Friday, July 20, 2007

Staying after Girlschool...

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Last weekend's passing of former Girlschool guitarist Kelly Johnson made me realize that I'm way overdue to give tribute to one of m...

Rod The (Not-So) Mod

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Not lately, anyway.  There was a time when Rod Stewart was at least mod erately mod, but that was many moons ago.  Listening to his box set ...

Rant City, here we come...

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[EDITOR'S NOTE: Be forewarned that my first item below is bound to offend certain people, especially sycophant fans of Tammy Faye Bakker...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

The Boss Man Cometh

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Today was Bruce Springsteen day on my CD player at work.  Have to admit I didn’t much care for "The Boss" at first—I was highly re...
Monday, July 16, 2007

A girl named Dusty

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Time to salute a lady who has become one of my all-time favorite singers in a relatively short period of time, one Mary Catherine Isabel Be...

Kelly Johnson, 1958-2007

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I am very bummed to learn of the passing of Girlschool guitarist Kelly Johnson, who died yesterday of cancer of the spine at age 49. Girl...

These guys are good...

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Man, I wish I had the time, patience and money to do serious Lego-ing like some folks do! These are not quite to scale, but here be the migh...
Saturday, July 14, 2007

"They Died Old"--Vol. II

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COMISKEY PARK " The very heart of the ballpark, where it's at its weirdest, is down under the stands...The mixture of people, str...
Thursday, July 12, 2007

Hey! Hey! Hey!

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...IT'S COS'S BIRTHDAY TODAY! Can you believe Bill Cosby turned 70 today?  His b-day is easy to remember from one of his classic rou...
Monday, July 9, 2007

It's been a Hard Blog's Night...

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MOTHER NATURE’S COLORS WERE SHOWING… …at Coors Field in Denver yesterday, when the Rockies-Phillies game was rather rudely interrupted by ...
Saturday, July 7, 2007

He's The Greatest....

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...and you better believe it, baby! Happy 67th b-day to our good friend Richard Starkey, better known to most Earthlings as Ringo Starr, M...

What the #$&@ Were They Thinking?--Vol. II

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Pretty self-explanatory here—just kick back and enjoy what is quite possibly the ultimate career-killing music video and witness ‘80s guita...
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Glory Days

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This is the current pre-game show video being used by the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.  Pretty slick, but it's too bad they ...
Friday, July 6, 2007

July 6, 1982

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Was somewhat alarmed to realize this morning that it was exactly 25 years ago tonight that my friend Tom and I attended one of the finest co...
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Thursday, July 5, 2007

What's Yer Rush?

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No, not the blowhard radio host/big fat idiot.  I'm referring to that Little ol' Band from Toronto who plays loud rhythmic music.   ...

What The &%#@ Were They Thinking?—Vol. I

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First of an occasional series on major FUBARs in music history… I stumbled across Gimme Shelter on the tube last night and watched it for...