blog 4811

ok, so....this not a milestone blog.....just the 4th or 5th on this free day off......we sat and watched austin city limits...the decemberists were smoking...the female keyboardist was incredible...at one point she switched off and played the accordion.......and my spouse's response was....they may be good, but they are not the shins.....yeah, well....this is true...but one must appreciate musicians who are more interested in storytelling and musical excellence than pop-ish riffs.....much as i like the shins...they remind me too much of the beach boys.....which brings me to yet another pop theme.....slate.com had a piece today about how stairway to heaven almost ruined led zeppelin.. ...i would try to describe the ins and outs of how rock critics find fault with stairway to heaven......but i have never required my rock gods to make a lick of sense.....so why ask it of them at this late date....30 or more years after i was smitten......the fact that i can remember those lyrics is encouraging as my brain ages so distressingly......i turned on the news at 6:00...and there was a story about a woman with dementia who had wandered away from a lexington green restaurant at 2:30....and was finally recovered at 5-ish.....in fayette mall by the sears store......without a coat...and i was horrified to recognize her as a member of my church.....how she managed to cross traffic is anybody's guess......i felt great sympathy for her family...because my dad in his day would wander.....in and out of houses in our neighborhood.....my greatest fear is that i will live long enough to be that woman who wanders out of eateries and across main thoroughfares...and no longer remember the lyrics to classic rock songs....