on 12/12/00 11:35 PM, Al Date at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > my ethics strongly implies that there is a parental obligation to children. Hi Al- Man it's been SO long since we have heard from you. Hope you have been doing well. Be forewarned there are jmdlers gathering in your area next month. EGADS THE JONI PEOPLE!!!!! Thanks for the post on Rand. As usual you have tons of contributions for us. The one that strikes closet to home (no pun) for me is the one above. >But all the while, I loved music passionately, from an even earlier age, and >so I finally fell off the Objectivist Fence, and fell into indulging myself >in a non-stop emotional orgy of "love," marijuana, guitar-playing and >song-writing--and tried to forget philosophy entirely. I actually got >decent at guitar, but my vocal range was limited. I found that it was more >prudent to play songs like "Blackbird" and "Here Comes the Sun" publicly. >My career peaked with a solo rendition of "Matty Groves" down at a local >coffee shop in Burlingame CA (1972). I also "feel ya" in this arena (although my forte was voice more than guitar/piano), but no matter how good/bad we are as interpreters of music, it matters most how it makes YOU feel (and the people around you). And I can say for me personally, there is NOTHING like playing music, not even the renowned SEX (or drugs for that matter) for me it's always been rock and roll. Nothing fills me up like sitting around someones back porch with a couple of flat tops trading songs (well known and not so) and I have certainly got my "ya yas" out with quite a few of you (some more than others) on this list. Peace Bro, Michael NP-I Get Up I Get Down-Yes/Masterworks Tour
