THIS IS SPALDING GRAY

THIS IS SPALDING GRAY
THIS IS SPALDING GRAY. What really bothers me about this picture is the empty water glass. Who is his server, and why isn't she doing her job?

Thursday, May 03, 2012

BARRETT'S PRIVATEERS: The Picture Book Version (apologies to Stan Rogers)

OH THE YEAR WAS SEVENTEEN SEVENTY-EIGHT!!!!
SHERBROOKE (then)
HOW I WISH I WAS IN SHERBROOKE (see above) NOW!!
Letter of MARQUE
A LETTER OF MARQUE CAME FROM------
Letter of MARK (Zimmerman)
THE KING!!
The King (then)
THE KING (now)
TO THE SCUMMIEST VESSEL I'D EVER SEEN!!
Pretty scummy vessel, eh?
GOD DAMN THEM ALL!!!
GOD
the Damned
EYE------!!!
EYE
WAS TOLD---!!!
Me, being told
WE WOULD CRUISE THE SEAS---!!!
Cruising the seas
FOR AMERICAN GOLD---!!!
American Gold
WE'D FIRE NO GUNS---!!!
No Guns
SHED NO TEARS!!!

No Tears
NOW I'M A BROKEN MAN---!!!
A VERY broken man!
ON A HALIFAX PIER!!!
Halifax Pier No. 21
David Peer, of Halifax, NS
THE LAST---!!!
The Last Supper (that's Barrett on the right)
Last Chance, ON (city limits)
The Last Days of Disco (?)
OF BARRETT'S---!!!
Dave Barrett (former premier of BC)
PROFITEERS!!!!
Rupert Murdoch
SORRY!! WE MEAN: PRIVATEERS!!!!
Privateers (a young Murdoch can be spotted at the back)
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!! STAN ROGERS!!!
Stan Rogers
His grave. You can almost HEAR him spinning...

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