As always, click to enlarge. For more Doonesbury, Ben Sargent, Pat Oliphant, Mother Goose and Grimm, Tony Auth, Tom the Dancing Bug, Tom Toles, and Zippy, go here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here...
JUST A SONG: Los Lobos' "Will the Wolf Survive"--
A wonderfully conceived allegory, "Will The Wolf Survive" tells the story of a working man envisaged as an endangered species beset by social forces ("Hunters hard on his trail") beyond his control. Considering that the song was written 25 years ago, its bridge is remarkably prescient in its depiction of the shrinking middle class...
When I was a small boy growing up in New Hampshire, the Boston Red Sox radio broadcast team of Curt Gowdy and Ned Martin were my constant companions. The Sox radio sponsor in those days was a Massachusetts beer called Narragansett (after the Bay). I can still hear Curt and Ned extolling the virtues of this "Bay brew" and closing their promos with a hearty "Hi, neighbor -- Have a 'Gansett!" Today, the beer is long gone, but the legacy remains. Here's photo from the Boston Craft Brew Fest (thanks, Bill!):
Cliff's Crib turns the spotlight on black fathers...
Hell0, cowgirl in the sand...
Dust-to-Digital: Take Me to the Water: Immersion Baptism in Vintage Music and Photography...
Premium T. finds a skull in an unusual place (scroll down)...
The older I got, the smarter my father became. Here's a Father's Day thought from Mark Twain (thanks, Clever Pup!):
A Father's Day Message from Lakewood, OH...
When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years...
A Father's Day Message from Lakewood, OH...
New Orleans drummer Stanton Moore of Galactic anchors the CD by Tom Morello's new project, the Street Sweeper Social Club...
Sunday Gospel Time: Mahalia Jackson and Nat King Cole "Steal Away":
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