A Lemon’s Tale

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A lemon had fallen from a tree. There was nothing graceful, nor elegant about it. It was purely clumsy and further proof that gravity worked. All this meant nothing to the lemon, it was clearly unhappy as was evident in its colorful language. “For God’s fucking sake, this… Did. Not. Just. Happen. I’m good. All I need is a few minutes and I’ll just ascend like nothing happened.”

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“Peace Frog Benefit For Mr. Kite” THE DOORS VS. THE BEATLES

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“Peace Frog” is the only song by The Doors that has an ounce of relativity left in it. The big reason is it’s rarely played on the radio, plus, it’s got that groovy riff.

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They Grow Up Too Fast

On good days, we called Richard Randall a rabble-rousing, bible-thumping, finger-blasting-followed-by-finger-banging, beverage-tax-dodging, flag-waving, forked-tongue-shouting, spell-casting, fly-fishing, beer-guzzling, insect-eating, gossip-spreading, queer-bashing, home-rolled-cigarette-smoking, CB-using, annual-cosplaying, line-standing, mother-fucking, fez-wearing, shit-grinning, barely-anger-managing, top-spinning, Oriental-hating victim of a failing American moral system.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd and a Pop Music Daffynition

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Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1973 before “Sweet Home Alabama”

This is one of those crazy rock and roll stories I have heard and it may not be true, but it sounds like it is. It’s like that crazy No Doubt myth. In 1976, the Lynyrd Skynyrd played with The Rolling Stones at the Knebworth Fair Festival. Also on the bill: 10cc, Todd Rundgren’s Utopia and Hot Tuna.

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