Whatzit?

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Such a delightful conversation (!) You guys know how to treat a Whatzit. I'm glad. I took a chance and you made it acceptable to do.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I was born a slum gutter infantile
Brute-force educated, delinquent juvenile
I am a product of mass produced factory fodder
Streets full of tenement blocks, rat infested filth and squalor
I left school, went straight on the dole
And unemployment's no enjoyment
Welfare State owned my mind and my body and my soul

[chuck]

Ray Davies of the Kinks.

Second-Hand Car Spiv

closing verse

Yes I'm a second-hand car spiv.
Do a deal, buy and sell,
It's my trade, I know it well.
Make a sale, ring the bell

And let the suckers go to hell.
Bank the profits, count the change
Another sucker comes your way.
Life is a crooked game,
And slum kids never change.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Ray Davies of the Kinks.

Second-Hand Car Spiv

closing verse

Yes I'm a second-hand car spiv.
Do a deal, buy and sell,
It's my trade, I know it well.
Make a sale, ring the bell

And let the suckers go to hell.
Bank the profits, count the change
Another sucker comes your way.
Life is a crooked game,
And slum kids never change.

Yup. From Preservation Act 2. One of my favorites. Entire album is well worth listening to,

[chuck]

Now, the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast
Well, there she goes, my friend, well she's going down at last

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Now, the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast
Well, there she goes, my friend, well she's going down at last

Not recognizing it - probably music that I just do not listen to much?

[chuck]

Gordon Lightfoot, Early Morning Rain.

In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand
With an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand
Now, I'm a long way from home and I miss my loved ones so
In the early morning rain with no place to go

Out on runway number nine a big 707's set to go
But, I'm stuck here in the grass where the cold wind blows
Now, the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast
Well, there she goes, my friend, well she's going down at last

Hear the mighty engines roar - see the silver bird on high
She's away and westward bound - far above the clouds she'll fly
There the morning rain don't fall and the sun always shines
She'll be flying over my home in about three hours time

This old airport's got me down - it's no earthly good to me
'Cause I'm stuck here on the ground as cold and drunk as I can be
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So, I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain

You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So, I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain

He lived/worked out of Toronto in the 70's and 80's and did live concerts in SE Michigan, sometime twice a year (~250 miles away). He played 6 and 12 string guitar. I think "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is my favorite piece. He wrote most of his stuff and others have done covers, particularly "If You Could Read My Mind" . "For Loving Me", and "Song for a Winters Night".

https://www.lightfoot.ca/covartst.htm

[chuck]

Let our love be a flame, not an ember
Say it's me that you want to dismember
Blacken my eye
Set fire to my tie

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Gordon Lightfoot
"The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
"If You Could Read My Mind"

Only 2 songs I know of his at any level. Just not in my wheelhouse,

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What and where?

[chuck]

Startup of a carbon arc light?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Startup of a carbon arc light?

No.

[webenda]

Severely cropped picture of a luminous baseball cap at a ball game?

[chuck]

Still don't know what it is but here is an enlarged/enhanced version of the image posted:



Note the object to the lower right. It appears to be some kind of grid or possibly a latch? There are a couple of filaments/arcs running slightly diagonal near the center. There is also a straight line off to the lower left, possibly a demarcation between a wall and a floor. Overall the bright white object that dominates the image seems to be cylindrical/barrel shaped with a matching circular lid.

[Roy]

Blue skies smiling at me,
nothing but blue skies do I see.