It’s a lyric, from the “Bolsa de Aqua” CD, by the Gourds. Something about eating chicken off the bone. I wandered off to the train station in shorts. And I’m thinking, just for the sake of entertainment, the “Coffin Parade,” in the river, next week.
Overheard:
“So I had to check out the Alamo,” one guy said, obvious Latino accent.
“But aren’t you Mexican?” his traveling companion asked.
“Yeah,” the first answered, that hispanic lilt to his speech pattern, “Mexican-American. My dad was born in Austin, My family lives in San Antonio, now, my grandmother, she was born in Mexico…”
Musical punctuation:
“And the sounds of trains only remain in the memories of the ones like me…”
(Lyle Lovett singing Steve Fromholz’ epic Texas Trilogy)
(But I wasn’t wearing my long pants hence the cold front reference.)
“Down around the corner, half a mile from here, see the long trains running and watch them disappear…”
China Grove. The Alamo. Helotes. Gruene. Seems to me, despite my personal prejudice, that San Antonio is home to more arts than Austin. And no one ever says, “Keep Austin Lame.”
“The pistons keep on turning and the wheels go round and round….”
Paranoid (Black Sabbath) was playing as the train was leaving San Antonio. The conductor wore black (passed through Alejandro Escoveda’s home town, Rank & File) and the subtle juxtaposition of it all was lost.
New ad: “When a grown man lives at home with his mom? Pathetic. But when a grown man lives at home with his dead mom? Classic.”
Billy Joe Shaver singing, “That’s why the man in black sings the blues”
Dancing Moon (editorial note to self: where was I going with all this?)
Despite two books, I always rebound back to Marcus Aurelius for reference and inspiration.
“Not to support this side or that in chariot racing, this fighter or that in games. To put up with discomfort and not make demands. To do my own work and mind my own business, and have no time for slanderers.” (Book I, chapter 5)
“When you deal with irrational animals, with things and circumstances, be generous and straightforward. You are rational; they are not. When dealing with fellow human beings, behave as one. They share in the logos. and invoke the gods regardless.
“Don’t worry about how long you’ll go on doing this.
“A single afternoon would be enough.” (Book VI, chapter 23)“Socrates used to call the popular beliefs ‘the monsters under the bed’ – only useful for frightening children with.” (Book 11, chapter 23)
Rerun: classic rock:
Artist: The Outlaws
Title: Green Grass and High Tides
“In a place you only dream of, where your soul is always free
Silver stages, golden curtains, filled my head plain as could be
As a rainbow grew around the sun, all the stars I’ve loved, who died
Came from somewhere beyond the scene you see, these lovely people played just for me”
Gratuitous Apple links:
For the iPod Video, and note, why didn’t I think of this?
Then, of course, news about that lawsuit.
