Momentary Change of Pace

But oddly apropos given the fix we're in.

Janices [sry, total brain fart] at Monterey Pop, June, 1967, rendering the definitive "Ball and Chain"

Cold Chills -- "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)"

Damn, she was good!



(I was with a group of people in Monterey when we saw her for the first time in June of 1967. Her performance was more than astonishing. It lit up the whole damp and drippy arena -- the FOG! Well, that's the California coast in the summertime...)

Bless her heart. She died way too young, and yet, the gods took her, and she has no doubt been serenading them every since.

"Try, just a little bit harder..."

Making the Rounds

Click image to enlarge. From leftycartoons.com

It's funny because it's true. But why stop at "24"? Libertarian types are legion, in fact, to hear them tell it, every Libertarian is his/her own "type," like unto no other... And every one perfectible if only they were allowed their liberty.

As the sainted Janice put it in song:

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
Nothin', I mean nothin' honey if it ain't free, no no

Just like a ball and chain: