Threatened by a Celebrity
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedI would have opted to save this story another year and a half for the 20th anniversary of the incident, but when I found out yesterday that it was the 18th anniversary of the murder of rapper Biggie Smalls, aka Notorious B.I.G., né Christopher Wallace (and had he lived longer, no doubt he’d have stockpiled […]
Uh Oh! I Like Madonna!
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedActually, I have for quite some time, but only maybe a handful of her songs. More specifically, there’s “Like A Prayer,” that still brings tears to my eyes 26 years after it was released, then there’s about five other kinda good ones, and there’s a truckload of rubbish. What I like about Madonna was what […]
Two Vastly Different Name Drops from 25 Years Ago
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIt may have even been 26 years ago, but ultimately the year’s difference doesn’t change the story. It was in February, 1990 (or 89?) that I got the chance to be the opener, potentially on a national tour, for a man who was my friend at the time, then within a few years we fell […]
First Gig In Vegas (No Name Dropping)
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedEarlier this week in Las Vegas, I saw on the local TV news the destruction of The Blue Angel Motel on Fremont St., a cheap lodging facility near downtown which had been around since the 1950’s, and was to be demolished to make room for a new shopping mall. The motel featured a sculptured cartoon-ish […]
8,497th Commentary on The Super Bowl
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIt’s hard right now to walk through the casino and not hear groups of people trying to determine what drugs the Seattle Seahawks’ coaching staff must have been on when they made possibly the worst single play call in the history of not just the Super Bowl, but maybe in the entire history of pro […]
So Why UK?
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedThis coming August will mark the 15th anniversary of my first performance in UK, and that in itself was a culmination of a good 35 years of wanting to be here, just not knowing how to do it. My first thoughts in that direction were triggered, like so many of us Yanks/music freaks, by the […]
Bottom 10 of 2014
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedA few surprises as to who DIDN’T make my bottom 10, but there were also a couple of perennials. As I mentioned a couple days ago, there’s a couple on my bottom 10 that made several critics’ TOP 10’s, which made me think I missed something, then listened to those suspect tunes again, and stuck […]
Top 10 Singles of 2014
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedWhat gets me is seeing other year-end lists of this sort and finding NONE of my favorite songs on any of the so-called authorities’ top 10’s or 20’s, but finding quite a few on THEIR lists that will be on my Bottom 10 list which I’ll share in a couple days. Still, for the second […]
Another Anniversary, Another Opening Act Story
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIt seems that I’ve got dates spread out all over the calendar that commemorate something. Maybe it’s having been married three times and feeling compelled to remember all sorts of dates, though it might also be my own anality that’s to blame. Whatever, today is the 36th anniversary of my first wedding, an event attended […]
First Anniversary
Published by Rick on Tagged UncategorizedIt was during this week a year ago that I began my weekly gig as a ward volunteer at the Marie Curie Hospice. My most important function, at least as I’ve seen it, is when I’m not serving them lunch or tea, to talk to them if they’re able to respond, and to help them […]
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