Well it was an era. It's not fogey! Shucks the 50s were big fashion statements for a while. Uhmmm.. American Graffiti that sort of thing. I remember all that well. I was little sister but I paid attention. It's ok.... I had my nose to grindstone working on airplanes about the time the disco thing was going on.... I sorta didn't pay attention, then I was raising a kid AND working on planes. Odd how the Moodies started squirming back into my life in the 80s; musie helped me through some tough times, not just the Moodies, but Heart, John Denver, Al Stewart softer rock. After the beautiful music the Moodies had done in the late 60s, in my high school.... yeah we Baby Boomers look at things differently. Justin is the top of the Baby Boom cohort, I'm the bottom. People older than him are only honorary Boomers (born DURING WWII), people younger than me are Gen X or something like that. Definite differences.

In fact I think the whole art world split in the late 60s. Noisy aggressive stuff on one hand... and soft melodic rock (with folk roots) on the other. I always fell into the soft rock "with folk roots" category. Bobby Darrin was there too, Buddy Holly also. etc. That's one of the reasons I object to the "prog rock" label on the Moodies, so much Prog rock is so really loud and disturbing. Alt rock is nice.

I'm hearing the Harry Potter soundtracks right now. The first movie soundtrack is very very good IMHO. (I have a lot of projects and it's raining, so I'm going to have a Harry Potter fest and work on stuff) The fourth movie's soundtrack was so good I bought just the soundtrack. Very lovely orchestrations, this movie series is the "series of the century" I think. Everyone who worked on it did it as a labor of love. And very amazing that they started filming the movies before the books series was finished.... there is some cross over between the two, she gives Rupert Grint and Richard Harris both nods in the books. And if you watch Snape's acting, knowing how his character ends, it's plain Rowling told Alan Rickman a few things the rest of us didn't know (including Harry).

OK that's what I'm hearing now, in addition to some wild winds and trees blowing in the wind and cracking branches and flapping doggie door. Back to the movie and my projects, sigh

I can see letting her crunch crickets (good roughage) but if she eats that television, she's gonna have problems. I'm glad you have people who will give you time off, that's nice.

I tuned Dad's TV into the weather channel, he used to like FNC, but then he got mad everytime a politician he didn't like came on, and he couldn't figure out the remote. So no more FNC for him. Then the other residents would come in and steal his remote, that was a real pain. Poor old guy, that was all he had left in the end.

Depressing subject. My cousin in law just lost his Mum at age 96!! My goodness... living that long is scary, because for part of that you are in la la land or pain. Living a good long life is no good unless you have quality....

I'm hearing the aquarium gurgle because it's 2 am and again I'm inflicted with insomnia. I'm angry at people I would rather not anger, but who frankly need to be slapped for their childish selfish mean spirited ways. No one here. But I'm working on my maturity levels, and wondering nay considering seriously ignoring it, letting it go. It serves no purpose to explain their childish ways because they won't get it anyway. Anger just drags one down, and if people want to display what idiots they are on line, it's their problem, not mine. IE you cain't cure stupid.

Ok I vented. Now I truly don't care.

Hearing my pillow calling to me to get some sleep. Blast my circadian rhythms, I'm a natural night prowler

This came through on my Carole King feed. Gosh I can remember this being so popular on the radio .... and I still love it. They couldn't wear it out. Golden age of songwriting. ALL of those songs are super good, I always enjoyed that Cowsills piece. Another song that they couldn't wear out. Thanks good listens this morning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbKE0gJETA0

Dang it won't embed.

It's very difficult to beat Carole King and Joni Mitchell... they are both right up there with Justin for me. They HAD to be good. They are also one of the reasons when people gush about Streisand (as an example) I click "off" because she isn't a writer, and I have no idea if she plays an instrument beyond a few chords on a guitar. She was cute and perky when young (weren't we all), a decent actress and had connections. Yes leather lungs and on key at least, but not a pleasant voice when she "goes soul"............... IMHO of course.

Whereas Carole King and Joni Mitchell............ are both like ambrosia vocally (and do excellent soul) .......... write their own songs, play them, sing them. Comparing them to Streisand is the Moody Blues to the Backstreet Boys, you know?

Carole and Joni make me proud of women Boomers. Some did it right, did it well, and still kept their feminine charm too.

It's late, I ran into some old shipmates on FB so now I'm thinking about jets and compression stalls. You don't want to know, believe me. One day maybe the flashbacks will fade out.... hearing the sound of jets.... it's the sound of freedom...

'night

Later edit: Ghostie put this up on my FB feed, it's really pretty

I heard so many good songs traveling cross country, it was like this orgy of sound and music. I'm still overwhelmed. It's gonna take time to sort out so I can share. I mean, really good lyrics and poetry and music. I think Jimmy Buffett is a very good poet, more of a comic lyricist, but I like that sort of thing.

I love Justin's poems too, but he's always so sad.