Curations from the Human Jungle
[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 →
[I saw Bo Diddley (Live) at a small club in Providence circa 1968bom-bom-ba-bom-bom-bom, bom-bom-ba-bom-bom-bom,. He came out, plugged in, and went into his beat. And there he stayed there for about forty-five minutes. People went into a communal frenzy. They shivered, they shook. One song ended ... a pause long enough for one deep breath,... Continue Reading →
After surviving the trauma of the tie, the rest of Moses Brown was smooth sailing. That is, of course, both a cliche and an exaggeration, but not by much. There was some social stratification. One of the conditions of my scholarship was that I was expected to perform some light work. Over the years this... Continue Reading →
[This is another installment in Extra-Ordinary: a Step-by-Step Memoir. In this episode I explore my first interactions with the opposite sex. Don't be looking for anything titillating! You'll be disappointed. SB SM] Accept with the Left The year after I gave Alan Hassenfeld the fishing net, everything changed. He got a girl friend, Nancy Krause,... Continue Reading →
Chapter 4, Part I … For the Honor of Truth Moses Brown School 250 Lloyd Avenue Providence, Rhode Island For the Honor of Truth [from my never-to-be published memoir Extra-Ordinary.] My mother, attended by my Uncle Arthur, gave birth to me in Milton, Massachusetts on February 9, 1948. That day is not a national holiday, My... Continue Reading →
Six Separate Planets https://videopress.com/v/4zhluJkC?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fvideos.files.wordpress.com%2F4zhluJkC%2Fsix-separate-planets_mp4.scrubthumb-1.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Greg: That first semester at college seemed to last forever. Cassandra was bugging me to teach her the guitar, and she picked it up pretty quickly. Then she wanted me to teach her Six Separate Planets which was another Little Prince song I had written the previous summer, although we had... Continue Reading →
How to Experience Grendel Grendel is a combination of words, images, and motion. To experience it chronologically, just scroll down the page (as you would read a book.) When you view a video, you are "transported" to another website (YouTube.com). At the conclusion of the video, YouTube tries to keep you on their website by... Continue Reading →
