waysider

James Gang----Walk Away

Pond I think I understand what you are getting at regarding talking to people about the past. For me, the hardest ones to talk to about any of this are family and in-laws who were never involved. I sometimes feel like , somewhere, in the back of their minds, they're waiting for a chance to say, "I told you so!" Of course, they never do but it's still kind of embarassing in a peculiar way. NY? I don't know a whole lot about Scientology. From what I have heard, they are also big on a version of the "Law" of believing. You've stirred my interest in how Scientology saved your life. Can you elaborate in the "My Story" thread?

I'm gonna have fun in the city I'll be with my girl, she's so pretty.

I read somewhere that, because of tight budgets and the high expense of video tape, shows were often erased and taped over. It's amazing that so much of the older material remains.

One from 1967

OK Just to clarify my latest post; when I said I "knew" every song on the first 3 SPIRIT albums, I surely didn't mean I knew how to PLAY them. I only meant that I knew them by regognition. If I thought I could actually play that stuff, I wouldn't have spirits in the garage, I'd have bats in the belfry.

Muddy Waters(1977)--Blow Wind Blow

Hmmm! Would that happen to be a POODLE? You HAVE been away from the threads awhile, haven't you? There are a couple of threads here that deal with the subject of poodles. I suggest you start at the begining of the "Mrs. Wierwille's Poodle" thread to really get the gist of the context. Good to see you on this special day, Smokey.

Frank123lol Why do you feel your post will be ignored? I think you packed a whole bunch of insight into 5 short lines.

Waitress> "How's the chicken?" Customer> "Great, tastes a bit like rattlesnake." Hey! Anybody old enough to remember that old Rosemary Clooney Song,"How Much Is That Poodle In The Stew Pot?"--?

Oh my. I hadn't heard those two songs since the "night owls" in Fellowlaborers. Oh, she sailed away on a sunny, sunny day--------------------- Had to edit that because, although most people know what "songs" are, few, if any, know what "sopngs" are.

Ha Ha Ha!! I was told the same thing about "Moonshadow". I had forgotten all about that. Here's the crazy thing. There's a line that goes" leapin' and hoppin' on a moonshadow." Doesn't it seem like Moonshadow should have been the one doing the leapin' and hoppin'? Just a thought.

I must confess, I have not read your book yet. Still, for someone to send you a CD rather that come right out and give your an opinion makes the person appear to have an agenda. I'm not saying they do. Maybe that's just the way they are. It kind of looks to me, though, that contradicting"The Doctor" may be the sore point in this scenario. If you are confident in what you wrote, I would give it the big "shrug". just my 2 cents.

I think I was "in The Word" all of 2 months when I first became a twig leader.(1972) Was I "spiritually mature"? HA! HA! HA! I had the 2 main qualifications----- a car that ran and an apartment big enough to hold fellowships. Nobody seemed to mind that my hair was down to my shoulders and I wore a big gold earing. They were a bit concerned about my choice of music at the time but didn't press the issue immediately. Nope, as long as people were signing that "green card" it was all good. How it went from there to here is a question that boggles the mind. And so, Mr. B, a guy with your kind of spunk probably would have made branch leader status or at least twig area coordinator in no time flat. Spiritually mature? Yeah. I knew just about every song on the first 3 "Spirit" albums ( "Spirit"= A hippy jazz group from California who were quite popular in the 1960s)

High school marching band. Wowzer! that sure was a long time ago. We had a huge marching band(110). That was nice because the "so-so" guys like me were able to hide somewhat. I marched trumpet and baritone. We did a new half-time show every week so we had to learn 10 new shows a year. Everything we did was "high-step" and formal, complete with flip turns. It kinda bugs me when I see a halftime show now and the whole band seems to drag their feet. Same thing with the majorette routines of the present day. I much prefer the the crisp, precise moves of the past. Our director was an alumnus of TBDBITL so we even did a version of "Script Ohio" using our town's name(five letters). We did that one to a piece named "Piccadily", not sure on the writer. It was a tough piece to march to so I sorta--ahem-- rewrote my part to bury some of the triple tongue stuff. Shhh! Don't blow my cover. And parades:BRRR!----Those white cotton dress gloves were definately not meant for long stints in parade formation.

Do the five day drag once more. Know of nothing else that bugs me More than working for the rich man. Hey, I'll change that scene one day. Clue: The rhythm guitarist/co-writer of this tune has two younger brothers who went on to become rock "icons" in their own right.

Shop Around------Smokey Robinson

And you see that as proof that the adversary is trying to stop you from moving the Word. SHEESH!!

Some finger pickin' for the hoppin' frog

I had always heard that a "bullfrog" was a southern slang term for a drunkard. That makes perfect sense in the song's context. However, the songwriter(Hoyt Axton), was quoted in an interview as stating it was just some jibberish he made up during a recording session. I predict "The Decade of Prevailing" will end( or ended) exactly 10 years after its inception. (no more/ no less) How's that for mathmatical accuracy?

A man told his pastor he had a very close, personal relationship with God. "How so?", asked the pastor. "When I get up in the middle of the night to use the restroom, He even turns the light on for me.", said the man. Upon hearing this scenario from the pastor, the wife exclaimed, "Oh Cr@p!--He's peeing in the refrigerator again!"

Howdy, Medicine Man As always, nice to "hear" from you. Will you be stateside soon? Hello to Dana, as well. Waysider

It made me think of the old "rocky & bullwinkle show". Bullwinkle(the moose) announces, while wearing a turbin, "Heany peany, chile beany. The spirits are about to speak." At which point Rocky(the squirrel) queries, "Are they friendly spirits?" :)

Cinderpelt Nothing profound to add. Just wanted to say:

Oldies Here's one I've posted on several times. I even posted this one to you on the "freewill" thread about a week ago. There are many, many similar incidents along the same lines as this one. Perhaps the recurrance itself is a point worthy of note. In Fellowlaborers(mid '70s), we were aroused from sleep in the middle of the night and ordered to report to limb hq in 20 minutes.( important item of note: we lived in a commune) It was a 30 minute trip. When we arrived we had to sit in total darkness and total silence not knowing how long we would have to wait or even the reason we were being summoned. (Remember that we worked full time secular jobs and all our extra time was committed to the program. )Finally, we were confronted by the limb leader who told us we were all failures and the program was being cancelled. There was no explanation given and there were no questions allowed. There was to be no discussion amongst ourselves. The next morning, at 5:30, we assembled for one last morning fellowship. We were told that revelation had changed and we were being given one more chance but we had better tow the line and do exactly as we were told or the program would be cancelled for good. There were many, many other incidents that paralled this in intensity. Was I damaged beyond repair by this event? Obviously not. But that is not the point. The point is, you asked at what point something goes beyong teaching and enter the realm of control. To this day, I have no idea what this was supposed to teach us , other than they were in control and we had better do as they said. You asked for examples so there ya go! ( There were about 50 other people in that room who could verify that if they chose to do so. I only bring this up to illustrate that I don't make this stuff up.)