been a while...rambling resurrection

Another Jewish guy was resurrected on Easter once... Personally kind of a hectic few months. Tough Alabama winter (ha-ha - not real cold but kind of chilly), new job with some overtime, day to day stuff. Just about every Saturday with little Odos - fun but tiring!
Susan has been pretty busy with her business - tax stuff especially.

I got some CDs - Two are new but old (traditional)-

One is Ry Cooder's My Name is Buddy -- Buddy is a 1930's "red cat". Odos and I liked the song titled Three Cords and the Truth about people like Joe Hill, Paul Robeson and Pete Seeger being set up or framed up for "doing the right thing".. He got a kick about the photo of Buddy behind bars. As we ride around on Saturday Odos and I usually fight over who the DJ of the CD player is, but he did enjoy listening to Ry Cooder. Three Cords and the Truth is a real catchy tune too!

I took Odos with me to the JCC yesterday afternoon. I needed a little workout and shower. I figured Odos wouldn't mind shooting some baskets in the meantime.
Gov. Don Seigleman arrived at the same time for a workout with his son and held the door open for us. I told Odos that the former governor was also facing jail for no good reason.
While he probably doesn't yet understand what a politically motivated frame up is, Odos has a little understanding about getting in trouble for things he didn't do, weren't wrong or just not that bad.

The album makes me think of Jim Cannon, a "real life" red and a contemporary of "Buddy"..
(Jim was a founding leader of the communist movement in the US who I lived with and helped take care of for his last year - 1973-74 in Los Angeles). Like the fictional Buddy, a red cat till he died. Not sure if this album would have been a little too "loud" for Jim or not, but know he would have asked me to sing a little bit of it for him. I think Jim was proudest of the work he did heading up the International Labor Defense (ILD) - An injury to one is an injury to all!

Also from 1974 I listed to an album by David Bromberg (with the help of the Grateful Dead and others called Wanted:Dead or Alive - great stuff a lot of which I don't remember hearing before. The one time I got to see Bromberg in the Village on of my trips home from Alabama a couple of guys in the audience mistakenly thought I was him before the show.
This morning I just listened to his latest album, Try Me One More Time. Mostly old traditional stuff, just Bromberg, his still great singing and accomplished acoustic guitar work . Some very pretty stuff. Susan will like it. She had to do some tax work after church this afternoon but maybe she can listen while she works.


Speaking of frame up victims, David G. left word on our answering machine yesterday that he ran into Dana yesterday.... Susan spoke with her and hopefully we'll have time to get together soon. I don't remember how long Dana spent in a Louisiana prison accused of two murders she didn't do. We were glad to able to send Dana some $ on our paydays while she was locked up.
She has had to deal with day to day stuff since like the rest of us..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Odos... He will be 9 years old April 29. All that skateboarding makes me nervous though.

Our thoughts this Passover/Easter are with Steve Orel, Glenda Jo and Justin.
Please see their blog :
http://journals.aol.com/gjo2/further-travails-of-the-orels/