BOOMERS ANONYMOUS -- Care or Quit?

4723? Yup.  That's February 17, 2026, to most round-eyes in the United States, and to the rest of the Jesuit-controlled world but, . . . as usual, I digress. We've made it to 16 (subscribers) on You Tube, so it is somewhat easier now to maintain and update this avocation called Boomers Anonymous. Just embed videos, rinse, and repeat. Still, readers deserve a broader, deeper narrative, as to why I choose to play a certain piece, or why my sense of synchronicity demands that, if I can help it, some meaningful content gets uploaded to the interwebs -- until it can't. So, whenever I played RPG video games like Elden Ring, Dark Souls, I almost always play as an Astrologer/Battle Mage type. Why? I don't know . . .  Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy perhaps? The "predictors" and "soothsayers" believe that the Year of the Horse will be characterized as  BOLD  and UPLIFTING . Horses propel you with great speed and energy, and the Fire elemental adds to the fast-...

It's a long story . . . and it's a long, strange, trip. If you are reading this, God Bless You. I have chosen my confessions, trying to keep up. Lke a hurt, lost, and blinded fool, trying to keep an eye on you. Now I've said too much.  I don't need to cry away each lonely night. PROSE WISHES IT WERE POETRY, POETRY WISHES IT WERE MUSIC.   MUSIC SIMPLY WISHES. AND ALL THE WHILE,  IT'S LOVE THAT FULFILLS.  Listen well, my children, and you will hear. If you dare . . .  © 2026 by Roy B. Santonil

[NOTE: This was originally posted in 2018 in English Swill.]    ENGLISH SWILL   ... Wordsmithery at the Bottom of the Barrel by Roy Santonil "DREAMING OF THE LAST AMNESTY " Tuesday, January 23, 2018  You may call me lazy. You would be wrong, and you wouldn't be alone. I know too many people who mistake my efficiency for laziness .  Nowadays, I don't care what you think , as long as you didn't SNEAK into my country against the law.  This is not xenophobia.   This is self-defense in the face of your lawless aggression, you jerks. From American Greatness , I've condensed a written piece by Victor Davis Hanson entitled "Mythologies of Illegal Immigration."    Professor Hanson is an American military historian, columnist, professor, and scholar of ancient warfare. He was Professor of Classics at Fresno State University, and is currently the Martin and Anderson Senior Fellow at Stanford University Ho...

This song is the final track on the 1974 Souvenirs album. It was also featured in the movie "FM." (No static at all.) and was produced by Joe Walsh of the group known as Eagles.  I really enjoyed making this one.  The melody is infectuous and easy to follow.  The lyrics are simple but powerful.  Dan Fogelberg was a genius.  Also, I've re-named the channel from "ClarenceQ" to "Roy Plays For You." There's nowhere to hide.   © 2025 by Roy B. Santonil

Keep doing what you were meant to do. In the studio recording on The Yes Album , this song opens with Jon Roy Anderson, Christopher Russell Edward Squire and Stephen James Howe singing the sentence: "I'VE SEEN ALL GOOD PEOPLE TURN THEIR HEADS EACH DAY SO SATISFIED I'M ON MY WAY" twice,  a cappella , in three-part harmony. This is followed by a solo intro by Howe on the laúd, a Spanish lute. He also sometimes plays the solo on a standard acoustic guitar. I played it on my Martin 00015-M and my white Mexican custom Strat. Anyway, as the laúd begins a repeated four-bar phrase, it is joined by bass drum and bass guitar as Anderson resumes singing the lyrics, solo and in three-part harmony with Squire and Howe. Dual recorders enter on the third verse. Finally, a Hammond organ joins them, playing the same chords as the laúd until the first part of the song ends on a loudly sustained and unresolved organ chord. This epic piece has led me through my life jou...

It's Memorial Day 2025 . Back in 1988, my future wife agreed to take a trip with me to San Diego to visit the parents. We were living in Los Angeles at the time. That Memorial Day weekend trip started it all, for us. The rest is history. I had to really grind to learn something new here. The the second solo and outro to this song were not part of the original sheet music, so I had to watch YT videos to learn it.   It's not perfect, but it's the real deal. Bruce Hornsby was emphatic about the fact that he wanted to convey "a sense of place" in this song. He grew up in the Williamsburg, VA area.  Who would have thought that a jazz infused, piano-based, rock song about civil rights in the Reagan era would become such a classic? Anyway, I worked pretty hard to get this one. And here's the good news . . . I didn't sing.  © 2025 by Roy B. Santonil

Happy Easter . Happy 420. Happy Birthday . "He is not here." © 2025 by Roy B. Santonil