History, images, music.
History:
Story about a WW II German site – defense installation, over the coast of France. I’m a lot less enthused with WW II history, or rewriting history, but what struck me the most about the tale, was the how far we’ve come with our methods of killing each other. Then consider, too, how much more minutiae, in excruciating detail, is currently available, for any given theater.
As quick as it happens, the feelings, reactions, atrocities and the ugliness of armed combat is now available.
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Dissonant memories:
Too nice to be inside, any problems with this week’s scopes, like typographical errors? Sorry, but Wednesday afternoon was too nice to be inside. Along the north shore, there’s a sign about cleaning up after your dog, or something. What caught my eye was the graffiti, not sure it shows up, but the sign was marked with a “Gomer.”
There’s also a large circular object, like a giant tether ball, anchored in the middle of the lake. In reality, it marks shoals, but I always get an image of Patrick McGoohan in a Lotus Seven, and the question, “Who is Number One?” (Might have obscure TV trivia all backwards).
“I’ll be your new Number Two.”
I cross the pedestrian bridge almost daily, as it’s most the convenient route from trailer park to downtown. I’ve tried several times, but this is the first time that I think I’ve finally caught the image of some of the graffiti, look closely, does it say, “Gomer,” as well?
So I got to poking through the web, to find a long-lost sound, I think the band must’ve been “El BJ,” and the song was “Gomer Pyle is God,”
But it’s gone. However, the graffiti kept bring back the memories.
The dissonance comes from what happened next, I hit iTunes, no band or anything similar, but I did find a heavy-metal version of “Devil Went Down to Georgia,” the CDB fiddle classic.
Then a hip-hop version. So I’ve got the Gourds doing “Gin’n’Juice” followed with some midwestern hip-hop group doing “Devil went down to Georgia.”
Update on the phone spam:
Country Wide Mortgage, after I was told I wouldn’t receive any more calls, “You’ll be placed on on our ‘do not call list’ (promise?)” has called two more times. If you have a choice? Realize that they spend their time and your money marketing to the wrong people. Plus, they seem to make false promises.
No more calls? Twice in one week?
