THIS blog WILL COMMENT ON LIVE ROCK PERFORMANCE. THE FIRST HUNDRED POSTS ; MY HONEST OPINION AS LIVE ROCK CRITIC. I have written lately of my own Live Rock journey and how it did end up wrecked on the rocks again and again. Still it is an incredible improvement to have recovered from virtual paralysis a number of times and be able to write and compose and play instruments and most of all to have been able to dance on stage and perfrorm on Harmonica with LIVE ROCK BANDS.
Sunday, 26 November 2023
Sunday, 22 October 2023
THE ATTACKERS SUCCEEDED. THEY KILLED POLITIC ROCKER AND LINDON'S OTHER FACETS AS AN A-POLITICAL ARTIST AND ARTISAN.
I WAS SURPRISED TO BE ATTACKED.
WHO WOULD ATTACK A CRIPPLED MAN WHO PLAYED HARMONICA WHERE NONE OF THE ATTACKERS LIVED, ACROSS THE GEORGIA STRAIGHTS IN VANCOUVER BC.
A FEW FAMILY MEMBERS WOULD HAVE HEARD ME PERFORM IF THEY WERE AT MY HOME AT SOME TIME IN 1971 TO 1980.
IN 1980 WHEN I BOUGHT LOT A AT OTTER POINT THERE WAS A SUNNY GREEN FIELD WITH BIRDS AND BEES AND BUTTERFLIES WHICH WAS ENCLOSED BY LINES AND LITTLE FORESTS OF TREES.
IT WAS WARM AND SUNNY AND QUIET UNTIL A REDNECK TRUCK ROARED BY.
"THERE IS A GUY IN THERE WHO DOES NOT WORK, ALL HE DOES IS WORK ON HIS HOUSE". THIS WAS JUST THE FIRST OF AN ENDLESS RANT OF DEFAMATION.
NONE OF THE REDNECK NEIGHBORS HAD EVER SEEN ME PERFORM OR MET ME, WHO ATTACKED ME AT OTTER POINT, WHERE THEY STOLE EVERYTHING, EVEN THE PLUMBING AND MY JEWELRY AND THEN ONE OR MORE OF THEM BURNED MY HOUSE DOWN. THEY ALSO WORKED MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE REGIONAL DISTRICT TO IMPEDE MY RECOVERY FROM MY TOTAL LOSS.
WHEN MY HOUSE AND MY BUSINESS INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT WERE ELIMINATED, MY HOME AND ALL OF MY POSSESSIONS WERE NOT LESS GONE THAN A BOMBED BUILDING AND ITS CONTENTS ARE.
WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO REBUILD, WHICH MY INSURANCE COMPANY FORCED ME TO DO, IN THE PLACE THE REGIONAL DISTRICT FORCED ME TO REBUILD, THE REDNECK NEIGHBORS CUT MY TREES DOWN, STRIPPED MY TOPSOIL AND DUG A 17' DEEP HOLE AND FORCED MY BUILDER TO BUILD IN IT. THEY ALSO DUG A 17' DEEP UP TO 100' WIDE DITCH THROUGH THE ONLY FLAT LAND I HAD FOR 300'.
WHEN ALL OF THE TREES AT THE SOUTH EAST FRONT ACRE OF MY PROPERTY WERE CHOPPED DOWN AND TRUCKED OFF AND THE SOIL WAS STRIPPED IT LOOKED LIKE A BATTLE FIELD.
ON FACEBOOK, THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST OTTER POINT HOUSE MARKS THE DEATH OF THE POLITIC ROCKER PERSONA OF LINDON COLLARD WHOSE MUSICAL AND POLITICAL ACTIVITY WAS THE MAJORITY OF LINDON'S LIFE.
View Politic Rocker here.
Thursday, 19 October 2023
THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE USUAL POSTS
THE POLITICIANS ARE PERFORMING.
Thursday, September 28, 2023
THE DANGER TO THE WORLD PRESENTED BY THE PREVAILING METHODOLOGY FOR SELECTING POLITICAL LEADERS.
WHEN I SEE THE POLITICAL LEADERS AND I WATCH THEY ACT I DO NOT SEE THE RIGHT KIND OF PEOPLE WHO WILL TAKE THE RIGHT ACTIONS TO PREVENT THE GROWING DAMAGE TO AND THE DANGER THE WORLD IS IN WHICH IS BEING CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE POLITICIANS' SHRILL COMBATIVENESS AND AUTOMATIC REJECTION OF THE FACTS ABOUT VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO WORKING OUT SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
WE NEED TO PUT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PERSONS IN CHARGE OF THE SAVING OF OUR PLANET FROM BURNING UP AND KILLING VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING.
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
PERFECT.
THERE IS A NEW TACO BELL COMMERCIAL. A FEMALE VOCALIST INTRODUCES THE COMMERCIAL, SINGING "ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR", PERFECTLY.
I DO NOT KNOW WHY THIS SINGING IS SO PERFECT, IT JUST IS PERFECT.
WAS IT THE SINGER? WAS IT THE SOUND ENGINEERS? IS IT AI?
Sunday, 24 September 2023
I TOLD EVERYONE ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO TO PURSUE ART, WRITING AND MUSIC AS EARLY AS 1964 AND I WORKED AT DEVELOPING MY CREATIVE PROJECT FOR MORE THAN FOUR DECADES IN PLAIN VIEW OF MANY PEOPLE. IT WAS NOT A SECRET.
Saturday, September 23, 2023
ORDINARY LIFE WHEN I LOOK BACK AT IT, WAS JUST A WASTE OF TIME.
I LAY THERE THINKING: "WAS I BRAIN-DEAD OR STUNNED"? WHEN I REMEMBER THE TIME I SPENT NOT DOING WRITING, ART, AND MUSIC. I WENT TO WORK, I RODE MY MOTORCYCLE, I HAD A GIRLFRIEND, I SAT AROUND WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE, WHO WERE SMOKING AND DRINKING AND WE WERE TALKING AND LAUGHING, BUT IT ALL SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN POINTLESS.
FAMILY LIFE RANGED FROM HORRIFIC BETRAYAL TO CLOYING TIME WASTING.
THERE WERE MOMENTS OF JOY RIDING MY MOTORCYCLES AND LAUGHING AT THE ROUND TABLE BEFORE IT HOSTED MORE SERIOUS DISCUSSION WHICH I ENJOYED EVEN MORE AND WHICH DID WORK TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND INSPIRE ART, WRITING AND MUSIC.
WHEN I LOOK BACK AT DOING PAPER MACHE' OR LOST WAX CASTING OR MUSIC COMPOSITION AND PRACTICE, I THINK OF THAT TIME AS TIME WELL SPENT IN THE PURSUIT OF A CAREER AS AN ARTIST EVEN THOUGH, SADLY, THAT DID NOT GET TO HAPPEN.
I THINK THAT SEVERE INJURY AND THE VIRTUAL PARALYSIS WHICH FOLLOWED WAS EXACERBATED BY THE CONTINUAL BETRAYAL BY OUR SOCIETY'S INSTITUTIONS THROUGH THE DENIAL OF NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR MYSELF WHICH I HAVE ALWAYS PAID FOR WITH PREMIUMS AND TAXES.
I AROSE SLOWLY, BIT BY BIT, FROM TONIC IMMOBILITY OR SHELL SHOCK OR A PERIOD OF WORSENED " STIFF PERSON SYNDROME" AND I WAS PROBABLY HAPPY WITH BEING UP AND AROUND AND MAKING A LIVING AGAIN.
WHEN I NO LONGER HAD TO WORK TO MAKE A LIVING, FROM 2001, TO 2016, WHEN I WAS BADLY CRIPPLED AGAIN, I DID THE MOST VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT WRITING, ART, COMPOSITION, MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, PAPER MACHE' AND ITS ANIMATION AND VIDEOS FOR YOUTUBE.
THERE HAD BEEN PREVIOUS TO THIS A FEW PERIODS OF TIME WHERE I DID A LOT OF ART OR MUSIC COMPOSITION, LYRIC WRITING AND RECORDING THAT.
THERE HAD BEEN A FEW YEARS HERE AND THERE WHERE I WORKED ON MY LIVE PERFORMANCE ON HARMONICA.
ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED SKILLS HAD TO BE COMBINED TO SUCCEED AT WHAT I SOUGHT TO ACCOMPLISH.
Sunday, 13 August 2023
THE STYLES OF HARMONICA PERFORMANCE I EMULATED
BLUES CENTRAL WAS AT THE YALE IN THE 1990'S, DOWNTOWN ON GRANVILLE IN VANCOUVER BRITISH COLUMBIA.
I WOULD SAY"I WILL PLAY TONIGHT IN THE STYLE OF FAMOUS HARMONICISTS.
MY AMPLIFIERS WERE MARKED TO ACHIEVE THE VARIOUS "SOUNDS".
I HAVE THE BOOK OF SETUPS KEYED TO THE MARKINGS ON THE MUSICMAN R 65 AMPLIFIER I USED THEN. ( I USE A RIVERA RESEARCH TWIN COMBO NOW.)
I WAS INFLUENCED BY ALL OF THE HARMONICISTS LISTED HERE SOMETIMES EVEN UNKNOWINGLY.
- Mark Hummel (The Blues Survivors)
- Paul Oscher (Muddy Waters Band)
I WOULD STAND UP AT THE YALE AND PROCLAIM: TONIGHT I WILL PLAY IN THE STYLE OF: LITTLE WALTER, OR JAMES COTTON, OR CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE OR SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, OR WHO I THOUGHT WAS "MUDDY WATERS" WHO WAS ACTUALLY PAUL OSCHER, OR PAUL BUTTERFIELD WHO WAS AS I WAS THE PREFERRED HARMONICIST OF BLACK MUSICIANS.
NO ONE WANTED TO PLAY THE SET FOLLOWING MARK HUMMEL. I WAS HAPPY TO DO IT. MARK REACHED DOWN AND PULLED ME UP ONTO THE STAGE. I SAID "THAT SECOND NUMBER WAS QUITE SPECTACULAR." "COME AND SIT WITH ME AFTER YOUR SET" HE SAID, " I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO DO IT".
AT THE END OF MY CAREER, BEFORE I WAS HIT IN THE CHEST BY MY STUPID PUSSY WHIPPED BROTHER ANDREW I WOULD STAND TO PLAY ANYWHERE AND DECLARE " I AM THE WORLD'S GREATEST HARMONICA PLAYER AND I AM GOING TO PROVE IT NOW".
EXCEPT AT THE YALE WHERE I SAID "NOW I AM GOING TO SHOW YOU HARMONICA MUSCLE."
This is an animation of one of my 1990's harmonica compositions and performance.
WHY DO PEOPLE LOVE TAYLOR SWIFT?
TAYLOR SWIFT CAN'T DANCE. HER SCREECHY WHINING AUTO TUNED ONE TONE VOCALS SEVERLY IRRITATE ME.
Wednesday, 5 July 2023
JULY 4 2023 CNN "THE FOURTH" MUSIC AND FIREWORKS
I HAVE WATCHED MOST OF THE "FOURTH" PROGRAM.
ALANIS MORISSETTE PUT ON THE MOST CREDITABLE SET I HAVE SEEN SO FAR.
ALANIS CAN SING LIKE NONE OF THE OTHER PERFORMERS EXCEPT FOR BRAD PAISLEY WHO CAN REALLY SING AND HIS GUITAR WORK IS IMPECCABLE.
HER VOICE SOARS AND WAILS AND CLIPS.
ALANIS' BAND WAS SO GOOD, WITH AUTHORITATIVE GUITAR LEADS BETTER THAN SHERYL CROW'S BAND. SHERYL'S VOICE WAS WEAK AND DID NOT DO THE VOCAL GYMNASTICS THAT ALANIS DID.
ALL THE RAPPERS WERE JUST PLAIN AWFUL AS USUAL. LISTEN TO AND WATCH "FLORIDA" FOR THE BACKING TRACKS.
SHANIA TWAIN WAS GOOD AND HER "MAN I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN" WAS BETTER AND SHE PRESENTED A TRULY PERFECT APPEARANCE. HER COSTUME WAS EXQUISITELY GLAMOROUS.
Saturday, 1 July 2023
THE FAMILY BOORS WERE VOCAL IN THEIR DEFIANCE OF MY ART
WRITING AND MUSIC. THEY WERE MILITANT AND OBNOXIOUS AND
OMNIPRESENT TO INTERFERE WITH ANY BENEFIT
WHICH I MIGHT BE RECEIVING. THEY WERE FALSE AND
MANIPULATIVE AND DEFAMATORY IN THAT THEY CLAIMED TO
KNOW I WHAT I WAS THINKING AND DOING
IN MY ART, WRITING , MUSIC AND BUSINESS WHICH
THEY WOULD CLAIM WAS THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT
I SAID AND WROTE. THEY SAID I WAS CRAZY WHILE
I WORKED AND ACQUIRED SKILLS AND CREATED MY ART
AND MY INFRASTRUCTURE.