>>>An old friend advised me to stop posting musical posts and videos. Whoops.
>>>
>>>This band isn't necessarily his type of highbrow music anyway. A classic, "Bad Moon Rising," insinuated my sleep.
>>
>>"There's a bathroom on the right " <bg>
>>
>>I guarantee you anyone who spent time in Southeast Asia in the early 70s has this in his head on a loop :
>>
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNczeP33Yk0
>>
>>(along with "Paint it Black", "Cracklin' Rose" and "Yellow River" )
>
>"Cracklin' Rosie" and "Yellow River"? I'll take your word for that.
>
>That was a time, wasn't it?
>
>Sometimes I think we need another time like it. Not meaning a war, I'm not wishing that, but something to energize a new generation. We have become all about money and worry. A third of graduates from our top colleges go to work in an industry that makes nothing and produces nothing. Just looking for those fast bucks or an idea that can be turned over to a larger company or an IPO and cash out fast. What happened to the sense that we're all in this together, the desire to again make this country an inspiration? We sure as hell aren't one now.
>
>Sometimes you get a little hope. Yesterday in the car Allie was telling me more about her "suitemate" Brandi -- seven of them, three doubles and one single -- who is taking this semester off. She is going to India for two months starting in March to help the poor. After that she wants to complete her degree, go to med school, and then spend a few years in the Congo. She's got it all planned out. You may be thinking this is some silver spoon babe, but she's not. She comes from an average family somewhere up near Green Bay. (Spit <g>). She just has a burning desire to do some good in the world. I hope there are a lot more like here who I don't know about. Our generation (using a bit of a wide net there) has faltered badly. We need a new generation to get us back on course.

I blame it all on the day the Klu Klux Klan invented hip hop.

Post veering off to the maudlin - I'm bowing out.

QNczeP33Yk0