The Joe Rossi Report

A little background on the Joe Rossi & The Back Door Jam

2009-09-06T11:28:00.001-06:00

the Back Door Jam For years, I have steadily built up a large community of mostly Doors fans but also Deadheads, Bob Dylan fans, and people on the peaceful classic rock/hippie side of the spectrum. Between YouTube and MySpace alone I have a little more than 70,000 friends & subscribers. I consider these folks friends & family, and many of them have expressed support for my original

morning lament

2009-09-05T01:35:00.000-06:00

ok well just leave me hereit just might make it easier& just as the leaves turn to Fallit's high time I slipped into gone.into that fragrant placethat time forgetswhere all is empty& all our lives are spent.remembering nothing& holding it allin the cup of our palmlike a bead of smooth balmrubbed into our thinexcuse for skinwhich will peel awaybut refuse to fall.night dies all around usas the sun

foreshadowing

2009-09-05T01:31:00.000-06:00

into a dark heart night& little room to movefinding myself like a wandering wolfhowling at a midnight moonthe cat my friendas he nudges me for foodreminds of the childhood I wantedfor my children too.these halls, where my daughters playedthese roomsto remain here, and I promise you, this placebecomes my tomb.

Islamic Terrorism, Sexuality & Evolution

2009-08-03T09:09:00.000-06:00

Islamic terrorism? It is patently clear that the problem with Islamic terrorism isn't Islam as some might erroneously surmise, and for proof I need not go farther than our own shores. America is home to thousands if not millions of Islamic Americans. If Islam were the root of terrorism, then we would have to ask ourselves how it is that none of our fellow Islamic American citizens and

Why America is a Great Country (work in progress)

2009-07-11T10:32:00.002-06:00

America is great not because we have Christian churches, but rather because we have Christian churches, Hindu Temples, Buddhist Temples, Mosques, and Synagogues.America is great not because we speak English here, but because depending on where you are, you will hear Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Japanese and a host of other languages, and see signs, advertisements and the like, in these

Too Close To The Sun

2009-07-09T19:24:00.002-06:00

Deadhead Dylanheads

2009-03-20T15:58:00.000-06:00

Missing

2009-03-17T19:51:00.001-06:00

Missing herin the long cold nightMiss her like I missMy lifeMy wifelong years ahead, & love holds trueno matter what a soul may dointo the forever, loam we foldour cards, our love, our very soul.She is an angel, queen & saintFierce dark eyesStill graceful traits& alluring, dark & sexy truethe mother of my girls& for so long my world.into the nightsoft sweet lightsinto the future we pray& grow.

2009-03-10T19:46:00.000-06:00

Isn't it funny how we can both believe in God and not in God at the same time and find no conflict in such seeming disparate world views.What is it to have faith. I have faith. Faith in the beauty and integrity and unity of God and Life and that in the end, we're all bound by God's infinite and unconditional love. At the same time I don't believe God to be Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu or

Keep Deadhead Dylan close to your heart!

2009-02-01T13:36:00.001-07:00

Why is Rush Limbaugh filled with seething hatred for Barack Obama

2009-01-22T05:24:00.004-07:00

No doubt this is a case of sour grapes, but I can't help but notice that Rush Limbaugh is not a happy camper these days.Of course, it's well known he backed the wrong horse in the latest presidential campaign but it's also well known he really didn't like the horse he backed. But it's clear now that Barack Obama is the nation's 44th president; it seems to me a man who thought he cynically could

2008-12-25T20:41:00.000-07:00

Happy NEW YEAR!!!

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2008-12-13T21:08:00.001-07:00

Death makes angels of us all & gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as raven's claws ...

2008-11-18T08:36:00.003-07:00

The dead are always sacrosanct, whereas the living will always have scorn heaped upon them. Sometimes, one can surmise the best way to be appreciated by those whom we love is to remove ourselves from them; in a sense to underline and put an exclamation point to everything we've ever done, to force them to look back upon the past to remember and cherish that which they took for granted while it

Jerry's Father & the 4 Noble Truths

2008-11-12T06:26:00.003-07:00

Ongoing periods of silence from my own father, whom I will grant I have given reason to be distant from me, inspires me to be calling my own son almost everyday lately. It's not easy to hear from his mother stories of him acting up, acting like I do from time to time, full of self-pity and desperation. I know it's not easy for him, the oldest child among a brood of kids from two different sets of

Gig

2008-10-10T06:49:00.002-06:00

radiance

2008-10-10T06:49:00.001-06:00

radiant bluethe sky god & youbeneath wide clouded horizonsthese fires aglow in castles & hillside villageschildren murmuramong the relics& undress the nightw/ savage ritualmusic is a religionthe inward roadto the sacred soulour love unites usacross seas frozen by goldmake the world onemake it growwings of electric delight.

Spaceball

2008-09-21T20:35:00.001-06:00

It's a circle, it's a dotIt's Everything that it's notAnd everything that you do, was meant for only you.And what is is what you getWhen you remember you forgetat the Spaceball tonighteverybody is getting roundat the Spaceball tonightyou can feel the soundof love softly splashing on the groundat the Spaceball tonightWe'll get it rightAnd you know it will come around.and what a fantastic circusand

Set List

2008-09-20T20:14:00.004-06:00

Me and My UncleMonkey & the EngineerFive to OneFantasyUPS GirlHeaven Can't Make Up Her MindNot Fade AwayEvery Star Must FadeGarden of Psychedelic DelightsRiders on the StormLight My FireDesolation RowTangled Up In BlueSex W/ An AngelBrainflowerLove Her Like The RainSpaceballFreedom SallyAngels By The SeaGraceRound Black EyesGone Like The SeaShaking Dreams (neat dark Andrea)Sex Drive BackFriend

Poem for 9/11/08

2008-09-20T20:04:00.001-06:00

9/11/2008it's been awhile nowsince the morning air burned w/sadnessrising plumes of smokescreaming silver death& clouds of dustwhat god awful thoughts of hell bent mindsthat fateful day, riding the bustalking to strangers, the universe seeming to beon the edge of irrevocable disrepairthe t.v.'s were on everywhereno one talked of anything elsewe were united in our shock& disbeliefthe twins freedom

Lost In Time ...

2008-09-20T20:02:00.000-06:00

lost in timeon the edge of historyor smack dab in the middleof eternitysearching for somethingin the word forests& dream galleriesof Time's productionlooking for identityin fluid sceneslooking for stabilityon hot flowing magmalearning to surf the lavalove the myriad waysdance with the decaymake peace w/ the motionsof history underway.from the big bang to the Cosmic Dancewe are just jesters

what's a breadwinner to do

2008-06-30T07:10:00.001-06:00

what's a breadwinner to dowhen he can't seem to win enough bread?when doubt & depressionrun roughshod all through his headwhen he sees his childrenhe thinks they'd be better offwere he deadwhen he reaches outonly to find silence & dreadwhen he calls outonly to hear nothing butthe voices in his own head?

Across These Skies ...

2008-04-10T06:38:00.001-06:00

I ramble on throughdrought breakfast painthe summer rainin Spring.she, out there out of focus& on the edgedangling like a false, loose diamondcave of coals& winter’s breathi think of Rich & his fastquiet get away on the dharma busall these friends they knew swim in seas of certain doubtsonward through this distasteful fog towards morninghear the gentle hiccup of midnight, the fog rolls out

our stickam player

2008-03-18T18:17:00.003-06:00

Horton Hears MOJO JOJO, THE 100TH MONKEY

2008-03-17T12:59:00.001-06:00

For over a year now, as I have gone about my business on YouTube, and MySpace, the best analogy in my mind that I could come up with was "Horton Hears a Who!"And the Universe in its mystical abundance and synchronistic style seems to offer up almost magically at this juncture in history, a movie version of the cartoon and book I remember seeing and reading all those years ago, almost as a way

An American Prayer

2008-02-09T20:53:00.000-07:00

The J. Ro Report for February 2008

2008-02-03T14:17:00.000-07:00

Wake UP! It's all 'bout the L O V E!Greetings everyone. Some of this is a repost from last month. I'll probably use this post as template for quite some time, but I did add some stuff, put up some new videos and poems as well added to my list of the type of people I like to add, which will no doubt grow and expand as times go on!Why I Add People?I sort of feel like I'm creating this fantastic

The Four Noble Truths of Buddha

2007-12-25T14:49:00.000-07:00

The Four Noble Truths 1. Life means suffering. 2. The origin of suffering is attachment. 3. The cessation of suffering is attainable. 4. The path to the cessation of suffering. 1. Life means suffering. To live means to suffer, because the human nature is not perfect and neither is the world we live in. During our lifetime, we inevitably have to endure physical

8 Fold Path

2007-12-25T14:48:00.000-07:00

The Noble Eightfold Path 1. Right View Wisdom 2. Right Intention 3. Right Speech Ethical Conduct 4. Right Action 5. Right Livelihood 6. Right Effort Mental Development 7. Right Mindfulness 8. Right Concentration The Noble Eightfold

Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire

2007-12-10T10:02:00.001-07:00

2007-12-04T16:28:00.001-07:00

Joe "Deadhead Dylan" Rossi

God Bless Evel Knievel

2007-12-02T17:41:00.001-07:00

god bless Evel Knievel god bless Evel Knievelmotorpsycho ragelife on the edgelike Jima man who lived on the outskirts for usdrove his bike to the ridge for uswaved at us, and laughed with usmocked death & tempted fate with us.how ironichow anticlimacticthat he succumb in such a waystill only 69, but his time camenot at

Keep me close to your heart

2007-11-19T08:30:00.000-07:00

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Hilarious UPS video!

2007-10-31T10:07:00.000-06:00

I ain't gonna work for UPS no more (to the tune of Dylan's Maggie's Farm)

2007-10-27T11:30:00.000-06:00

I ain't gonna work for UPS no moreI ain't gonna work for UPS no moreWell, I wake up in dead of nightFold my hands and pray for rainI got a head full of ideasBut brown is drivin' me insane.It's a shame the way they had me so damned bored. I ain't gonna work in the tower no more.No, I ain't gonna work in the tower no moreWell, Leroy hands you letterHe tells you of your crimesHe asks you

Back to the 60's?

2007-10-22T07:27:00.001-06:00

There is a problem with the naïve and simplistic idea that the 60’s are worth returning to. For a lot of people I think the fact that whatever Eden was glimpsed at back then, it became clear to many that paradise is beyond the grasp of the world as it was, when it became clear that too many people will continue to choose to remain asleep and in cycles of suffering and violence. Optimism gave way

A Last Fling With Decadence & Democracy -- Original CD featuring Sex w/ an Angel

2007-09-08T10:00:00.000-06:00

Get a signed limited edition copy of the CD Last Fling w/Decadence and Democracy, a compilation work by me, Joe Rossi AKA Deadhead Dylan & The Desolation Doors, backed by a host of excellent musicians, with songs recorded over the last two decades of the last millenium: live tracks, studio, original American music!Send $10 cash, check or money order and a cool fun letter with your desired mailing

Profound Quote re: Eternal Life

2007-09-03T06:31:00.000-06:00

One of the better quotes I came across in MySpace said "the trick is not to live forever, but to be able live with yourself forever." I'm paraphrasing.I always like to use the analogy of the mirror. When you die, you are handed a mirror. You're fate then is to look into that mirror for all eternity. If you were mean, ugly, hateful, angry, dark and loathsome, well that is what you get to watch

The Metaphorical Versus The Literal

2007-08-07T02:40:00.000-06:00

It is important to remember that in mythology, and religion; the stories we believe are not literally true, but rather are metaphorically true. At least that is what I believe. So while a literal hell does not exist then, there is a metaphorical hell. Which might be like the difference between going to a hellish place or just watching a movie about hell.There can also be reconciliation between

UPS: erstwhile Hell on Earth

2007-07-20T08:14:00.001-06:00

Honestly, UPS has got to be one of the most miserable places one could be employed. Nobody that works here ever seems happy. All people do all day morning long during work is yell at each other, scream at each other, belittle each other, bag on each other, gripe, scream, complain, bitch & moan.I almost quit today. Well, I tried to walk out. Clocked out and everything, but my boss stopped me,

Hello I Love YOU

2007-07-16T17:44:00.000-06:00

Dylan Morrison

2007-07-15T16:51:00.000-06:00

No one is really sure when and how Dylan Morrison became myth and enigma; nobody is even sure really where he comes from. One day he just showed up and it seemed like it was an old story, like an oral tradition, that has just been around since time immemorial.He is a rock and roll legend, some obscure Jack Fate, as he has been before he even went away, into the desert or the woods to study with

Sex w/ An Angel

2007-07-14T10:00:00.000-06:00

Clinton/Obama 2008

2007-06-23T13:12:00.000-06:00

• Clinton/Obama get the Democratic Party Nomination.• Clinton/Obama clobber two white guys to win the back the Presidency in 2008.• A woman and an African American, two historic firsts.• You got Clinton's experience having being married to commander in chief, and a few terms under her belt at the Senate. A career politician no doubt but capable enough, and a woman, and intense, intelligent but

Joe Rossi's 2008 Prediction

2007-06-23T13:02:00.000-06:00

Clinton/Obama get the Democratic Party Nomination.Clinton/Obama clobber two white guys to win the back the Presidency in 2008.

Ambient Music Drifting Down the Grand Canyon

2007-06-08T14:39:00.000-06:00

Those who have read Double Down, know how much the Southwest and the Grand Canyon figure in the plot. Watch this video of the Grand Canyon, from the YouTube channel Ambient Music. I love this music, the mood & feel as you go soaring down the canyon!Smooth & coolWind in your hairSandstone, rocks, moods.

Kozmic Avenues: A Online Tribal Community

2007-06-08T14:30:00.000-06:00

This was the site begun by Skye when the Doors shut down their off topic message board, The Severed Garden. Just a growing community of hipsters, classic rock fans, and artist/spiritual types. Come on over and say hello.

Mrs. Atomic US3000 Mystery Science Theater

2007-06-06T15:19:00.000-06:00

I'm still not sure what's going on here, but this woman is one of a kind. She spins her stuff on YouTube, but this woman is seriously funny. We mean like: Lucy Ball, Carol Burnett, Tracy Ullman type genius. And those eyes!Here is I'm Watching You --from Karlaland

I see dead people (messages from God)

2007-06-06T05:08:00.000-06:00

I get messages from God. Yep. You heard right. On my way to work, or throughout the day, I drive past the marquees of quite a few churches. Often times it just may be a nugget of wisdom that could easily be at home in any faith or scripture. Scraps of New Testament wisdom that could be home in the Tao Te Ching, or vice versa. Or there’s the local mosque with its never changing assertion:

The Why of Violence in the Mideast and here in America

2007-06-05T06:50:00.000-06:00

What kind of person beheads another man like Daniel Pearl or Nick Berg?What kind of person blows himself up killing countless innocent strangers as well?What kind of person kills fellow students before turning the gun on themselves?Surely they must come from so cold a world where such actions and reactions are nothing out of the ordinary and viewed as cathartic justifiable in light of their own “

Possible Road Trip Summer 2007

2007-06-04T07:01:00.001-06:00

Road Trip Summer of 2007Tentative plans to road trip August 3rd through August 12th the Midwest and Rust Belt on into East via Pennsylvania to NYC. With our GPS and a rental car, laptop and an acoustic guitar, we plan to visit • St. Louis• Chicago• Cincinnati• Philadelphia• New York CitySo stay tuned!

Get Together Summer 2007

2007-06-04T07:00:00.001-06:00

Get together in the summer of 2007Joseph Campbell emphasizes the importance of ritual and ceremony. By participating in everything from church or temple to rock concerts, Halloween parties, marathons, sporting events we are participating in myths, and doing something to enhance and define our social connections with each other and with the cosmos. To that end, I intend to start doing something

A Last Fling With Decadence & Democracy -- Original CD featuring Sex w/ an Angel

2007-04-27T15:16:00.000-06:00

Get a signed limited edition copy of the CD Last Fling w/Decadence and Democracy ... a compilation work by me, joe rossi, backed by a host of excellent musicans, with songs recorded over the last two decades of the last millenium: live tracks, studio, tracks, original america music!Send $10 cash, check or money order and a cool fun letter with your desired mailing address to PO Box 685313Austin

Grace

2007-04-21T22:07:00.001-06:00

random notes on a dark blood day

2007-04-16T16:31:00.000-06:00

in wasted scenes of dreams& backward screams of children playdogs are obeying, inner voices to play ballshouts outside the windowt.v. rambles onmore die today as hatred fires another volleytime tock tick tock ...the thing then is to deal with it, because this shit is going to happen.you're going to have your tsuamni's and you're going to have your pscyhos going postalyou're going to have your

Justin Siegel, Jame Hall and NEXTEL: Partners in CRIME!

2007-04-08T09:46:00.001-06:00

Justin Siegel and Jamie Hall are a pair of crooks as far as I am concerned. My wife inadvertantly signed up for some chat service on her nextel, and now NEXTEL, their willing accomplice in corporate theft refuse to stop billing us monthly on behalf on jsmart technologies, which was started by slimeballs Justin Siegel and Jamie Hall, who cannot be contacted, and NEXTEL does not seem to know how

Wandering, wandering wonderall ....

2007-04-01T11:55:00.000-06:00

Wandering, wandering wonderall .... the highwaythe road less travelledjack kerouacimages conjured of hitchhiking sojourns into an American Nightstill the day may arriveI'll wander these broken dream highways into the Eastthrough the Plains, & the Ohio Valleysthrough Mississipi & stretches of AppalachinsPennsylvania, Upstate New

Let Us Ride ...

2007-04-01T11:53:00.001-06:00

et us ride such swift & surging currentsinto the future, drips like paint from ragged cloudburst skieslet us script words& then poisoned pens, we let it flyinto your maelstrom, city night she begins w/ horns & voicesin the nightso cool & smooth & w/ elegant aplombapproach the podium caress the speaker glib & wiredinto sunsets, frames & frozen fantasiesof log cabins, rolled in stone, & gypsy

Let Us Ride ...

2007-04-01T11:53:00.000-06:00

A Vast Left Wing Conspiracy

2007-03-19T01:50:00.000-06:00

If you listen to Rush Limbaugh there is a vast left wing conspiracy to concoct among scientists this far fetched foolish notion that somehow human generated greenhouse gases are causing global warming in order to bring down America!

P.S. Kiss The Duchess For Me -- Autographed

2007-03-17T21:15:00.000-06:00

">But it now using your credit card or paypal account!orSend $15 check, cash or order tojoe rossipo box 685313austin tx 78768

The Crystal Ship

2007-03-09T18:45:00.001-07:00

The Dead Head Parking Lot

2007-03-09T17:42:00.000-07:00

And so it comes about I have a blog now that represents the grateful dead parking lot in the hey day of the boys ... lots of stickers, trippy stuff, garage sale stuff. Want to also do a scrap book blogwith all this interesting stuff I've collected.....stay tuned into the madnesswe roll at dawn

The Founding Fathers

2007-03-04T10:09:00.001-07:00

In Chapter One of Founding Fathers, author and historian Stephen E. Ambrose discusses the character, achievements, and short-comings of several of the founding fathers, with an emphasis on George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. The first and third Presidents, respectively, these men are singled out not only for their prominence, but for the fact that such icons and champions of liberty were in

American Misfit

2007-02-19T07:14:00.000-07:00

Misfit powerDavid against the giant empirethe rebellion of the sons against the fatheris an old, old story(Norman Brown.)mayhem in the coloniesMutiny on the bountiesThe mouse that roarsThe elephant that bucklesThe shot that is slungThe ogre sinks to his kneesAnd vanishes into the groundThe copter crashes into the jungleThe death star blown to kingdom comeThe empire falters, the imperial army

Love Her Like The Rain

2007-02-17T15:16:00.000-07:00

She's like a cloud floating across the skyFall in love with herAnd you will never ever dieAnd I love her, love her like the rainAnd I love her, love her like the rainShe's like a dream, floating downstreamFloating away, up into the skyAnd I love her, love her like the rainAnd I love her, love her like the rainForest princess Queen of the living earthShe's the light, she's the air, and treesShe's

Of War & Peace

2007-02-16T06:19:00.001-07:00

Somehow I wandered out of Los Angeles.I was born in 63.The year that they killed Kennedy.3 years later we were in a war& still don’t know what we were fighting for.Somehow I wondered as I wandered into the Doors, post Van Halen & the usual ego driven high school trips AWOL & scribbling notebooks like Harriet the Spy. Somehow I drifted into Austin for the turn of the century unrealized Y2K mayhem

Road Prayers

2007-02-05T23:10:00.000-07:00

Rolling down the 210 en route to the SierrasStirs quaint & not so dear memories on this open roadFriends faraway & friends fallen into the long soft nightWhere Weisman roams, in the hills overlooking GlendaleFurther farther still, Sylmar beckons just beyond the blood soaked streetsWhere Rodney King grimaced, twitched beneath the batons of L.A.'s finest.Skalestky's brood up against the mountain,

Pale Moon Above the Chumash Nation

2007-02-04T11:00:00.000-07:00

pale moon hangs dreamilyover the the Happy Valleypeers through the thin cloudsabove the wet forest nightThe Chumash take the white man's wagerspetty payback for pestilence paststill the land is young, & the earth still spinninginto the future, the Sovereign sing.Billy Jack lives in the caves nearbyholds for the radical chic 60's idealismknowing peace & love now that is all well & goodbut still

Brainflower

2007-01-27T09:08:00.000-07:00

notes from rainy saturday 1/13

2007-01-13T13:51:00.000-07:00

Notes from a rainy day Where are the flagellants To ward off this next wave Birds down under fall from the sky Along Congress Ave, Austin TX a scene repeated. Ticking forwards towards come what may A bright new future or just a large mass grave? They dragged the Semites to their Pyres On Valentines Day. They flew planes into buildings; Cursed tyrants on the gallows.

Didn't we already win this war?

2007-01-11T10:01:00.000-07:00

Let's see: the reasons for going to war were pretty much 1) WMDS and 2) regime change. Seeing how there are clearly no WMDs in the country, Saddam is history as are his sons, as well as is noted terrorist Al Zarqawi, how is it that we haven't already won?If we're going to define winning as when all these people learn to play nice and fair we're going to be there for a long, long time. I'm

A definition of Evil

2007-01-11T10:00:00.000-07:00

Evil is ignorant selfishness. Good is enlightened selflessness.I am going to make some generalizations, so keep in mind, I am well aware there are exceptions to every rule, and nothing is black and white, or clear cut & dry.I would define evil as unenlightened selfishness, which is a result of ignorance. Therefore, and quite ironically, I have concluded that as far as people go, the most evil

Death of a Tyrant

2007-01-03T06:59:00.001-07:00

Central to Buddhism is the idea of compassion and not just compassion for the needy or the infirm but compassion for all living beings who are suffering due to the conditions of their life. You find this sentiment in most religions.I believe that when Jesus said “You do it unto the least of me, you’ve done it to me,” he just wasn’t talking just about the poor or crippled, but the morally

The death of a president ...

2006-12-27T07:57:00.001-07:00

The death of Gerald Ford takes me back, back to the early 1970s and my own nascent awareness. I was 11 years old.I remember the day Nixon resigned. I remember standing in the breezeway of our house; my mother coming outside urging myself and my friends like Bob Hezlep to come in and watch T.V.; that Nixon was resigning. I and my friends could care less.I remember perhaps a year earlier, I had

Sun bursts upon A Blue Breaking Sky

2006-12-21T06:42:00.000-07:00

Blue breaks spreads outAmazing morning sky, tawnyRobust with promiseGlorious with sun curling orange & redScreaming into a new dayRages this first day of DecemberInto the moment foreverNow

All the TV dads are dying

2006-12-14T04:26:00.001-07:00

All the TV dads are dyingMorty Seinfield & this Christian monkAre now to be rememberedDoting fatherly upon this sitcom season's fall from Grace. These words a prelude ina requiem for TommySweet Tommy quiet TommyIn the field where he liesAll of us would drive byWondering where he wasHe was there all the time. Waiting for angels from up high in the skyHe would lie there for daysHaving simply laid

Realms of hell in the mideast

2006-11-24T10:55:00.001-07:00

These are the realms of the hell beings The miserable streets, & dry desert air Home to anger, hatred, fear Dust in the street, & blood everywhere. Do they not see Not Mohammed Not Buddha Nor Christ nor Yaweh Nor angelic hosts Stir in their midst Only Satanic hatred Born in the yoke of religion. False gods of every hue under the sun. The male ego fever fears The other, others, groups, finds

Flower Children

2006-11-23T08:36:00.000-07:00

Jesus was framed!

2006-11-22T16:39:00.000-07:00

Framed into stained glass mosaics & story-tellingNailed onto the CrossAnd history.Ancient wise Jewish saint of circumstanceBuddha in a white robeRoaming PalestineW/vagabonds & virginal MaryMagdelenasI ponder your intent as others put words in your mouthBask in the hypocrisy of the Bible beltway south.Sweet nomadic soul in the land of the distant sunWho can fathom the mystery of your being set so

Slip sliding highway blues

2006-11-13T12:25:00.000-07:00

Who can roll forwardWith out any of this melancholy blueWhen even simple songs & melodies remind us of friends no longer livingOr friends no longer caring that we careIn the crisp nascent November airIt might be Jerry GarciaOr just a soundalike singerOn a radiator xylophoneStirring sounds of memories& a yearning for familiar faces In a sea of alienation w/No direction homeAs I slip on down the

Slouching towards Disneyland

2006-11-10T10:07:00.000-07:00

On the outside hereRattled & ruffledscorned and shunnedShouted down, shut outStanding still while on theRunBut its ok I am right where I need to be.Who knows me the warm ghost of historyThe silent soul who lurks belowEvery conscious momentLike a window or a hole.Within the walls o' foreverThe mechanical way the world dances forward flowing faster stillInto a Kingdom already at handWaiting in the

Slouching towards Disneyland

2006-11-10T09:27:00.000-07:00

The Eye of God

2006-11-09T03:33:00.000-07:00

Senorita (Big Mike

2006-11-08T15:35:00.000-07:00

This man is my brother in law. I love this shit. This is Big Mike & Senorita!

Caves & Myths

2006-10-30T17:40:00.000-07:00

The unintended consequences of well meaning martyrs, visionaries, saints Myths of ignorance in the cave of dreams Plato's caveJung's collective sea of unconcious archetypesChurches, temples, gardens, graves.Sweet Jesus Christ no longerHere or CampbellWord mastersMyth playersMusic of the spheresI am reading about myself learning from within myself.All around myselfClues to the mysteryAbound.

Apologies, samsara, and the beat goes on

2006-10-26T17:08:00.000-06:00

Somewhere inbetween Joseph Campbell and my Algebra class, here at UPS erstwhile hell on earth. It's in these rare moments, thriving on new knowledge in old forms, that I am most peaceful, when I am learning and reading, challenging my mind.Truth is as I flounder around in my negative emotions I realize I have no business feeling sorry for myself or expecting a pity party from anyone else.I have

Not enough music in my life

2006-10-24T00:17:00.000-06:00

whatever

Strange fires

2006-10-23T04:55:00.000-06:00

I am. Strange fire.You. Me. Us let's do this thing. Overcome great distance. Space and time. I am reading Joseph Campbell again. We only have now.

The Dalai Rossi

2006-10-21T17:29:00.000-06:00

Joe Rossi report

2006-10-21T17:25:00.000-06:00

Alexia wants to get in on the game!

2006-10-20T22:15:00.000-06:00

Stick inside the Blogosphere with the Mobile Blues Again

2006-10-20T22:06:00.000-06:00

Christina Grace Rossi

2006-10-20T21:32:00.000-06:00

Born October 5, at 10:14 P.M. Weighing 7 lbs 4 OZ.

why do they call it Rush Hour?

2006-09-21T12:32:00.000-06:00

Ever wonder why they call it rush hour? How many people you actually see rushing during rush hour. They should probably call it “crawl hour” or “creep hour” or start and stop hour.Ever see those Progressive Commericals where they say, and I paraphrase, if we treat you that good while you’re shopping for car insurance, just imagine how we treat you once you’re a customer. Bonk. Wrong answer.

Presenting Pam Rasada, David Osti, Old Classmates, & YouTubing!

2006-09-09T09:29:00.000-06:00

Back in 1991 or so, when the Presenters were doing their thing, and I had written Sex w/An Angel, Pamela Rasada briefly joined Loose Connection and contributed some gorgeous background vocals to Sex W/An Angel. So out of the blue she dropped me a line, and we've been playing catch up, and connecting the loose connections.David Osti has a new website: http://www.davidosti.com Check out him

Help Somebody By Van Zant (Featuring Jerry Rossi)

2006-09-07T10:12:00.000-06:00

This strange dance

2006-09-05T07:14:00.000-06:00

is life not a strange dance we playfrom the moment of our birth till they lower us in our gravefrom nothing to pure nothingrage about for the better part of a centurytasting, smelling, seeing, believing, speakingsuccumbing finally to the pull of time & natureback into the dust from whence rose your momentary famea soul to be reckoned with on this 3D planea person who walked down streets w/ no

Rock & Roll Socks: The Video

2006-08-28T12:17:00.000-06:00

Michele Bauer's Trip to the Chapel

2006-08-23T12:59:00.000-06:00

Remembering, wondering whatever came of Michele Bauer. She had married Walter Mattheau's son, whom she meet kind of via me, via Greg Davis, whose Dad, the late oil tycoon who bought Fox back in the early 1980's I believe.. maybe it was just the studios, or I don't' know?!? I know or think I know that it is now owned by Rupert Murdoch.But that's not my point. Greg was my roomie for a short time