Lindbloom’s View: Darlin’ Corey
On Gorging Ourselves and Sad Country Songs “Oh where have you gone darlin’ Cory With a dram glass in your hand She’s a drinking away all her troubles And a courtin’ some other man..” Doc Watson By...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Honey, Don’t Ask
Q-dawg, riding that horse hard “Quit whining or I’ll put you in for Rozsival” “I ain’t much for mowing grass I’m too slow for working too fast I don’t do windows, so honey don’t ask But I’m pretty...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Sparks
Reflections On A Hand Shake Game “We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.” – Mignon McLughlin By Rich Lindbloom In 1979 Graham Parker recorded his album, Squeezing out Sparks. The...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Still Amazing After All These Years
Simply A-maze-ing Labyrinth – A place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys; Something extremely complex or tortuous in structure, arrangement, or character. By Rich...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Oh, How Can I Explain?
A Rorschach Test Dale Arden: “Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have 14 hours to save the earth.” By Rich Lindbloom The Rorschach Test, developed by Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach, involved...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: A Fighter’s Stance
June 9, 1978 In the clearing stands a boxer, And a fighter by his trade And he carries the reminders Of ev’ry glove that laid him down And cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame “I am...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: The Magnificent Struggle
The Warriors “What counts in sports is not victory, but the magnificence of the struggle.” – Joe Paterno By Rich Lindbloom Is there a more magnificent struggle in sports than Game Seven in a NHL...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: The Music Hasn’t Stopped
Miracling “Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean de la Bruyere By Rich Lindbloom Miracling is a term associated with Dead Heads who would follow the band from city to city, hoping to score a...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Find a Way
“I’m gonna show you, I’m gonna give it to you.” “Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun...
View ArticleLindbloom’s View: Fanfare for the Common Man
Remember man, that you are dust… “A year has come ‘n’ gone since we heard the news ’bout Billie Joe Brother married Becky Thompson, they bought a store in Tupelo There was a virus going ’round, Papa...
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