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ickie ee ones

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Long ago and far away, I worked in a record store. One of my regulars was a young lady who was just about blind from very severe diabetes. She couldn’t see dark lettering on a dark background, for example.One day she came into the store to visit and the record -LP, that’s “long playing record” for you whipper-snappers- that was playing was Rickie Lee Jones. So long ago does this story take place that I cannot remember the album.

In any case, the first letter of each of Rickie’s names was in a dark color. So my friend stood at the counter, squinting back to where the album cover was on display, and finally said, “Who the HELL is ‘Icky Ee Ones?!”Aah, yes. One of my favorites, Ickie Ee Ones.

You know, also long ago and far away, such women as Rickie Lee gave me permission of a sort to carry on as I did. I don’t blame them, that’s not what I’m saying. If I’d been alive when Billie Holiday was all the rage, I’d have had a nice excuse to shoot smack. Instead, if was gallons and gallons of booze.

So let that be a lesson to you!

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