Rubes by Leigh Rubin for September 11, 2021

I always understood that to be about clouds…

Mirrors.

I still have his original album of this tune on vinyl…. My favorite is “Jenifer- Juniper”.

at least they’re wearing mellow yellow……..

“Oh, Juanita, I call your name.”

Now I’m going to have to listen to the full version of Mountain Jam from Eat A Peach…

Look upon my garden gate

A snail that’s what it is

Look upon my garden gate

A snail that’s what it is

Caterpillar spreads its wings to find a butterfly within

Caterpillar spreads its wings to find a butterfly within

Here’s the song:https://youtu.be/XcMM5-zBCEc

Coo Coo Coo Coo Barabajagal

And the better song that it inspired:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ZubobGMLs

It’s a trick – you’re sitting on a rotating flying blanket.

You don’t just do that right away. You have to work your way up from molehills.

It seems a day to inject politics where there was none & I guess it’s my turn. When Democrats are in charge the Republicans complain about the mountain of debt. When they’re in charge the rich need a tax cut & the military that’s bigger than the next several combined needs more money.

The lyrics for Atlantis are off, it’s ocean and not water

This is a Buddhist teaching metaphor. Read The Emptiness of Emptiness.

donnie boy is still living / songwriting. estimated dollar worth somewhere on the good side of 10,000,000.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donovan#2020s

Here is the song that was the inspiration for today’s strip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkLp9d7HKuA

…and his “yellow” is definitely mellow…