Rod McKuen - Flight Plan


6th & 7th November, 2006 Catch Rod live in November & December - click here		Photo by Edward Habib McKuen. Š2006 by Stanyan Audio Video Archives A Thought for Today Solitude is a gift that most of us are too dumb to appreciate. FROM the¨BOOKS Brighton, 1 And there you were. Coming down the boardwalk to me just as though we'd planned it to the last detail, held a final countdown to the crucial second. What should I have done, run ahead to meet you stayed until you reached your mark? It wasn't till you passed, that I made up my mind - or had my mind made up for me, that I would follow you up or down boardwalks - home, to other beaches other cities other worlds. But I turned too late you were gone - really gone. I don't know where you hurried to if you were on your way away from something or there was some thing you hurried to. You were running even as you walked. I might have said slow down. I've been there. I've run too. There, is always here. One boardwalk's like another and so much time is wasted crawling, cruising, walking down so many boardwalks in this life and after that when you finally learn the lack of any real mystery lurking or a yet unwalked unmarked paths there may not be enough time left to get back home. -from "Beyond The Boardwalk," 1976 Click on the Stanyan House logo to buy Rod McKuen books, CD's and lots more Click on the heart logo to subscribe to the Rod McKuen mailing list Catch Rod McKuen live! Click on the links below for details of concerts and appearances. ROD McKUEN CONCERTS ROD McKUEN APPEARANCES



		Monday 6 November Ray Conniff o Brad Davis o Sally Field o Glenn Frey o Juanita Hall o Ethan Hawke o Walter Perry Johnson o James Jones o Gus Kahn o Lance Kerwin o Frances Lederer o James Naismith o Mike Nichols o Ignace Jan Paderewski o Kelly Rutherford o Jean Shrimpton o Maria Shriver o John Philip Sousa o Simon Wiesenthal Tuesday 7 November William Alwyn o Melissa Bell o Joe Bushkin o Albert Camus o Madame Curie o Balfour Gardiner o Billy Graham o Al Hirt o Dean Jagger o Dame Gwyneth Jones o Keith Lockhart o Jason and Jeremy London o Joni Mitchell o Barry Newman o Dana Plato o Johnny Rivers o Joan Sutherland o Leon Trotsky

		Some people mistake patience for intellect. I measure success by the ones who come back. Silence and solitude offer more chance for enlightenment than years of crowds and company.

SEARCH PARTY		Who is listening under the calm stars on this tranquil evening, who can hear me and who can know the sounds my ears are hearing? We search because we have to search because there is no other way. Because the sky is low and the world is measured in a child's eye systematically we search not places or countries but one another's smiles and eyes. There is no other way to find ourselves but in each others faces. Who is listening here and now? None but the lonely I would think for only they would understand. Should they lack understanding they'd be the first to care enough about themselves to learn. The lonely are the singers the ones who have the loudest voices when they finally open up. Sing to me and maybe the music from your blue guitar will be the soothing voice I've wished and waited for. I have come a long way wandering down from silver-red mountains in search of music such as yours, so sing and let the music once played satisfy the need I have to be among the loved and needed people. -from "Beyond The Boardwalk," 1976

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