Donovan's Mountain Song: What Does It Mean? First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is…. The Allman Brothers Eat a Peach Record.

At the heart of Buddhist teachings we are told that all things are impermanent and subject to change and flux. Simply stated, nothing in the world around us or our self is fixed or solid. There are no things, just process and flux.

OR... Maybe it's describing the Motion of an Inchworm... 

Donovan in Concert... 1972 BBC TV... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkLp9d7HKuA 

Allman Brothers Mountain Jam - Eat a Peach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNuNz2idDtY 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eat_a_Peach

Butch Trucks suggested they name the album Eat a Peach for Peace, after a quote from Duane Allman. When the writer Ellen Mandel asked him what he was doing to help the revolution, he replied:

I'm hitting a lick for peace—and every time I'm in Georgia, I eat a peach for peace. But you can't help the revolution, because there's just evolution. I understand the need for a lot of changes in the country, but I believe that as soon as everybody can just see a little bit better, and get a little hipper to what's going on, they're going to change it. Everybody will—not just the young people. Everybody is going to say, 'Man, this stinks. I cannot tolerate the smell of this thing anymore. Let's eliminate it and get straight with ourselves.' I believe if everybody does it for themselves, it'll take care of itself.^[23][22]

Drummer Butch Trucks considered Allman's comment a sly reference to the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot, one of Allman's favorite poets.^[22]

Eight Sided GO Sign - 

Similar to a STOP Sign but 

with a Positive Message.

The chorus of this song: "First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is," may sound incomprehensible or silly, but the lines are a Zen saying Donovan borrowed and which have a meaning. The lines are intended to succinctly describe three stages of Zen. Pre-enlightenment, one's aware of the Universe as physical (there is a mountain). Then through meditation one may experience a visionary state where the physical Universe seems to disappear (no mountain) where the "Buddha Mind"/Tao [Zen first developed in China as a blend of Indian Buddhism & Chinese Taoism] root of reality behind physical appearances is experienced as non-physical. After that vision, the mountain reappears, except in ones new enlightened state one is simultaneously aware of the physical mountain & the Void/Tao non-physical reality behind it & at its root... And now you know the rest of the story!

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I really enjoyed buying the Grateful Dead Sheet Music Book. It has many songs from the Workingman's Dead/American Beauty Era. It made learning how to play those songs really easy as they had all the Chords and Lyrics...

Before the Internet, it was very difficult to learn songs. Mostly what I would do is play a record for a brief time, write down the words and then move the needle back to get the next lyric... Often, the words were hard to understand... Then I would have to guess what chords were being played... Subtle differences like "What Key the song is in..." were totally impossible to figure out from the record [for me]... So having the Grateful Dead Sheet Music Book was a blessing because the secrets were all revealed! AND! WE got a dozen Interesting Illustrations... 

Link to the... Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics... a Website with the Words and Possible Meanings of the Songs... 
http://artsites.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/

Why are Trump Supporters Killing Themselves in Record Numbers?

Because the Quality of Life has Gone Down in the Last Two Years. Suicide, Drug Overdoses and Alcoholism have increased. Trump's Trade War has Harmed Farmers and Factory Workers. The Stock Market Went Down in 2018. Wall Street LOST MONEY. Health Insurance Prices Have Gone Up. Wages have NOT gone Up. We should Repeal and Replace Trump's "TAX CUT FOR THE RICH" Law and Do the EXACT OPPOSITE. Decrease taxes on 99% of Americans and Increase Taxes on the Top 1%. 

and THAT'S Why so many Former Republicans Switched Parties and Voted for Democrats in 2018. 

Why Not Visit a TrumpNik Campaign Rally and Then Set Off a 130Db Personal Alarm... Sonic Payback! Pull the Pin Out so it's Impossible to Silence the Alarm... Disrupt His TV SHOW by Creating a Disturbance in the Force!

Remember: 
To Avoid Overcrowding at The Polls: 
Democrats Vote on November 3rd. 
Republicans Vote on November 4th. 
Set Your Calendar!

Disrupt His Campaign Speech by Creating
an Insanely Loud Noise.
DANGER DANGER!

 Totally Wanking his Television Show.
Let's SEE What he does with an
Alarm Sounding that CANNOT
BE SILENCED! 

Political Theater of the Absurd.

OR... Visit Washington DC and Stand Across the Street in Lafayette Park and MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE! 

BLOW A WHISTLE, BEAT A DRUM, BANG ON POTS AND PANS... It's FUN!

~~~~~~ (~);-} ~~~~~~

News from 10/23/2019

It's Good to See Republicriminals Attacking Each Other... Headline: McConnell introduces resolution opposing US withdrawal from Syria...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republican senators introduced a resolution Tuesday in opposition to President Donald Trump's withdrawal from Syria, warning that his decision has benefited Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, ISIS, Russia and Iran.

"If not arrested, withdrawing from Syria will invite more of the chaos that breeds terrorism and creates a vacuum our adversaries will certainly fill," McConnell said on the Senate floor.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/22/politics/mitch-mcconnell-resolution-syria-troops/index.html

Putin and Erdogan just did a deal on Syria. The US is the biggest loser.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/22/middleeast/putin-erdogan-syria-deal-hodge-analysis-intl/index.html

HEADLINE: ‘The White House is not to be trusted right now’. How Jim Mattis, “iced out” and blindsided by Trump, finally concluded the president was weakening the nation...

https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/22/trump-jim-mattis-policies-book-054967

PATRIOTS ARISE! Help Campaign for Amy McGrath for Senate in Kentucky... Beat #MoscowMitch Like a Pinata! He is a Corrupt TrumpNik - Obeying His Master, Vladimir Putin - Register and Vote! Throw all the Corrupt Old White Men OUT. 
 https://gvan42.blogspot.com/2019/10/amy-mcgrath-for-senate-in-kentucky-beat.html

Chords and Lyrics to "MELT the GUNS" - You Could Record This... A Hit Song! by Greg Vanderlaan and a Link to My Youtube Video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml5ziDRoqcc

Too many Children Dying... [A* C* A# A] 
Too Many Families Crying...
Everybody Realizes We Should Just Collect 'em All...
and Melt the Guns, Melt the Guns, Melt 'em... [G D A]
Melt the Guns, Melt the Guns, Melt 'em...
Then They Won't Ever Kill Again... [E A E] 3X

They say: 
"Guns Don't Kill People, Bullets Kill People"[A* C* A# A] 
They Say: "Guns Don't Kill People, Bullets Kill People"
But If We Just Melt the Guns... [G D A]
The Bullets will be Harmless...
But If We Just Melt the Guns... [G D A]

The Bullets will be Harmless...
Hey, Hey, NRA, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today? 
[CHANT - Knuckles Knock on the Guitar Body]
Hey, Hey, NRA, How Many Kids Did You Kill Today?

No, It's Not Video Games... [A* C* A# A] 
No It's Not Mental Health... 
That's Just Our Puppet President Pretending... [G D A]
When The NRA Jerks His Chain, He Jumps! Good Dog! OBEY! [E A E]
When The NRA Jerks His Chain, He Jumps! Good Dog! OBEY!

Everybody Realizes We Should Just Collect 'em All... 
[A* C* A# A]
and Melt the Guns, Melt the Guns, Melt 'em... [G D A]
Melt the Guns, Melt the Guns, Melt 'em...
Melt the Guns, Melt the Guns, Melt 'em...
Then They Won't Ever Kill Again... and Again... and Again... [E A E]
Like Guns Do Now... They Kill Again... and Again... and Again... 

[Spoken] Are You Happy Buying Bulletproof Backpacks for Your Children?


A* = E0 A7 D7 G6 B0 e0
C* = E0 A0 D5 G5 B5 e0
A# = E0 A0 D3 G3 B3 e0

Three More #MAGAKillers Arrested BEFORE they Did Mass Murder... Great Job, Police... Thanks! As the Country Decides to Make Guns Illegal and Congress Drags It's Feet... Here is What YOU CAN DO!

You, the American Citizen, Can Call the Local Police and Ask that they Visit GUN NUTS... Find Out What They Are Doing and What They Are Planning... One of these FREAKS was bragging in an Email that he wanted to Hold the World's Record for Killing the Most People at Once. The Person Receiving that Email Alerted the Police... 

Currently The World's Record is Held by the Las Vegas Shooter... 58 People at a Country and Western Dance... No One Know WHY that Madman Decided to Kill All Those People BUT... WE DO KNOW... That GUNS Enabled Him to Kill those people... GUNS! Not Video Games, Not Mental Illness, Not Lack of Christ in his Life... IT WAS GUNS. GUNS! 

Here is a Clue to How to Solve the Crisis of People Using GUNS to Kill Americans... Find Out What All The Mass Shootings Have In Common and Address That Issue... The Main Cause is GUNS. That's Right... GUNS. What was it? GUNS! 

We really need to have a GUN Buyback Program. Take GUNS to the Police office and they will PAY YOU and then MELT THE GUNS... Making the USA Safer... 

Trump Voters are Killing Themselves in Record Numbers. What Can We Do To Help? Find Out How... Click Here.

Suicide, Drug Overdoses, Alcoholism... These are the Deaths of Despair that are Wiping Out Middle Aged White People Without a College Education... Since the Quality of Life Has Declined Since Trump Was Elected, People Who Voted For Trump Are Experiencing a Feeling of Betrayal and Disappointment... With Trump's Trade War Harming Farmers and Factory Workers, It Seems Like There is No Hope For The Future...

But There IS HOPE!

1. Take a Student Loan from The Federal Government. https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa
2. Go To College and Learn a Sellable Skill like Nursing or Computer Science.
3. Get a High Pay Job and Enjoy Life. http://www.mss.ca.gov/

Then Join the Democratic Party and Elect Leaders That Pass Laws That Benefit The American People... Just Like The Majority of the Voters Did in 2016 and 2018... Yes, Clinton Got More Votes Than Trump... and the Democrats had an OVERWHELMING VICTORY in The Midterms. +40 House Seats +7 Governors -1 Senate = FORTY SIX (46) More Democrats Elected. Wild Cheering!

Trump and His Republicrimes Passed a Tax Cut For The Rich Law that Benefits Himself and His Super Rich Friends... Dramatically Increasing the National Debt... and It Will Be Paid For By Your Children... and Grand Children... and Great Grand Children on to the Seventh Generation.

Do NOT Let The Republicrimes Cut Social Security and Medicare Benefits.

Telegraph Ave Berkeley - Amoeba Music Store - Mural of American History - Near University of California

Firesign Theatre... THC (Temporarily Humboldt County)... a comedy record... with insight

My Favorite: Insight into the story of Western Expansion.
Westward HO!
Listen to "THC" at this link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I2PjLna4C0

THC

Bozos

Firesign Theatre: Bozos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmWFrMq3qNY

Listen to the Record.

The Future is Fun, the Future is Fair, 

You may have already have one,

You may already be there!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Think_We're_All_Bozos_on_This_Bus

In part based on the computer program "Eliza" and

The Turing Test. The creepy part uses Univac code to

Overwhelm the Amazing "audioanimatronic" Mr Nixon 

by asking unanswerable questions.

This is The First mention of Computer Hacking in Pop Culture.

Beautiful Victorian Ferndale, California

located in the Eel River Valley

an IDEAL place to live if you are a COW.

Backyard Garden at the Loleta Cheese Factory

I predict that 2018 will be the Hottest Summer on Record. Even MORE Hurricanes, Tornadoes and Wildfires than last year.

Spring started here in Beautiful Sacramento California on February 15th. WAY early. It was sunny and warm yesterday and will be sunny and warm today also. Thankfully we have a perfect solution for Global Warming... Turn UP the Air Conditioner!