Friday, August 5, 2011
Funky Friday, FAA Edition
A bit of nostalgia, for today marks 30 years since Ronnie RayGun fired 11,000 striking air traffic controllers. That ol' bastard and his cronies dumped a lot of crap that's still sticking to our shoes today.
Sometimes I miss the '70s.
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I remember it well. What a goat rope! Every single decision that's made comes back with its real bill (not the one we expected) down the road.
ReplyDeleteI miss the seventies more every day...except for those gas lines, and that's just anticipation angst.
Hi, Nance! Oh, forgot about the gas lines. They weren't too bad where I was in the 'burbs of central PA - but if we revisited that scenario today, with the way civility has deteriorated, I too would have a major anxiety attack!
ReplyDeleteBelieve me I have nothing good to say about Ronnie, but he was a piker compared to the Rethugs of today.
ReplyDeleteSooooooo, you held on to those bell bottoms, didn't you?
Jaded, I still have all my record albums from the '70s, but my threads can only be seen from the perspective of family photo albums. I guess I could make digital copies of all that stuff and try to pawn the originals off on eBay to help support myself in my old age....
ReplyDeleteAnd don't even get me started on the reactionary opposition to Obama's health reforms and the soon-to-listed-in the obituary-columns death of our NHS. Bastards.
ReplyDeleteMy vinyl collection didn't really begin until 1975 with a second-hand copy of "Made in Japan" and "Wish You Were Here". Then it stopped until 1977 with "The Clash", followed soon after by "Give 'Em Enough Rope"...
It was my great pleasure to see this reunion a few years back at MerleFest. Seeing Vasser brings back good and sad memories. He spent a lot of time here in Gatorville where his brother lives. He would often sit-in around the campfires at The Spirit of the Suwanee Americana festivals. I once asked him how it felt to play with Jerry Garcia and he told this great story of being on a tour bus with Old and In The Way when they passed a billboard with the Grateful Dead on it. It wasn't until that moment that he realized who Jerry was and it suddenly became clear to him why they were attracting so many young folks to their concerts.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the music and memories Intelli.
Holy Toledo!! Paid more attention the second time around and caught very young Jerry Douglas on dobro and Mark O'Connor playing mandolin (confirmed by credits at the end).
ReplyDeleteMade my day. Thanks again Intelli.
(I've got tickets to Alison Krauss in two weeks in St. Augustine!! Can't wait.)
More musicianship on that stage than in a busload of 80s bands. Cool.
ReplyDeleteMick, sorry to say that stupidity seems to be one of the U.S. sole exports these days.
ReplyDeleteMr. C, I saw John Hartford at a festival in WV in the early '80s - lots of fun there! I love Alison Krauss, too - sings like an angel! Have fun!
Doug, those guys did know what they were doin', didn't they? (but a busload of '80s bands? that's setting the bar a little low, isn't it?)
Stupidity is universal I'm afraid. At least people appear to be slowly waking up to the fact that the media (read "R. Murdock") might not be the true guardians of the truth. Is it just me or does he remind anyone of W.R. "Rosebud" Hearst?
ReplyDeleteMa'am, I noticed you had signed on as a follower of my site, and in typical stalker fashion (relax, I'm fairly harmless...) I've tracked you back to your nest. I've been looking at some of your posts with the notion to sign up as a follower here and add you to my blogroll ("signs of intelligent life") BUT then I found this post, and now I MUST sign up and become a disciple. Well damn done, and thank you! Wrote about this myself a few days ago, and it still sticks in my craw whenever I hear Reagan being praised to sainthood. He killed organized labor and the middle class in America, in my humble opinion.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, the vid clip was wonderful, too. I really miss John Hartford...
ReplyDeleteSquatlo, thank you for the praise and the follow. I noticed your comments on several of the other blogs I read, and finally checked your place out. It's a pleasure to stumble upon "intelligent life" here in TN!
ReplyDeleteGreat vid -thanks compltetly disagree about Reagan - remember how the 70's ended - Carter was horrible. Do you remember all the dtrikes, inflation uemployment, tax rate - hopelessness - Reagan was awesome.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the song
Anonymous, I'm glad you like the video, but even if we share common musical taste, I disagree with your politics. What you ascribe as Carter's failures were more often the failure of Congress to support Carter's policies that were other than BUSINESS as usual. Reagan was an actor who played his role well enough to get much of the country believing what he and his corporatocratic cronies wanted them to believe.
ReplyDeleteDream on.