To-do list in a parallel universe
On the long drive back to Peterborough from Port Elgin, I found my mind wandering while taking in the puffy clouds that looked like smoky plumes exhaled from a Godsize pipe over the vanishing point of the horizon…
In a parallel universe, where people and events of this world could be shifted and interwoven at the behest of a satyrish spirit, without the constraints of timelines, I made a mental list of how I would alter the history of our sphere to make the view through the looking-glass more interesting and possibly more stimulating.
First, as the drag n’ drop creative cultural force, I’d see to it that these musical forces were given life:
-Fela Kuti Live with John Bonham.
-BloodSugarSexMagik era John Frusciante joins James Brown and the JB’s.
-Dave Grohl stays on as drummer for Queens of the Stone Age.
-Massive Attack featuring Ravi Shankar and Zakir Hussain.
-Nina Simone produced by Rick Rubin.
-Serge Gainsbourg? meet Tom Waits.
Books to be written:
“On the Campaign Trail: Germany, 1939” by Hunter S. Thompson.
“Love in the time of Cholera” by Chuck Palahniuk.
“Crash” by Oscar Wilde.
“The Master and Margarita” by Salman Rushdie.
“The Castle” by Martin Amis.
“The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Tom Robbins.
and (thanks to The Kids in the Hall); “The Bible” by Dr. Seuss.
News headlines to be altered:
“Yoko Ono weds Barry Gibb. BeeGees’ fate shaky”
“John Lennon wounded in assassination attempt—full recovery expected”
“Richard Nixon wounded in assassination attempt—death imminent”
“Bill Hicks undergoes surgery, cancer removed”
“Jimi Hendrix’s stomach pumped, guitar restringed for next show”
“Jinnah dead, Muslim League loses power, Indian partition called off”
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