The Explanation
(for those who require one)
And, of course, that is what all of this is -- all of this: the one song, ever changing, ever reincarnated, that speaks somehow from and to and for that which is ineffable within us and without us, that is both prayer and deliverance, folly and wisdom, that inspires us to dance or smile or simply to go on, senselessly, incomprehensibly, beatifically, in the face of mortality and the truth that our lives are more ill-writ, ill-rhymed and fleeting than any song, except perhaps those songs -- that song, endlesly reincarnated -- born of that truth, be it the moon and June of that truth, or the wordless blue moan, or the rotgut or the elegant poetry of it. That nameless black-hulled ship of Ulysses, that long black train, that Terraplane, that mystery train, that Rocket '88', that Buick 6 -- same journey, same miracle, same end and endlessness."
-- Nick Tosches, Where Dead Voices Gather
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tx for these interesting visuals!!
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Feel free to check out Broadway Joe's blog...
"He's a hero,
He's a pro,
He's a Mister Something Else,
He's Broadway Joe!
He's a groovy
Super guy,
He can thread a football,
through a needle's eye."
If you've never actually heard the shrill girl chorus that sings the above lyrics, count yourself among the very lucky.
Allan Carr's decision to wear this get-up is a harbinger of the poor judgment that would lead to the Snow White at the Oscars debacle.
"in your dreams allan!"
mr.carr was secretly praying that joe would let him sit on his...ahem, bike.
Why these two did not become the Newman and Redford of the biker set is beyond me...
hes no Ann Margrock
Ahhhh Joe! We hardly knew ya!
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