Happy Birthday Sasha

A dog is always a member of the family. My sister Joyce has had dogs in her family since she married Keith. Today is Sasha's 14th birthday which is very old for a dog. Their previous dog Artemis died at 14 1/2 years. We always like to play with her when we come over to their house. Lee sent her electronic and paper birthday cards this year.

A Gem within Outlaw Blues

Outlaw Blues is a Dylan song that never got any attention. I don't ever remember hearing it on the radio in 43 years. People who complain about his voice have a good case when they hear this song. But within this nondescript song there is a gem of a line that really hit me.

Outlaw Blues

Ain't it hard to stumble

And land in some funny lagoon?

Ain't it hard to stumble

And land in some muddy lagoon?

Especially when it's nine below zeroAnd three o'clock in the afternoon.

Ain't gonna hang no picture,

Ain't gonna hang no picture frame.

Ain't gonna hang no picture,

Ain't gonna hang no picture frame.

Well, I might look like Robert Ford

But I feel just like a Jesse James.

Well, I wish I was on someAustralian mountain range.

Oh, I wish I was on someAustralian mountain range.

I got no reason to be there,

But IImagine it would be some kind of change.

I got my dark sunglasses,

I got for good luck my black tooth.

I got my dark sunglasses,

I'm carryin' for good luck my black tooth.

Don't ask me nothin' about nothin',

I just might tell you the truth.

I got a woman in Jackson,

I ain't gonna say her name.

I got a woman in Jackson,

I ain't gonna say her name.

She's a brown-skin woman,

but I Love her just the same.

Oklahoma, the musical

We went to see a presentation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma done by Theatre by the Bay, The Community Theatre of the Bay Terrace Jewish Center. I was never a theater enthusiast, but I like to try different activities. There is no need to sit at the boob tube to watch 6 hours of football on a Sunday afternoon when we live in a big city with a multitude of activities. A broadway musical would cost about $100/ticket these days so this show was a good buy since it was only 10 minutes away by car. This group was obviously on a low budget so there was not live music or elaborate sets. We enjoyed the show which originally debuted in 1943.

The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest - out of context

It was a cold day in January 1968 when after my last final exam in my first semester at City College I stopped on the way home to buy the highly anticipated Dylan LP John Wesley Harding. It was the "anti-Sargent Pepper." Anyway, I am taking a line out of context from "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest" which applies to a decision I made today. Since the song is somewhat wordy I will only write the relevant lines:

Well, the moral of the story,
The moral of this song,
Is simply that one should never be
Where one does not belong.

I guess I don't belong in midtown Manhattan on Saturday December 6th

Take Your Dog to See Beverly Hills Chihuahua

Since it rained today we didn't drive to Hofstra to see football. For the last 4 weeks Lee has wanted to see Beverly Hills Chihuahua even though it seemed to be a really dumb movie from viewing the trailers. It wasn't all that bad. I've seen worse movies. It got us out of the aprtment for a few hours.

Happy Birthday Joni Mitchell

When we play a CD while we eat dinner, we like to make sure that we listen to different artists. Lee took a look at Dave DuBrow's Artist File for November 7th and noticed that today is Joni Mitchell's 65th birthday. We played a CD of her greatest hits. Back on November 3, 1998 Joni was the opening act for Bob Dylan at the main arena of Madison Square Garden. Even at 10 years old we took Lee to see Mr. Zimmerman. Big Yellow Taxi is Lee's favorite Joni Mitchell song.

Today's Radio Log

Today's radio log:

WINS
WCBS-FM
WFUV
WBGO
XM Radio - The Village
WLS-FM - Chicago