Bongo Fury

Zappa's last great album. After this, most of his stuff was low ball comedy.

The Mirror Man Sessions

(From The Ralph Rumpelton Collection of Fine Art)

Lebron James wins NBA Champions Title

You watch ESPN and you get the impression that Lebron James wins NBA Champions Title. He did it all by himself.
Kevin Durant says he never seen one person run around so fast and guard five people, steal the ball then go down score two and is fouled.
When James first went to Miami it was James, Wade, Bosh and two other guys. Now it’s only James. The other guys were just lucky to be on the same team as James.

Dylan Finds God

At The Concert For Bangladesh, Dylan finds God and lead him on a path to some bad albums.
(from the Ralph Rumpelton Collection of Fine Art)

I Don't Believe In Lennon

I always thought John Lennon was one of these guys who spoke just to hear himself speak. Didn’t matter what the subject was, he pick a point then defend it. A week or so later he’ll take the other side and try to come up with someway to defend that point.

Here’s a good example. On his song “God” he says,

“I don’t believe in magic
I don’t believe in I-ching
I don’t believe in Bible
I don’t believe in Tarot
I don’t believe in Hitler
I don’t believe in Jesus
I don’t believe in Kennedy
I don’t believe in Buddha
I don’t believe in Mantra
I don’t believe in Gita
I don’t believe in Yoga
I don’t believe in Kings
I don’t believe in Elvis
I don’t believe in Zimmerman
I don’t believe in Beatles
I just believe in me…and that reality”

Couple of years later he comes up with this brilliant piece of philosophy,

“I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?”

I know that people change and over the years their thinking changes, but he  did this a lot. One minute he’s singing “Give Peace A Chance,” then he’s singing “Power To The People.”

In The Zone

 I had something weird happen to me the other day. I’m resting on the couch
listening to a “Dylan/Dead” boot with the headphones. I’m in the stage of half
awake and half asleep when I hear the phone ring. I think to myself, what a
great recording, it even picked up somebody phone, and really clear. Then I
realized that it was the real phone ringing. I didn’t even bother to answer it.

I Gave Her My Heart

but she wanted my sole."

Bob Dylan – “Infidels”

from the Ralph Rumpelton Collection of Fine Art)

“Man thinks ’cause he rules the earth he can do with it as he please”

That’s what Ralph Rumpelton did here.  His take on the “Infidels” album.

The Beatles Are The Best Band In The World

That’s what my friend said to me. I was over his house helping do something on his computer when I noticed a Beatle picture on the wall. I pointed to the picture and said, “nice picture.” He said to me in a voice like he wanted to fight, “The Beatles are the best band in the world.” I just looked at him, didn’t say anything.
How can you argue with people like this. Music is a matter of taste. You can’t go by how many albums the artist sold. If you did, then The Beatles aren’t the best band in the world.
It’s the same way with people who only like one type of music. They box themselves into a corner. I won’t listen to this cause it’s not Classic Rock. These people are very opened minded. They miss all the other stuff that is out there.

Eduard Khill, RIP

Chillin’

“What are you doing?”
“I’m Chillin’.”
“Put a sweater on.”
Don’t laugh, this really happened. The first time somebody told me they were “chillin’,” I thought they were cold.
So what is “Chillin’?” It’s a fancy way of saying, “I’m doing nothing.” But you can’t say you’re doing nothing.  There’s 40 million things to do and you can’t find one thing to do. So you say, “I’m Chillin’” to make it sound like you’re doing something, even if it’s nothing.
I don’t know if people still use that word. I think they might have figured out what it meant by now.