a place in the fire pt. 2

aye...the good old days. sunshine, green grass, blue skies, no plan to write yet. ahhh...... it be like a breath of fresh air. ahhhh....

BUT

can any of you point out what is wrong with this image, in all its idyllic "marlboro" grandeur, all its ivory highhorseitude? let's examine closer.

first of all, and it should be obvious, jake is clean shaven. and it even is that jake has yet to lose his blue beanie.
but zoom the lens some more and:
the "newspaper" i am reading, is not- and never was- a newspaper. it is not a comic strip, or any kind of artistic endeavour. in fact, it is a placemat from the whately diner with among righteous drunkisms, some of the our generation's most refined and eloquent philosophical musings. "I think that's a bridge underwater." "My daugher would be appropriately festooned to date your daughter." and the inquiry that troubles our generation to its very core "When do we get laid?"
a final observation: the bench, so quaint and rustic, don't you agree? simply bring your gaze closer and you will see a. the arm rest is severed and floating above the bench, and b. the foreground rear leg is a boulder, a "Vermont potato," in the parlance of our times. the image of the idyllic ideal crumbles before mine very eyes. ah! i remember the night before. a certain curly haired patriot and i, boisterous with the tippling way, playing a merry game of... "throw the bench at the tree."


moving on:
here is the second half of this year's official playlist:
a place in the fire, pt. 2:
townes van zandt - tecumseh valley
dirty three - horse
pontiak - shell skull
sinners & saints - nothing at all
johnny cash - streets of laredo
timber timbre - mercy
the grand archives - miniature birds
hank williams - the lost highway
earth - miami morning coming down 2 (shine)
bob dylan - sign on the window
the grateful dead - jack straw
waylon jennings - omaha
alan lomax unidentified recording - railroad bill
devotchka - la llorrona
earth - high command
charlie parr - annie melton
bob dylan - i shall be released (bootleg series)
bon iver - stack
the rolling stones - dead flowers
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