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OUCH!: In The Backyard/// hbz

It Looks Like Rain, Keith

OUCH!: Omage of the Day/// hbz

Move Your Castle and Corner My King Blues

"There is a Savior born

every

thirty minutes."

"Most will never know their potential."

"Some'll be killed or die young."

"There is Saviors among us."

"I saw one earlier."

OUCH!: Image of the Day/// hbz

Cosmic Local Blues

OUCH!: Poem of the Day/// hbz

With Jimmy and Bill Blues

The

Bubble

Deployed

The Inappropriate boy

Targets

Tacked

Round

Red

Cover Your Balls

Cover Your Head

Something Is

The Nothing Out There

Search Out

Baffled

Not Everyone Wants To Dance

In Your Shoes

Baffled

Not Everyone

Digs Your Views

(or)

Calls what you have

The Blues

"Depression Is A Large Projector."

("Whay does that mean?")

Molded By The Sad Cow Story

("Pretending you're sick is an Art.")

"Mass shootings are down. . ."

("Neu Rules.")

OUCH!: Images of the Day/// hbz

Album Cover

Flea Market

Blues

OUCH!: Poem of the Day/// hbz

Warrior Poet Blues

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from: The ROCK IS GOD Series

Pete Townshend

Q U A D R O P H E N I A

OUCH!: Debate of the Day/// hbz

Tacos and Ice Cream

OUCH!: Poem of the Day/// hbz

Long Race/// Short Track

He stood:

Near a row of benches

stacked three high

with trash cans sitting on top

24 cans in groups of four per bench

He counted

Across the Hall:

A tall hallway trash can

Stood with Atonomy

Listening to The Who

Listening to Quadrophenia

Noticing:

Light switch covers removed

Electric wires poke out like horror movie worms

Wires hang from holes in the ceiling

The doors are all of their henges

Wall leaning

Thinking:

"Pete's a Total ROCKER."

They know he's there

They don't know where

Self

Entitled

Drive

Shaft

("How close am I to the character I play?")

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They Tore Down The Math Stages

New Theatre Blues

Rubber Gloves and Melting Shoes

He stood

Exammining:

Light

Bouncing

Against

Plastic-covered

Walls and floors

Light:

Warped-Active

Discs of insincere silver

("Feeling very sci-fi.")

Listening to The Who

Listening to Tommy

Not knowing where to stand/// There was no reason for him to be there

Standing

Beside ladders

Tommy smashes through the mirror

("Am I the alien in this movie?")

OUCH!: Pre-Socratic Chalk Talk/// hbz

Dinner With Zoe

OUCH!: Story of the Day/// hbz

Across the Fence/// Across the Street

I call this tree Keith

"Hey Keith, how's yer mum?"

"Nice sky today, Keith."

My earworm

sings a chorus of "Happy"

"That's a good one Keith."

OUCH!: Poem of the Day/// hbz

Lumpy Gravy Blues

U. F. O.

landed on my eye/// I was 13

It showed me a picture of a place that I should see

It was my birthday/// I got a bike."

"Art'll sneak up on ya."

"I couldn't figure out, once."

"Art is that way."

"Did they find the guy?"

"They know it's you."

"From inside a guitar/// It's very loud/// Torturous."

"Why were you in a guitar?"

"The drum was full."

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Caught Between Buildings Blues

"Sit in a chair long enough and it's an hour later."

I'm:

Still a Hater

Still the Greater

Still blasting dreams

From a smoldering crater

Still a traitor

"No, my sister was the speed skater."

("This smells like a freighter.")

Later,

Mator

Buried my shoe

in a hidden puddle -

Submerged the other shoe

Making things even

OUCH!: Philosophy of the Day/// hbz

Soul Delivery

System Blues

ART = Being

The Brain

Is a terminal

Navigating

Demands

going in and out

"I'm hungry."

The Mind

Can

Enlightened

The Mind

Can work it out

The Mind

Makes

and

Loves

"Art"

("The Mind is the place where all of your problems stay.")

I could have never married a woman

that didn't like The Beatles

("What would be the point?")

Because:

The Beatles

Are part of

How my Mind works

You don't have to dig it all

I'll cut you slack on Led Zeppelin and The Who

The Beatles

Are the deal breaker

("I got records to listen to.")

"Looking for a feeling."

"Man, did you hear that?"

"Me too."

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Morning Birds

Move Fast:

Allergy Medicine Blues

Some of these birds

Could be

Hallucinations

OUCH!: Poem of the Day/// hbz

Took Time To Sign the Sidewalk

Nostalgia

Friends

Tied-up

The

Epoch

Rock

"I still dig 'em all."

"Remember... He use to always speak with a British accent(?)."

"He played a Les Paul."

"Ohhh yeah..."

"I heard Irish is back in town(?)."

"I saw him the other day/// He almost ran over me."

"I use'ta work outside/// Now I sell insurance."

"That's a great chorus."

I HATED those guys...I miss hating 'em."

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In The Backyard

Two

Owls

Hooting

at the

Night

as it

Slips

Away

Into

Morning

For one hoot

It rang out

The two owls were in sweet singing harmony

I wonder if their ears perked up

I've never heard

That happen before

The new wind-chimes are pretty

But, they don't make much noise

"Is it going to rain?"

"It's not cloudy/// The sun's not up yet."

kin

The grove

Watching

Little Brown Dog

Her

Eyes on a swivel

Moving

Sections

Instant

Destinations

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The Candid Minutes

and

The Odd Fella Blues

The Old Kids on the curb

Bitching about the Young Kids

Bitching about the co-workers

Laughing at the obvious jokes

Agreeing that

Clapton

Shouldn't play reggae

Little Brown Dog

Jumping up into the light

Snapping at the moths

Unsuccesfully

With

Grace

"I read the Bible/// There's lots of good lines in there."

- Keith Richards

OUCH!: In the Backyard/// hbz

My Imaginary Bands

Latest Imaginary Album

C O V E R S

OUCH!: The First Minute of a Good Movie/// hbz

ROCK IS GOD!!!

The Musical

(The MOVIE)

Introduction: Act I

Him:

"I wanna be a troubled emchanted troubador and soar."

(Strums an air guitar chord)

Him:

"I wanna be a rock 'n' roll pirate/// Sail's full of songs/// Rhythm in our rampage."

(Strums a higher chord on his air guitar)

Him:

"The truth is clear/// I'm a genius magical being from Here

Becaise of the enlightenment I under went
at the hands of The Who LIVE at Leeds."

(Pete Townshend leap/// Smash!)

Him:

(After resuming a natural stance)

(Lifts his pick hand over his head)

"I'm feeling good now, yeah, but, I can't explain."

(Hits an imaginary chord on his electric air guitar)

Him:

I got my walk right
Through the teachings of John Lennon and Led Zeppelin.

I am a part of the sun
and the weather
and the construction of the feather

Because I've heard Neil Young and Crazy Horse/// Together."

(Viscous rhythm guitar. . .)
(Him falls to the ground/// Has seizure)

(((Fade to Black)))

(FLASH: White letters)

"ROCK
IS
GOD
!!!"

(A series of young kids laighing/// Going down a slide)

Him:
(Standing in a field)
"This is a true story!"
(Him runs away towards the woods)
(Cue music)

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The First Rock Party of May

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Keith Richards Confession:

"He never had a full-body blood transfusion, it's a myth."

("I almost cried/// I love that story.")

A Sliver of Truth In a Broad Generalization

One thing in common:

Rolling Stones

The Who

and

Led Zeppelin

Jimmy Reed

was a major early influence

Keith

Pete

and

Jimmy

all

Loved

Him

The way his band worked

How the music worked

All of my Jimmy Reed albums are LIVE

Two guitars, bass, and drums

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Notes On A Walk

"I'm still trying to get Nick Drake."

Soneone suggests:

"Listen to Pink Moon."

"Oh. . .(In a good way). .Maybe that's the one."

("The part of me

that doesn't like Nick Drake

Loves Black Sabbath.")

Listening to the wrong album of a good band

can screw you out of hearing and feeling and enjoying

The Rock God:

Rock itself

Vital.

Example:

Blue Oyster Cult

and

Grand Funk Railroad

Both

put out some half-ass albums

and

They have both

put out albums

that are among

The Greatest Hard Rock

ever made

Top Shelf Rock

But, you gotta know/// Hear it or read it. . .

You gotta be

lucky or informed

You could be very disappointed

Example:

("Agents of Fortune is a disappointing album and

it's got "Don't Fear the Reaper" on it

So,

a lotta kids bought that album

with Big X-spectations

and

lots never bought

Blue Oyster Cult

records

again

("There was Zeppelin and Deep Purple records that could be bought

Boston and The Who'/// It was the golden age of Hard Rock

HIGH BAR BLUES

THE
Blue Oyster Cult albums to get

are:

The first one

Blue Oyster Cult (1972)

and the third album

Secret Treaties (1974)

Perfect albums.

("On the merit of those two records

I put B. O. C. in my top ten bands of all time.")

The Grand Funk album is the red record

Grand Funk Railroad

GRAND FUNK (1969)

("Is this a tribute band?")

Notes On Waiting

Picking my nose

On a bench

In a hall

Between doors

Epoch

Munchers

Baby sounds and

People from the sticks

Old growth and

Swing-set record stores

Bleeding on the tyiles!

("No, that's red juice.")

Trapped

The Loose

Sound:

The heel of my shoe against the tile BANGS and ECHOES

Booger on my fingernail

James Is In Town IV

"Spoylight In The Tree Above Me/// Norman Rock Festival 2013"

"Meet me behind the sound board."
(Corey and Alan)
(Ty James and Travis)

("By the carnival/// Across the tracks.")