Speaking Of Everything…

It’s Been a Long Time

Back in the mid-70s the above was a title of a New Birth tune that every fella I knew couldn’t wait to come on the box… I wonder how many people walking around today can trace their origins to this song? This was an album/vinyl/LP that required leaving the “changer arm”(or whatever that doo-hickey that held stacked albums in place on the spindle) in the “up” position, guaranteeing the record would play over and over and over… like Side II of the Isley Bros. “The Heat is On.”

I loved those songs and I loved those times and I love being here. It’s been a long time.

I won’t be gone again any time soon. A lot has happened and I wanna talk about it with friends and strangers alike… another song from the 70s. “friends and strangers” by Ronnie Laws.

Folks, I am back in the land of the living even though this is basically a stream of consciousness cop-out (I said I was going to post tonight so I damn well better do) it is creative output for the first time in a long time.

This spring I am going to complete my thesis which would not have been as timely as I had claimed if completed in spring 2009. It may actually carry more weight now. Be that as it may, I will be posting here on an extremely regular basis while completing the paper.

That could be a real cool thing to do, or it could turn out to be pretty fucking dumb. Either way, that’s the way it is going to be.