Scene / Seen (The View Today)

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The above two were in Morris Valley.  The one below was Harrison Mills.
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At this point, the sun was starting to go behind the mountain.

Scene / Seen (Victorian Graves)

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We're so safe and generic today, even in how we deal with death.  Our markers are smooth  slabs with sayings that hold as much individuality as  the statement "over the moon" does when describing a joyous event.  Graveyards of old tell stories in a few words.  The engravings would also be perceived as being triggering / in poor taste / goth / fill in the blanks, by the overly blanketed denizens that take to Twitter and Facebook to vent their desire to police everything.  These headstones convey so much more.  There is also a beauty in the site that encourages people to stop and reflect.  That doesn't exist today.
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Follow Up on Springsteen Book

Robert Wiersema worships at the church of story

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I blogged the other day about a book I read and today, this was in the news.

My Rant Today --- Remastered Songs

Who does I-Tunes think they're fooling with their crappy "remastered" versions?  I'm not talking about remixes.  Those are different takes on the same song.  No...these are the same songs, redone, many years later.  However, as years have gone by, the same studio musicians are no longer available.  People write songs, as they do poetry, because they feel it at the time.  With those remastered versions, the same emotion just isn't there.  A person isn't the same ten years down the line.  They may have written it because they were going through the pangs of a break-up or suffering through the difficulties of staying clean.  Trying to relive it, years later, just isn't going to happen.
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I know somebody who was a huge Pearl Jam fan and decided to get a tattoo that was symbolic of the band.  This was before every grandmother was getting them and the work site would still look in askance at people who had them.  Just like "Jeremy" doesn't hold the same significance for her now, the band wouldn't be able to belt it out in the studio with the same passion.
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I've heard auto tune used on remastered songs when that garbage didn't exist the first time it was used.  I guess everything has to sound the same and safe to sell to today's market.  They are used to a certain sound, but please.  Don't insult the original audience.  I have yet to listen to one of those remastered songs that is comparable to the original.  Just pay the damn royalties to the artists.
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In any other artistic domain, can you imagine this happening?  Would they go bak and rework Van Gogh?  If they touched up the deep blues a bit, would "Starry Nights" be available for resale as a new product and new profits?  It ruins the integrity of the original work.

Scene / Seen

Last night.

Until the Cows Come Home --- Gum

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Watch out.  Chewing your cud  like that makes you look like a human chewing gum.

Until the Cows Come Home --- Cows Can't Twerk

I've always liked cows and these girls caught my eye.