There was no bed of roses guaranteed in this life

But we stuck to our plans amidst all the strife,

I will lay you down to comfort you as best as I can

Sooner or later we'll make a stand,…

This Embattled Sphere

There are no answers here

Nothing will ever be clear

Evil…

Love what have you done to me?

I'm in a tail spin can't you see?

You deceived me into thinking I'd be free

The eternal damning mystery,

How did it come to this

All the happiness I never intended to miss

Alone without even a kiss

Is this my life's last…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXrpFxHfppI

Brilliant musicians and Robert Fripp who orchestrated one of the most influential musical interpretations of geo political issues that plagued humanity at the time and just how it equated to medieval parallels. What Peter Townsend  of the band the Who described as an uncanny classic in…

Dream Time

Its dream time again where have you been?

The only way of keeping the world from seeping in…

Queen of Destiny

Watching the world cave in

Every horrid…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3UHo2u4EbM

In the late 1970’s a sudden shift in the popular culture’s preference for illicit drugs was noted by up and coming recording artist Brain Protheroe. The demand…

My Last Rendezvous?

At first I thought what…

The year is 1945 in the month of August in World War II Japan. The Japanese Imperial forces have suffered virtual defeat, Allied forces regularly patrol, strafe, and bomb mainland cities, and the situation grows more hopeless by the hour. Yet, there is a continuing debate between the military who want to fight to the end and Emperor Hirohito and his staff who believe the war…

War is the most grotesque manifestation of mankind. Within it are sometimes great achievements never thought possible according to people like George Patton, while Robert Oppenheimer called death, “Destroyer of Worlds” perhaps a little of both is possible, but it is horror none the less. During the acts of war many strange things can happen, one of which being the…

Reasons for my insomnia?

Russia, Ukraine, war, etcetera

While on a shopping spree in Romania

She had a case of…

One would think that in the final days of World War II in Japan that the writing was on the wall and that things would naturally wind down and hostilities would simply begin to diminish, yet almost the opposite occurred. Three incidents mark the end of the War over the skies of Japan and even on the ground as the inevitable finally took place, but things might have tragically taken on a different complexion that would have caused even…

Last Shared Kiss

The spirits of brokenhearted love often linger

The past is not easily defeated by the gesture of a finger,…

The Final Sanctuary

Its spring and though my love in full bloom

But it seems there’s a ghost in every room…

For several years now China has been saber rattling over taking Taiwan and warning all western allies including the US to back off. How Does Australia see the possibility of conflict given the actions of the Biden White House?…

From that Cracked Mirror

The world is anything except what you think

Events have been orchestrated even as you blink

As some uplifted by illusion while other’s spirits sink

Betrayed by your mistress over a brand new mink,…

The impression left by solid and intellectual music that stands the test of time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rso5fDkuJfc&list=RDMM&index=4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwAjJJSbt4s&list=RDMM

Many west coast rock bands transcended typical musical labels but Spirit was the band that the British invasion came to see as Jethro Tull and Led Zeppelin came to watch Randy California who had already played with Hendrix was already setting the stage for progressive rock across the nation!  Among other great American bands Spirit was there! …