Monthly Archives: March 2011

WILD BEAR by Peter Nolan Smith

March 14, 2011 – 9:37 pm

The flatness of the Midwest dominated travel across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and the stunted panhandle of Pennsylvania. The great industrial cities of Gary, Toledo, Cleveland, and Erie were connected by I-90. Summer was at its height, as my good friend, AK, and I hitchhiked east from San Diego. We had experienced 135 degrees Fahrenheit in […]

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40th Anniversery of Allman Brothers’ AT FILLMORE EAST

March 12, 2011 – 7:05 pm

AT FILLMORE EAST was released in the summer of 1971. The epic concert was recorded at the famed rock hall on March 12. The album was available with conventional 2-channel stereo and 4-channel quadraphonic mixes. Duane Allman’s slide guitar was emulated by millions of guitarists worshiping the slide work oN WHIPPING POST. Tonight I’m going […]

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WHIPPING POST / Allman Brothers 1970

March 12, 2011 – 6:54 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHhKnc0XZrs&feature=related

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Keep It Simple, Stupid

March 12, 2011 – 6:19 pm

From Big Al / Pattaya Them righties like to play rough on immigration. “OBAMA wants us to cut the amount of gasoline we use. The best way to stop using so much gasoline is to deport 15 million illegal immigrants! That would be 15 million less people using our gas. The price of gas would […]

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Khang Noi Need Not Apply to Thai Air

March 9, 2011 – 9:08 pm

Flying Thai Air from New York to Bangkok was a pleasure in the 1980s. New 747s, good food, generous servings of alcoholic beverage, and beautiful Thai stewardesses. Airlines hired these goddesses with the strategy that the girls married by the age of 25 to free up the hostess ranks for younger acolytes of the air. […]

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