{"id":7898,"date":"2010-09-16T16:15:48","date_gmt":"2010-09-16T20:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=7898"},"modified":"2010-09-16T16:15:48","modified_gmt":"2010-09-16T20:15:48","slug":"in-absentia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/in-absentia\/","title":{"rendered":"In Absentia<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been one hell of a week. Not a bad one, but an extremely busy one.<\/p>\n

And it’s not over yet. As it happens, I’ve been summoned to jury duty tomorrow. As these things go, most likely I will spend a good part of the day in an uncomfortable chair, actually waiting<\/em> to be called upon — or not — as a real live jury member. But it threatens to jeopardize my regular Friday whiskey river<\/em>-inspired post. I’ve worked on it some, but it’s not ready; I might but probably can’t wrap it up tonight or tomorrow morning. We’ll see.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, please enjoy the music haunting me from the playlist of the moment: Patty Larkin, “Anyway the Main Thing Is” (lyrics below).<\/p>\n

(It’s a shame that this is a static video: if you’ve never witnessed Larkin actually play the guitar, you’re missing the great pleasure of witnessing someone do effortlessly, yet perfectly, something she doesn’t even have to stop and think about.)<\/p>\n

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Lyrics:<\/p>\n

Anyway the Main Thing Is<\/strong>
\n(by Patty Larkin)<\/em><\/p>\n

I took the train
\nJust for the view
\nI took my boyfriend’s last name
\nFor something to do
\nI took advice
\nNow I regret it
\nI took my time
\nCause I could get it<\/p>\n

I shook my head
\nAnd it woke me up
\nI shook a strange hand in my bed
\nAnd that was enough
\nI shook the truth
\nOut of the tree
\nIt shook my faith up good
\nBut it satisfied me<\/p>\n

Anyway the main thing is
\nRegrooving the dream
\nRegrooving the…<\/p>\n

Love doesn’t think
\nLove doesn’t look
\nLove takes a flying leap off the brink
\nLove swallows the hook
\nLove doesn’t sleep
\nLove is out of control
\nLove is only human it can swallow you whole<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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