WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
So this pierced and tatted nonsexual with lime-streaked purple hair said to me, “Name one really great thing about American Country and Western culture. Name one thing that will stand the test of time!” Challenge accepted.
byVanderleunonAugust 3, 2022
Warning: Take no strong medication or drink before consuming video. Unless it is already too late.
Note the dime-a-ride sidewalk pony at 3:36! At six years of age in my Hopalong Cassidy uniform, I loved that pony more than life itself.
A 4 string electric dobro bass.
Can’t say I ever saw that before.
The toon blows.
JackAugust 4, 2022, 6:15 AM
Don’t it!! Reminds me of that narcissistic, tattooed, self serving and talentless hillbilly gathering called the CMAs which seems to pop up every 2-3 months or so and last night. If there is any talent in that shitshow it might be found among the corralled models who sing along with the freaks on the stage. My God, what a passel of posers.
timAugust 3, 2022, 5:28 PM
Always loved that Primus song but first
time actually seeing video. Ah…wow, glad I’m sober.
TerryAugust 3, 2022, 5:45 PM
That’s a great picture of you Gerard! Almost all of the early photos of me are gone. Burned up in a house fire one of my screwy cousins started to cover up an illegal activity he was involved in. Fire cops who investigated called the mess “suspicious”.
Take good care of that photo you posted Gerard. It’s a keeper indeed! On second thought the three letter goons could use that picture as evidence you are a gun nut and dangerous domestic threat. F**K them to hell.
LPAugust 3, 2022, 6:26 PM
My 3 year old grandson loves his cowboy outfit, the hat, belt, guns, boots, he loves it when I play cowboy songs, at that age they just drink everything right up, so I look on YouTube for cowboy songs and video clips but it’s kind of hard to find good ones. If anyone knows of any please let me know. Pirate sea shanties too. Anything that’s the real thing would be appreciated! Thank you!
Hi LP, for school last year my kids had a couple of good sea shanties: “The Wellerman” is a good place to start, there are a lot of fun versions people have done plus anyone singing that one probably has a few more. Another one we did was “Haul on the Bowline”.
After dinner.
Mary’s at Tai Chi.
I knock back a few.
Then a few more before coming in to check the computer.
HMMM… maybe another gorgeous chick on a bike?
Saw the warning too late.
Actually, I dug the shit kickin’ shit outta’ that.
The Meijer stores scattered around the Midwest still offer one cent pony rides. It’s fun to see the kids riding that horse. Many folks put pennies on the horse’s stand, just in case one needs a penny for the ride.
There is quite a body of serious and enduring literature set in the (no so) Old West. I recommend the late Elmer Kelton’s The Time It Never Rained and his series beginning with The Good Ol’ Boys. And who doesn’t crack a smile at the video of Bing and friends singing I’m an Old Cowhand?
JackAugust 4, 2022, 6:39 AM
So you want serious and enduring literature on the not so old American West? If you’re serious, order a copy of J. W. Wilbarger’s “Indian Depredations In Texas”.
In roughly 400 pages you’ll read details of raids, attacks, murders and brutality against settlers from 1836-1875 (+/- a few years) and of efforts by citizens, the military and the Texas Rangers to catch and kill those Indians, generally Comanches, Kiowas and Kiowa-Apaches but which, in a few instances, were other tribes that were supposedly allies with settlers and the military.
Some of Wilbarger’s family suffered from those attacks and I believe that may his father or uncle…some male family member… was scalped and eventually, years later, died from that event. Wilbarger compiled reports from eye witnesses and it took him a couple of decades, maybe longer, to complete his book which is not all inclusive by any means.
He writes in an almost Victorian style but his book may well be the only graphic record of those events and for folks who are interested in the Indian problems of those days the book is an excellent reference.
Then what is the answer?– Not to be deluded by dreams.
To know that great civilizations have broken down into violence,
and their tyrants come, many times before.
When open violence appears, to avoid it with honor or choose
the least ugly faction; these evils are essential.
To keep one’s own integrity, be merciful and uncorrupted
and not wish for evil; and not be duped
By dreams of universal justice or happiness. These dreams will
not be fulfilled.
To know this, and know that however ugly the parts appear
the whole remains beautiful. A severed hand
Is an ugly thing and man dissevered from the earth and stars
and his history… for contemplation or in fact…
Often appears atrociously ugly. Integrity is wholeness,
the greatest beauty is
Organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty
of the universe. Love that, not man
Apart from that, or else you will share man’s pitiful confusions,
or drown in despair when his days darken.
Real World Address for Donations, Mash Notes and Hate Mail
Gerard Van der Leun
1692 MANGROVE AVE
APT 379
Chico, Ca 95926
Where the Sidewalk Ends
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we’ll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we’ll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.
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Is this you, Gerard? So cute!
A 4 string electric dobro bass.
Can’t say I ever saw that before.
The toon blows.
Don’t it!! Reminds me of that narcissistic, tattooed, self serving and talentless hillbilly gathering called the CMAs which seems to pop up every 2-3 months or so and last night. If there is any talent in that shitshow it might be found among the corralled models who sing along with the freaks on the stage. My God, what a passel of posers.
Always loved that Primus song but first
time actually seeing video. Ah…wow, glad I’m sober.
That’s a great picture of you Gerard! Almost all of the early photos of me are gone. Burned up in a house fire one of my screwy cousins started to cover up an illegal activity he was involved in. Fire cops who investigated called the mess “suspicious”.
Take good care of that photo you posted Gerard. It’s a keeper indeed! On second thought the three letter goons could use that picture as evidence you are a gun nut and dangerous domestic threat. F**K them to hell.
My 3 year old grandson loves his cowboy outfit, the hat, belt, guns, boots, he loves it when I play cowboy songs, at that age they just drink everything right up, so I look on YouTube for cowboy songs and video clips but it’s kind of hard to find good ones. If anyone knows of any please let me know. Pirate sea shanties too. Anything that’s the real thing would be appreciated! Thank you!
Hi LP, for school last year my kids had a couple of good sea shanties: “The Wellerman” is a good place to start, there are a lot of fun versions people have done plus anyone singing that one probably has a few more. Another one we did was “Haul on the Bowline”.
thanks julie!
After dinner.
Mary’s at Tai Chi.
I knock back a few.
Then a few more before coming in to check the computer.
HMMM… maybe another gorgeous chick on a bike?
Saw the warning too late.
Actually, I dug the shit kickin’ shit outta’ that.
JWM
The Meijer stores scattered around the Midwest still offer one cent pony rides. It’s fun to see the kids riding that horse. Many folks put pennies on the horse’s stand, just in case one needs a penny for the ride.
There is quite a body of serious and enduring literature set in the (no so) Old West. I recommend the late Elmer Kelton’s The Time It Never Rained and his series beginning with The Good Ol’ Boys. And who doesn’t crack a smile at the video of Bing and friends singing I’m an Old Cowhand?
So you want serious and enduring literature on the not so old American West? If you’re serious, order a copy of J. W. Wilbarger’s “Indian Depredations In Texas”.
In roughly 400 pages you’ll read details of raids, attacks, murders and brutality against settlers from 1836-1875 (+/- a few years) and of efforts by citizens, the military and the Texas Rangers to catch and kill those Indians, generally Comanches, Kiowas and Kiowa-Apaches but which, in a few instances, were other tribes that were supposedly allies with settlers and the military.
Some of Wilbarger’s family suffered from those attacks and I believe that may his father or uncle…some male family member… was scalped and eventually, years later, died from that event. Wilbarger compiled reports from eye witnesses and it took him a couple of decades, maybe longer, to complete his book which is not all inclusive by any means.
He writes in an almost Victorian style but his book may well be the only graphic record of those events and for folks who are interested in the Indian problems of those days the book is an excellent reference.
Jeez, Jack. You’re making my summer reading list long enough to last ’til Xmas. But thanks for the recommendation.
I had the Davy Crockett stuff, complete with tent, play gun and coonskin cap. Probably the reason I’m slightly warped.