? If you’re feeling stressed, hum a few bars of Alice’s Restaurant
💬 Dave Winer
Yesterday .. (If you’re feeling stressed) reminds us to tune into Alice’s Restaurant and hum a few bars. Me? 🖇️ I remind you of one specific verse late in the song
Either way - it’s all good - delivered nearly 60 years ago.
It is now 2025 - the same year as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones won Grammies - so nothing has changed right?
🎵 I know - who cares - its just a …
Thank you Roger
The words throughout the 4 part ‘series’ courtesy of Roger Waters - so fitting to end this post with one of his.
Picture a courthouse with no fucking laws
Picture a cathouse with no fucking whores
Picture a shithouse with no fucking drains
Picture a leader with no fucking brains
Confusion will be my epitaph
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back and laugh
But I fear tomorrow I’ll be crying
Slowed me down for a second. Great - but how the hell do you find a record shop?
Ahmet moved on from planet earth nearly 20 years ago, so the quote pre dates that by a few more — so makes more sense, but still I think Bob’s quote machine needs more relevance.
🎵 Riverside, Tim Bowen, Pineapple Thief, Gong, Luantic Soul, Gazpacho, Trifecta, Mars Volta, Gentle Giant, Opeth, Anathema, Haken, Gazpacho …
🎵🎙️So talented and humble. One of my favorites - and interviewed by Terry Gross to boot.
[🔗 Beethoven meets Jazz meets The Blues](overcast.fm/+AAYs_mNG…