Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for May 22, 2023

As Gomer Pyle says, “Shazam!”

Bruce Cockburn is awesome!

“My way doesn’t seem very sporting.”

Frank Sinatra!

And, of course, his name is pronounced Co-burn.

I once had a coding meet at the cafe which is right in front of the studios of KEXP Seattle. One time a song came on and several people scrambled to get their phones out to sample it and find out what it is. I already had my laptop browser open, so I searched for the radio station’s website and found the title that way. Everyone else liked their solution because it was more high-tech, but I thought my solution was more elegant.

Here comes the helicopter—second time today

Everybody scatters and hopes it goes away

How many kids they’ve murdered only God can say, hey

If I had rocket launcher.

If I had a rocket launcher.

If I had a rocket launcher, I’d somebody pay.

I still like to excercise my brain in those instances, giving it at least half an hour to remember before I look it up.

OK Janis. Hit the highway.

Bruce Cockburn is the greatest.

“If a tree falls” is such a good tune. 1987 ? 88?

Seriously, Jimmy, stop spying on my parents for your comic material!

I remember when we had to call the radio station and ask…

“Wonderin’ Where the Lions Are”

My wife is like Janis and her smart phone in today’s strip. But she always frames her questions i the most obtuse ways! 8^ )

If you stop doing it “the hard way”, you’re going to forget how and be just as stupid as most of the world seems to have become since the advent of the smart phone and social media.

I like”My Way” mind challenging.

‘My Way’, Paul Anka’s song about Sinatra’s narcissism….

In related news, various search engines report a sudden surge in Bruce Cockburn queries.

Love to Bruce! Always great.

Bruce Cockburn is one of my all time favorite singer song writers! Thanks Jimmy for giving him a nod!

I didn’t know that Bruce covered “My Way”.

Shazam on my Apple watch is often helpful in identifying something I’m hearing. Useful in particular where it’s a classical music station we have on in the background, & I might miss the announcer identifying it several minutes later when the piece is finished. But also in coffee shops where they have a CD going.

My Way is clearly Frank Sinatra!

I was never a big fan of Bruce Cockburn but “Dancing in the Dragon’s jaws” came out when I was in college and I bought and enjoyed the album.

I do the samething with IMDB. I look up actors and trivia for the old movie I’m watching.

I discovered Bruce Cockburn late in life, but what an artist!

Tell Bruce. they have a cure for that now

Aah, Bruce Cockburn. I love his song “If I had a rocket launcher”!

He gets up to check his laptop, she just uses her phone. Is that the hard/easy way comparison being made? "My Way” is of course a song made famous by Frank Sinatra.

Sometimes it’s better to exercise the mind than the finger, while you still can.

“My Way” written by Paul Anka for Frank Sinatra.

…and related to Alexander Cockburn, gonzo journalist who wrote for the Village Voice…nah…just kidding…

I am litterally listening to Bruce Cockburn as I pulled my daily comics, of which A&J are on the top.

I look bleep up for more information. I found this morning that April Wines Sign of the Gypsy Queen was a cover of a lesser known Canadian guitarist. Then I listened to his, not as good, but now I know.

I figure it out as best I can and then check with my buddies, Wiki and Google, to see if I was right.

(My wife asked me about an actress on a show I hadn’t watched even back then. “I don’t know, but VICTORIA PRINCIPAL comes floating up from somewhere.”

“Probably right because that is the name popping up in my head too.”

Then I checked and we were right.)

If I had a rocket launcher…

Can’t remember the singer, but remembers his whole life’s story? Can I say am beyond amazed?

With us it is who is that in this movie – and what other movies have they been in? IMDB is our go to.

And when the question is who was in that Broadway play we saw (back when one could afford to do so – IBDB is our go to. (We used to see shows for US$3 per ticket rising to maybe US$10 per ticket before we stopped going to shows.)

Today’s comic captures our life precisely with my wife in the Janis role.

BRUCE! so cool to see the great Bruce Cockburn mentioned in your strip! From a life-long fan.

Here comes the helicopter—second time today

Everybody scatters and hopes it goes away

How many kids they’ve murdered only God can say, hey