Curations from the Human Jungle
Timeline: 1966: I graduate from high school, where we are admonished to "accept with the left and shake with the right" when receiving our diploma or an award. 1986: Invited back to my high school as a featured presenter on Career Day I invoke the phrase as a tongue-in-cheek example of something I will always... Continue Reading →
[Even if you have watched, read, and listened to multiple hours of "magnificent garbage" that is "Old Rockers" and "The Old Rockers Podcast," you have not heard the full version of their theme song, "Take a Little Time." In the story, co-protagonists ("cro-pagonists?") Gregor and Del share equally the writing credits and all rewards and... Continue Reading →
[This is the final episode of The Old Rockers Podcast. Hungry for feedback ... did you read it? ... did you tolerate it? ... did you ignore it? Tumbs up? Thumbs down? Thumbs sideways? Have pity on a couple of old apes and tell us what you think. Oo-oo. SBs SM and WGM] Old Rockers... Continue Reading →
Theme music begins: “When I was young, my Dad used to say, ‘Son, we’re all going to die one day. Why don’t you take a little time to do some good along the way … Take a little time … (music fades going into chorus.) Del: Welcome to the Old Rockers podcast. I'm your host... Continue Reading →
Country, blues, and soul can't hold a feeble flame to Haiku Rock 'n Roll -- SB SM [Blame Silverback Larry. We met him back in April, when his book Haiku Americana was published. Remember? SB SM} https://silverbackdigest.com/2025/04/27/he-writes-haiku/ Then we learned that he is not a poetry egghead, but rather someone who finds rhythm and beauty... Continue Reading →
Theme music begins: “When I was young, my Dad used to say, ‘Son, we’re all going to die one day. Why don’t you take a little time to do some good along the way … Take a little time ... (music fades going into chorus.) Gregor (low voiceover, speaking intimately into a microphone): Welcome to... Continue Reading →
Theme music begins: “When I was young, my Dad used to say, ‘Son, we’re all going to die one day. Why don’t you take a little time to do some good along the way … Take a little time ... (music fades going into chorus.) Del (low voiceover, speaking intimately into a microphone): Welcome to... Continue Reading →
[AI synopsis: Just as Del and Greg think their story has ended, with a reconciliation after years apart, it begins again. A high school drama student wants to use their story for a local theatrical production; a video of their performance inspires a regional theatric company to reproduce it; a talent agent sees it and... Continue Reading →
[In September we (as in "Silverback Digest") will be revisiting the musical saga of the Old Rockers. This time, however, it will not be as the musical journey of Grendel, but as the transcript of the Old Rockers Podcast. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll scratch your head, marveling at the capacity for self-delusion by these... Continue Reading →
[The Boob Tube. This can refer to "boob" as in dull, slow-minded nitwit, or "boob" as in breast, the original source of nourishment and comfort. Or as our resident Jungle poet Silverback Haiku Larry might say: I find my comfort at the electronic boob in my living room. Below are three photos showing me at... Continue Reading →