WOW AND WHOA! ANOTHER LITTLE JACK MELODY ANNUAL BIRTHDAY GIG! IT CAN’T HAVE BEEN A YEAR ALREADY! BUT YOU WILL FIND US AT DAN’S SILVERLEAF IN DENTON, A MATINEE DOWNBEAT AT 3:00 PM ON SATURDAY, JULY 11th, 2026. I AM NOT MAKING ANYTHING UP!

7/11/26, dateline denton, TX

My caps key has suddenly decided not to work. Unless it maybe auto-does. But not when I tell it to. Just the auto. Someone said my keyboard needs to be cleaned. Someone else said why don’t you go buy a new computer. Somebody else said quit whining. Okay. I’m just advancing you here that THERE WILL BE TYPOS. And just in time for my BIRTHDAY. 9see how the caps lock key doesn’t work/0

My birthday is july 11. Always has been, in this lifetime. I tried to change it from 7/11 to quicktrip or roadrunner or love’s, but this shabby one-star state won’t allow it. Instead I’m shackled to a convenience store, and it’s not one that I tend to frequent. Oh thank heaven.

Looking through my back pages I realize that at this time last year I was clacking away at this not-yet-handicapped machine w/ a vodka gimlet in hand. Not now, not right now. Because I’m about to leave to see an NP about my high blood pressure, and I don’t want to skew the visit w/ 80 proofed infiltration. So instead I’ll give you my formula for a vodka gimlet. Or vokka gauntlet, if you’re a runner.

LITTLE JACK MELODY’S VODKA GIMLET FORMULA

This is what you do;

  • 2 oz your favorite vodka 9i recommend monopolowa, but that’s just me0
  • 1 ¼ oz rose’s lime juice
  • 1/8 of one small lime 9small limes work better here, for reasons I can’t understand0
  • Ice cubes

This is what you do;

Find a big-enough glass that you like. Pour in the vodka, then pour in the rose’s lime juice. Add several ice cubes, maybe 5/, depending on the size of the glass you like, that one you’re using. Stir. Then take your lime piece and squeeze it into the glass, extracting all the juice. And then stir it again. And drop in the lime as a visual souvenir and let it languish on top.

Next find a chair that you like, and it could be indoors or it could be outdoors. Sit in that chair, and try not to think about all the things that are giving you a hard time and raising your blood pressure. Taste your new vodka gimlet, and enjoy it. Oh wait, but first take your cellphone and use the camera to take a picture of your gimlet. Then text that photo to your best friend, so your best friend will know that you’re doing well, and they don’t need to worry about you.

That’s all there is to it1

Where was I. 9see how the caps key still isn’t working/0 I am not making this up1

Oh yeah, the birthday gig. Check this out;

These young turks on this occasion;

  • brad williams, harmonium and other keyboards
  • dave monsch, saxes, clarinet
  • carl kleinsteuber, tuba, and
  • dennis durick, drums

AND more details;

  • Venue: dan’s silverleaf, 103 industrial st., denton, TX 76201
  • Date of gig: saturday, july 11th, 2026
  • Downbeat of gig: 3:00 pm CST

So now you know. Another big old, (accent on old), celebration. Hello in there. We really do hope to see you all at the gig.

Peace out,
love to you all,
yours etc.,
Little jack melody
Denton, TX

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