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No one has to "marry" anyone else politically; no one has to embrace every tenet or belief that an anti-imperialist ally might hold. You simply have to say: "All of us, regardless of our other views, believe this truth to be self-evident: dismantling the empire will bring immediate and enormous benefits to our nation and to the world."
If in your travels you meet the Buddha, throw him through your tv set.
—Davis Fleetwood
I've found that culture, however useful and important, is neither the foundation nor the ceiling of human experience, even if it is commonly used for walls.
I really consider President and Mrs. Mubarak to be friends of my family. So I hope to see him often here in Egypt and in the United States. —Hillary Clinton
Thanks for the heads-up, 99! What a loss! I never got to see him live, and I'm green with envy. I'll light a candle right away. You'll never forget, bless you. I suppose Peter Coyote must be gone by now too, eh? Oh man, I hate this mortality shit!
ReplyDeleteThe mortality thing would probably be a lot easier if it weren't for the dying part.... Though I hear tell dying is much easier than living. So, there you go.
ReplyDeletePeter Coyote is still going quite strongly. Active in alternative tv, I think.
Yes, it occurs to me that I have had a life that would leave most people on earth green with envy. I think the first time I saw Norton Buffalo was at a Steve Miller concert in this big old place in San Rafael where there were only about 50 people there. Something had gone wrong with actually announcing that they were going to be playing, and so only people who knew employees showed up.
It was transcendental! There I was in my backless tie-die t-shirt and long bell bottoms and hair down to my knees, dancing my body off all by myself and happy as solar radiation. I can't stress how good it was enough.
Another particularly memorable time was at Larry Blake's in Berkeley, when Buffalo had grabbed Robert Johnson to play with him that night. I was with my boyfriend's sisters from out of town, trying to show them a good time, and they fucking lost their cookies over it. They went nuts. Once again, I was just sitting there at the table with that cosmic happiness all over me.
Plenty of other memories of him... all good ones.
This is a serious loss. I was afraid BB2 would be thrown into a major depression. I actually was very hurt by the news, but a few minutes later I went into a kind of hysteria, I guess... because I got all giddy and goofy feeling... I think something in me just can't help feeling happy for the good people who manage to leave us.... It's this strange mixture of self-pity and rejoicing... almost like envy... but not really that... hard to describe.
I was afraid BB2 would be thrown into a major depression.
ReplyDeleteBummed indeed - the mortality thing is starting to get to me, as I turn 60 the day after tomorrow!
Sheesh!
Peter Coyote
ReplyDeleteI've seen a number of science and environmental TV shows recently where he narrated them.
Coyote really has a great speaking voice.
ReplyDelete60 Oh My I turn 61 in Dec and was just asked if if I would like to go to work for the out source company or take a Good Bye package. I couldn't get out the door and in to the cab fast enough it not much $ but I'm going to slam down some more life before it's gone.
ReplyDeleteI saw alot of these people at the Long Branch, Man that was Fun or later at North Beach Revival
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take a Good Bye package.
ReplyDeleteGod I'd die for that!
I'm so ready to be done with the stress, but have at least 5 years to go to be in a position to quit. Maybe when my house gets paid off I'll quit and take a job with no stress for a couple more years.
I'm mighty glad to hear that Peter is still at it. If you haven't read Sleeping Where I Fall, do it!
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