When was the last time
you took a vacation?
Think.
Do you really have to travel
to rest?
Do you really have to go
to be?
Think.
Turn off the lights,
come back to bed.
Christopher in ON THE WAY UP
M U S I C
The movie KEY LARGO presents a macrocosm of personal responses to evil. The coiled menace of Edward G. Robinson�s character is palpable as he and his mob take over a motel in the Florida Keys during a hurricane. Everyone at the motel is held hostage and threatened with death. Various responses are made to this predicament. Lionel Barrymore, as the motel owner, forcefully mouths off at the hoodlums from his wheelchair, willing to take a load of lead, if need be, for the sake of telling these guys the truth about themselves. His daughter, played by Lauren Bacall, stays low-key, moving about cat-like, cautiously. And Humphrey Bogart, recently home from the war and a guest at the motel, plays his cards sparingly, noncommittally, but holds his ground, angling for a chance to turn the tables. As in all such great epics of conscience, the viewer is challenged to consider what he or she might do in similar circumstances. � BJ
I was first fascinated by music by listening to a �Victrola� we had in our house around 1940. It had a giant needle, 78 RPM records and a hand crank, which, when wound up, produced the warbling sound of tunes like �Red Sails in the Sunset.� � BJ
Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind � listen to the birds, and don�t hate nobody. �Eubie Blake
I had always wanted to see Joan Jett and The Blackhearts in concert. When they appeared at Janus Landing, a small, outside venue in downtown St. Petersburg, a good friend accompanied me there to make sure this dream would come true. We glimpsed with anticipation the band taking their places on the darkened stage. Then, with an intense flurry of guitars and drums, there she was, her short henna-colored hair and her afterburners all aglow -- Joan Jett, belting out her signature anthem of self-liberating contempt for what anybody might think about her, �I Don�t Give a Damn About My Bad Reputation.� The hurricane force of the music didn�t let up the whole evening, as she darted about, sweating and pouring every ounce of her energy into the show -- my all-time favorite rock and roll queen! � BJ
The future just keeps showing up ahead of time. Unexpected waves of fortune and misfortune sweep over and around us. One moment we�re basking in the warm glow of satisfaction and success, only to be assailed at the next by overwhelming waves of trouble and doubt, nervously improvising variations upon our once perfect scene. � BJ
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