It's like robbing the blind...

Oh lordy...now that I can read all this stuff in Netsville, I'm not sure I want to.
I just read this article in the sf.gate news thing...well ya can't call it a paper, right? It was about the Blind Boys of Alabama. They were basically saying that the record industry is so bad, that they would even rob a blind man. And not only would they rob a blind man, they would put it in the paper and argue about it. To me it's no different than a bunch of children arguing over bubble gum. Huh, Dioji?(bark bark)
...yeah, I would know. I made a few nickels playin' music...but I still know alot of musicians got sold out like some bad spinach and ended up on the shelf in a can. I never SAW this personally, but that's because I was blind when I was alive. You see them comments on that article? Look again.-comments-


The RIAA is like an old bunch of heathens. You should hear what THEY have to say about the new way of music. They are gettin' too old to run the plantation like they used to and are now having to share their money with the new people. The new people just want the audience to hear the music. And you know... when people listen to music, they like to know that the artist is not a slave wager earner.
That's why there is so much free music now. The time is perfect if ya ask me. People love music because it let's them relax in some way.

There is one website I like. They have a few songs of mine. But they also have a bunch of songs from some of the old timers who were shelved by the RIAA. This website is called mp34u.com
And the reason I like Mp3's? Because you don't have to SEE them. They're for listening. And even them blind boys from Alabama know about that. Now if you want to talk about money...maybe Louis Armstrong might be the one to talk to...

check out Mp34U.com...and listen to the music...

it's free...

BLJ

Too broke for Cody's

Hey y'all...did ya hear the news about Cody's books? I did.


I mean, a blind man aint got nothin' to do with books, really...

...but, it's a shame when somebody is so broke...





...that a WHOLE book store gotta be shut down!

I wrote a song about being broke. I wonder if that's how they feel at Cody's...

It would be nice if some bazzilionaire gave them the money.

Hmm...

Rose from the dead

HA! Look what I found in Netsville on this youtube channel.
I don't know what's on it but I sure did listen...
I wonder sometimes how long it's gonna be until I am able to see what's goin on around here.

I been blind my whole life. Dioji helps me out with the typin' and the images and the graphic stuff. He also spell checks and edits my entree...he says it's supposed to be entry. See? He is my dog. I wonder what picture he put up for me today. He says it has somethin to do with the song I found on the youtube...

Anyway...see ya round soon...

BLJ

My D.O.G.

Hey y'all...this here is my best friend in the virtual world. His name is Dioji. A simple name when ya think about it...at least for a D.O.G. He is a guide dog for the blind. My dog.
He helps me out a lot when I lose my way. He tells me when I'm about to trip on a gigabyte, or if my pixels is too crowded, or if my typing needs to be corrected...
Ya see...bein' blind has it's ups and downs. For one...we gotta take our time walkin' around. So that we don't trip on stuff, or smack our heads on somethin'. But the good side is that we hear everything in slow motion. Think about for a minute.
How do you think Stevie Wonder memorizes all them words? He don't write it down do he? He memorizes it in slow motion. Without sight you get more brain space for...whatcha call it...for...um...that's right Dioji...audio files. Which becomes the basis of our ...what's its....uh
oh yeah...cognition. Thanks Dioji. Me and Dioji are learnin' quite a bit on line. Better'n any teacher tried learnin' me. Google and internet services have been kind to me with information. My guitar is my main tool for expressing my emotions. Women can be the devil.


For everything else...there's Dioji.

BLJ

Good news 'round here?

Hmm...maybe it's good I am blind. Somethings ya just don't need to see, I guess.
I heard they found a bunch of children in Texas who were bein' mistreated somethin' terrible.
What kind of folks is these? Do that to some chirrun like that?! Make me wanna string up somethin' b'sides my guitar, if ya know what I mean. Aint that somethin'?! Back in my day, things like this would happen...but you would never here about it...until it was waaaaaaay later. Now that I'm stuck up here in this internet, I hear things all the time. Every minute on the second, aint got NO time to take a breath and sigh even for a sec...wish they'd put some good news up for just a minute. Ya gotta be fast to catch the good news! The 'good news fish' is some hard fishin', I tell ya...
Wait...somethin's bitin' right now!
Lemme...pull...this in...

There!



SAN ANGELO, Texas - More than 400 children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch two months ago began returning to the arms of their tearful parents Monday, hours after a judge bowed to a state Supreme Court ruling that the seizure was not justified.

I guess that's better 'n bad news.
Here's the rest of the story...
-click-
but listen to this first...put you in a decent mood maybe...
a story about women in the south...
-play me-

BLJ