Archive - Balance's Substack

Fillmore East - Trip #3

Canned Heat - Pentangle - Rhinoceros. But mostly about Bill Graham and what he taught me one night

Jul 4 •

Damn! A child of privilege if nothing else!

Not exactly an illumination for anyone who has been following my writing efforts, but still needed to be addressed

Jul 3 •

June 2025

1969 Springtime in boarding school

New language drills, prepping for an overseas trip and starting to step over every line I could find

Jun 9 •

May 2025

The Fillmore East - Trip #2

Jimmy Page's new band plays their first show in the USA - Led Zeppelin appears as the opener to Iron Butterfly! .... and the Joshua Light Show

May 22 •

And it means the same in all tongues: Por, Für, Pour, のために, Per, для, สำหรับ

May 13 •

April 2025

A dense, thick set of winter months

Apr 30 •

Noun or verb - Might be a bit humdrum and obvious to many but here in the septuagenarian high desert, both turnings can speak volumes

Apr 15 •

Primarily about Koh Samui - This is my longest piece to date and your email may truncate (gmail in particular) - look for the "View entire message" if…

Apr 15 •

Fillmore East - Trip #1

Jeff Beck Group - Tim Buckley - Albert King - And a new world begins to open up to me

Apr 2 •

March 2025

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