Saturday in the Park

everyday's the 4th of July

the 4th of July is coming up and just a word or two about pets and fireworks...if your pet can't withstand a few hours of fireworks once a year, then you have raised a pussy for a pet and you're a pussy too

pussy

Who Knows Where The Time Goes

Across the morning sky,
All the birds are leaving,
Ah, how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire,
We'll still be dreaming.
I do not count the time


I'm looking foward to two concerts coming to town..Lila Downs at the Granada and Stills and Collins at the Arlington... a great way to close out an awesome Summer and welcome Fall

 

Lila is a hot Mexican chiquita and sings good and gots some political chops...I love her!! I am in love with her

Stephen Stills and Judy Collins should be interesting...lovebirds back in the day, Still turned his heartache into pop music gold with Suite: Judy Blue Eyes off the first CSN album...before that Buffalo Springfield was blazing the trail with great music and funny stories...then Stills formed Manassass with Chris Hillman and they put out the awesome first triple album...so many top musicians from Al Perkins to Joe Lala...and of course the Stills solo albums..the first one using Jimi Hendrix on one track and Eric Clapton on another...and he hooked up with Etta James for some righteous blues

Stills was a very driven and talented man...the voice hasn't held up well over the years, so we'll see

Judy Collins had a hit with 'Both Sides Now', the Joni Mitchell gem and then proceeded to build a huge career that made her an icon...she's a superb musician and songwriter..'Since You Asked' is among the most beautiful songs ever written..Judy's version of Sandy Denny's "Knows Where The Time Goes' is why I love this music...it sends a chill right through my soul..

right through my heart

oh boy, I'm looking forward to these autumn concerts from these very talented people

Summertime Blues

ain't no cure....

hey it's Summer Solstice and I'm not gonna stand in the street with a bunch of naked sweaty hippies in Santa Barbara watching the parade...

and the yuppie families in their Subarus with the dog and sipping wine I'm not gonna put up with that...

I will welcome summer my way...me and the sea hawk

we make our way

Summertime

Summertime, and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin'
So hush little baby, Don't you cry

care for some Coppertone. ma'am??

it's the first day of summer and it's AWESOME!!!

AWESOME!!!

Gaucho

who is the Gaucho amigo? why is he standing in your spangled leather poncho with the studs that match your eyes?  Bodacious Cowboys, such as your friend will never be welcome here  

so we got some white people in Santa Barbara over-thinking Fiesta with all sorts of explanations and scenerios about "Old Spanish Days"....but nobody can expain why they keep electing white guys as El Presidente

look... Fiesta is simple..a bunch of illegals/Mexicans come out of the shadows for a block party and invite some drunk white trash and everybody north of the border....lotsa parties and a rodeo to boot and fun for the whole family unless you're a bull or calf then you get abused at the Earl Warren Showgrounds... and Wendy in her Ivory Tower in De La Guerra Plaza fumes as she peers down at the crowds thru her barred windows at the News-Press...that is Fiesta

I've often wondered if those barred windows are to keep illegals out or to keep the News-Press loonies from jumping..Randy Alcorn who used to be a Wendy sychophant till she fired him and now writes drivel for Noozhawk  thinks that if we legalize marijuana, the USA will be ok because Michelle Malkin wants legal weed now too..dimwits

now Trump is an idiot and needs to stop tweeting..the only tweet I wanna hear is from the birdies

he reversed Obama's Cuba deal which would've opened the door for trade and travel instead of being stuck in a 1950s cold war mindset..but that's where Trump is at..he still thinks Castro is a threat!!

he is preparing for a Bay of Pigs invasion

one more expensive kiss-off

Wild Wild Life

got some wild wild life

there's three animals that people fear..sharks and coyotes and squid..you yell 'barracuda' and people say "huh, "what"..you yell 'shark' and you got a panic on your hands

you yell 'poodle' and people get weird...you yell 'coyote' and people cry out in fear

you yell 'calamari' and peeps get the forks and wine ready..you yell 'SQUID" and the boats flood the waters with  really cool florescent green lights..

it's all psychological

and deer! what about deer?? I was driving down the hill and saw the mama and two kids in the road..they scampered around and took off for the ravine..aren't they cute..the little one would've made a good samwich!

now, KEYT had a story about sharks at Santa Claus beach..the pretty reporter Alyss looked awesome in the sand and sun and I don't think anyone has been killed by sharks in Carpinteria...maybe a seal or two but that's normal

KEYT also had a piece on dealing with sharks..they interviewed Hilary Hauser, the crazy and bizarre lady from Heal the Ocean....she says remove the seal rookery in Carp and no more sharks will threaten surfers at the Rincon...

that is the dumbest thing I've ever heard..typical ignorance and arrogance from a clueless busy-body...well what about Leadbetter beach in Santa Barbara? what's drawing sharks to that beach? anyway, most real surfers aren't afraid of sharks

Hilary may think she healed the ocean but she didn't..the ocean is just fine without her...the WASTEWATER PLANTS are the ones that have kept the ocean safe and clean by treating human waste using biology, hydraulics, chemisty, mechanics and other disciplines...the folks who work in these jobs don't need celebrity endorsements to raise money...they want salaries and benefits to help raise their families..they are professionals

Hilary Hauser is full of beans so her suggestion to get rid of the seal rookery should be met with scorn and ridicule..sharks belong in the ocean, people do not..but I've seen kayarkers, jetskiers, surfers, boating and fishing in the Carp waters and sharks are not interested in attacking and eating people like in JAWS...anytime you go into their habitat, your awareness level should be high..there's a difference between awareness and fear and both when properly used will keep you safe, not paranoid

wildlife is here and we need have a healthy respect for it

go away Hilary

Amelia

it was just a false alarm

 

Carpinteria..a little beach town that is slowly being paved over ...more hotels and bigger highways to squeeze in more people and stoners...in a few years I won't recognize where I live!

 

but back in 1930s Carp had a little airport which might explain why I see so many cool aircraft flying over the salt marsh...

 

Howard Hughes, Charles Lindbergh and Will Rogers used the landing strip and who knows

 

maybe Amelia did too...

Shake Rattle and Roll

Get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans Get out in that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans

you hear me girl?? cook me up some breakfast then take the dog for a walk

ok people walk their dogs and go hiking with their dogs and that's where the trouble starts...esp if they go up to a mountain trail like Cold Springs in Montecito..the dog and dog owner usually have to be rescued for falling off a cliff or maybe the dog gets bit by a rattlesnake..more bites less dogs and I'm all for that!

so I see a sign advertising "Rattlesnake Avoidance Training for Dogs" and I chuckle...I think of Pavlov's Dog and classic conditioning or is this aversion therapy? pretty soon we'll have dog psychologists or maybe we already do

snakes slither on their bellies in the dust per the Bible but they eat rodents and insects to keep things balanced in nature...Carpinteria can't keep things balanced because they keep on building but that's another story

I don't hink dogs should be allowed to hike where I hike..they are just too stupid and that's a reflection on their owner..I don't like seeing little green shitbags strewn about the Carp Bluffs when I hike...drives me insane!!

so the best thing to do if you wanna save your pet dog is keep him cooped up in your house or condo which as far as I'm concerned is animal abuse....dogs need to run free with big houses and plenty of land...Rattlesnake Avoidance Training for Dogs simply teaches them not to be wild...kills their instincts..

I say let a domestic dog spend time with a coyote and he'll wise up

Wile E. Coyote Tips
Tip #1 Coyotes kill rattlesnakes mostly for food (but also to protect their pups at their dens) by teasing the snakes until they stretch out and then biting their heads and snapping and shaking the snakes...

shake, rattle and roll!

I'll never understand why people own dogs

Goin' Up The Country

baby don't you wanna go

so the Forest Service folks want comments on a proposed plan to deal with Tamarisk...

these are the same guys who created that stupid Forest Adventure Pass.. I pay taxes so I don't pay any forest service member a dime for back country recreation

so here's my comments

Invasive Biology and the Folly of Biodiversity

Years Ago, the NPS considered honeybees invasive and started to kill them on the Channel Islands..this is madness and certain proof that invasive biology is a pseudoscience..

Pages 327–335 in Damiani, C.C. and D.K. Garcelon (eds.). 2009. Proceedings of 327
the 7th California Islands Symposium. Institute for Wildlife Studies, Arcata, CA.

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF FERAL HONEY BEE

COLONIES ON SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, CALIFORNIA: A SUMMARY

feral honybees?? ..is this the limit of their creative mojo? killing things they don't understand? you should NEVER kill bees


but of course, the killing continued on the islands in the name of biodiversity...owls, pigs, hawks, foxes and other species were killed and it is my feeling that the folks responsible for such folly should be jailed for animal cruelty...

I've watched as the so-called biologists demonize plants and then poison the hills to kill them..fortunately, Nature allows the fennel and thistle to grow back as the wind disperses the gorgeous seeds..the red and purple finches use the thistle for nests and that's enough reason to LEAVE IT ALONE!

and now the Tamarisk plant/tree/shrub is causing psychological disturbance among the bio-folks...introducing a beetle to control the Tamarik is insane...

the Tamarisk is an Asian tree used by Spaniards for erosion control..oh no!! Asians and Spaniards...the tree must be evil!!! KILL IT!!!

the biologists logic: Some biologists fear that tamarisk provides raptors with sentry towers from which they may scout prey, including federally protected groundnesting birds.

gee, don't the hawks know which birds are federally protected??? what next, kill the hawks???

the tamasik is not going to hurt anything or anybody..if you want to control it, send a crew in once a year to mow it down if it makes you happy

but what about the consequences??

Defoliation may lead to site conditions that favor the establishment of other invasive non-native plants.

Defoliation may negatively impact some insect and wildlife species.

Defoliation may result in unsightly stands of dead and dying tamarisk.


the tamarisk tree is beautiful..I've watched it grow on the Carpinteria Bluffs and shield some coastal oaks..it provides habitat for numerous birds..it is HARMLESS!!!

do not introduce a beetle to kill a tree...don't the coastal oaks have enough problems fighting fungus and bark beetles?

Many urban live oaks are under continual stress, usually from getting too much water in the summer.

is it any wonder the oaks thrive next to tamarisk which controls the water uptake??

don't waste my tax dollars killing healthy trees or ANYTHING IN THE WILD with poison

Promises

I don't care if you never come home / I don't mind if you just keep on rowin' away on a distant sea, cos I don't love you and you don't love me

so I'm listening to KTYD and there's a big elephant in the room...the morning guy David Perry "resigned" yesterday and we're left to wonder why.. no explanation from Lin, his on-air partner for the last six years...just that David Perry moved on

I've been listening to KTYD since the 1960s...it's an institution, a landmark, an icon..and I heard the Doors 'Light My Fire', the long version on KTYD..FM radio...just perfect for us boomer kids!! I love the radio and you gotta be good to carry a station which I think David Perry did...I suffered through Hayseed and the Matt guy, but then KTYD got serious about the good music it helped promote on FM radio where censorship is not tolerated!! I love the radio and AM served its purpose too..my little red transistor radio under my pillow and KIST played "For What It's Worth" and "The Beat Goes On" at night....that spooky guitar from the Buffalo Springfield was awesome but the prob with AM radio is I had to endure "Yummy Yummy Yummy I Got Love in my Tummy" too

ok so I guess KTYD was sold recently and I know all about change being good but not always...sometimes change can fuck up a good ocean view and maybe David's ocean view was upset by the new owner...or the new guy Dennis...alpha dogs fighting? Dennis is good and has some musical mojo no doubt I just don't wanna hear Wayne's World music all day..I don't want any brats on the radio

I saw Perry and wife at the Avocado Fest a few years ago...tall dude and he will be missed.. I know he helped keep KTYD at the top of the radio rating pile by concentrating on the music...he's a pro...good voice and kept things light and bright in the mornng..no easy task

so KTYD has a duty to keep the airwaves rockin'..it's not about the DJ so much unless the DJ sucks...a bad DJ will make it all about him or her

David Perry made sure it was all about the music

Imagine

all the people living life in peace

yeah John was right.."and no religion too"

we'd be better off without religion...all these religious whackjobs using God to justify killing and molesting kids just makes me sick...whether they call themsleves Islamists or Christians...or the Westboro Baptists cheering when American soldiers get killed... the fraud is the same..the personality disorder is the same...

spiritual beings don't try to destroy each other...

unless in war or in love

I Shot The Sheriff

but I didn't shoot the deputy

so how much force should a cop use to get a rowdy drunk driver to obey during a stop or arrest? as much force as needed...that's why cops have guns and batons and tazers..they are trained to use the applicable force...if you are a criminal, you may get shot...suck it up cupcake

Wendy used to hate the cops, now she loves them??

last week, the front page of the News-Press had Scott Steepleton all pro-cop?? not too long ago, Scott was defending hack journalist Peter Lance for his DUI bust and blasting the Santa Barbara police force for all sorts of fictional malfeasance..today you don't see may objections from the News-Press to DUI arrests or any issues because today it is ok to like the cops...

and remember it was Wendy's pals who were getting busted for DUIs back when she hated cops...Scott, Peter Lance and DUI lawyer Darryl Genis were huddled together trying to blame the cops for arresting drunk drivers, and poor Pete was crying about being handcuffed!!!

I was always for the cops and could see thru the News-Press bullshit immedidately..Scott and Wendy defended Darryl Genis who ended up in jail for tax evasion!! haha! karma baby

but the front page story was about a fidgety pro-crime group holding a meeting at La Casa De La Raza about police use of force and they didn't invite any cops..being a cop is a noble job but it's tough dealing with so many loose cannons out there..they are paid with tax money to keep the peace and can retire at 50 with a good pension..I'm all for that and the News-Press has written extensively against giving the cops a good pension..

but politics have changed and cops are seen a heros by the conservatives, esp when they arrest black folks

but seriously, the News-Press, Wendy and Nipper, are anti-cop and tried to dismantle the Santa Barbara drunk driving team...they even had Mr Wimpy at the Honor Wendy event and Mr. Wimpy thinks drunk driving is no different than a mother fussing with kids in the car..Mr Wimpy is a big drinker..a drunk

so the cops are finally getting their due as the professionals they are and more power to them..as far as I'm concerned, they can use any force necessary to get compliance from a drunk driver, a child molestor, a killer or other such crappy people they have to deal with...

may the force be with them

Cat Scratch Fever

Well, I don't know where they come from but they sure do come

ok so Kathy Griffin holds fake severed head of Donald Trump and everyone gets all upset except me and Jim Carrey...comedians, Jim says, are the last line of defense against the powerful...now if Kathy had waited few more months Halloween would be a perfectly appropriate time to roll out the head and everyone would be laughing!!

I mean if Trump says guys can grab chicks by their pussies, shouldn't he have his head chopped off??

clueless

 ok to get my laughs this week I had to read Montecito Journal where they had a story about the Ist Distinguished Patriots Award...Wendy and Nipper got the phony award and a bunch of dumbass rightwingers cheered them on..

the thought of Wendy running around free maddens me but Craig McCaw not so much..Craig earned his billions and there's a pic in the MJ showing him and others preparing to renovate the Riviera Theater with Craig giving $250000...the only problem here is Craig's restaurant in Montecito where Peabody's used to be is still in construction phase..five years and he can't get it opened!! The Riviera may take 20 years to complete and then I have to wonder what the meaning of life is with these characters running around high society

Craig McCaw-Slowhand

then I see CNN's  Wolf Blitzer appears to be living in Montecito, maybe at the Montecito Inn..

Wolf!!

the Montecito Cafe closed after a long run and another restaurant called "Scratch" will be taking its place

I can only hope that Craig McCaw is not involved