Good morning, WLBOTT World. Here’s a little something hopeful:Imagine a seedling breaking through the dark soil, reaching toward the sun. Though the sky is clouded over and rain falls steadily, the seedling grows stronger with every drop. It may seem small now, but that rain, those gray skies—they’re just part of its journey to becoming […]
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Bold Artistic Expression Obituary for Michigan J. Frog The Washington Post ran an obituary for Michigan J. Frog. The obituary lampooned the greedy corporate decision to pull the plug on MJF. BULLETIN:Michigan J. Frog, the 1950s Warner Bros. contract player best known for his top hat, cane and ragtime songs, is dead, killed by the […]
Before we get started on today’s topic, we need to clear the air with Elder G. WLBOTT: G, let’s say, hypothetically, that my name was John Conner. Would you and I still be able to be friends? Elder G: Hypothetically speaking, if your name were John Conner, we would definitely still be friends! I’d be […]
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Night Comes On
Night Comes On is a 1984 song by Leonard Cohen. Night Comes OnLeonard CohenI went down to the place where I knew she lay waitingUnder the marble and the snowI said, “Mother I’m frightened, the thunder and the lightningI’ll never come through this alone”She said, “I’ll be with you, my shawl wrapped around youMy hand […]
We note that sometimes just the appearance of enjoying life can anger certain segments of the population. This will not stop us. When they go high, we go low. Low. As in “get down.” As in “we like to boogie.” Thanks to Elder KM for taking us down this rabbit hole. The Elders Get Down! […]
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Taxi
Here’s my third attempt at a BLOTT today. I woke up so angry (collapse of civilization, etc.) that the first BLOTT was basically a long, tedious screed / scream into the void / etc. The second BLOTT has merit, but will take a lot of research (well, what passes as research at WLBOTT). It will […]
Song For Sagittarians is a rich, meditative, and profound song by Shawn Phillips. Song For Sagittariansby Shawn PhillipsOh, archer with your bowstring tightWon’t you let fly with your shaft of lightAre you hunting your quarry now?Are you leaving me, babe, leaving anyhow?But I will remember you when the rain pours downAnd I see you standing […]
nacho AI business (Finnish musician Nuutti Kataja) is a digital sorcerer who has made some incredibly surrealistic music videos for Pink Floyd. https://www.youtube.com/@nuuttikataja666https://www.nuuttikataja.com/ Nuutti ‘s interview begins at about the 19:00 minute mark. I’d like to share some screen shots of nacho AI business from his Shine On You Crazy Diamond video. WLBOTT Imaginings of […]
Today WLBOTT learned something new. For all these years, we thought “The Swingle Singers” was short for “The Swinging Singles Singers” Wrongo Bongo. The group’s founder was Ward Lamar Swingle (September 21, 1927 – January 19, 2015). So Ward was an equinox baby, born in Mobile, Alabama! Born in Mobile, Alabama, Swingle studied music, particularly […]
Perhaps you are familiar with the beautiful hymn / folk song “How Do I Keep From Singing?” “How Can I Keep From Singing?” (also known by its first line “My Life Flows On in Endless Song”) is an American folksong originating as a Christian hymn. The author of the lyrics was known only as ‘Pauline […]