From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018011919003592467-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > Got a call just a bit ago, one of my musician buddies died.  He was 56,   
   > don't know the cause yet.  Still really sorta trying to confirm the news   
   > is real. It is.   
      
   Here it goes again, and 56 is  not all that old either...but then it's not   
   age that kills, it's Deterioration.   
      
   > An unexpected feeling, as more and more people I know die, the realization   
   > my turn is coming becomes more real.  It's a sort of " getting use " to   
   > the idea of death process.  Each friend makes it more clear that   
   > eventually it'll be me.  With each death of a friend, more and more my   
   > mortality sinks in.   
      
   That's why I'm a youthful person, because hanging on to life is the best way   
   to preserve it whereas giving up on it is the easiest way to lose it.   
      
   > He was a really good pedal steel player. Retired from his day job just   
   > this last year or so, wanted to spend more time playing music.   
      
   Did he actually follow up on that though?   
   I'm eagerly looking forward to a career in Music, and an *active*, *lively*   
   one at that, as in filled with life -  best way to avoid death, by Fighting   
   it!   
      
   > I have the last gig he and I did together recorded, haven't listened to it   
   > yet.   
      
   > Oh well,  hot tea and triple sec .....   
      
      
   Jim   
      
   Think the booze can help? ;)   
      
   Maybe write some songs!   
      
   Too much death in Music because the Music is dying from NEGLECT!   
      
   Reminds me of Ricky Nelson's "Garden Party" tune, specifically the lyrics   
   that say:   
      
   If you gotta play at garden parties   
   I wish you a lotta luck   
   But if memories were all I sang   
   I rather drive a truck   
      
   In other words, STALE material.   
      
   Ricky is also gone, thanks to a poorly maintained DC-3 that crash landed   
   with several fatalities. He was only 45.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)