It took some doing to discover the outcome of the Illinois 52nd District State Senate race. Al was clobbered of course. My wife reported this when she arrived home from the after party. Her candidate, Gill, also lost. There were many losses for liberals, atheists, Democrats, and fans of Obama and his agenda. But masturbation won in Delaware. Yea!

I watched “Year of the Horse,” with the remote set up to recall CNN. Niel Young was wearing some sort of very baggy sweatpants. He’s into comfort, and he’s put on some weight. I noticed a lot of dancing in the act of playing. He puts up a hand to stop time and end a song, but the band doesn’t want to let the sound die. Long, drawn out endings.

Bringing this into the studio today, I played very basic, monotonous progressions. “The more you think, the more you stink,” Shakey. The dancers, however, are not holding on to the moment of the end of the exercise. They finish the task and then become self conscious. It’s hard to be as loose as the Horse. Also, I’m held to a stricter tempo standard. Still, I got something more from ‘Year of the Horse’ than I did from the political battering.