"Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #14 for 2025...

"The Sour Lemon Score" by Donald Westlake writing as Richard Stark, published in 1969.

12th in his acclaimed Parker series.

JMH and TA Shifts. 

David Thomas, leader of Pere Ubu, passed today.

David Lynn Thomas (June 14, 1953 – April 23, 2025) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and poet. He was one of the founding members of the post-punk group Pere Ubu from 1975 to 1982, then 1987 through to his death in 2025.

Thomas also lead the short-lived proto-punk band Rocket from the Tombs in which he played under the moniker "Crocus Behemoth," previously in 1974 to 1975. 

Pere Ubu Studio albums:

• The Modern Dance (1978)
• Dub Housing (1978)
• New Picnic Time (1979)
• The Art of Walking (1980)
• Song of the Bailing Man (1982)
• The Tenement Year (1988)
• Cloudland (1989)
• Worlds in Collision (1991)
• Story of My Life (1993)
• Ray Gun Suitcase (1995)
• Pennsylvania (1998)
• St. Arkansas (2002)
• Why I Hate Women (2006)
• Long Live Père Ubu! (2009, with Sarah Jane Morris)
• Lady from Shanghai (2013)
• Carnival of Souls (2014)
• 20 Years in a Montana Missile Silo (2017)[75]
• The Long Goodbye (2019)[76][77]
• Trouble On Big Beat Street (2023)

He also released several solo albums and collaborative projects. 

• David Thomas & the Pedestrians
• The Sound of the Sand & Other Songs of the Pedestrian (1981)
• Variations on a Theme (1983)
• More Places Forever (1985)

• David Thomas & His Legs
• Winter Comes Home (1982) (live -disavowed by Thomas in Monster liner notes)

• David Thomas & the Wooden Birds
• Monster Walks the Winter Lake (1986)
• Blame the Messenger (1987)

• David Thomas & Foreigners
• Bay City (2000)

• David Thomas & Two Pale Boys
• Erewhon (1996)
• Meadville (1997)
• Mirror Man (1999) (as part of The Pale Orchestra)
• Surf's Up!! (2001)
• 18 Monkeys on a Dead Man's Chest (2004)

• With Unknown Instructors
• The Master's Voice (2007)

• David Thomas and P.O. Jørgens
• Live Free or Diet (CD, LP 2017)

Though primarily a singer, he was an instrumentalist who also occasionally played melodeon, trombone, musette, guitar or other instruments.

Thomas had a distinctive, high pitched voice; Emerson Dameron comically described Thomas' singing as "James Stewart trapped in an oboe", and Greil Marcus writes, "Mr Thomas's voice is that of a man muttering in a crowd. You think he's talking to himself until you realize he's talking to you."

Visit with my Mom in Williamstown.  Excellent Visit once again.

Auction with Pop.

JMH early shift.

Yearly Physical afternoon.

"High Points" along trails during March 2025... 

• Peak / Copper Mountain, Metacomet Trail, East Granby, CT

Baseball at Waconah with K2 and Pop. 

Yard Work on Patio with DL.

Walk 1.5-miles on Main and around the Academy.

Beautiful Easter Dinner with DL and TC.

Visit with my Mom in Williamstown.

Visit with Pop in Adams. 

Stopped off in North Adams to a somewhat obscure cemetery.

Plaque on Stone at entrance:

Near this site was erected The First Congregational Church.  The earliest house of worship in East Hoosuck. This Church and burial ground were within the grant assigned to the Rev. Samuel Todd, its first Minister 1766-1778.

Erected by its sussessor The First Congregational Church of North Adams Massachusetts at its centennial 1927.

Hike a mile with K2 at Cowles. 

Beaver Pond Wildlife: Part 5 - Fall to Winter

Watched Part 5 today.  It is a wonderful video from RA at New England Forests.

According to the webstite, this film series spans a year's time at typical beaver ponds in New England. 

In this, Part 5, we'll see:

New England fall foliage change.

Various creatures in winter.

A bit of the history of beaver exploitation.

And more.

Shift at JMH & TA.

PT in afternoon. 

What Played in Ed's Head -- 

Music listened to for the time-period March 1st through March 31st, 2025:

Trip to Captain Jack's with DL and TC, to celebrate their recent birthdays.

From the Marathon Archives...

100th Boston Marathon

April 15th, 1996 - Boston, Massachusetts

I was fortunate to run the 100th Boston Marathon today. 

It was my 10th marathon completed, in a time of 3:24:14.

Mile Markers as follow:

•   5.0 -Miles -    45:05
• 10.0 -Miles - 1:23:25
• 15.0 -Miles - 2:02:28
• 20.0 -Miles - 2:42:59
• 25.0 -Miles - 3:22:35
• 26.2 -Miles - 3:32:15

Blood Work for Annual Physical in early morning.

Shift at JMH.

Semi-Shift at TA.

Review with CWOps.

Covid Vaccine evening.

Beaver Pond Wildlife: Part 4 - Mid-Summer to Fall

Watched Part 4 today.  It is a wonderful video from RA at New England Forests.

According to the webstite, this film series spans a year's time at typical beaver ponds in New England. In this, Part 3, nesting season has wrapped up for most bird species near the pond, but there's plenty happening both above and below the pond's surface. 

PT early morning.

Yard Work on Patio with DL.

Condo Meeting during evening.

Visit with my Mom in Williamstown.

Visit with Pop in Adams. 

Couple of images from River Street in North Adams.

Guitar V

The Next Lesson Book I completed thoroughly was:

Mel Bay's Complete Modern Method for Modern Guitar, Book 1.

Had some spring snow today also:

DL's Birthday today!

Dentist check-up (all is well).

Park Ranger Sees Two Sasquatch: The Appalachian Bigfoot Files

From Savoy Mountain State Forest in 1992, at the Tannery Falls Parking Area.

My sister sent me this video link, which certainly appears truthful "Bigfoot at Tannery Falls".  

JMH and TA during the morning to early afternoon.