she saw a job listing for a development director at Friends of the Wissahickon (FOW) that same year, Tittmann had to apply. Her love for the park she happened upon in 2006 would go on to define the next 19 years of her life. "I don't want to get choked up, but I could go on," said Tittmann in an interview with the Local. "It's been almost 20 years…it's been a dream job for sure." Now, after working at FOW for almost two decades (the last five of which were as executive director), Tittmann is ready for a new adventure.  FOW director departs after transformative tenure Live chat with Friends of Wissahickon's Ruffian Tittmann (34:25) KYLE Website Facebook Kyle's world of music also contains "bridges"... [from the linked article below] Music, in its countless forms and genres, is a universal language that speaks to our emotions. It’s an art form that’s meticulously crafted, with each piece serving a specific role in the overall composition. A song is much like a story, with its verses, chorus, intro, and outro each playing a part in shaping the narrative. One such integral piece of this musical puzzle is the ‘bridge’. The bridge in music, often overlooked but undeniably significant, serves as a crucial link within a song. It’s a breath of fresh air that adds contrast and complexity to a composition, taking the listener on a detour before bringing them back to familiar territory. SOURCE KUDOS: DRUM ROLL PLEASE... Here's look at this Grammy winner Kyle has built for: [from the article linked below][ A member of the acclaimed ensemble Sō Percussion since 2006, Josh has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Lincoln Center Festival, Stanford Lively Arts, and dozens of other venues in the United States. In that time, Sō Percussion has toured Russia, Spain, Australia, Italy, Germany, and Scotland. He has had the opportunity to work closely with Steve Reich, Steve Mackey, Paul Lansky, David Lang, Matmos, Dan Deacon , and many others. (His) parallel interests led Josh to break ground in the use of the steel drums in contemporary classical music. To date, he has commissioned over a dozen pieces for steel drums from composers such as Stuart Saunders Smith, Roger Zahab, Dan Trueman, and Paul Lansky . In 2010, Steven Mackey’s quartet  It Is Time  – commissioned for Sō Percussion by Carnegie Hall and Chamber Music America – featured Josh on a new microtonal lead pan in its Carnegie Hall premiere, receiving rave reviews in the New York Times .  He’s also had the honor to drill the Brooklyn Steel Orchestra (New York) and Skiffle Bunch Steel Orchestra (Trinidad) for conferences in steel pan and the Panorama competition during carnival in Trinidad and Tobago. Josh Quillen - SoPercussion Kyle and Josh "pan-handling" together on drums and stage in 2014... Hotel California - a steelpan music version (07:23) This next article was linked with the above video. [from the article linked below] There is very little that When Steel Talks can say about NYU Steel that we haven’t already said over the years since its inception in 2007 - except maybe, mission accomplished. Born out of the vision of NYU percussion department chairman Professor Jonathan Haas  and realized under the directorship of Josh Quillen , NYU Steel   has begun to achieve its full potential. After all, steelpan music performance studies is mandatory for all New York University percussion majors at the respected Music and Performing Arts Professions Program in Percussion Studies. Couple that with the fact that NYU is located in the backyard of some of the largest and best steel orchestras outside of Trinidad and Tobago, the originator of the steelpan family of instruments. When Steel Talks Let's listen... NYU Steel with CrossFire Steel Orchestra performs "Leh Go" (14:46) How an Impossible Steel Drum Gets Built - The New Yorker --"Kyle Dunleavy required two years, a back-yard bonfire, and many hot-tub soaks (to soothe his aching deltoids) to hammer out an instrument with an unprecedented range of notes.) If the infamous "Subscription Wall" blocks access, I've included the text at the end of this post. A.K.A. Published in the print edition of T he New Yorker's December 20, 2021, issue, with the headline “Hot Tub Drum Machine.” Included this cool down-home image... Look at this next beauty...Imagine at 40' version in a spotlight hanging over a stage at a rock concert experience... “There’s a Grateful Dead song for every occasion”- so says friend Steve Bermont Franklin's Tower by The Grateful Dead (Steel Pan Cover) (04:04) From this "GRATE" music maker's description of his piece. Check out his site...lots of rockin' covers...Here's his comments for this video: 109 views  Jul 11, 2024 I saw "Franklin's Tower" performed by Dead and Company in 2021 in Philly. A rainbow appeared over the whole stadium when they played it. Needless to say it was amazing and it's been a staple in my repertoire ever since. For booking information please visit my website at: https://mikedettra.com/ Grateful Dead - France (Studio Version) (04:01) Jerry played steel drums on friend of the devil... In "DRUMS" at around 52:00 Jerry puts down his guitar, picks up sticks...and after a few minutes, picks up a steel drum and joins regular drummers Mickey and Billy in keepin' and sharin' the beat...That's Jerry on right side with stick in the the air... Grateful Dead - Live at Duke University (Full Concert, Set 2) April 12 1978 ************************************************************************** How an Impossible Steel Drum Gets Built Five years ago, Josh Quillen, a member of Sō Percussion, a Brooklyn-based music ensemble, spoke with a maker and tuner of steel drums named Kyle Dunleavy about building a potentially unworkable design. Musical steel drums, also called pans, are fashioned from industrial barrels of the type used for storing crude oil or hazardous waste. Pans come in a variety of different voices—bass, tenor bass, cello, guitar, double second, double tenor, and tenor. “I wanted a pair of double seconds that would have at least three octaves of notes on them,” Quillen said recently. “The drums would be fully chromatic, with all the sharps and flats, and would go down to the C below middle C.” No drums like them, with such a plenitude of notes, were then in existence. “That would require about a square foot of extra room on the drums, so Kyle would have to rearrange all of the notes to get them to fit. I was asking him to climb Mt. Everest.”   Dunleavy, who works out of his garage in the Philadelphia suburbs, began the project in 2017 and spent two years seeming to get nowhere. Then, suddenly, Quillen received a call saying that the drums were ready. On a rainy night near Christmas, 2019, Quillen, a soft-spoken man with a robust beard, Moscot eyeglasses, and a laid-back gravitas, knocked on Dunleavy’s garage door. He was accompanied by Kendall K. Williams, a doctoral student in music composition at Princeton. The door rattled upward, revealing Dunleavy—tall, restless, with light-blue eyes and tendony hands. “Let’s see those bad boys,” Quillen said. Dunleavy’s garage was outfitted with a workbench, a tool chest, an air compressor, a stand-alone hot tub, and an array of empty steel industrial barrels stacked on their ends. On a stand inside a tuning chamber—a small room lined with sound-muffling carpet—sat Quillen’s finished drums. Each was twenty-eight inches across and plated entirely in chrome. Their shining heads were concave, like pasta bowls. Inside, the drums’ notes were bubbles of different sizes and shapes swelling outward. The metal gleamed with irregularities. Steel drummers claim that no two pans sound exactly alike. Bottom of Form Dunleavy took up a pair of mallets and struck the largest bubble. A resonant moong  filled the chamber. “ That  is the low C,” he said. He handed the mallets to Quillen. Quillen tested the low C, moong, moong , then struck a smaller bubble and got a higher note— mung . “That’s middle C,” he said. Then he sharply hit a small bubble and a tiny bubble— ming, ping! —high C and C-sharp an octave higher. “My goodness, you got four C’s onto these drums. It’s kind of massive.” Quillen floated the mallets over many notes— mung ping-pong in loon and moon sang on a dumb tomb . “There’s a warmth and darkness in this sound,” he said as he malleted around. “They sound like an organ,” Williams added. Dunleavy said that he’d spent two years imagining different layouts of notes, trying to hear them in his mind. It was a complex problem, because every note on a steel drum interacts with its neighbors. Finally, he rolled a new eighty-five-gallon barrel into his tuning chamber and spent several hours beating the bottom with a short-handled sledgehammer. “I was sinking the pan down, just going for depth and looking for a shape,” he said. “Then I started smoothing the pan with smaller hammers. That’s when I started hearing the notes.” But, he went on, “the notes weren’t alive yet.” Using a power tool called a metal nibbler, he nibbled the barrel down to the drumhead, which he placed in a back-yard bonfire until it turned iridescent blue. After the drum cooled, Dunleavy said, he refined the notes, hitting the steel with an assortment of small hammers while he watched waveforms pulse on the display screen of a strobe tuner. He flipped the drum over frequently, hitting the bubbles alternately from the top and from the bottom: “ ‘I’m gonna get that note,’ you say to yourself.” Once in a while, Dunleavy climbed into the hot tub and soaked his aching deltoids. (“The hot tub is my secret weapon,” he explained.) It took him two weeks of obsessive hammering and regular hot-tub dips to bring thirty-eight chromatic notes to life from the bottoms of two hazmat barrels. In the chamber, Quillen ran the mallets over the drums in a blur, releasing linns of notes. “What comes to mind is a teardrop sound,” he said as he played. “The note is really bright at first, and then there’s a decay, a spreading out and a softening. The sound is dark, but there’s a point to it. I always liked the sound of the harp.” He played sweeping, harplike arpeggios. He improvised until a melody formed. The notes—sweet, complex, loamy in timbre, and fully alive—seemed to take on the quality of a human voice, and it was singing “What a Wonderful World.” Weeks afterward, COVID  arrived. Sō Percussion stopped doing in-person concerts. It wasn’t until last weekend, when a pan musician named Marc Brooks played them at a Sō Percussion concert at Carnegie Hall, that a live audience finally heard Dunleavy’s impossible drums. ♦ #music #humor #bridges #RuffianTittmann #KyleDunleavy #Pennsylvania #parks #SteelDrums #FriendsOfWissahickon #JohnMuir #SoPercussion #Grammy #JoshQuillen #HotelCalifornia #TheEagles #GratefulDead #MikeDettra #SteveBermont #Brooklyn #NYUSteel #CrossfireSteelOrchestra #JerryGarcia #MickeyHart #BillKreutzmann