Bob Boze Bell's Big Bad Book of Bad Diary Entries

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If you've ever wondered what it's like to run a magazine or how crazy my personal life is, be sure to read the behind-the-scenes peek at the daily trials and tribulations of running True West. Culled straight from my Franklin Daytimer, it contains actual journal entries, laid out raw and uncensored. Some of it is enlightening. Much of it is embarrassing, but all of it is painfully true.Are you a True West Maniac? Get True West for LIFE...Click here!December 24, 2020 Here's a guy who deserves nothing but the best and also buys nothing but the best.The Mysterious C. Schepp This private collector has been buying up BBB original artwork for a long time. In fact, he ownss over 100 pieces of BBB original artwork and he owns more True West cover art than anyone else (13) and he is meticulous and voracious in his collecting habits. All three pieces, above, ended up on True West magazine covers, and now they belong to him, and his extended family. I am currently planning on a big, ambitious BBB Billy the Kid Art Retrospective Show next summer in New Mexico. There will be over 100 pieces of original art in the show, and guess who I have to go to in order to round up most of the artwork? Actually, this is a good problem, since most are on the walls of his spacious home. The mysterious Mr. Schepp also knows how much I love quotes and snappy dialogue so he provides me with good zingers, like this exchange from Geronimo: An American Legend.Al Sieber (Robert Duvall): "I just think you're a realsadcase. You don't love who you're fighting for, and you don'thatewho you're fighting against."Lt. Charles Gatewood (Jason Patric): "Perhaps I couldlearntohatewith the propervigorfrom you, Al."December 23, 2020 The very first rock concert I ever attended was the Beatles at the Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada in August of 1964. Looking back, the show was so primitive, the Fab Four used the house PA (public address system)! Not that they actually needed it, since it was White Noise City for a full thirty minutes. The screaming was so loud, it was hard to even discern what songs they were playing. Yes, there were no cooler cats than those four Liverpoolian Lads on that hot summer day, so long ago. Since I am a fan and a student of their career, I have often wondered what happened to the drummer who got left behind.Pete Got It Best? Yes, after two years in the band, Pete Best got sacked from the Beatles and Ringo Starr took his place, just prior to their meteoric rise. He missed out on so much. Is he as sad as he appears in the above photo?Pete Knows Best According to the archivist and records manager at Ports Toronto, Canada: "Don't need to feel for Pete, he's done and is doing just fine. Still drumming when the mood takes him, in demand for his experiences with the band for the two years he was with them. Author of a book considered a major point of reference for the Beatles' time in Hamburg and Liverpool 1960-62. Had a successful career in the civil service, got recognition (both his musical contribution and also in terms of substantial financial remuneration) from the Beatles in the Anthology album, has had numerous honours for his part in music history. Tours the world with his band, keeps the memories of the Beatles' early days fresh. And he's still healthy and happy, and a genuinely decent bloke on top of it. He's done all right. BTW the pic you have here that's at The Grapes Pub on Mathew Street in Liverpool, across the street from The Cavern Club. Pete's sitting on the bench where he and the others were photographed having a pint c. 1961. The picture is on the wall behind him (at left). And it is damned difficult to get that seat if you go in!" Jeff Hubbell Well, how about them apples? Given what happened to both John and George, it's a bitter sweet irony about success, is it not? And, finally, we were supposed to have BtKIII books here last Monday, but with Covid-vaccine priorities, the shipping folks have pleaded delayed expectations and, as of today, no books, nada. I just got a call from Ken telling me they have lost the shipment. I feel like the Kid appears to look, here.Daily Whip Out: "Billy's Lament" I have done that boy so many times, and in so many ways, I forgot to even put this one in the new book!"They laughed when I said I wanted to be a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now." Comedian's LamentDecember 21, 2020 Here is a stark reminder of Ratcliff Ridge before the fire and after.Ratcliff Ridge a year ago, December, 2019 A fast moving fire roared through the creekbottom on May 30th of this year. And here is the same view today.Ratcliff Ridge on December 19, 2020 Full disclosure: Chris Ratcliff had almost all the dead trees removed, so it does look a little extra moonscape-ish, but look at all the mighty saguaros which have already fallen over. Some more will also perish as they slowly die. And here is the view looking north from four years ago:Looking north to Fortification Rock And this is the same cholla, but looking southeast.Dance of Devastation Sort of a Pompeii frozen in death dance of the cholla, yes? Anyway, I don't want to dwell on the awfulness, but this is a stark reminder of how everything on this planet has a short shelf life. Take a good look around and appreciate what you see. Because it is temporary, to say the least."Funny how blessings brighten as they take their flight." Old Vaquero SayingDecember 20, 2020 Had a pretty sweet day yesterday, thanks to these beautiful women.Betty RadinaKathy RadinaFrances B and Deena C I had a specific request for my birthday and it was fulfilled.Yes, the chicken fried steak was fantastic and so is the babe who made it. We did a Zoom call at five to connect with the kids from around the world to talk about the new Calexico Christmas album and to open a bottle of wine to share. Deena concluded that the wine had a "fruit forward" tang to it and we all agreed so did the Calexico tunes. That's Deena Bean in Issaquah, Washington, The Gooses in Cave Creek and Fenton, Tommy, Amy and Harper in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Everybody on this crazy Zoom call gives me joy. What else gives me joy? Zany birthday greetings from my closest friends, incuding these zingers:"May you live to be so old that your driving terrifies people." Rasmus Lagerqvist Holmberg, one of my Swedish Cowboy Cousins"Pick up a box of condoms at the pharmacy and go to the counter and ask where the fitting room is." Tom Augherton"In the memo field of all your checks, write, "For Marijuana." Lynn Dodd Augherton"Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea, joy to you and me." Hoyt AxtonDecember 18, 2020 Sometimes I am asked to fib about kids I went to school with. This is one of those times.High Praise for An Old Alum Iwent toMohave County Union High School with Kingman area Supervisor Gary Watson back in the day. Of course Kingman wasso much smaller then. We used to drag race out on Stockton Hill Road and the high school was so small, drivers ed and sex ed were taught in the same car. I have it on good authority Gary spent so much time in the fourth grade they gave him tenure. He may not recall his favorite song, but I remember him doing the Twist, the Pony and the Watusi at the old downtown Elks Hall. Unfortunately, the band wasn't playing at the time.Gary Watson, Class of '67 Gary and I both grew up with the Code of the West where everyone helped their neighbors and sought to make our hometown a better place. I agree with Studs, below. Gary is retiring after 12 years in office and I can attest to the fact that he has done his duty with determination and commitment and we are all proud of him. Except for that Watusi deal. That was so bad."Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky.They are people who say 'This is my community, and it is myresponsibility to make it better.'" Studs TerkelDecember 17, 2020 In the next issue of True West magazine, we're featuring a lively debate about whether U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves was the inspiration for The Lone Ranger. Compelling points on both sides. So how do we illustrate that idea for the magazine?Daily Scratchboard Whip Out:"The Lone Ranger Split In Black And White" In the January issue of True West I struck a hopeful chord for the new year. If you are a subscriber you should be receiving this issue very soon. By the way, I donated the above painting, "Red State, Blue State Cowboy" to the Booth Museum in Cartersville, Georgia."I love being in my sixties. It's my favorite decade of human life so far. When you're in your sixties, and someone asks you to do something, you just say, 'No.' No reason. No excuse. No explanation. I can't wait for my seventies. I don't think I'll even answer." Jerry Seinfeld, "This This Something?"December 16, 2020 Time to be bold. It's not what you know, but what you do with it. Looking for negative space for a very positive man.Daily Scratchboard Whip Out Final:"Bass Relief" Here's another angle."Black Man In A White Hat" And another, in progress.Daily Scratchboard Whip Out:"Bass From The Side" He spoke three languages and he was a master of disguises. In a three decade career as a U.S. Marshal working out of Fort Smith, Arkansas, he notched over 3,000 arrests and 14 kills. He makes Wyatt Earp look like a part time mall cop."He could shoot the left hind leg off of a contented fly sitting on a mule's ear at a hundred yards and never ruffle a hair." A Typical Legendary Tale of The Shooting Prowess of Bass ReevesBob Boze BellBob Boze Bell's work has appeared in Arizona Highways, Playboy, National Lampoon, the Arizona Republic and True West magazine. For ten years (2002-20012) he did a video version of True West Moments which ran on the Westerns Channel. BBB can currently be seen on the series "Gunslingers" which runs on the American Heroes Channel. Triple B is also the President and executive editor of True West magazine, positions he has held since 1999. He has written a dozen books on Old West characters like Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok and a three-part series (so far) on Classic Gunfights which appear in True West. These popular, heavily illustrated books have sold over 90,000 copies, so far. In 2014 he published a visual memoir of growing up on Route 66 called "The 66 Kid," and he is currently working on a bio of Geronimo. As for retirement, BBB says, "Work is only work if you'd rather be someplace else. And I'm exactly where I want to be."View my complete profile

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