Each day is Valentine's day

 

Mary using 2 microphones.  A vintage copy dynamic and a lavalier mic going into separate amps completely flat.  My idea!

My generation too

 

I guess I was blessed with having a second teenage years!  Between the ages of 30 and 40 is when I got my heavy rock/metal influences.  Nobody specific, either.  It was all situation.  Phoenix, AZ.  Gag!  I don't ever want to go back there, except to make a donation at the Tempe mosque.  But I can do that from here!

Mary and Gwen browsing the spring festival.

My generation

 

This is what I grew up to.  Oh no, I wasn't there.  I was messed up in a completely different (but same) way.

So I suppose the JamCruise community is like a miniature Nashville.  But you can say that about any music community.  You have to be part of the gang to play with the gang, whether or not they play fair.  If you ever want to do the cruise ship gig again, I suggest a situation where you are buddies with the captain.  I might have encountered a community that tried to play fair with everyone including newbies, then the top dog got a heart attack.  Anything can happen, such is life.  You are carrying around your own Nashville, did you know that?  You can bet your ass that some folks are breaking their heads trying to get into the Grace Bowers gang, but they don't know how.  And would you want them there?  I don't know if I would. 

Spring festival gig.  Nice dress!

Louder

 

It's pointless to make a louder amp when you can just have a wall of Marshall full stacks.  And the Marshall stacks look better.  The real question is, who has the balls to crank up the volume at a gig anymore?

Speaking of louder, how's the music?  I'm sure they have a tight grip on all the media and noise onboard: you're not allowed to make a racket in your cabin.  I'm surprised if they let you stream, so I hope this gig isn't a huge financial loss for you.  But there has to be a lot of sleep and men there.  Please guard your chastity!

It's easy to look glamorous on a common cruise ship when everyone else is badly dressed!  I think Gwen is getting too good at her job.  But that's OK with me and Mary.

We all know what cruise ships are for

 

Cruise ship gig!

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

8.  Or say they, "He has fabricated it." Say, "If I had fabricated it, still you have no power to support me against Allah.  God knows best of what you say among yourselves concerning it!  Sufficient is God for a witness between you and me!  And God is the Oft-Forgiving, the Most Merciful".

The Curved Sand-hills 46:8

SG

 

Gwen, you look great!

Angine de Poitrine

 

I love these guys so much, I'm featuring them here today.  Actually, there's nobody playing anything.  Someone left a delay pedal on infinite repeat behind a couple of wind dancers.

It's lovely that you get away from the cold and hang out on a sunny beach.  I don't go anywhere.  I don't want to go anywhere.  In fact, when I need to go somewhere I have to walk.  The old motorcycle won't start, and I don't want it anymore.  There's always something wrong with it, and my feet has broken the kick starter 3 times.  Do you folks remember the time I got 3 busted tubes in the back tire, one after another?  Plus I'm a bad driver, it's a miracle I haven't been in a major accident.  I don't want to drive a motorcycle anymore because the motorcycle is poor protection.  I would rather walk.  No, I don't deserve better!  So I will walk.

Ballroom dancing.

Don't step off the trail

 

Amateur art critics!

The entertainer

 

Oh dear, a lot to study today Honey.

If you don't feel like studying all these videos then let me summarize it for you.  They sold their souls because of ego.  They sold their souls because they thought they deserve better.

Here's Mary singing a couple of songs for the Alistair Thorne art exhibition.

It's not a crime when you get away with it

 

The center of attention at the Global Innovation Summit 2024.  Everyone was trying hard not to stare!

Best cover

 

You probably don't care for this type of music, but "Last Train to London" by ELO was what made me decide to be a musician.  I was 13 years old and when I first heard this song, I got a spiritual high.  Like nothing I ever felt before.  Granted, 13 years old is full of strange feelings.  But this is music.  So it's nice to find a nice cover of this song.  I'm happy to know I'm not the only ELO geek.

Here's a snapshot of Mary performing at yet another business seminar.

Mom, is that you?

 

That singer has attitude, huh!  I think she got tired 2 minutes into the song, though.  Punk rock just isn't the same when you're old.

"It's a nice set, but I didn't even meet the host".

The Pleasure Seekers

That singer is great to watch! She sure can dance!

These are exciting times for you, Honey.  This exploring is much different than haunted houses!  You remind me of me.  You've probably figured out that buzz eventually fizzles out, but some people still go wandering around as to keep the feeling alive.  At that point it's better to stay safe at home in your comfy bedroom with your favorite puppy.  Be sure to trust your instincts and feelings when wandering from place to place.  Check not the vibe of people, but of situations.  Everything including the invitation.  People you trust can betray you, and your saviour can be a complete stranger.  And don't forget, if your phone acts weird then get out of there!  Pray, and have fun.  Stay clean!  Ya Allah, please protect my Grace and her loved ones.

Another talk show show.

Crossroads, again

 

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo 

They think I'm Chinese!

Dog race

 

This one has much better energy, Honey!

Chinese restaurant upgrade!  Mary in Chinatown.

Music can be dangerous

 

What do you think, Honey?  I say it's not worth it.  Just use a whammy bar.

High fashion heavy metal!

Alien life form

 

Have you mastered the Internet yet?

Bright lights and heavy metal!

Needs work

 

I get a flood of girl guitarists videos playing rock sent to me by Instagram and YouTube.  This is not a matter of co-existing, nor is it about being the best girl rock star.  You're going to have to beat the boys too.  In fact, it is critical that you beat the boys in this game or none of the outrage you've expressed will have any credibility.  You either don't understand this or are not working hard enough at creation.  

Anyway, I have to be very strict with you about this matter.  I don't feel any emotional connection to this song.  Please try being unique, then exceptional.  Don't lose energy.  Don't sing out of your range.

"They all look the same to me."

Music lovers

 

This is the true purpose of AI: funny cat videos!  The cymbals are the best part!  I love my kitties.  Lookie and Gunhilde are in heat right now, and it's a family event.  The boys join in the howling and when there's music going, they all yowl in key with the music.  It's quite a spectacle.

Emile Fernández art exhibition NYC.

We love the bass

 

The stylist did a great job, Mary!  You look 20 years old!

Alone

 

The opposite of sex has to be alone.  At least it's not snowing.  Jealous!

Outdoor summer show with the Skinners at the Segura Ta-da Boattail.

Sex

 

Make the best music in the world, Grace.

NYC.

High fashion

 

I thought I would introduce you to some older women to show you how big your Everyday People scene actually is.  Yeah they got old, now they're just Everyday People.  There's more than this out of your line of sight.  Like Janis famously said, "It's all the same fucking day, man".

NYC.

Only the young

 

I wish I could be at every Grace Bowers show.  But otherwise, I've done my time at clubs and bars and I really don't miss it.  Some places may be historical, but I'm sure it didn't feel like history at the time for the people who were there.  It was just something for young people to do.  A suicidal urge to live.

Gwen and Mary on the Johnny Fink show!

It will never happen again

 

Lynda Carter looks the best.  Would you hang out at Studio 54?  There was open sex on and off the dance floor...  I love these AI flashback shorts.  It makes me grateful that I wasn't there.

Mary on the Johnny Fink show!

Better off dry

 

Too much effects!  Leave it dry!

A nice game of chess at the Café Cafe in Paris, France.

Fishing

 

Yuck!  Snakeheads taste awful!  Don't fish in haunted houses.

I'm having so much fun, my lucky number one!

Performance on the street by the Café Cafe in Paris, France.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

20.  And they say, "How is it that not a sign is sent down on him from his Lord?" Say, "The unseen belongs to Allah Alone so wait you, verily I am with you among those who wait".

Jonah 10:20

It's not easy being green

 

Milan fashion show lobby.

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

51.  Say, "Nothing shall ever happen to us except what Allah has ordained for us.  God is our Protector".  And in Allah let the believers put their trust.

The Repentance 9:51

Not enough

 

More!  More!  More!  It would be interesting to see Gordon Ramsay in a hot dog eating contest.

Milan fashion show gig!

Who's going to save me from the wolf

 

This looks AI to me.  The wolf is awfully cute!

What are you doing, Mary?  The game is over!

Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you

 

Milan!

Suffering

 

David Lynch died last year, so we will never get out of him what he really wanted to convey with "Mulholland Drive".  Humans aren't as creative as God: we can't create something out of nothing.  So what if the artist doesn't have to suffer in order to make great art.  It then means that you write about other people's suffering.  Lynch didn't make another movie that matched the greatness of "Mulholland Drive" before he died.

Lynch famously said that "anything goes" with the interpretation of "Mulholland Drive".  But he could have accidentally told a real story.  The silent instructions of the Mob boss for example, done entirely by innuendo.  Which in turn generated a cascade of suffering upon suffering.

Mary and Gwen walking the backstreet of the gig.  What happened to those cool boots?

The Two Connies

 

Honey, you are the future.  I am the past.  Any tripping out over the future is because of love.

Anyway, you seem to make a career of disobeying me while I'm imprisoned here destitute and lonely.  Since I am the one who has to eat shit and live, I'm going to go ahead and go wherever my mind takes me and explore the haunted houses in the astral plane.  I don't like boys though, so I'll go there with my cats.   The Two Connies is a complex riddle which I can't explain here in public.  When everything is fake, it means that the fakery is also fake.  This is because you can't lie if the truth didn't exist.  

Rock concert!  I love the boots!

And what percentage...

... does the Mob get?

Watching the choir.

Cruisin'

 

I'm really becoming convinced that cruise ships are totally wired.  Be careful, Honey.

Singing with the choir.

Oh, you don't do those slides anymore!  I miss those so much.  Someone gift her a fretless guitar!

The machine

 

Sigh, the motorcycle won't start.  This means that when I want to go anywhere, I have to walk or take my father's car.  Even if I pushed it to the shop, I don't have the money to repair it.  So even though I'm an inept mechanic, I'm going to try to fix it myself.  No, I don't know what I'm doing.  I can't even open the housing, let alone get at the carburator.  Are you a good mechanic?  Oh I forgot, you couldn't change a tire with two grown men helping you.  So I guess we're on the same level.  Sigh.  I need a new car.  Ya Allah, please buy me a new car.  From Allah is our origin and to Allah is our return.

Business luncheon in Los Angeles.

Keep away from water

 

Hm, still working on the Good issue.  Good.

Once upon a time when I was still working at the pizza joint, someone left a pair of JBL powered speakers on top of the dough cooler.  That was 2006, and I had just completed "Shadowplay's Greatest Hits part 3: The Struggle to be Normal".  Cell phones didn't play music back then, so I had a pair of mini speakers connected to a battery powered Radio Shack amplifier connected to an mp3 player dangled around my neck like a necklace so I could listen to my own programming while I cooked, and I could pause it when I answered the phone.  I tried hooking up the tunes to the JBLs on the cooler, and everything sounded like complete crap.  The owner of the speakers (a DJ) never claimed them, so I asked the boss if I could have them.  He said no, the owner will come back for them.  I said that I didn't want to use them, I wanted to dissect them.  You know, like a frog in science lab.  The moral of this story is that sometimes, betrayal is in the machine.

A business luncheon in Los Angeles.

Cooking your own meals

 

Ah, so you want to create your own generation's music genre.  Just be creative OK, and don't churn out the same old shit.  Admit it, a lot of punk rock (and rock, for that matter) is the same old shit repackaged as "youth" music.  Can you make great new music?

Can you cook your own meals?

The politicians gave me some of the above ramen cup noodles during their flood relief campaign, and it's not bad!  I would have never tried it otherwise.

Hi Gwen!

Ah, the French

 

People were much flashier back then.  Nowadays the human females can wear less clothes and look absolutely boring.

Great!  But the fretboard on his guitar has to be the most interesting thing.

The wedding singer.

Out of this world

 

Now I remember!  It was for one of those business suits that Mary had been working at.  That's not real champagne, folks.  The girls aren't allowed to consume drugs and alcohol.

It's a Rock and Roll life, Honey.  You're not going to remember much of anyplace anytime unless you stuff that scrapbook of yours, Grace.  Please stay clean!

Have dog will travel

 

Touring with your dog should help cure your homesickness.  Lucy is best candidate.  Lenny is too fragile, and isn't George getting up in years?  Besides, they need to guard the house.

Some party somewhere, I don't know where, I don't remember.

It's ew

 

"Ew" is gender neutral.

Tennis or chess?

Music television

 

Tennis club karaoke!

The boycott

 

Mary messing around with Gwen at the garden party.

Up up and away

 

Don't try to step down Honey, because it's a very long drop.  Don't let people con you into thinking that being paranoid isn't normal, because you are not normal.  You are a rock star.  So when they treat you like you are low tier, think about your income and about me and Mary, and it should be clear whose asses are being kicked.  So please take your precautions like a rock star, and Happy New Year!

Beverly Hills garden party.

I don't know that I'm a good man

 

"You're not Gwen."

"She needed the day off, so he sent me to be your girlfriend.  I don't play chess, but I have different skills."

I seek refuge with Allah from Satan the rejected.

11.  And when they see some merchandise or some amusement they disperse headlong to it, and leave you standing.  Say, "That which Allah has is better than any amusement or merchandise!  And Allah is the Best of providers."

Friday 62:11