Geriatric Mind

  My new novel, "Taking The King's Shilling" publishes on November 29th... only on Amazon

 The scene is the bottom of a fumble pile at an NFL game, two veteran players, unable to move have the following conversation... “ Are those your balls hovering over my face Walt?” “ Very likely Frankie. I didn't count the order that we all piled on when that little millionaire running back prick couldn't keep the ball in his manicured fingers. Still I reckon you and me were the first on.” “ Don't suppose you've actually got the football do you?” “ I do not Walt, I think number 47, 2 bodies over may have it. Hopefully he still will when the refs start pulling this shit-pile apart.” “ Well, I must say, it's nice to have a rest, could do without your bulk on top of me though.” “ Quit whining, I actually lost a few pounds since the season started. Hey do they smell nice? I'm trying  new antifungal powder, it's lightly scented, hopefully with a masculine note.” “ They smell great Walt, I get top notes of cedar and sandalwood, and a hint of citrus. Ni...

The 4th typhoon in 3 weeks is coming to lunch tomorrow.  The second to last one, which slid northwest of us was called Nika (which is also one of my wife's nicknames) and just brought a little rain, then came Ofel, who went way to our North and missed us entirely.  Now we have Pepito, who seems to be heading for Manila. He seems nice... he's due Sunday about 2:00 pm, I'll have the kettle on.

In 1968 I was 14 years old and music played a big part in my life.  However, because this was way before the internet, we were fairly limited in how we found our music. Music papers such as Melody Maker, New Musical Express, and Sounds gave us hints as to what was going on outside of our geographical range, and many hours in record shops, browsing through albums and singles gave us some idea of new acts. Also radio plays gave us hints as to trends. I'm saying this as an excuse for having missed this masterpiece. Until My Baby Comes Home “Until My Baby Comes Home” by The Mojos is the song that I wished I'd heard when I was 14. The Mojos came out of the Liverpool scene, and hustled and bustled through 5 years of changing line ups and some banger songs. 1964's “Everything's Alright” has been covered by many artists including David Bowie, and still stands out as a great example of power pop. I've delved into the back catalogue quite a bit, but in my opinion “U...