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                <title><![CDATA[The Little Box of Music Magic. - @1984-wasnt]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[      This was a daunting project when I attempted it earlier in another format, and the result turned out rather clumsy. It was not awful, but hard to capture the Muse when you have to worry with formatting and uploading issues. This format may promise a full expression of what I wish to capture, it may not.  What I would like to share is just a portrait of the incredible journey I was able to engage in from the late 70's through the late 90's, and a tad beyond... But the price of attending a live show of a big name act exploded so much, it was no longer viable. Besides, why drive 60 miles to pay $200 dollars to see a two hour show, when you can watch it in 3 months on blu-ray in your living room in Dolby surround, perfectly edited, and digitally mastered, for 20 bucks.  Because, Live Music is the best. And I don't mean a few folks strumming chords to recorded and lip synching to canned background tracks, I mean musicians sharing their gift with it's imperfections, to bring the emotional connection.  To give a bit of cred to the rest of the Journey, here is what fit on the scanner.  Stubs side a<br>    Interesting, a built in mandatory caption/link feature, that could be useful and possibly annoying, but I sure I will get over that. I did take the time at the time, to take notes on the ones the were no longer obvious.     Weird, no caption with this one.  I have seen some shows, this is a portion of what I had the patience to scan, and many were lost.  The Crown Jewel of that collection in my opinion is second to the right on the top image, and second from the left bottom on the second image. Sorry they got inverted, don't have the gumption to do that now.  Carlos Santana was the headliner, Some guy named Stevie Ray Vaughn (my understanding at the time beforehand) and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Oh, some guy named Jimmie Vaughn played with them.  8/21 is clearly on the ticket in image 1, 8/27/90 is clearly on Stevie's death certificate. I went from who is this guy, to who is this GOD, to he is gone in 6 days. Clearly a dramatic moment, if not traumatic. No it was traumatic, That hurt more than the assassination of John Lennon. He had a huge body of work, Stevie had just cleaned up and was hitting his prime, a true tragedy. I am blessed to have have seen that show. And what a show, Stevie played for over an hour, The T-birds played for over an hour, Carlos played for two, and then they had an all star jam session which included Los Lobos. Guitar Heaven. I have not seen a finer axe session ever.  This was far from my first rodeo, but one of the my most treasured musical memories, we shall travel in the wayback machine soon enough, but a tribute to Stevie Ray for now.         ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 03:03:51 -0400</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Canyon Run - @1984-wasnt]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[ This is another test of techniques and touches. Let's see what happens.  An article that posted photos inspired me to get off my butt and take a drive.  I live in a densely populated area on the north end of L.A. County, I am also minutes away from the Angeles National Forest and the Cleveland National Forest. I have lived here for 12+ years and never entered these domains. Almost criminal.  I took a ride to find a tree, because I could, I never found the tree, I found so much more, including a bit of myself that I was sure I lost.  Let's take a look of the old world. All images copyright 1984 wasnt.     Just another day at the stoplight. This was a Monday, it made it a little sweeter to me. I was off and everyone else had someplace they HAD to be. I did not. I was going where the road took me and with a little luck where Google maps told me to go. Either way I did not care, just makes getting home a tad easier.     Why mobile devices should be and are illegal while driving. nothing good can come from it.  From that stoplight, there is about 2 miles of civiliazation. Then just hills and desert. Newsflash! Southern California is a desert. William Mulholland figured that out about 200 years ago, that is another article I have brewing. Anyway, back to the run. Before I could out of sight of the stoplight, some rocks caught my eye. They seemed out of place, I was able to turn out into a driveway, which presented some photo ops on their own merit.     Not The pic I was looking for, but it was really clear so I will call a happy accident. Beautiful property, flags everywhere, and no admittance signs. My chunk of the USA, to the death. I do not disagree with that outlook. And I don't where to go from there except to the next picture.  I stopped here because of these rocks, I like rocks.     These egg shaped features caught my eye as out of place. I can engage with geologist's later, it's a picture. And I look forward to the rock expects, Dowser, are you ready for a throwdown ?  I have more images, would not want you to be underinformed but we have to party.  I actually made it into the boundries of the National Forest, The first image is of rocks. I like rocks. The wonder comes from, how was this rock formed, and how did it get to the place where it is presented to me ? Those are the questions that make for insomniac geologists.  But wait, I need another photo, I spent most of the day to take photos, I have to share more.     Hard to grasp looking at sedimentary rock which was formed horizontal, and is now at a 30 degree angle. The violent earth events that made this happen, I can comprehend, I can not comprehend if they happened with modern society on top. I digress, this is about pictures and posting. But it is not. This Is my blog, I get to say where it goes.  Wow, that was a touchstone moment. I have full control of my content  More photos       I have an issue with more photos, that's why this is test.  Enjoy for now. ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:24:40 -0500</pubDate>
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