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.
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.
I REMEMBER THE DITCH THE REDNECKS DUG TO RUIN MY MEADOW, IT WAS DEEPER THAN A BOMB CRATER.
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.
