Back to business…

Brainiac is not on the way. Brainiac is already here.

Oh, come on, llama, I say. This has always been a Marvel house. Why are you talking about DC stuff now?

I am not talking about it, the llama says. I am searching the interweb for it. And I think this Adam Strange dude is Brainiac.

Stephen Strange, I say. Doctor Stephen Strange to be precise.

Wrong comic universe, smartass, the llama says. I always thought Brainiac was a gigantic flying brain travelling the universe to devore planets and whole galaxies.

With the Green Lantern corps to chase it, I ask.

Don't you mention the Green Lantern corps, the llama says. It is to painfull. It still hurts. In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape...

By the way, I ask, where is Kylie?

The answer, my friend, the llama says, is Gone With The Wind.

Today is Wednesday, the 31st of July 2019.

The Silence of the Llama - Homecoming

Ding Dong.

The doorbell to my little penthouse on the rooftop of the apartment house in 666 Whitaker Lane in Bromford, the friendly town by the shore and seaside is ringing.

As I open the door there stands … a llama. My llama. The animal. The one I am refusing to call KussKuss because its name sounds like the Klingon version for KissKiss which the llama would take as an order by understanding it as KissMe …

Home at last, dude, the llama says. I hope the hammock in the livingroom isn't occupied.

The animal is hopping past me on all fours along the hallway to the living room door.

What's for dinner, old chap?

Back to business, I think and close the door.

Today is Friday, the 26th of July 2019.

Two-thousand-eighteen Shades Of Bromford - Part 69

Today is Thursday, the 25th of July 2019.

I am melting. I am boiling. This is not my type of weather.

"Bromford Harbor Shore"

I'm but a lonely woman

Waiting at the moor

To bring home my fisherman

To Bromford Harbor Shore

A kiss goodbye

Upon the moor

I wave goodbye to sea

I'm praying every moment

That you'll come home to me

The [?]

The numbers are too few

Too far the men go ferrying

For not enough to live

Come home

Come home

Come home

Come home

I'm but a lonely woman

Waiting at the moor

To bring home my fisherman

To Bromford Harbor Shore

The days, they pass

A storm blows in

And not a ship in sight

The icy hand of death, I fear, is on my home tonight

The sea, tonight, a feral force

Wild cyclone eye

Is circling

And swallowing

Our vessels in the night

I've worked the piers

I've raised a daughter

And a little son

How will we manage

Without you?

Without a father's love?

Come home

Come home

Come home

Come home

I'm but a lonely woman

Waiting at the moor

To bring home my fisherman

To Bromford Harbor Shore

Home of the grave, Land of the fee ...

Today is Monday, the 22nd of June 2019.

The Capital of Connecticut is Hartford
The Capital of Massachusetts is Boston
The Capital of New York is Albany
The Capital of Maine is Augusta
The Capital of New Hampshire is Concord
The Capital of Alaska is Juneau
The Capital of Hawaii is Honolulu
The Capital of Vermont is Montpelier
The Capital of Rhode Island is Providence
The Capital of Pennsylvania is Harrisburg
The Capital of New Jersey is Trenton
The Capital of Delaware is Dover
The Capital of Maryland is Annapolis
The Capital of Virginia is Richmond
The Capital of North Carolina is Raleigh
The Capital of South Carolina is Columbi
The Capital of Georgia is Atlanta
The Capital of Florida is Tallahassee
The Capital of Alabama is Montgomery
The Capital of Mississippi is Jackson
The Capital of Tennessee is Nashville
The Capital of Kentucky is Frankfort
The Capital of West Virginia is Charleston
The Capital of Ohio is Columbus
The Capital of Indiana is Indianapolis
The Capital of Illinois is Springfield
The Capital of Michigan is Lansing
The Capital of Wisconsin is Madison
The Capital of Minnesota is Saint Paul
The Capital of Iowa is Des Moines
The Capital of Missouri is Jefferson City
The Capital of Arkansas is Little Rock
The Capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge
The Capital of Texas is Austin
The Capital of Oklahoma is Oklahoma City
The Capital of Kansas is Topeka
The Capital of Nebraska is Lincoln
The Capital of South Dakota is Pierre
The Capital of North Dakota is Bismarck
The Capital of Montana is Helena
The Capital of Idaho is Boise
The Capital of Utah is Salt Lake City
The Capital of Wyoming is Cheyenne
The Capital of Colorado is Denver
The Capital of New Mexico is Santa Fe
The Capital of Arizona is Phoenix
The Capital of Nevada is Carson City
The Capital of California is Sacramento
The Capital of Oregon is Salem
The Capital of Washington is Olympia

MAKE AMERICA MATE AGAIN !!!

Al-ki or Alki, Evergreens …

Today is Saturday, the 20th of July 2019.

Kylie is calling from Washington.

Washington D.C., the capital of the United States of America, the llama asks.

No, Kylie says, Washington State to distinguish it from the nation's capital.

Did you see the state's flag and seal, the llama asks. And I do not want to know what District of Columbia means.

What about flag and seal, I ask.

Did you two see the picture of that old grandma in a white curled wig and a ruffle blouse in the circle, the llama asks. Just thought that was really very strange.

That is not a grandma, Kylie begins, that is…

Don't do it, I say, don't even try to explain.

The capital of Washington State is Olympia, the llama reads from a encyclopedia article. Home of the Gods like Zeus and Hera, Ares and Hades, Athena and Dyionsos, Hermes and the Amazones. When did we travel to the Greece of old and the past?

Kylie and I are ignoring the animal.

Tonight's the night, Kylie says. Tonight we are playing the Grand Finale of our American tour. Tonight we are playing the Rolling Thunder Festival in Springfield, Washington.

Springfield, Washington, the llama shouts out, home of the grunge.

It's more like home of the grouch, I say. Isn't Seattle, Washington, home of the grunge music?

Don't do it, Kylie says, and I can hear the smile in her voice, don't even try to explain.

Three days of Love and Grunge, the llama enthuses. With the dynamite entertainer Bob Dylan and his archenemy and correspondence chess opponent Neil Young with Special Surprise Guest Stars The Rolling Stones.

Ahm, I try to interrupt.

And all three remaining Beatles - Paul, Ringo and Marcus, the llama says. We are the grunge duo KylLama now. And we are playing right after that radical fundamental Christian fun progrock pop band Genesis with all former members, Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks, Peter Gabriel; Anthony Phillips, Chris Stewart, John Silver, John Mayhew, Mick Barnard and Steve Hackett.

Not dead yet, Kylie asks. And what about Ray Wilson?

They are not in need of a lyric guitar these days, the llama says.

Could you please stop your nonsense-talk, folks, I ask. And please come home.

Wait and see, the llama says and hangs up. And not for the first time it sounds like a threat.

Two-thousand-eighteen Shades Of Bromford - Part 68

Today is Thursday, the 18th of July 2019.

Today is BLOGSDAY !!! 

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME !!! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME !!!

It was ten years ago today I started this BlockBlog about nothing.

18th of July 2009. I was older then because I am aging backwards in time...

But that is another story to be told another time...

"Bromford Loves"

A malady has taken him over

Coughing tar in his Japanese motor

The lights are magic and he feels lucky

And he's got money, shoots like an arrow, oh

Bromford loves the mystery of a speeding car

Bromford loves the misery of a speeding heart

It's love you like and everyone's at it

And words are cheap when the mind is elastic

He loves the violence, keeps ticking over

So sleep together before today is sold forever

Bromford loves the way people just fall apart

Bromford loves the way you just don't stand a chance

Bromford loves the mystery of a speeding car

Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh-oh

Bromford loves the mystery of a speeding car

Bromford loves the mystery of a speeding heart

Bromford loves the mystery

(Hey, hey) Bromford loves the way people just fall apart

Bromford loves the way we just don't stand a chance

Bromford loves a speeding heart

Salem's Lot…

Today is Sunday, the 14th of July 2019.

Kylie is calling from Oregon.

We should have called our tour The Rolling Thunder Tour '19, the llama says.

Why, Kylie asks.

Just came to my mind, the llama says, and because the summer of Nineteen is not only the Summer of Love and Peace but also a Summer of Thunder and Lightning.

Get some rest, animal, Kylie says. We are playing the Heron Playground in Springfield, Oregon, the Beaver State tonight. You will need your voice and dancing feet.

Did you know that Bromford Bibble, our self-proclaimed tour manager is a beaver, the llama asks.

Be quiet, animal, Kylie says.

And did you know that Salem, the capital of Oregon, was home of the infamous Salem witch trials?

I don't think so, Kylie says. I think the Salem witch trials took place in New England in the 17th century. Eastcoast not Westcoast.

Witch, the llama shouts. Kylie is a witch.

Why are you doing this, Kylie asks bored.

Just trying, the llama says. Just wanted to see what was going to happen.

Two-thousand-eighteen Shades Of Bromford - Part 67

Today is Thurday, the tenfirst of July 2019.

Thursday and nothing left to say...

"Bromford Square"

I sold my piano, it couldn't come with me

I locked up my bedroom and I walked out into the air

When nothing I needed is left there behind me

I walk out through the shadows of Bromford Square

I wandered the highways from Dublin to Berkeley

And I heard the songbirds of Valley Paurine

I love like a fountain, and it left me with nothing

Just the memories of walking through Bromford Square

Now I live in the shadows where light is electric

And time is a number that rests on a wall

And nobody knows me, my friends and my family

Are as far from this city as Bromford Square

So cover this warm night in a blanket of starlight

Then I'll follow this freeway out into the air

In case you should wonder, and wanted to find me

I'm traveling homeward to Bromford Square

I'm traveling homeward to Bromford Square

Bromford Square

Bromford Square

Sacra, Memento!

Today is Tuesday, the 9th of July 2019.

Kylie is calling from California.

The llama sings,

♫ If you're going to Springfield, California

Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair

If you're going to Springfield, California

You're gonna meet some gentle people there… ♫

Where are you two, I ask.

We are in Springfiel, California, the llama shouts, here by the shore and seaside. Home of the Yellow Gate Bridge.

Sounds more like the end of the Yellow Brick Road to me, I say.

Ah, shut up, you Bromford, the llama says. This is the summer of Nineteen. This is the Summer of Love and Peace. We will not tolerate your negativity, bro. Flower Power to the people! Flowerpornoes for everyone!

There is in fact a Springfield in California, Kylie says. We saw the town sign on our way North.

And how is your carreer going, I ask Kylie. Any concerts lately?

Sorry, she answers. We were too busy to search for a great name for our folky rock, pop, punk, heavy metal, grunge, shouting duo.

Lame, the llama shouts. She suggested 'Kylie & Llama' or 'Kylie & KussKuss'. Hear my mighty yawn.

Any other suggestion from you, animal, I ask.

'The Mamas and the Llamas', the llama sings.

Really, Kylie asks.

Really, I ask.

Ah, go away, folks, the llama says. The Golden Brown… State, whatever. Who cares?

Two-thousand-eighteen Shades Of Bromford - Part 66

Today is Thursday, the 4th of July 2019.
Extraterrestrial Attack Day.
Let's hope they are cute and peaceful ones.

"To Bromford"

Stuck on you, I couldn't change it if I wanted to,

My arms are down, but still my attitude

Is lying naked in your arms

Lean on me, memories ripe from all the tragedy,

I'm calm, I'm calm when you're whispering

Of older days, when life was grand

Time won't stop

With words we walk

I know not

Where we will meet

Stuck on you, I couldn't change it if I wanted to,

My arms are down, but still my gratitude

Is lying naked in your arms

Fear is mean, it drives me farther from reality

I fall, Ayla to be needed

In hopes that maybe that's the plan

Time won't stop

With words we walk

I know not

Where we will meet

I won't let you define me

Living my own way

Won't let you define me

I will live it all today

Won't let you define me today --

Bromford, feel it, one time, oh and I feel it

Bromford, feel it, one time,

Grow with that feeling

Bromford, feel it, one time,

Grow with that feeling

Bromford, leaving, leaving

We are all Battle Born …

Today is Wednesday, the 3rd of July 2019.

Kylie is calling from Nevada.

Springfield, Nevada, is the nicest little town I have ever seen, the llama says. They have got a skyline here with Eiffel Tower, Great Sphinx and Pyramids.

We are not in Springfield, llama, Kylie says, we are in Las Vegas, Sin City, City of Lights, The Gambling and Entertainment Capital of the World.

We have just met Celine Dion, Britney Spears and Siegfried and Roy, the llama says.

That is not true, Kylie says.

But we are rehearsing a most patriotic song for the most patriotic of all American holidays, the llama says, the Fourth of July.

Independence Day, Kylie says.

There will be Roland and Alien spaceships, the llama says. Mars attacks.

No, there will be not, Kylie says.

But there will be fireworks, the llama says.

Agreed, Kylie agrees.

And werewolves and a Blue Men Group.

I cannot hear Kylie's answer because the llama starts singing really very loud.

♫

The Capital of Connecticut is Hartford

The Capital of Massachusetts is Boston

The Capital of New York is Albany

The Capital of Maine is Augusta

The Capital of New Hampshire is Concord

The Capital of Alaska is Juneau

The Capital of Hawaii is Honolulu

The Capital of Vermont is Montpelier

The Capital of Rhode Island is Providence

The Capital of Pennsylvania is Harrisburg

The Capital of New Jersey is Trenton

The Capital of Delaware is Dover

The Capital of Maryland is Annapolis

The Capital of Virginia is Richmond

The Capital of North Carolina is Raleigh

The Capital of South Carolina is Columbia

The Capital of Georgia is Atlanta

The Capital of Florida is Tallahassee

The Capital of Alabama is Montgomery

The Capital of Mississippi is Jackson

The Capital of Tennessee is Nashville

The Capital of Kentucky is Frankfort

The Capital of West Virginia is Charleston

The Capital of Ohio is Columbus

The Capital of Indiana is Indianapolis

The Capital of Illinois is Springfield

The Capital of Michigan is Lansing

The Capital of Wisconsin is Madison

The Capital of Minnesota is Saint Paul

The Capital of Iowa is Des Moines

The Capital of Missouri is Jefferson City

The Capital of Arkansas is Little Rock

The Capital of Louisiana is Baton Rouge

The Capital of Texas is Austin

The Capital of Oklahoma is Oklahoma City

The Capital of Kansas is Topeka

The Capital of Nebraska is Lincoln

The Capital of South Dakota is Pierre

The Capital of North Dakota is Bismarck

The Capital of Montana is Helena

The Capital of Idaho is Boise

The Capital of Utah is Salt Lake City

The Capital of Wyoming is Cheyenne

The Capital of Colorado is Denver

The Capital of New Mexico is Santa Fe

The Capital of Arizona is Phoenix

The Capital of Nevada is Carson City

♫