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As my friend John says, “There’s a subculture for everything”.<\/p>\n

The title track for my CD, “Spotted Mule and Other Tales” started when I saw this unusual-looking animal not too far from where I live in Watsonville (just below Santa Cruz, CA). It was brown with white spots on its back. We were pretty sure it was a mule.<\/p>\n

So I wrote Spotted Mule<\/a>, about this unique, one of a kind critter (aided by some poetic-licensed assumptions on my part, of course).<\/p>\n

Last week I “googled” (because “google” a verb now) various mule sites, looking for places I could cross link to from my own page. And I found The American Council of Spotted Asses<\/a>. <\/p>\n

So much for “unique”. Turns out there’s a whole mess of folks breeding these animals. By the way, I highly recommend browsing through their New Photos<\/a> section. The young ‘uns really are quite adorable. <\/p>\n


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Some of my friends are understandably worried. More than a few people have asked, “What’s with the mule thing?” Is it an obession? I’ve assured them, “Nah. It was just good material for a few songs, and it was an interesting motif to center a bunch of story songs around for my first CD.”<\/p>\n

“So what’s next?”, they ask. I’m thinking “goats”. There must be a spotted goat subculture somewhere. I think that’s an untapped market. <\/p>\n

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