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It’s the first day of the new year. One feature of a new year is the Banished Words List from Lake Superior State University. I decided to celebrate by crafting a poem out of the words. Two words that were not banished, but could have been, were included to rhyme. · 6-7 Reach Out Perfect Gift, My Bad Demure Game Changer Slop, Absolutely Cooked Massive Grift, Gifted Incentivize Full Stop.
About 1730, I decided to go out and walk. I decided to listen to the rest of Freak Flag Flying podcast, episode #7. FFF is a show where David Crosby talks about things. I had about 10 minutes left on #7, then I immediately turned on #8, the last episode of the series. They are talking about If I Could Only Remember My Name, a “solo” album released in 1971. One of the prime songs on that album is “Laughing.” FFF played a demo that Cros did in 1968, which was “interesting”. A few minutes later, they played the version on IICORMN, which is magical.
“Laughing” started as I took my first step into the Ashford Forest Preserve. This is a magic place, a wooded patch across the street from Peachtree-Dekalb airport. AFP used to belong to the airport, and it was illegal to go there … which makes it more fun. I was listening to this exquisite Piece of music, while walking on this path that I had walked on many times before. It could have been a video.
I just went on, until I got to a bench that overlooks a Ravine. I decided to sit down on the bench and meditate. It was a little bit after six o’clock, and there was still some light, on the twelfth day after the solstice. The light is returning.
I was at the 24 minutes into FFF#8, and I made a note of that. The meditation was not as magical as I might have liked, and I ended it early. After putting another layer of clothes on, I tried to turn on FFF#8. The music player had other ideas, and started on something else. After getting mad and cursing, I decided to listen to FFF#8 from the start. Even though it was a full moon, the sky was dark enough to make me find my flashlight. When “Laughing” played, and Joni sang her ethereal harmony, I decided it was time to use the flashlight.
The players at Wally Heider studio called themselves the planet earth rock and roll orchestra, or perro. I found a copy of these files years ago, when I had a dialup connection. The folder was 141mg, and it took all night to download. Today, I downloaded a similar collection in less than a minute. The title : “Jerry Garcia live at Wally Heider’s, San Francisco, CA on 1971-01-02”. This 55 years ago, to the day. The plan now is to listen to the files, and eliminate the ones where they play a note or two and laugh. I may get a usable playlist from all this. Unfortunately, there are three lists, and they all have different names for each track. This may be more brain damage than it is worth. This is not the first time anyone has said that David Crosby is more brain damage than he is worth.
Pictures today are from Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. The social media picture was taken July 30, 1966. “Jimmy Carter with family members in their Plains, Georgia home during Carter’s first campaign for governor” On January 2, 1971, Governor Elect Jimmy Carter was waiting to begin his term as Governor. ©Luther Mckinnon 2025 · selah