There was one album

There was one album that made it onto the CD changer that I didn’t bother to list. Some folks get upset at the band’s name. But it’s fun music — just don’t take the lyrics too seriously. Punk balances classical balances various ethnic tunes. From what I’ve been told, and from first hand observations, I’m pretty sure that hair characteristics are determined by the mother’s father. I don’t have much concern because my grandfather had the exact same type of hair as I do, but from what I’ve been lead to believe, I should be all gray by now. I got to thinking of this as I glanced at myself in the mirror this morning and found a single, long gray curl mixed in with my others. Bud Kennedy had the funniest column in the Sunday Ft. Worth Star Telegram. [I’m sure some Right Wing, fiscal conservative types won’t be nearly as amused.] The Neighbor was watching some stock car racing when I stopped by last night, one car stalled in the pit stop: “The car that stalled? It was the one with ‘Viagra’ on it.” Even that symbolism wasn’t lost on as we all hooted. Really late last night, while sipping herb tea, which brought up another question, I was killing a few minutes, waiting on the server to run out the new scopes so I could check them for veracity [good copy editors are so hard to find these days], and I was happily surfing along, checking on some web rings. I found one that suggested no derogatory terms should be used. Then I got to thinking about my phrase, “ethnic music” and could that racist in any way? Then, to make matters worse, I started thinking about some of the music I listen to, and surely some local singers and songwriters should be considered ethnic because they don’t really fit any of the usual forms of taxonomy for any particular genre. I didn’t consider Marriachi as “ethnic,” as I’ve been exposed to it all my life. But I did count Joe King as ethnic because of it’s weird combination of Spanish rhythms and its Tex-Mex blend. As a native Texan, does that make me a minority? And does herb tea prepared in a microwave count as good or bad?