WHAT YOU MAY FIND HERE

RANTS, RAVINGS and RUMINATIONS along with
RAUCOUS RIBALDRY and RAMBLING REFLECTIONS

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Campaign Logo Div

Well, seems the "Donald" has stepped in it again. He really doesn't have a clue, eh?( Of course, none of the other republican pretenders do either, but that's another story .....
Anyhow here's the latest from his unofficial PR department
RUMP
TAKING AMERICA BACK(WARDS)


Saturday, March 26, 2016

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

A jam at the 2012 IBMA featuring the Clay Hess Band and some others doing the old Jimmy Martin
favorite Walkin' Shoes.




Bradley Walker - Lead Vocals, Clay Hess - Guitar/vocals, Irl Hees - Bass/vocals, Tim Crouch - 1st Fiddle,
Ryan Moyers - Mandolin, John Meyer- Banjo, Brennan Hess - Rhythm guitar and Andrew Morton - 2nd Fiddle.

Monday, March 21, 2016

Geography Div (Austin again subsection)

Last week we looked at the various groups in Austin. I imagine it's because of its shape (... and no offense to the PBS show of the same name).

                                                    AUSTIN CITY LIMITS


Saturday, March 19, 2016

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

Shenandoah Valley Breakdown



Tony Trischka - Banjo, Mike Marshall - Mandolin, Daryl Anger - Fiddle, Missy Raines - Bass
and Bryan Sutton - Guitar

Monday, March 14, 2016

Geography Div (Texas subsection)

I really like Austin, TX. Except for the weird right-wingers populating the capitol, it's got some really great places and people. I does seem (with the exception noted above) one of the saner parts of Texas.
So, no offense to anyone ............ of course come August, the UT students might be armed, eh ?


Saturday, March 12, 2016

A Little Saturday Nit Bluegrass Div

From 1999, Sweet Georgia Brown


Jerry Douglas - Dobro, Bryan Sutton - Guitar, Byron House - Bass

Friday, March 11, 2016

... and the WINNER is .... DIV (NSFW - or small children subsection)

Well, last night the four remaining back-seat drivers of the klown kar got together once again in Miami to tell us simple folk just why they wanna be Preznit of dese here Nunited States. Again, it all boiled down to our new national republican motto: e pluribus feces.

The did their best to be civil and not discuss who really won their contest in Detroit. Luckily, the mini-bears have managed to procure a picture of the winner (I really must supervise them better):


Hint: I think this excludes Dr. Carson.



Monday, March 7, 2016

Geography Div (Aircraft navigation subsection)

Back in the early days of aviation, small towns used to paint the place names on water towers and the tops of buildings to let those intrepid airmen know where they were.
Some places were more creative, like this just north of Mesa, AZ dating from around 1950, a time when Phoenix was just slightly more than a wide spot in the road

Now the metropolis that is "greater Phoenix"(ugh!) has almost spread up to this landmark.
More than one young pilot trainee at Williams AFB will never admit to having used this as a reference!



Saturday, March 5, 2016

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div

Michael Daves and Chris Thile doing Bill Monroe's signature Muleskinner Blues



Michael Daves - Guitar, Chris Thile - Mandolin

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

...and the real winner is .... Div

Well, "Super Tuesday" has passed and we all survived, eh? Some folks won the various primaries and some folks lost (or came in third, fourth or fifth).
However, the biggest loser was someone not even in the running:
"Look into those eyes and try to deny that Chris Christie has seen something.

Someone just told Chris Christie that there is no God. Or Chris Christie has just discovered that God does exist but She is an enormous snake who hates or is indifferent to mankind. Or Chris Christie has just discovered that there is no God but that Hell is real."

You can read the entire piece here and an accompanying piece on the reaction here. Both have the real-time photos ......... as if the one above wasn't sorry enough.

It wasn't enough that he's been a bully and a jerk, now he's simply a sorry prop.

Goodbye Chris.