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Today would’ve been Allen Collins’ 60th birthday.

Here he is at 23:

A little over a year ago I was able to pay my respects.  A film is in the works.

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Mid-Summer has been quite the scorcher. Perfect Summer days and Good Times. High Summer begins on Sunday:

If you are considering attending the Pied Piper Event here at The New Great Hall by the Sea and The Garden at Fire Plaza on Sunday, let us know ASAP. Much planning goes into to this rare EVENT. The Programme looks like this:

1200hrs: Cook out in The Garden at Fire Plaza
1500hrs: The Host reads “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” by Robert Browning in The New Great Hall by the Sea
1530hrs: Ablution by the Sea
1630hrs: Turkish Coffee, Armagnac, cheesecake dessert in The Garden at Fire Plaza
1700hrs: Approximate EVENT Conclusion.

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The Summer Wrap up party on the fourth was a triumph, and now tis Mid-Summer …

We took Janice to visit Atlanta. Highlights included the hotel, The Gone With the Wind Museum, The Botanical Gardens, work on the film …

but, of course, nothing surpassed the Good Times at The Nunnery …

After months of preliminary “on line” work, we were finally able to sink our teeth into the new material “in the flesh” as it were. A full album of “nightmare rock” is in the works. This was not the “Now Today Ensemble” but the newly christened “The Midsummer Nightmare Ensemble”.

here is a video of one of the works to come:

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Beautiful, right?

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So tomorrow I fly to Atlanta to make beautiful music. An album of “Night Mare Rock”.

In the meantime you should check this pianist out.

I’ve been digging her via the “internet” for years now.

and this:

and this:

and of course this:

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Yes, I know, I said I wasn’t gonna go … but I did.

here is a short film of the event:

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It’s come to my attention lately that the highly acclaimed “Moments Along the Path” and “Moments Along the Path II” have been back in the publics eye. My original intent was to produce one per season …

Three years (or so) later the series remains at a stand still. Usurped by life and other projects.

It’s my hope to get a new one up within a fortnight, mayhap even less …

Perhaps my comprehension of “the ken burns” effect will better be utilized … or not.

The first two installments have a lot of meaning for me, and some of you. Interestingly enough, most of the photographs were taken within a short span of time. The next installment may borrow from a larger span.

… or may be not.

I guess it’s still just making a video to The Sisters of Mercy covering “Comfortably Numb” then medly-ing into their own “Some Kind of Stranger”.

For those interested:

Click here for Moments I or Here for Moments II

Stay tuned …

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From 2000hrs tonight until 1200hrs on Wednesday I’ll be at the annual June Work Period at the Monastery.

Limited correspondence is possible.

But, for the most part all y’all will be “on your own”.

See you on the other side …

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The Host at Walden Pond:

another exclusive:

our Compassion Rose hath blossomed:

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One of the Great things about The Now Today Calendar is the observation of singular holidays throughout the year.

Spring:

Black Sabbath Monday

Summer:

The Pied Piper of Hamelin Reading

Autumn:

Extensions Saturday

Winter:

Now Today Fortnight

Of course, with the Now Today way … everyday is a blessing along the Path.

Other Holidays of note:

The OFFICIAL Summer Wrap Up Party (july 4th)

April First

Samhain

The Eve of May Eve

May Eve

May Day

November 25th

January 13th

etc

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Yes, I know, Summer hath not yet begun, but we did want to assure folks that the OFFICIAL Summer Wrap Up Party will take place on July 4th, 2012, here at The Garden at Fire Plaza. The Town will provide fire works post dusk. Doors at Noon. If interested in attending please let us know.

If you can’t attend that, please consider attending the OFFICIAL Pied Piper Event on the 22nd of July, coincedentally the Start of High Summer. Doors at Noon, reading at 1500hrs.

Let us Conclude with an unrelated photo:

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