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Blog. Book. Book Tour.
I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned that my friend Henry turned his blog (Health Care Fine Art) into a book. He didn’t try to sell the book but gave it to the best customers of his art. Some call it “vanity press,” Henry calls it marketing.
A year later… Henry has been invited to give a talk about his book in New York. Last week he did a series of presentations in Boston. In a couple of week he’ll be in San Francisco and next month, San Diego.
It’s a beautiful book and nobody know more about this kind of art than Henry.
Welcome to the new normal.
Last Dance
“Men whose laps we’d avoid”
And for those that haven’t seen it in previous years, here I am desperately throw a gang sign calling for immediate help.
It’s damned cold in Santa’s kitchen
Joe Bankhead’s History of KBOA
Joe Bankhead was there when radio station KBOA went on the air in 1947. One of the original employees. He recently retired (at the age of 92) and set down at his manual upright and banged out 17 pages of memories about the early days. My thanks to Joe (and his son, Jimmy) for allow us to share them here. You can hear some of Joe’s recollections in his own words (recorded in 1982)
Anderson Cooper weighs in on race, justice and Kennett, MO
My friend John just called report the Dunklin County courthouse in Kennett, Missouri (where I grew up), is surrounded by TV satellite trucks covering the trial of Heather Ellis. I posted on this a couple of weeks ago and have no idea what what really happened at the local Wal-Mart. I guess that’s what the trial is deciding. It sounds like CNN’s Anderson Cooper might have already have a verdict:
“… Kennett, Missouri has created both a pattern and practice of disparate treatment toward people of color. According to the American Civil Liberties Union, the police of Kennett, Missouri search African Americans more than twice as often as whites (14% vs. 6%) even though they possess contraband at roughly the same rate (25% vs. 20%). Across the state of Missouri, African-Americans are searched almost twice as often as whites (12% vs. 7%), even though they are LESS likely to possess contraband (17% vs. 20%). Attorney General Eric Holder should get involved by conducting a thorough investigation of the entire Southeast Missouri judicial system.”
“My simple contention is this: Had Heather Ellis been a Duke Lacrosse player getting a little rowdy on spring break, I doubt very seriously that she would be facing this kind of prison time. America has a two-tiered justice system, where people of color are being given the bottom rung of the justice ladder. Our inability to let go of our racially horrific past is causing us to destroy our future. The Heather Ellis case is merely a symbol of a much larger problem.”
Story from yesterday on the Daily Dunklin Democrat website. I’ll update this with a verdict if and when there is one.
Song of @fezmonger
Going for a bike ride and leaving the phone behind.
Keep the ratings up and don’t forget to roll
the credits when you’re through.
It is days like this that I wish
I had a café lifestyle
and not the sit in front of a computer
life I have today.
The train is running extra slow today.
Not a surprise considering
the rain tends to jack it up.
Gonna be a looong ride home.
This train is moving
a bit slower than I would like.
At this rate we won’t reach basecamp by tea time
And it begins again. I hope the train shows up soon
my cloud cover is breaking up
and it looks to be a hot day ahead
Sitting on the train platform in a warm LA night.
At least the smoke has cleared out…
I’ll be back here tomorrow
The damn couch keeps calling my name.
I’m trying to get something… hell anything, done today
but a nap sounds so very nice
The lines above were compiled from random tweets by Jason Rogers. No words were added or deleted. I did break lines as spirit moved. I hope someone with music in their soul can make this sing.
Joe Bankhead retires. Finally.
Joe Bankhead helped put KBOA (Kennett, MO) on the air back in 1947. One of the original employees. Also a good friend of my father. Joe tells his story better than I can. The man has seen a lot of radio.