{"id":61621,"date":"2024-03-07T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T21:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=61621"},"modified":"2024-03-07T08:19:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T21:19:16","slug":"my-blog-is-on-holiday-today-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billmitchell.org\/blog\/?p=61621","title":{"rendered":"My blog is on holiday today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Its that time of the year … I have a long flight today with a long drive from where I have been working this week to get to the airport and at the end of the various journeys will be a birthday cake (cue LC). The travel is to get me to where the cake will be. But the real reason I am not writing anything today is because I have too too many work commitments on the way to deal on top of the travel. So a birthday just seemed like a good excuse to send my blog on a little holiday for a day.<\/p>\n

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\nThe number of candles on the cake represent a complex non-linear function of my age.<\/p>\n

We will celebrate my shift into the next year with cake and then by watching the opening game of the AFL season where the mighty Dees (Melbourne) are playing Sydney.<\/p>\n

A good night coming up.<\/p>\n

Anyway, you can also enjoy this birthday music with me.<\/p>\n

Music – Stop (Super Session)<\/h2>\n

This is what I have been listening to on the way to the airport this morning.<\/p>\n

When I was still at high school I heard this record (1968) – Super Session<\/a> – which showcased – Al Kooper<\/a> – on keyboards and – Mike Bloomfield<\/a> – on guitar on the first side and then – Stephen Stills<\/a> – on the second side.<\/p>\n

The standout track for me was this one – Stop – featuring the fabulous Hammond organ of Al Kooper and the guitar work of Mike Bloomfield.<\/p>\n

It was really one of those tracks that marked the time for me – the sound, the intonation, the tone – perfect rebel music.<\/p>\n

I bought the album in 1970 and still play it, scratches and all.<\/p>\n