January 23, 2007
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The Daily News
The Mamas and the Papas. L. to R.Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot, Michelle Phillips, John Phillips.
1 All the leaves are brown...
2 So...Denny Doherty walks into a bar...
3 California Dreamin' indeed.
4 There's not even a Mama nor a Papa alive anymore. Only a Mrs. Papa.
5 Of the Mama's and the Papa's, Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot, and John Phillips have all walked into a bar.
6 So it goes.
7 What a fun group they were. Are. I always seem to have trouble using the past tense when talking of the bar goers, because I just figure they're all somewhere better, chillin'.
8 Anyway, Denny Doherty passed away on Friday, Friday.
9 M'bad.
10 Moving On: Well now, I just finished writing around 17 more items and was all ready to turn in when I pushed some button and everything up after #9 disappeared.
11 It's okay, because I just went off on a ramble about football and about how much I like Jeff Garcia and all. There aren't too many guys I've met named Garcia that I didn't like, or even worship.
12 I liked Jerry Garcia. Still do, because I guess I still think of him as alive. Every time I play a Garcia song I can feel the spirit. Jerry's definitely still here. The fun thing about Jerry Garcia is that Deadheads all refer to him as Jerry, like we all know the guy personally. He's that sort of guy. What an amazing human being.
13 I really like our repro guy, Pedro Garcia. What a great name. The guy is way mellow and friendly. He's going to Camp Everytown, and is perfect. He also does incredible work, just like most guys named Garcia.
14 And of course, I like Jeff Garcia because he's a local boy who has been knocked down nine times and has gotten up eighteen. He lost both siblings, and got busted for having a good time after a night of debauchin' at Mission Ale House, our only town bar that even comes close to what Chico State was like.
15 Moving On: What, you thought I went to Boikeley? Any guy who has a job that is dedicated to seeing people have fun isn't going to have gone to Boikeley.
16 Nah, I went to Chico. Loved it. Chico's claim to fame is that the 1938 Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone was filmed in the lush and lovely Bidwell Park, one of my favorite places in this world and into the next.
B/W shot of lush Bidwell Park aka Sherwood Forest.
18 Fun place, that's for sure.
19 Moving on: I'm finding it extremely difficult not to be boring today. It's January. I should have been a bear. I'll just keep coming back to that.
20 So this is the second time around anyway. I earned my keep.
21 Well, sorry about no DN yesterday. We had a day off. Semester Break. Some break. We all wind up with glue brain and staple cuts from two days of cursing at human stupidity. We grade finals. Not a good time to bring up the spanking debate. Some teachers at this time of the year don't want to see the kids getting spanked. They want to see them hurled off the Golden Gate Bridge.
22 I better go. Now would be a great time
23 Give the Mamas and Papas some thought today. Sing California Dreamin', just because.
24 Great song, fun times.
25 Dream a little dream.
26 Peace.
~H~
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