'Who Knows Where the Time Goes,' performed by Holly Kirby

[terigower]

Ful credits to this talented singer ..lovely slideshow too..

[asclarice]

I am impressed. Holly is the only other singer besides Nina Simone who sings this song with such depth and feeling.

[blue7bell]

Interesting reflective pictures with beauriful version of this song by a talented singer.

[phenixwryter]

A wonderful video with beautiful music. :)

[mejc2]

DP. You done good kid. Now that was a video worth watchin and a song worth singin.

[Desertphile]

Thank you. Holly Kirby is GOING PLACES in the music world, I think. Her talent is very rare even among good singers.

[alpet07]

Hiya - wow!

I'm honoured that you used my version to back these wonderful pictures and clips. It looks like you're having such an interesting journey. :-)

I love the horse hug at the beginning. :-) Hehe

5*****

Take care,

Hollyxx

[lazydawgxx]

Nice DP. Sorta makes me wish I had a couple of pics; but my life wasn't arranged that way....

[NotSoOldHippy]

Oh: I'm sorry to have to report that our last remaining grandmother dies in San Dimas yesterday. She and Grandpa were the best, weren't they? Strong and always correct, they always knew what should be done about something and gave good advice. I don't know if there will be a service but Pam couldn't find a telephone number for me but I expect that if there is a service I'll find out about it.

[Desertphile]

Bummer; she must have been near 100 years old. I found some of our Cherokee relatives in Oklahoma: sisters and kin to that Grandmother. Mother's brother Jim is still alive, last I heard. That grandmother had a homestead cabin in the Mojave, where we went to a great many years ago and rode the T-----r's minibikes, got food poisoning, and vomited Tang all night. Ah, fond memories.

[Kargoneth]

@Desertphile

Cherokee relatives? You have native American blood in you?

[Desertphile]

@Kargoneth ; "You have native American blood in you?"

Yes; most Americans do. If one's ancestors have been in North America for the past 150+ years, the odds are better than 50% that one has an American Indian ancestor.

[NevadasDesertRebel]

great video desertphile *****

[NotSoOldHippy]

This is really good!

It's ironic in some ways that your life has so far turned out to be something that many, many people would love to have done if only they had the GUTS, courage, will power, and money to do. I think that luck plays a big hand but you were ready to do a lot of this when the opportunity came up. You learned more outside of school than in and when opportunities came up, you took them. Most people are too afraid to leap off in to the unknown void.

[Doubter5]

Well done! And thanks for introducing me to Holly! Wow! She should have a great future in front of here!

[chrisbpreston]

You know, everytime I watch DPs' videos I go into philosophical mode, I contemplate my life and wonder how or if I can change things.

To RedTortoise: "You come home and do it again tomorrow" - the most depressing thought that runs through my mind every day.

I hate being a drone, marching to the beat of the drum. I love to have the balls to stick a finger up to society but without it I fear I'd fall apart.

As always DP you have what many a man dream of... I doth my cap to you sir.

[NotSoOldHippy]

"You know, everytime I watch DPs' videos I go into philosophical mode, I contemplate my life and wonder how or if I can change things."

cbp, you can go visit your local U. S. Forest Service district office and tell the person there that you want to start volunteering in the forest, do what I do. The USFS needs people who want to break out of the choking city rut, even if only on week ends. Exercise, hard work, great satisfaction, you work with a team of professionals, too.

[Puchicas9]

Very nice. I was born in 1961, so the general appearance of those photos through the years looks very familiar. Thanks for putting all this together in a single video.

[rednecktrucker1969]

Oh My Gosh!!!

3:50 I have that same Dragonfest tee shirt. I was with Stephen when he drew it up and sent it for printing. WOW never expected to see that in a vid!

[Desertphile]

"I was with Stephen when he drew it up and sent it for printing. WOW never expected to see that in a vid!"

Way cool! I got the shirt at the land fund booth, many years ago. I do not recall seeing the shirt around here for years: I suppose it wore out and got holes in it. I have Dragonfest shirts going back to 1989.

Fuck, I'm old!

[rednecktrucker1969]

If you were in the Denver community in those years then it is a sure bet we know some of the same people.

[NotSoOldHippy]

"If you were in the Denver community in those years then it is a sure bet we know some of the same people."

Did you ever visit the headonodrome? }:-}

I did once but never had the courage to return.

[rednecktrucker1969]

Never been to that place, been to lots of others though. :)

[Desertphile]

The hedoniDrome has not returned to Dragonfest lately; the crowd just ain't what it used to be.

[NotSoOldHippy]

" I was with Stephen when he drew it up"

Do you still attend? I try to get out there every year regardless. Last year we went and abandoned our vehicle outside of Frisco since it died. We just let the tow company take it and we took 5 days getting back to California.

Good times!

[rednecktrucker1969]

No, I am in New Mexico now and also an Atheist, so do not go anymore. :)

[LordShadrach]

Awesome video!! I LOVE how we get to see more of your animals and everything!!!! MAKE MORE LIKE THIS!!

[jessedora]

Great video - well done!

Looking back can be good and sad too can't it :S

I hear that voice a lot around here ;)

Best Wishes

jesse :)

5*****

[CreationistComedy]

I was worried with the sheep at first, but then the horse was a little more concerning :)

[Desertphile]

"why dos this video show up when searching for narconon?"

I just looked: you are right---- it does. Weird. I have no idea.

[anmoose]

An absolutely beautiful song, accompanied by a perfect photo essay. You've outdone yourself, DP. This makes one sit back and think. Where does it go? Who knows? But it's been worth every second of living it.

[Desertphile]

"But it's been worth every second of living it."

I could have gone without the beatings, the shooting, the stabbing, the starvation.... :-) I am convinced that people do not choose the lives they lead: I think people's lives just happen to them.

[NotSoOldHippy]

"This makes one sit back and think. Where does it go? Who knows?"

As we get older we start to realize that so much time has skipped past in what seems like an eyeblink. When I realized that I got the fuck off my chair, stopped watching television, started protesting, making noise, and volunteering to make a difference and get exercise.

[maintoc]

Very nice vid, Desertphile. You certainly have gotten around to lots of places over the years. ~ Nice song, too. Or, as the Steve Miller Band (I think) said, "Time keeps on slipping, slipping, slipping into the future."

[TheDudeJeffLebowski]

Epic, part 2.

Saved to favs with part 1.

Nicely done and Holly shines too.

Careful with that blow-torch I saw you lighting last time. ----Day-vee...;-P

[TheDudeJeffCanuckski]

Still Epic, months later...

[SlappyThePenguin]

Thanks for the glimps into your past. It was nice to see the Rice boys when you guys were kids.

[NotSoOldHippy]

"It was nice to see the Rice boys when you guys were kids."

I have kept no photographs, no letters, no momentos whatsoever of myself. The only regrets that I have is I threw out all the photographs I took of my travels around the world on business -- Japan, Holland, France, Germany, India, Malasia, Canada, Mexico, so many places that I went to on orders from our government or some fascist Corporate crook, and I never kept a single photograph.

[SlappyThePenguin]

That is a shame.

[sausage4mash]

as its my nearer to death day in about 1hr 10mins poignant video , just as well I'm drunk

[oostakaka]

nobody cares about this shit, get a fucking life

[NoSz4]

fantastic DP.

[157626]

"Who knows......" I have that very thought every day.

Could have done without the nudity. It will take days to purge that image from my brain! :-}

[NotSoOldHippy]

"Could have done without the nudity. It will take days to purge that image from my brain! :-} "

I have a hundred photographs of DP naked, and some video, all of which I really should post to his own channel. }:-}

[crusaderrabbit60]

All that brought you to today...be thankful..love the life you had and the life you have now...because it is about the here and now.....this is one of your best vidio's.....thx...made me THINK......Crusaderrabbit.....­.....

[nitzer93]

Outstanding work, DP. Is this your annual "Who Knows Where.." video? The one you did last your was excellent too. Makes me wonder if it's your birthday?

[mobiltec]

Dang DP... You were um.... "normal" once... LOL...

Great video. Love the song as you know. And yes, who knows where the time goes.

[Desertphile]

"Dang DP... You were um.... 'normal' once... LOL..."

Alas, if given the chance I would roll back the years and live a conventional life.

[nicanicabad]

You once said you would not live a conventional life--many times, in fact! And to me-you seem more normal than the normal people.

[Desertphile]

"And to me-you seem more normal than the normal people."

That's the problem: to fit into society, one must be a bit crazy because society is a bit crazy. The sanest people I've known were those who lived far from other people.

In a sick society, one must be sick to fit in.

[PScottrwp]

That is currently correct,,, this culture is in its devolutionary stage... you are not however, more than a few others are not, yourself and these are evolving,,,, and thats a joy regardless the occasional damage,,, the price of admission.

[redtortoise76]

"Alas, if given the chance I would roll back the years and live a conventional life."

You mean in the city, in what passes for civilization, the horror of modern life? I think you probably slowly forgot just how shitty life is here. You work and work and for what? You come home to do it again tomorrow. Those unmarried suffer from loneliness, the married suffer from marriage, children, divorce, alimony, child support.... Owning things? You nailed it in "Happiness and the tyranny of things."

[redtortoise76]

Of course I may be overreacting, it's normal to doubt your path at times no matter what path you chose in life.

[Desertphile]

"Those unmarried suffer from loneliness, the married suffer from marriage, children, divorce, alimony, child support.... Owning things?"

Yes indeed: you are wise, my friend. :-) In life one must choose the lesser of injuries, and then strive to heal oneself. There doesn't seem to be a "no injury" life one may choose from.

[NotSoOldHippy]

"You work and work and for what? You come home to do it again tomorrow."

I used to do that, not any more. That's the way to die slowly without even noticing it. DP has done things and seen things that a great many people wish they could at least once in their lives, and those same people feel that it's too late for them to do likewise. I volunteer in the forest on most week ends and I want to do more. When I stop working, I'll be in the first 24r hours a day all year around. }:-}

[777999777999]

This is a lovely video. Good work. Very touching without being self indulgent or sappy.

[mlr2112]

Damn, DP...you almost made me cry. *sniffle*

[silentbob36]

and you still manage to look so young and energetic :P

whats your secret? its isolation isn't it?

[Desertphile]

"whats your secret? its isolation isn't it?"

Sugar: lots of sugar.

[erdal0]

that was wonderful man!

[geyser]

Thanks for letting me know you better...

[DonHoraldo]

ya know, you may just be the best youtuber.

[isegoria1]

5/5 How time does fly. I have this idea that people reinvent themselves about every 10 years, what do you think?

[nicanicabad]

I loved this video!

Gosh darn it you made me really cry. You just answered so many questions I had. Your mother is beautiful. You and I--same hair--same time/pattern of whitening-

You made me cry. Now I have to stop.

Going after some cleaning to look at what might be my very first dog.

Are you on Skype?

[Desertphile]

Oops! I didn't mean to make anyone cry. :-) As for Skype, my computer won't do it and my internet bandwidth is too slow anyhow. We have old technology here.

Funny about our hair doing what it did. What caused it?! I had white hair by the time I was 25 years old.

[nicanicabad]

Was it just you in your family? I have one aunt with the same thing-

I always thought it was brought on by all my fear-I fear everything, but it's just genetics, fun to think of it as fear.

Does your whole family see your videos?

[Desertphile]

"Does your whole family see your videos?"

I have no idea; I doubt it.

As far as I know, everyone in my family had "normal" hair. I've tried to look up on the 'net why some people's hair goes white early but I did not find anything useful.

[NotSoOldHippy]

"Are you on Skype?"

I am, PM me and I'll give you the name to use.

[ABthehammer]

Nice video DP

Us old folk like to keep the good memories around for the bad ones tend to suck, and we have so many. One of mine was when I was in the Coast Guard and I met Capt. Jacques Cousteau and boarded the Calypso just to look around. Many good memories.

[beenpimped31]

amazing photos and an amazing life and an amazing song! well done dp very well done

[747dog]

....and you still havent found what you are searching for...

[Crosisborg]

Reminds me a lot of my growing up.

[KasparHauser4]

WOW! What a great video! A thousand thank yous!

[Hyperwave79]

So what happened? You ran out of money?

[windham666]

you changed looks quickly at first, then not much for that last 20 years. what did it desertphile???

[Desertphile]

"what did it desertphile???"

Otch! What happened to me was:

1) Shot in the back at Ibex Spring, 2) Stabbed in the arm in Colon, 3) Strangled in Grand Junction, 4) Two periods of almost starving to death, 5) Nose broken so many times by fists that I can no longer suck air through it, 6) Hyperthermia walking back from Old Mormon Spring, 7) Two periods of schizophrenia, 8) Living with lesbians

It's a wonder I'm alive at all.

[windham666]

man o man that last one's a killer for sure!

glad you made it so far, lets hope for many more.

ps did you ever put that extra heat shield behind the stove or is it already too late>>>?

[Desertphile]

Hi! Yes, the heat shield is there. It's been there for many years, and the black stain is on the heat shield. It appears to be made of "miracle board," like concrete and fiberglass. Maybe it needs another layer. :-)

[chrisbpreston]

Jeez DP - no wonder you don't enjoy contact with the "normal" world...

How did your wine come along by the way?

[Desertphile]

Hi! The batch of wine was ruined by carelessness on my part: I did not know what I was doing, so I trashed it when I tried to "fine" it (make it clear). It was very annoying.

[chrisbpreston]

No way - gutted - I was looking forward to seeing the last video lol...

How about some cactus wine :)

[sirgir101]

vomit at 3:08

[AnonWithin]

Beautiful Song....Epic Video! 5/5!

[supercannon2]

I had to watch this twice. Very good.

[BloodonaBible]

You're living an amazing life.

From a educational standpoint you're among the people I look up to.

[redtortoise76]

That was just so beautiful...you had and have a wonderful life, an inspiration to all of us

[Desertphile]

"... ou had and have a wonderful life, an inspiration to all of us"

Most of my life sucked limes. If given the chance I would warn people to do the opposite of what I did.

[redtortoise76]

You mean you would recant some of the philosophy in Going Feral 5? Have you changed your perspective on wilderness living vs the horror of living in modern society, or is it something else that is bothering you?

To me all that you said so far on that makes perfect sense and I despise what passes for civilization and society. I admit I don't have quite the balls you do to take immediate action but I am slowly preparing and saving for it and one day I definitely will live the way you do now.

[Desertphile]

"You mean you would recant some of the philosophy in Going Feral 5?"

Yes and no; I lament being alone most of my life; I lament being poor; I am distressed at all of the physical damage my body has accumulated due to hard living, and my inability to pay for medical care that I need.

I still insist that what passes for "civilization" is evil and that human beings are much better off "going feral." It's just that I would rather have taken a different path to the freedom I have.

[Nagrobek78]

Beautiful video... makes me think of a poem I once read: "Time, so generous toward any petty star in the sky,

offers us a nearly empty hand

and quickly takes it back, as if the effort were too much."

[Sis363]

HOLLY IS A BEAUTIFUL SINGER !

I don't know if this is a resent video or not

But what ever came of your missing herd?

Sis.

[Desertphile]

Hi! 8 cows and 5 heifers showed up; the others will be rounded up in a few days, I hope. :-)

[fatefinger]

I'm betting this stems from your last video with the letters from people you don't remember.

[geroldkid]

Very nice! Thank you Holly for sharing the music!

[sockpuppetsfromhell]

Wow. Almost brought to tears. Wow. Steady at the helm.

[freedom0f5peech]

That was pretty neat. Thanks for that!

[Edella]

Wow! That was a nice cover. Nothing beats Sandy Denny's original, but have you heard the late great Eva Cassidy's take on 'Who Knows Where the Time Goes'?

In case you are interested:

watch?v=5xv5t70u-ZI

[Edella]

Ah! I went to the lovely Holly Kirby's page and see that she is from the U.K (where Eva Cassidy is immensely popular). That explains why this version more resembles the Eva Cassidy version than the Sandy Denny one.

Anyway, Holly Kirby is extremely talented (and quite attractive). Thanks for the introduction Desertphile.

[hellshade2]

that was cool, thxs for sharing desertphile