Hello, my name is Sami.....

...and I am a Black Crowes addict.

I swear, there are some bands that it is better for me to not listen to at all.........coz I can't stop. In the midst of non-stop Crowes listening today, I decided I would make myself a "best of" CD.........of some of my faves to simplify things when I get the urge to "crowe."  IT. CAN. NOT. BE. DONE. I made one cd and have started on the second. I mean....it would be like trying to narrow my fave Zep songs down to just fifteen. Again: IT. CAN. NOT. BE. DONE.

 

 

Soul music:

My dear sister-friend, Moni, posted this photo on my FaceBook page with the comment: This is you, love!

Truly, madly, deeply made my day!!  Nice to know that my soul shines thru....even if only one person sees it!

I just happened to be in Walmart today and strolled through the "music" section. (By that I mean cds which is basically all you can buy anymore) It has been reduced to one rack....all genres together, alphabetically. In other words, AC/DC, Hank Williams, Lady Gaga, and TuPac Shakur are all together on one shelf, and a tiny little shelf at that. I found it quite sad.

And people wonder why I am so down on technology.

 

Guess I've become and old fuddy duddy, but EVERYTHING being digital and online scares me. A LOT. Guess I'll go download Clapton's new cd, OLD SOCK, now. Sigh.

Picklejuice

Picklejuice: great name for a band, yeah??

Anyhow....I have lately become addicted to Claussen Kosher Pickle juice. Nectar of the gods, that. Wonder if there is a way to mix it with vodka?????? HA!

Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming...........

Flower power Part 2

.....and in continuing with the theme from my last entry......




Thank you Joe Walsh for "Analog Man!"  At least I'm not alone......

Welcome to cyberspace, I'm lost in the fog
everything's digital I'm still analog
when something goes wrong
I don't have a clue
some 10-year-old smart ass has to show me what to do
sign on with high speed you don't have to wait
sit there for days and vegetate
I access my email, read all my spam, I'm an analog man.

the whole world's living in a digital dream
it's not really there
it's all on the screen
makes me forget who I am
I'm an analog man

yeah I'm an analog man in a digital world
I'm gonna get me an analog girl
who loves me for what I am
I'm an analog man

what's wrong with vinyl, I think it sounds great
LPs, 45s, 78s but that's just the way I am
I'm an analog man

turn on the tube, watch until dawn
one hundred channels, nothing is on
endless commercials, endless commercials, endless commercials

the whole world's glued to the cable TV
it looks so real on the big LCD
murder and violence are rated PG, too bad for the children
they are what they see

the whole world's living in a digital dream
it's not really there
it's all on the screen
makes me forget who I am
I'm an analog man

yeah I'm an analog man in a digital world
I'm gonna get me an analog girl
who loves me for what I am
I'm an analog man

yeah I'm an analog man in a digital world

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEoWaP4skv8

Flower Power........

Was reading and listening to the band SWEET earlier tonight. I had *totally* forgotten about this song....but it's my THEME: (Well, except for the fact that I'm not a MAN.....lol!)

Sixties Man:

Take me now, I think I'm a simple man
Just need some lovin' and an easy living plan
But everyday now someone pulls my line
Shakes me up and says 'hey you gotta get in time'
Sunny days are over and gone for good
Shape up boy, you ain't working like you should
Well I know now I'm a man out of his place
Don't have a 1980's kind of face

Chorus
'cos I'm a sixties man at last I know it's true
Woodstock nights, oh where are you?
Strawberry Fields and San Francisco too
'cos I'm a sixties man at heart and baby so are you
'cos I'm a sixties man at heart and baby so are you

Flower power you never knew so much pain
Sitting 'round, loving in and loving out again
Oh the seventies I found I hardly knew
They left me high and dry and I know why

Chorus
Cos I'm a sixties man, Bob Dylan where are you?

I'm a sixties man at last I know it's true
A sixties man at heart like you

I'm a sixties man at last I know it's true
A sixties man at heart like you

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9qxbwIuHRM

Seaching for bliss....

I was enlightened to a "truth" yesterday, or at least a point of view that I had never thought of, but that makes  perfect sense to me. We, humans, are spirits in a material body. This earth is a temporary home and we spend our entire lives searching/longing to get back "home" and to once again, have our souls at peace and reside in GODly  bliss. The reason we use alchohol and drugs is part of the search......the eternal quest to reclaim our bliss!! WOW! I had never thought of things this way, but it seems like the perfect answer to so many questions. Might also be the reason that GOD gave us marijuana, peyote and other NATURAL highs: our reminders of where we came from and eventually return.  I think that music (some of it, anyway!) helps to send our minds and souls closer to the Source Joy as well.  My mind is boggled.  Thanks Donovan (via ???) for the gleam. Quite right-ly! :)