Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air;
And like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.

William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 4, Scene 1

There is either understanding, or no understanding.
(Mis-understanding is nothing but an illegitmate feat, used to excuse oneself.)

The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocation, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.

Yet in holding scientific discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific-technological elite.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his farewell address on Jan. 17, 1961.

The late Townes Van Zandt famously said of Olney: "Any time anyone asks me who my favorite music writers are... I say Mozart, Lightnin Hopkins, Bob Dylan and Dave Olney. Dave Olney is one of the best songwriters I've ever heard — and that's true. I mean that from my heart."

Hypocrisy is a two-edged sword with a broken point.

Hack em and stack em...

 miamizsun wrote: 

"Occasionally one might turn their back on the whole fandango, move to an acutely decipherable distance and acutely observe whilst deciphering..."

- odd old v

The role of politics is to keep things in order,
and not to regulate our inner problems.

you can have money from the floor up to the ceiling , but the size of your funeral will depend on the weather!

“If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.”

Society without trust is hell on earth.

"If a kid calls his grandma "Mommy" and his mama "Pam", he's going to jail!" - Chris Rock

“Fascism should rightly be called corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.”

― Benito Mussolini

 rhahl wrote:
He had a loyal cult following from the 1970s into the '80s.  I had a number of friends who would go to his concerts whenever he came near by.  It seemed like he would play a medium-size venue (The Palladium or The Beacon Theater) in NYC at least once a year, but never large arenas like MSG or stadiums.  He didn't get much radio play other than a few "pre-playlist-era" stations or college stations though.  I think he was considered more musically "convoluted" or satirical than he was considered a novelty act to most critics and other musicians - "Dancin' Fool" and "Valley Girl" notwithstanding.  He likely was a fan of Spike Jones though certainly more transgressive.

 Proclivities wrote:

 sirdroseph wrote:

Never saw that one before, but I have seen this one for a number of years:
If you want to get laid, go to college. If you want an education, go to the library.  -  Frank Zappa

That quote seems more like something Ray Bradbury may have said, but likely did not.

"If you want an education go to a library. If you want indoctrination go to a college." Frank Zappa.

Big quips twist thin lips...

buddy

If you tell a lie enough times it becomes the truth.


The Ether