Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Americana

  • Old Paul Harvey Joke

    Man attempts to enter swanky restaurant. Maitre d' informs him that coat and tie are required. Man returns to car, dons coat, and tries once more to enter. Maitre d' says that a tie is also necessary. Man returns to car, opens trunk, takes out jumper cables, and arranges them around his neck. Heated discussion…

  • Hello October

    And no better way to start Kerouac month off right than with a reading from October in the Railroad Earth.

  • Saturday NIght at the Oldies: Death and Taxes

    Blind Lemon Jefferson, See That My Grave is Kept CleanSon House, Death Letter BluesDon McLean, American Pie (The Day the Music Died).  Excellent video explication of this wonderful bit of Americana.Beatles, TaxmanHarrison and Clapton, Taxman

  • Harley-Davidson: Stickin’ It to the Man

    Check out this H-D promotional video.  A celebration of individuality by people who dress the same, ride the same make of motorcycle, and chant in unison. "Some of us believe in the Man Upstairs, but all of us believe in stickin' it to the Man Down Here."  But without the Man there would be no…