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A few weeks ago I caught Empire of Dreams: The Story of the ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy (2004) on our Fire Stick. It’s a very interesting documentary on the making of the first three (actually episodes IV, V, and VI); What struck me the most (besides the wonderful imagination and talent for storytelling that George Lucas has) was the incredible determination he had to get the movie made his way. My favorites are those first three – I’m not as crazy about episodes I, II, and III – and I put the newer episodes VII, VIII, IX, and standalone stories of Rogue One and Solo up there on the same plane of satisfaction that I get out of episodes IV, V, and VI. Overall, I like the theme of redemption – which the definition says is the action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil - but it can also mean the action of regaining or gaining possession of something in exchange for payment, or clearing a debt…I can see that in the story of Rogue One ( which some reviewers have rightly said is like an old WWII raid movie ) the rebels on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. I wasn’t going to post anything about “May the Fourth be with You” until something unexpected happened today. I noticed an adult blue jay feeding a young one outside our front window. The big blue jay going from the feeder hanging on a tree limb over to the little blue jay perched on the brick sill right outside our window. I watched this in fascination for some 40 minutes. Later today not seeing any more activity I thought I better refill the feeders – they’re getting low and we have several around our yard. As I passed by the front porch (next to the front window) to get to a feeder on the side of our home – I saw the little blue jay perched on a small stand for our battery powered candle…My “first thought” was that he looked just like one of those porgs - the little bird-like creatures that live on Luke Skywalker's island. I took it as a sign I should do something about "the Fourth" . ...below is a quick picture I got of the little bird...oh and happy Star Wars day !

Thanks Rocky...just one of those days, Something didn’t look right, but couldn’t put me finger on it.

I came to this thread today to get out from under the shadow of great bass players and all you did was push me in deeper. Great album, Waysider – I bought that from Amazon in 2006 – and probably after you or someone on Grease Spot played a track.

The article the following quote is from appears in The Atlantic. The overall message of the article is political (therefore, I'm not going to provide the link, but will to anyone who wants it and asks by private message. But this concluding passage is not political as such, but is taken from a Nobel Prize acceptance speech decades half a century ago. “The simple step of a simple courageous man is not to partake in falsehood, not to support false actions,” Alexandr Solzhenitsyn said in his mesmerizing 1970 Nobel lecture. “Let that enter the world, let it even reign in the world—but not with my help.” "Solzhenitsyn went on to say that writers and artists can achieve more; they can conquer falsehoods. “Falsehood can hold out against much in this world, but not against art,” he said. "But art, as powerful as it is, is not the only instrument with which to fight falsehoods. There are also the daily acts of integrity of common men and women who will not believe the lies or spread the lies, who will not allow the foundation of truth—factual truth, moral truth—to be destroyed, and who, in standing for truth, will help heal this broken land." Indeed, T-Bone, the paint brush, the pen, the photographers' lenses, the keyboard, are all mightier than the sword.

Stay safe, stay home and wear a mask when you need to go out in public. Maintain a physical distance as much as you can and practice good hygiene and health habits. Also, avoid anything recorded by Donald "Duck" Dunn in order to maintain a positive level of musical self esteem.

None whatsoever. Waxit refuses to even consider whether the Sabbath is to be regarded or not. He assumes it is to be kept, period. The only point he'd consider is on which day it should be observed. He's arguing against something nobody asserted ("it's supposed to be on Sunday!"- said nobody), and supposedly looks more reasonable because he's not saying that. But as to which day the Sabbath is to be observed among Christians, the Epistles are rather clear the answer is "none of the above." We could discuss it in more detail. Sadly, Waxit's not going to participate in such a discussion, and probably would skip over the actual discussion, despite being most in need of it.