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The Old Soldier is still obsessed with The Doors. For years I have been trying to figure out why. It has been said that we all place great importance on the music of our youth; but why The Doors?
One of the first things I did when I upgraded my internet connection was to upload music videos on YouTube of The Doors. I never saw The Doors when I was young; but there I was, an old man transfixed by the band in action, live. And Ray’s keyboard bass came through loud and clear.
It was because of Jim Morrison that I spent years as the frontman of several local basement bands hoping against hope that I could have a career as a singer in a rock and roll band. That youthful dream never came true.
But my fascination with the history and the music of The Doors has stayed with me. Writing and The Doors, the two are part of the DNA of this particular flash fiction writer. Because the simple truth is, the music is never over.
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Pepper Spray And The Occupy Movement
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There are still representatives of the Establishment who have not learned the lessons of the Civil Rights Movement: responding to peaceful protesters with abusive tactics makes the Establishment look bad and the protesters look good.
Gandhi understood this and Martin Luther King understood this. And in this age of instant communications, image is a powerful persuader.
The sight of campus police on Friday pepper spraying students sitting on the ground at the University of California, Davis, went viral on YouTube.
So far two police officers and the chief of police have been put on paid leave and the president of the university is doing damage control through the media.
And the beat goes on.
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