Another MSG memory.

Had two friends who were first cousins. One Monday I asked them what they did that weekend.

"Went to the concert for Bangladesh."

I was speechless.

I remember Willis Reed.

It was great to be a kid watching the Knicks in the late 60s, early 70s.

Attended plenty of games at MSG. And would go bowling there, prerenovations.

And how did Uncle Rich get his name there?

As they say these days, IYKYK. Is that what they say?

Thirty spokes
meet in the hub.
Where the wheel isn't
is where it's useful.

Tao, no. 11

Between the idea
And the reality
Falls the shadow.

In a minute there is time
For decisions and revisions that a minute will reverse.

TS Eliot

12. I used to have that on a T-shirt. Selectively worn.

Or maybe the first coming:

And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of [Gotham] a Savior has been born to you."

I used to live in that empty-suit Griffith's district. What a worthless tool.

But guarantee you he's a climate change denialist so that he can get reelected in the Fighting Ninth.

If I hear his song about his son one more time, I'm looking for windows myself.

My favorite comment on Eric Clapton: The worst guitarist anyone ever considered really good.

I don't know much about Cyndi Lauper, except I think she did one of the great covers of all time.

Joni Mitchell's "Carey." Totally changed the vibe of a fantastic song:

I've been hanging around here for 19 years, I think, my seniority notwithstanding. I was here before under the name Domingo_B, but I couldn't get in under that name when I wanted to come back and didn't want to bother RCade, so I just changed it. If Hans were around, or His Friend, he could find my posts, starting in 2007 or 8.

Point being, I've not seen anti-Semitism on this site: real Jew-hating. From any poster, anytime.

Jews aren't Israel and vice versa.

On the matter of Coriolanus, if he went to Bronx Science back in the 60s or 70s, I'd wager at least half of his high school buddies were Jewish -- and I'm sure they got along just fine.

Ornette Coleman, at Bonnaroo:

Live shows seen:

John Cale, Hopscotch, 2013

Kenny Burrell is the bomb.

Things haven't changed much in the good ol' USA:

Nina Simone, "Mississippi Goddam":