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By Paul Rubin
Many years ago, an enigmatic and brilliant fellow named Don Van Vliet (who lived somewhere in the Mohave Desert) wrote a tune under his moniker of Captain Beefheart. He called it “Buggy Boogie Woogie.” Don growled his way through the thing, with his Magic Band creating a strangely intoxicating cacophony beneath. The refrain went, “What this world needs is a good two-dollar room ‘n a good two-dollar broom!”
For some reason, that lyric popped into my head as I contemplated this, my inaugural blog for Valley Fever. Actually, I do know what the reason was: It was no revelation for me to realize that what this world certainly does not “need” is yet another blogger (or should that be clogger?). But, honestly, I see this as a cool little forum to get things out there that I hear about on the street during my daily travels (I’m no desk jockey)–updates on stories past and tidbits on things that might not see the light of day because of the constraints (yes, there are some) of working at a weekly. I’ll throw things out there as I see fit and as time permits, and see how the fur flies. After almost 23 years of inflicting journalism at this rag (I mean, this august publication) and still having a blast, blogging could be a bit of a hoot, no?
