tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post4516399197627436414..comments2023-08-18T04:37:47.001-04:00Comments on Byzantium's Shores: chronicling the misadventures of an overalls-clad hippie: The Saxhole of Chestnut RidgeKelly Sedingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-1506449704332268182015-09-02T16:06:45.729-04:002015-09-02T16:06:45.729-04:00Bill: I'm assuming you're speaking with yo...Bill: I'm assuming you're speaking with your tongue in your cheek here? (But if not: my pointing out that his choice of venue for his bad sax playing does not confer upon me a responsibility to suggest a more appropriate choice of venue. A public nature park ain't it. As for repertoire, I don't care, unless he shows up to repeatedly perform John Cage's <i>4'33"</i>!)Kelly Sedingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-30349863023595813162015-09-02T10:02:57.494-04:002015-09-02T10:02:57.494-04:00Two points. First, I've defended my share of d...Two points. First, I've defended my share of dog bite cases, and have concluded that any given case will turn on the dog's name. FiFi wins, Jaws loses. Other evidence seldom matters. <br /><br />Second, where would you have the sax player go? He has probably been driven out of his house by his family, and his garage by his neighbors. The parking lot of the mall is going to run him off toot de sweet. The park is all that is left for him, and you should give him a break. Lots of people dream of being able to play an instrument, but as you know that goal is not one easily achieved. I think the guy deserves credit, but I would encourage him to lay off "Over the Rainbow". There should be a 25 year moritorium on "Over the Rainbow", except for the actual Judy Garland in "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". The song-- which is a fine song-- has become a badge of wistful earnestness which has lost just about all of the authenticity it ever had, except in its original context. <br /><br />Other songs in this category include Graham Nash's "Our House" (Get off my lawn, you damn hippies!), and "House at Pooh Corner". Actually, all Loggins & Messina should be relegated to a box in the basement.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16100176174975448724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-89857286071092290122015-09-01T08:18:46.594-04:002015-09-01T08:18:46.594-04:00- " The more bad-ass a name a dog has, the le...- " The more bad-ass a name a dog has, the less bad-ass the dog actually is." - <br /><br />I hadn't thought about it before but that might be true. My son and daughter-in-law have a pit bull named River (after River Tam) and she's a sweetheart and deathly afraid of thunderstorms.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13332055598026035779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338557.post-9376686130807123562015-09-01T08:11:59.385-04:002015-09-01T08:11:59.385-04:00always love your personal glimpsesalways love your personal glimpsesRoger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.com