Well, my taste in glasses wasn't so hot.
The Monkees returned to Omaha in July, and Weird Al Yankovic opened for them. Unfortunately I was surrounded by annoying kids who only knew Weird Al's songs that were played on the radio--he's a very good writer but most only know his parodies. All I heard was, "Do LIKE A SURGEON! Do EAT IT!" And then the Monkees came (sounds like the name of a horror film). The next day I drove to Indiana, again.Darrel, Robert
and I loved our little trip to Cape Girardeau so much, we did Memphis,
Tennessee on this visit home. I drove, Robert navigated, and Darrel, in the back seat, was entertainment (camera and
tapes). He often made concept tapes, with songs that followed a theme. For Memphis, the theme was road songs. Most were lousy songs, even if they were all about the road. So I asked him why he didn't make a "good music" concept tape. He grumbled.
Memphis was scary--it was Saturday evening, the town was desserted, creepy, not very reassuring, and