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I always feel like somebody is watching me...

My very grown up kids (41 and 37) describe me as the old fart who shouts at clouds. I tell them that I once was a young fart who still shouted at clouds.

New Gold Hits by The Four Seasons (1967) https://open.qobuz.com/album/0603497895991 Example: Pretty much pulled it for ^^ Beggin', but got hooked on the album, Good stuff.

Even further back.

Fireside dinner, Comrades!

More STAX testing. Sibelius: Violin Concerto - Lemminkäinen Suite by Ava Bahari (2026) https://open.qobuz.com/album/eipd34vton1nt example: Nice recording - performer I didn't know. And a leftover from listening to MTT (rip) Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 & Contredanses, WoO 14 by Orchestra of St. Luke's, Michael Tilson Thomas (1989) https://open.qobuz.com/album/g8dw9cvvp4q0a Example: Also a good recording it has been a long time since I have listened to it (all owned by Sony now).

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Welcome to the old guy's club.

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Today I became an official 'Old Fart'. In reality that happened on my Birthday in February, but since my local SS office was too backed up to do my Medicare application at that time, it became official today with a Medicare phone application. I'm now the proud recipient of Medicare part A. Since I'm still employed with medical insurance, I don't need to apply for Medicare part B until I retire or stop receiving outside medical insurance. I believe at that time I can have the part B cost pulled directly from my Social Security payments. I do believe full heartedly that I've absolutely earned said 'Old Fart' title. My Doctorate in wood remains 'til the time of my demise, so it's Dr Wood Old Fart from hense forward. Can I get that official title posted under my avatar please?

Wagner orchestral excerpts were one of my favorites to play when I was in an orchestra. But yeah, he was pretty abominable from all accounts. My handle comes from his last opera, Parsifal. The overture from that was a study in my music theory class. Sounds nice and demur, but was actually atonal as hell.

And of course, Wagner's work with Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny was the peak of his career 🤣

This contrast between a person and the music is often true. Wagner was a truly awful person, an antisemite, racist and overall shit. He put it about that Brahms' music was based on the screams of birds that he shot with "A Tyrolean bow". An outright lie just to discredit a rival composer. Somewhat interestingly he was a cross-dresser; even the usually staid and formal Wagner Society accepts this. He was also Hiter's favourite composer. 'Nuff said. If you could bring him back from the mid 1800's and interview him today, I'm sure he would be found to be an abominable person in many ways. In spite of all that, Wagners music, particularly the operas, is utterly marvellous. In addition to the epic 15 hour Ring Cycle (took him 25 years to complete it), there is Die Meistersingers, Tristan und Isolde, Tanhauser, Lohengrin just for starters. Seen them all. Awesome.

Since I couldn't go on their FIRST NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, this:

https://archive.org/details/mbroussard2026-04-29 https://archive.org/details/swaywild-20260429 Marc Broussard Sway Wild opening Bijou Theater, Knoxville TN 4/29/2026 dpa 4015gs->dpa d:vice balcony center front row

I hope you didn't mix in any valuable antique Shaker baskets with the dime store ones. 🤓

I hate that 2014 was 12 years ago already.

Did I say twenty (fucking) seven wicker baskets? I MEANT thirty-fucking-one! Three more pictured here, and one that is being used as a base for a fake house plant. 🙄🤣

Controversial for certain, and an utter moron in every interview I've seen of him. A racist, a redneck and a convicted felon, but I'll argue the "decent songwriter" comment. The man could paint a picture like few others. How you can be so idiotic in interviews yet write such poignant lyrics is beyond me. Listen to "If That Ain't Country" and tell me if it set a vivid mood.

David Allan Coe croaked. I have mixed feelings about this one. DAC was a jackass and utterly full of shit, for many decades. He annoyed other country legends like Waylon. He recorded an album in 1982 with some very questionable lyrics. On the other hand, he had quite a good voice and could write decent songs when he wanted to. Fittingly, he died on Willie Nelson's 93rd birthday. This song sums up his whole career for me. Kind of idiotic and cringe inducing lyrics and gratuitous name-dropping, yet it's also a goddamn earworm. I first heard it on a cassette I had in the 1980s. It had a bigger impact on me than I could imagine.

New Halou! Brutalism for Lovers Bandcamp link

Not the worst Doors cover. Not the worst vampire movie. Call it even.