DOuG pRATt – Page 20 – Prattling Before the Pratfall

Foretold Medicine

Here and there in spots upon my person, I suffer from the PLAGUE of PLAQUE PSORISASIS! Now there’s hope … but also fear.

Al Hits the Road, Bruce Stays Home

Al Jardine, who had toured with Brian Wilson, carries on.

https://www.aljardine.com/shows

Bruce Johnston was touring with Mike Love, but he’s calling it quits.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/rock-legend-retiring-touring-more-114541902.html

This is Bruce’s song ‘Disney Girls’.

Here’s the brilliant Roy Wood, sounding like the Beach Boys by way of ELO.

BSO Shocker!

This here blog-a-roo, now in its 20th year, has spanned yet another noteworthy tenure. Back in 2014 I noted Andris Nelsons taking up the baton as musical director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

A musical beginning and end

The end of his association with the BSO has been announced.

“BSO and Andris Nelsons were not aligned on future vision.”

https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/03/06/bso-ends-maestro-andris-nelsons-contract

Straight From Hormuz

This being Massachusetts, I need monthly home heating oil deliveries from November to March. Consumption should start tapering off soon.

I have just paid $160 more than I did in November, for the exact same amount of home heating oil. That’s a 25% increase in just four months, from $4/gallon to $5/gal.

Diesel and home heating oil track each other, so I wasn’t surprised to see $4.99/gal. posted for diesel at a gas station today. This is, of course, a direct result of Trump’s war of choice with Iran.

I’m really fed up and not wanting to follow the news. Except for my core interest, which is also everybody else’s, and that’s the economy. Until the mid-term elections, I’ll try to laugh at all of Trump’s inanity and insanity.