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Damn, I guess. Amy Ray may

we are stardust — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:53:53 +0000

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Damn, I guess. Amy Ray may be one of musical heroes, if I have any. I'm watching Pulp Fiction a friend lent us. Heard this, and it flashed me back. A tune so 'Out' I loved it; hope it makes you laugh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

Watt Childress — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 01:35:38 +0000

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwGUI7DxEHc

More heroes. The real thing. Go girls.

My tears welled over and

we are stardust — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:46:00 +0000

In reply to Nice cover by Griffith. Too

My tears welled over and spilled, Watt. How kind and over-the-top of you to say. You couldn't know that it came on day that I'd finally given in (quasi-humorously) to the fact that my life is about as small as a postage stamp any more. Thank you, but my stars, dear.

This other piece of Dylan news, too, is hard to take. I read it as (ironically) I was downloading that tune for my Realplayer.

http://mondoweiss.net/2011/04/no-surprise-dylan-is-visiting-the-neighbor...

Reader-commenters say he changed dramatically after a bad motorcycle accident; maybe closed-head injuries.

Lovely blog, Watt.

Nice cover by Griffith. Too

Watt Childress — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:19:35 +0000

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Nice cover by Griffith. Too bad about Dylan. The selling-out of boomer heroes is so cliche. Free Love, Free Trade. The cynic inside me says "ah, but he was so much younger then, he's older than that now."

Yet that isn't the true picture, Stardust. Because I know who you are, and you're my hero.

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/alvin-felzenberg/2011/04/13/bob-dyla...

Heard some disturbing news

we are stardust — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:44:18 +0000

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Heard some disturbing news about Dylan this morning, but... ;o)

Nanci Griffith covers this plaintive Julie Gold tune; it seems to fit your diary.

Thank you for mentioning

Watt Childress — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:37:23 +0000

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Thank you for mentioning "clean coal" and fracking of natural gas. I see no sustainable way to power the so called "growth economy," which seems like short hand for growth in corporate profits and assumes these profits are essential to everyone's well-being. The assumption is deadly. We need a stewardship economy, not a growth economy.

And thank you for the Dylan clip. In Matthew and Luke, the verse I quoted from the Gospel of Thomas is followed by "You cannot serve God and mammon."

I loved the 'we are brothers'

we are stardust — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:33:23 +0000

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I loved the 'we are brothers' element a lot, and indirectly that bows in Japan can even come to us as dangerous here. Sort of twisted ambassadors, really.

And yes; we are in servitude to, and lied to, by economic predators. We hope it doesn't get directly worse by the defunding of the EPA and 'new' energy sources like nukes and 'clean coal' and fracking, which many are saying is even more dangerous than coal.

To honor your Matthew and Luke quotes is Dylan:

The following posts at

Watt Childress — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:33:01 +0000

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The following posts at FireDogLake, and their comments, offer some useful context for thinking about the unfolding nuclear nightmare. The second link makes the case that the severity of the disaster in Fukushima should be assessed as multiple times over what was unleashed at Chernobyl.

http://my.firedoglake.com/lobster/2011/04/11/fukushima-ines-7-announceme...

http://my.firedoglake.com/lobster/2011/04/05/fukushima-should-be-ines-7-...