💬 Quotes
🎵 This Is The End
I wrote an email this morning, responding to something that had been sent to me, announcing - and I paraphrase - that despite the longevity of the work that he had been personally driving for decades, he has decided that this was indeed - ‘the end’.
I guess it is one of those days, where every where you look, every page you turn emotion takes over and (at least for me), music takes hold.
Because I - and indeed he - are ‘of a certain age’, ‘The End’ came to mind. (If you aren’t of a certain age - I commend you to watch just one (if not all three) of the YouTubes below.) If you are of a certain age - you don’t need me to tell you.
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I’ll never look into your eyes again
“Every time I hear that song, it means something else to me. It started out as a simple good-bye song… Probably just to a girl, but I see how it could be a goodbye to a kind of childhood."
💬 Jim Morrison
If you want a really good cry, the images most certainly do nothing to distract from the pain of the song …
If you want to listen to the original recording of nearly 11 minutes that took just 30 minutes of studio time (think about that) …
If you are of the live music persuasion… in the US you had Woodstock. In the UK we had The Isle of Wight …
Not to generalize to all techies - and of course - none of you in here … but it’s not just about being too smart to be sexists #discuss
““Over time players go where the money is. The money is here. Once Americans realize that the sport is moving west …. it’s going to stoke anti-American sentiment around the world. It’s something we need to be ready for.”
💬 Dana Blankenhorn
🎵 Charley’s, Paia, Maui is no more
If you know Charley’s, this is not new news.
If you don’t know Charley’s - then why should you care?
This just in from my good friend Randall Rospond … number 25 in the image below, right beside another friend Tom Conway.
Randall’s friend and Maui artist John Woodruff is the artist, the painting features many Maui Musician Regulars on stage with many of the Charley’s staff and regular patrons.
“Although this famous live music venue in Paia is no longer … the history will always stand.”
I saw numerous Willie Nelson shows, Neil Young w/ Promise of the Real, Leon Russell, Kris Kristofferson, Steven Tyler and Pat Simmons and so many more.
💬 Randall Rospond
Randall’s performances at Charley’s included opening shows for;
- St. Paul Peterson: keyboardist for “The Time” discovered by Prince
- John Kadlecik of Dark Star Orchestra & Further { Bob Weir & Phil Lesh }
- Guested w/ the Planetary Bandits { Willie Nelson’s Maui Band }
- Performed solo and with the Haiku Hillbillys for over 25 years
(Sadly the resolution of the image of the index is not good enough to always get to the ‘numbers’.)
Man is a problem-solving, skill-using, social animal. Once he has satisfied his hunger, two main kinds of experiences are significant to him. One of his deepest needs is to apply his skills, whatever they be, to challenging tasks — to feel the exhilaration of the well-struck ball or the well-solved problem. The other need is to find meaningful and warm relations with a few other human beings — to love and be loved, to share experience, to respect and be respected, to work in common tasks.
💬 Herbert Simon
❤️🔥Happy Valentine’s Day💓💘💝💕
In light of my daily reading of 🔗 The Daily Stoic, this one seemed to connect to some recent themes I have been reading. Not the first time this 💬 has been on the site, but three years ago, it wasn’t as pretty.
Substack is designed for writers, not business owners.
💬 Ellen Donnelly
What she means is that Substack doesn’t have all the data tracking guff and stuff that comes with the marketing ESPs like Mailchimp and Constant Contact.
A few days after the conversation started, someone (1) wrote;
“all I need now is a technical person that is interested in writing the plugin.”
Voila.
Project started.
P U M P E D
(1) Was it @sod? Can’t find the comment that is in my head anywhere!
💬 Quote Bonanza Today - The Theme is AI …
… Venkatesh does not like Mr. Brooks.
… part of an excellent series of articles on how ‘this time it is different’.
… that’s one hell of a guarantee!
“Don’t expect a TikTok style UI or the ability to subscribe to specific sites like you can in an RSS reader.
💬 Matt Birchler
Artifact didn’t make it to my ‘must try’ list. The implication of 100% AI crosses it off my list completely.