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Are you familiar with the urban legend of The Wizard of Oz + Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon? Dateline: 2017. Boise Treefort Festival (5 days of amazing, same format as SxSW). Final nite of the fest, Sunday nite. Boise Contemporary Theatre. I saw a play so profound, so outrageously ambitious, I have no interest in seeing a play again, ever. It was called 'T here are Chinese Tunnels under Boise.' But back to Floyd, Oz, and the urban legend. Thousands, maybe tens of thousands, swear it's true. This is a global phenomenon. The gist is that the two are perfectly synchronized. If you watch the flick on mute, listening to the record at the same time, they're in sync. I'm not making this up. Do a search on it and you'll also be pulled into the rabbit hole. Anyhoots. That's the background of this blog, and this play. Act 1 of 2 begins in a basement of the stoner Floyd fan. His 3 friends arrive: 2 blokes & a bird. He argues with his friends at lengt...

Part 3 - Boise, Idaho: Cycling paradise, Audio Club nerds. House buy. EB Whiskey

Dateline: 2018-19. I had the good fortune in meeting a few cyclists who were actually funny & athletic. Lots of cyclists out there. Most are either absurdly self-absorbed or brain numbingly yawners or social misfits. Don't believe me? Join a cycling club. I've joined many, in several states. Cycling is mostly a loner activity, even in clubs. The sport attracts social misfits. I'm one of them; relative to the bland personality majority, I have the self-awareness to self-identify. Let's focus One of those groups is Lactic Acid Cycling / LAC. Some were even normalish. Long Saturday morning rides. Midweek also. Rode with them for years. They're in the green jerseys if you see them around town. Do you know Australian Border Collies? They round up cattle, & ppl sometime. That's what this LAC leader is, precisely. Rides fore & aft, keeping us together. Thankless job. Another member fancied himself the database of bad puns. He would share one to the group ...

Why do grownups listen to Def Leppard?

15ish years ago Garth Brooks came to Minneapolis. Declared they were going to sell tickets until the buying stopped. That amounted to 13 shows, at the basketball arena, capacity ~20k. Think about that. 13 consecutive days of gigs. He lived in the arena, just a simple room with a cot setup, they breathlessly showed on the news. I'm reminded of this when I meet someone around my age, i.e., grew up in the 80s. In particular, when we talk music, which we do, because I ask them about it. I ask some people I meet what they've been listening to lately. Replies might be: oh whatever's on the radio, or, I don't really listen to music, or, they mention known bands, or unknown bands. All are telling. What's most interesting, or noticeable, to me are those that declare (confess?) they still listen to Def Leppard / Boston / Journey / ACDC / Bon Jovi... or any of the big rock bands of the 70s-80s. Why is this interesting. First, this single bit of info predicts their life choi...

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