October 15, 2009

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  The second hand unwinds...if you're lost and you look, you will find me...time after....my first thoughts strangely went out to Cyndi...are we not all in love with Cyndi Lauper?

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  1  Love you girl. The loss of El Capitan must have brought a tear. And perhaps more than any of us could comprehend.  We salute you, we salute Time After Time, and most of all, we salute your Dad in Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.

  2  We sometimes must confront our own mortality, so when Captain Lou walks into a bar, we all give pause. Somewhat.
  

   

  3  Cyndi, we understand. You understood all of us, and now we know all about O, Captain.

   

  4   A part of all of us went with Captain Lou yesterday.

   

  5   The second hand relentlessly it seems, unwinds.

   

  6    So...Captain Lou Albano walks into a bar...

   

  7    Go get the original Time After Time MTV video, and then blast it. Cyndi hurts, as do many of us, because another gentle poem has removed itself from our frabjous lives.

   

  8   Moving on: Ah, necrology!

   

  9   So...Blue Cheer's Dickie Peterson walks into the selfsame bar, looking for a place to plug in his amp.

   

  10  Right on his tail is Al Martino, the crooner who found his niche as Johnny Fontane in The Godfather.

   

  11  Hmm. Come to think of it, you put Cyndi, Lou, and Dickie in heaven, and you get the likes of Lennon, Morrison, Jackson, and tons of others enjoying a loud and partying concert.

   

  12  The mind reels. Smiles ensue. Classic defense mechanisms, but true.
  

   

  13   If music be the food of love, play on. So sayeth my boy Shakespeare.

   

  14   Play on, Captain Lou. Play on, Blue Cheer. Play on, Mr. Martino. The world needs art, love, music, and poetry. You all brought that to all of us.

   

  15   You're all lovely.

   

  16   Moving on, Part the Second: Yeesh.

   

  17   I have this thing that every once in a while I have no idea which day of the week it is.

   

  18   Yesterday I did lights for our amazing Wind Ensemble, who toe it up once more. The music was simply exquisite, with pieces from Mozart to Copland, and many more in between.

   

  19  The music danced and bounced everywhere, drawing me into a dream world of English gardens, wide water, and always, looking forward to still more amazing times with friends, family, and acquaintences.

   

  20  The music danced, moved, stopped, started, became humorous, and then drew mental images of meadows, trees, rippling water, and loves of our lives.

   

  21   All that in one night.

   

  22   I'm still reeling from all of it, and life continues to dance, to poke, to tease, to go dark, to follow the flame, and to light the heart to places we never thought possible.

   

  23  God bless you, Cyndi, and God bless everyone, even atheists.

   

  24   lol.

   

  25   That was a fookin' disclaimer.

   

  26    Love you all.

   

  27    Miss you all beyond words.

   

  28    Peace.

   

  ~H~

  
  

   

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