Colors

Driving through Alabama en route to Tuscaloosa motel —
a sign: “Where will you be when it’s over?”

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Jaybird Road
Illegal Immigrants Close Our Borders
whose borders
who’s watching
what do they want to see?

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Who “they”?
Who “us”?

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King Addiction
Zero Meth dot org
“Was it You that Rescued me?”

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Swisher Sweets Cigarillos
Longhorn Chewing Tobacco
Skoal
Made in USA
USA Gold

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Waitin’ for the end of time
so I can end my time with you”

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Michael & Terri’s mix CD
Yma Sumac
Mr Bungle
Primus
Broken Smoke
rolling down
through Alabama
on Korean War
Memorial Highway

4 comments

  1. Michael says:

    A facebook comment on Ribs For Breakfast from Ed Kaplan:

    “Michael – 2010? In 1000 years, surely this will seem barbaric and something ancient man did – risking the backlash, I put it in here with trepidation. I have had my moments with ribs, legs, arms, butts and organs – I get it, really. Maybe it’s a coincidence – just finished yoga and now this to watch. You owe me veggies and tofu scramble. Smile”

    The way I understand it, Ed, is that when David gets back to California he will be have to go through a purification ceremony before he can be let back into his community… –MR

  2. Madgalene says:

    Swisher Sweets? Oh my god no! You guys are going to get me smoking again! Word, I guess I was all about 13 and smoking it couldn’t have been more than my fourth or fifth cigar in my whole entire life (and they were all Swisher Sweets!) walking around West Nashville past curfew on a Saturday night with Scotty when Officer Blaylock busted us! He got my name and number after frisking us, of course, and said he was going to call my parents and tell them I was out past curfew smoking cigars. Thank god Blaylock never called, but the trauma remains. But Swisher Sweets? Dude, it’s like smoking a sugar stick! Speaking of Nashville, since I miss you guys, I’ve been trying to get you some presents for when you come back. For David Meltzer, I bought a copy of an album by a great Nashville songwriter, but I thought I ought to vet it first, and not to mention names, or be mean, I’m sure even Tom–whoopsie, just kidding (fake name really)–would agree that it’s not his best album. He’s singing songs about dirt rock moonshine redneck cracker poverty (and believe me when I say redneck I mean it as a compliment) but the words are smothered in smaltzy Nashville Strings and even some lardy horns and the Singers (good god! remember them? They dang near even ruined Ray Charles country & western efforts! And I say this in a loving way, but considering the fact they call it Music City even they would have to agree that Nashville has released way too many albums where you have to wonder if they were plain tone-deaf–literally, or in any sense–or were plumb hitting the home brew a little hard that day)! If the wife and me have a pet peeve, it’s the Singers! If somebody doesn’t know what I mean by the Singers, well, go to your nearest Goodwill and dig through the crates until you can find something by Ray Conniff! Good God! There it is! I’m trying to avoid trouble and I had to call the man out by name! Good God! But as Charlie Pride used to sing, If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything! And Charlie, you know, even though you,too, are one of my favorite singers, you had an album or two ruined by the Singers! Oh God! Now I put my foot in it! But enough about me!) David, this album isn’t worthy of you, so I’ll have to keep looking. For Terri, I got iWork, and I can almost hear you say “Thanks a lot since I already dropped the dime on Office Mac!” Anyway,since Apple doesn’t pay me to endorse their products and I’m already in enough trouble as it is (I understand they’re lining up a posse in Branson)…well, I didn’t know what to get Michael and then it occurred to me that I ought to send him one of the new David Madgalene dolls! Yes, some friends of mine and I are thinking about mass-producing David Madgalene dolls and making a bundle of clams on it. Anyway, since I can’t paste the jpeg in here, I’ll send it via email, but, Michael, that is not just a computer image. That is a photo of a real doll! As a matter of fact, if you’ll pardon the metaphor, you might just say that was a real Swisher Sweet!

  3. Michael says:

    Yep, Terri did a great job with the photos. All the videos and photos are her masterwork!! David was a happy camper in New Orleans, we will have to go back soon. We’re driving a white Dodge Caravan. Scroll down to the bottom of the blog and you can see DEPARTURE. Look forward to seeing you too.

  4. tom hibbard says:

    the music of the road comes though loud and fuzzy…the photos from new orleans are excellent // good to see david in his native habitat where the blues stalks at night // what sort of vehicle is the troupe using…who’s at the wheel // say hi to my buddy buck downs in d.c. // looking forward to seeing everyone in chi-town…tom hibbard

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