The Tangential Blues

I’m old. I mean I’m old enough that I’m running out of time here. That’s just a guzbucking serious place to find myself. I have stuff to say, some of it might even be important to somebody. And I’m probably not going to live long enough to get it all said.

So I’m focused like a lazer beam, right? Not so you’d notice. Right here, right now, I’m suffering the Tangential Blues. Those who know me that a tangent (often an incredibly narrow tangent) is a common position for me.

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Just a month ago I was dazed and confused and didn’t have a clue what to write next. I have finally started my ‘Environmental Concerns’ series. This is incredibly important to me on a personal level AND a much wider stage. I’m happy with the series so far, and the flow of it is easy. Writing is fun again. But I need something more. This series will almost certainly never be more than one post per week because each piece is researched pretty carefully.

What’s first?

I have a long promised set on Art Deco and how it impacted motorcycle design. I really like this one, it’s really pretty and just stupid fun.

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Electric Vehicles. This has really been bubbling for me lately, the concept is no more, it’s reality here and now and this one can have an impact on the world. Literally. Lightning Strike introduced a beautiful road bike yesterday that is good for 150 miles at 150 miles per hour. Damn. It’s less than $13,000. Double damn.

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Music. I really think today’s children deserve to know where their music came from. Some of it is going to get lost in the mists of time if somebody doesn’t get it said. The best I can find all has to do with big stars and nothing about the acts and songs that led to them. It needs to be said. In all honesty, it’d be a really fun rabbit hole for me to fall into.

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Music II. I have a long (40 year) term book project about Rock and Roll and how it is the Opera of Our Age. I seriously believe that Rock and Opera touched the same audience about 300 years apart. Maybe if I break it into hunks (posts) I can at least make some progress on it.

Music IIA. Mozart as a pop musician. Another stalled (it’s not failed until I’m dead) book project that essentially compares Mozart to Michael Jackson.

Music III. Big Band as the preview of Rock and Roll. Really.

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But Wait! There’s More!

So. I started this post 2 hours ago by listening to “The Lovin’ Spoonful doing ‘Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?” It seemed germaine at the time.

Did you ever have to make up you mind?
Say yes to one and leave the other one behind?

You can hear the state of the art in 1966 right here.

I was a junior in High School. I told you time was running out. I learned every word and still have them. All.

I don’t know. At least, at the very least, I have a list to consider. Until the inevitable tangent rears it’s beautiful head.

Thanks. I really appreciate that you read this jumble. I simply don’t know the words to thank you all for the support and consideration.

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