Monday, June 28, 2021

road to nowhere, part 9


for part eight, click here

to begin at the beginning, click here or here





philadelphia
pittsburgh
harrisburg pennsylvania

philadelphia
philadelphia
philadelphia

pittsburgh
pittsburgh
pittsburgh

harrisburg
harrisburg
harrisburg

harrisburg pennsylvania

state line
state line
state line

lake erie
lake erie
cleveland ohio

you’d be surprised
you’d be surprised
you’d be surprised

at some of the things i’ve seen

wind off the lake
wind off the lake
wind off the lake

all night long
all night long
all night long

what kind of music do you like?

myself
myself
i like country music

i like country music
i like country music
because it tells a story

country music tells a story

west virginia
west virginia
west virginia

coal miner’s daughter
coal miner’s daughter
coal miner’s daughter

loretta lynn
loretta lynn
loretta lynn

now it’s just my opinion
but i don’t think the people who made that movie
knew anything about country music

but that’s just my opinion
my opinion
my opinion

hank snow
hank snow
hank snow

ernest tubb
ernest tubb
ernest tubb

hank williams
hank williams
hank williams

cleveland
akron
columbus ohio

cleveland
cleveland
cleveland

akron
akron
akron

columbus
columbus
cincinnati

you can talk about your hank williamses
hank williamses
hank williamses

hank snows
hank snows
hank snows

but f you want a real christian country singer

listen to brother claude ely
brother claude ely
brother claude ely

he raised a mighty voice to the lord
a mighty voice to the lord
a mighty voice to the lord

filling the night
filling the night
heralding the dawn

cincinnati ohio
louisville kentucky
louisville kentucky

aretha franklin
aretha franklin
aretha franklin

clyde mcphatter
clyde mcphatter
clyde mcphatter

dixie hummingbirds
dixie hummingbirds
dixie hummingbirds

stanley brothers
stanley brothers
stanley brothers

indianapolis
indianapolis
indianapolis

terre haute
terre haute
terre haute indiana


part 10



Thursday, March 18, 2021

road to nowhere, part 8


for part seven, click here

to begin at the beginning, click here or here





herbert hoover
herbert hoover
herbert hoover

charles curtis
charles curtis
charles curtis

iowa city iowa
iowa city iowa
iowa

choctaw nation
choctaw nation
sioux nation

sioux city iowa
sioux city iowa
sioux city

i see you have done a lot of research

farmhouse
farmhouse
old farmhouse

schoolhouse
schoolhouse
little red schoolhouse

wheat
wheat
wheat

old yellow moon
old yellow moon
lonesome highway

herbert hoover
herbert hoover
herbert hoover

black hills
black hills
black hills

sitting bull
sitting bull
george armstrong custer

he died with his boots on
he died with his boots on
because they would never take him alive

franklin d roosevelt
franklin d roosevelt
pretty boy floyd

john dillinger
billy sunday
the lady in red

aimee semple macpherson
aimee semple macpherson
charles lindbergh

charles curtis
charles curtis
john nance garner

clark gable
clark gable
clark gable

joan crawford
joan crawford
joan crawford

knoxville tennessee
knoxville tennessee
knoxville tennessee

tupelo mississippi
tupelo mississippi
memphis tennessee

elvis presley
elvis presley
elvis presley

ed sullivan
ed sullivan
ed sullivan

jackie gleason
jackie gleason
jackie gleason

wink martindale
wink martindale
wink martindale

soldier, if what they tell me is true, i will punish you as no man has ever been punished before

hank williams
hank williams
hank williams

hank snow
hank snow
hank snow

marilyn monroe
marilyn monroe
marilyn monroe

albert einstein
albert einstein
albert einstein

albert schweitzer
albert schweitzer
albert schweitzer

tony perkins
tony perkins
tony perkins


part 9



Sunday, October 18, 2020

road to nowhere, part 7


for part six, click here

to begin at the beginning, click here or here





albert einstein
albert schweitzer
alexander the great

broderick crawford
betty boop
bernard baruch

ted williams
joe dimaggio
cecil travis

bob feller
isaac newton
rene descartes

frederick the great
catherine the great
voltaire

bob feller
bob feller
johnny mize

harry s truman
harry s truman
harry s truman

edward teller
edward teller
edward teller

john von neumann
john von neumann
john von neumann

winston churchill
anthony eden
clement attlee

alan turing
alan turing
alan turing

claude shannon
claude shannon
claude shannon

frank sinatra
frank sinatra
frank sinatra

burt lancaster
burt lancaster
burt lancaster

niagara falls
niagara falls
buffalo new york

are we there yet
are we there yet
are we there yet

long way to go
long way to go
old farmhouse

klaus fuchs
klaus fuchs
klaus fuchs

julius rosenberg
ethel rosenberg
harry gold

joseph stalin
harry s truman
clement attlee

lavrenty beria
lavrenty beria
j robert oppenheimer

j robert oppenheimer
j robert oppenheimer
j robert oppenheimer

frank sinatra
frank sinatra
frank sinatra

patti page
patti page
patti page

albert einstein
isaac newton
j robert oppenheimer

rochester new york
syracuse new york
utica new york

i have to hand it to you

you know your stuff
you know your stuff
you know your stuff

how much is that doggie in the window

henry luce
henry luce
clare booth luce

frankie laine
frankie laine
frankie laine

jackie gleason
jackie gleason
jackie gleason

i have to hand it to you
you know your stuff
you know your stuff

but we are not making much progress

there is a lot of baseball to be played yet


part 8



Tuesday, February 25, 2020

the evidence


by bofa xesjum



once upon a time, an archbishop lived in a wagon beside a excavation site.

the archbishop always wanted to have a dog and be a clown.

one day, a magician came along.

what do you want? the archbishop asked the magician.

i want a quiet life, the magician said .

i don’t think that is likely. the archbishop replied.

just then, a conquering hero hove into view.

the archbishop understood everything.

the magician destroyed the evidence.

afterwards, a friendly fellow joked about it.

and said , what was that all about?

a journalist agreed.

we will never see that again, at least until armageddon freezes over.



Monday, February 24, 2020

the witness


by bofa xesjum



once upon a time, an intellectual named max lived in a garage beside a zoo.

the intellectual always wanted to dream his life away and be an orangutan.

one day, a quiet fellow named harold came along.

what do you want, max asked harold.

i want understanding, harold said

i don’t think canada is much of a country, max replied.

just then, a man with an enquiring mind named aldo ran quickly past, carrying a large strawberry ice cream cone.

max admired the sky.

harold went mad.

afterwards, a republican named jasper nodded sagely.

and said , what can you expect from such people? as a gigantic moth floated over his head.

an expert witness named ethan agreed.

we will never see that again, at least until expectations are lowered to a reasonable level.



Sunday, February 23, 2020

a strange occurrence


by bofa xesjum




a wise man was opening his mail.

suddenly a virgin goddess quietly stole into the room.

this must be a joke, the wise man exclaimed .

didn’t you understand the prophet’s message? the virgin goddess replied .

it was really too much for the poor wise man.

then an important message just happened to flash by.

what is the problem? the messenger asked the wise man.

an explosion of congratulations erupted spontaneously.

a highway robbery emerged.

the media reported that the queen had baked an apple pie.

but her next of kin, the black prince, had different ideas.

and decided to throw the apple pie out of the highest window in the castle.

later, the head of the praetorian guard confessed that no flowers had actually bloomed.



Thursday, February 20, 2020

2 stories


by bofa xesjum



a story



once upon a time, a —————— lived in a ———————— beside a ———————.

the —————— always wanted to ——————— and be a ————————.

one day, a ———————— came along.

what do you want, the ———————— asked the ————————.

i want ——————, the ——————— said

i don’t think —————————. the —————— replied

just then, a ———————— ————————

the ————————— ——————————

the ———————————— ———————————

afterwards, a ————- ————————

and said ——————————

a ————————— agreed

we will never see that again, at least until —————————l





another story


a ————————— was ————————

suddenly a ————————— —————————

———————————, the ———————— exclaimed

didn’t you————————— , the ——————— replied

it was——————————

then a ————————— —————————

what is the ————————, the ———————— said

a ——————— of ——————— —————————

a ————————— emerged

the media reported that ————————

but —————— had different ideas

and decided to —————————

later, the ——————— confessed that ———————