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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stig / Major Tom on November 23, 2024, 01:48:05 AM
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Dammit, the worst part of living longer is seeing the passing of important folks from one's youth!
Alice Brock, famed restauranteur, longtime friend of Arlo Guthrie - and the "Alice" in Guthrie's 18 minute talking blues, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" - has died at age 83.
Stockbridge Massachusetts is a wonderful town, maybe best known for its resident, Norman Rockwell....but for some it is the site of Arlo's famous Massacree, and felony.
Couched in Arlo's song is mention of the Group W Bench - a bench in the police station where Arlo plays with his pencil and socializes with other various unsavory characters. The "W" may stand for waiver....as those on the bench may be being considered unfit for military service due to something serious......
Like that heel spur clinic in NYC.
A sad day on The Bench today - as a major player in this fable has passed.
Truly.
Losses like this make me feel old (er) and sad.
I will give a thought to Alice tomorrow, and try not to desecrate the bench by spilling my coffee. Again.
(https://i.postimg.cc/kMfTB1Wv/ALICE.jpg)
Stig
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“It’s a bugger getting old” as someone I once knew said - he’s sadly dead also now.
I feel your pain Stig as these iconic figures who registered deep in our more youthful being shuffle off this mortal coil to quote the bard. News like that stops you dead in your tracks and underscores one’s own mortality.
Life is short buddy, live it with a passion as I know you do.
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Don't know who said, "Getting old is not for sissies".
Memento mori.
Had a similar discussion with my greengrocer today, she agreed.