The fact that they “hated” punk tells me that they are punk rockers. Punk rockers typically don’t traffic in half-hearted opinions. What could be more punk that to hate punk?

But if you are a music lover, it’s good to move above and beyond genres and just listen. If it sounds good to you, then it’s good music. And it’s also fun to try to figure out why you think all the things that sound good to you are similar.

regardless of how one feels about Manifest Destiny, there can be little doubt that it was a real American thing in the 19th century

Sailing Beyond The Sunset is, for me, a complete poetic experience. It contains my memories, as illuminated by the poets who have guided me and helped me to see: Blake, Tennyson, BH Fairchild and always, above all, Eliot. And then my little attempt to bring it all together in a way that is fitting for me, but hopefully, also, accessible to others. I have no idea if the latter part of that is successful. But I am very satisfied with the first part.

On occasion in high school, Vickie would suddenly answer. Only to Victoria and respond only in a Masterpiece Theater accent to our delight and astonishment.

Not that we watched that show, or any other show, on channel 3. Real TV of course was found on channels 2, 6 and 8 out of Amarillo. Channel 7 (out of Albuquerque) was a Mountain Time

The Ten, Just a-gleaming in the sun and a-howling at the moon, Resolute, Stark , Brittle , Honest, Weird, Nude, They just lean In formation Into the wind. Not exactly defiant, but certainly not compliant.