Musical Thoughts From The Day Before

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I’m currently listening to BBC Radio 2, which on December 24 at 3:30 in the afternoon is playing that Christmas Classic “Sweet Child Of Mine” by Guns N Roses, and the pangs of nostalgia for wrapping presents and placing them under the tree are exemplified by hearing that tune. Well, no, though it’s actually a […]



And Another One Gone

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On Friday I was looking through the San Francisco Chronicle website, looking to see if maybe the Warriors had won a game, or maybe Trump said or did something irrational or dumb. On looking for those stories, I stumbled across the story about the death of Cas Banaszek, who played the position of tackle for […]



Birthday Memories

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As I spend my last day of being 68, I thought about all the birthdays I could remember that were special in either a good or bad way. Surprising that the few I’m about to talk about are the only ones that still jar the memory bank in the least, and the bad ones are […]



Eighteen Years and a Few Wars Later…

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I can’t even remember if I’ve talked before about where I was or what I was doing on that infamous date in history, though I can be certain that when it actually happened, I was still asleep. I didn’t wake up until about 7:30 LA time that day, by which time it was already 10:30 […]



Racism On The Comeback Trail

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When I was 7, I lived in Lafayette, Louisiana, heart of Cajun country, and very segregated. In that whole year our family lived there, I don’t believe I ever encountered a single black person. Certainly not at my school! I was aware they existed, but only from seeing them on television. What I didn’t know […]



My First and Last Rock Festival

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With all the hype centered around this weekend’s almost-annual Glastonbury Festival, the self-proclaimed Greatest Festival in The World, I couldn’t begin to list the many things I’d rather do, or places I’d rather be. And that’s not to condemn the Festival itself as to just say I had my experience with that 50 years ago […]



Back To Nostalgia and Show Biz Stories

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I’m gonna leave Trump and Brexit out of the discussion this time around, as both nauseate me, and I’ve reiterated that point enough times. That said, in the past week, I have noticed two obituaries for singers that few would recognise by name, and only a few more would remember the groups they were associated […]



Now I like Corbyn again

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I try not to get over involved in British politics, as there’s so much I still don’t and may never understand. I would lean toward supporting the Labour Party if I were a voting citizen of the UK, but during the time Jeremy Corbyn has been leader of the party, he’s not always been on […]



I Guess They Were Wrong

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He must be a totally honourable man if two years of investigation and countless articles by the “Fake News Media” failed to get him indicted. Someone has to eat a truckload of humble pie. Yep, the libtards really got reamed on that one, didn’t they? How dare they try to pillory a man who’s brought […]



Nope, Never Met Him

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But I did meet two of Peter Tork’s Monkees band mates, the two who are still with us. In spite of being a pre-fabricated band (the first version of a Boy Band), a band which was put together more on their acting abilities than their musical ones, their music, whether or not it was actually […]