“Well, my mind keeps going through dem changes, I think I’m going out of my mind…”
You know how your tastes change over time, from not liking something to really liking it or vice versa? I hated spaghetti until I was about 12, then loved it almost overnight! Hormones? Insanity? Teenage confusion?
Don’t know. I’ve never liked KISS and I was done with the Rolling Stones in the late 70′s. Bruce Springsteen never floated my barge, for some reason, and I’d rather pan fry my hands and eat them than listen to Billy Joel or hip-hop in almost any form.
So, it came as one of life’s changes recently when friends who own the city’s alternative weekly newspaper remembered that I was once a big fan of Joe Bonamassa. He’s coming back to Salt Lake City mid-March to play Symphony Hall and it’s sold out at $75 for nosebleed seats. No small feat and I give him huge props for selling out a hall that size in this town.
When I was trying to be Street Team dude for JB in Utah, no one had heard of him here save a tiny handful of people. I spent weeks telling people to get to Deer Valley Resort to see him open for BB King in the mid-00′s and I was the sober dude in the audience yelling to people all around me to “Watch this guy! He’s going to be huge! Listen to what he’s doing up there! He’s making magic!” A few strange looks from the wine-and-cheese-in-a-$200-designer-picnik-basket crowd, but exhilirating to see Joe in Utah and being warmly welcomed.
And thus comes dem curious changes: I used to love to watch JB in a 3 piece just kill it on a small stage in an obscure setting. That was fun. That was exciting. Tix were $10.
Now, lo and behold, he’s selling out symphony halls with a bigger band at $75 for the cheap seats. Don’t even know this guy.
So, when my friends at the paper offered me two free tickets to JB’s show next month, I politley turned them down and said,”I’ve so been there and done that! You need to share those with a new fan, someone who doesn’t remember him from 10 years ago. Someone who doesn’t like spaghetti, but isn’t sure why.”
I just found this video. It expresses in a nutshell why I’m fed-up with the crapfest that’s politics U.S.A. Watch and see if you agree.
BTW; he touches on points made by both Bill and Stu in recent posts.
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Stuck somewhere between Van Halen, Motley Crue, Poison and the other ‘Hair’ metal bands of the day was Great White. The spotlight never shined on them quite as brightly as it did their contemporaries, possibly because they lacked the pretty-boy good lucks of their peers. No matter the reason, they remain a guilty pleasure of mine. Jack Russell is an amazing vocalist, and their album Once Bitten is one of the best of that subgenre.
Here’s a few cuts from that excellent record. Enjoy, and crank it up!
The Payroll Tax Credit bill was just extended in Congress today for 10 months. Boehner and company stood at the microphone and said they had ‘caved’ to the Democrats on this policy, but really, didn’t they just kick the can down the road just past the 2012 elections?
Like Obama, much they do these days is seen as election-year manuevering and ass-kissing. It’s just that this started with the 2010 elections.
And the theme was crystal-clear, remember?
OCTOBER 2010:
GOP: “Put us in office. We’ll show you how to create jobs,
and begin showing this president and this adminsitration
the door.” (quote)
NOVEMBER 2010:
Ok, you got it. Overwhelming majority. 63 new gains.
Virtual complete control.
DECEMBER 2010:
No job bills.
JANUARY 2011:
No job bills
FEBRUARY 2011:
No job bills
MARCH 2011:
No job bills
APRIL 2011:
No job bills
MAY 2011:
No job bills
JUNE 2011:
No job bills
JULY 2011:
No job bills
AUGUST 2011
No job bills
SEPTEMBER 2011
No job bills
Lots of Religious MumboJumbo
OCTOBER 2011
No job bills
NO AID FOR DISASTER VICTIMS
PLENTY OF CASH FOR SOCIAL ENGINEERING
NOVEMBER 2011
No job bills
MANAGED TO REAFFIRM THE NATIONAL MOTTO
December 2011
No job bills
FOUND A SPOT FOR CHURCHILL’S STATUE
JANUARY 2012
HEY WHADAYA EXPECT?
WE MADE SURE WE ONLY WORK 6 DAYS THIS MONTH!
Just came in to find out Whitney Houston has passed at the young age of 48. At this point there’s no details and at this point, it really doesn’t matter.
I’ll never forget this “best ever” rendition of the Star Spangled Banner she sang at a Superbowl and it was the first thing that came to mind and I share it with you…..
R.I.P Whitney. Your star burnt out way before it’s time.
I don’t mean to keep talking about Animoto, but it’s part of the story as to how I doscovered today’s featured artist, Mike Gallagher.
Part of the process of creating a video on Animoto is selecting the music you want to play with your video. You can upload your own music, or select from Animoto’s library. Music is available from a number of genres, including Electronica, Gospel, Singer/Songwriter, Pop, Jazz, Rock, etc. and you can listen to samples of each song before selecting.
A couple of the songs were by Mike Gallagher and I loved them! I googled him, found his website, and a link to his Myspace page where you can listen to 10 full-length songs. They are all instrumental guitar pieces, and this guy rocks! He would probably be considered a, ‘Shredder’ but he still has feel, soul and melodic sensibility.
I’m often left cold by many shredder types who have amazing chops and speed but lack feel and tone. Mike Gallagher is an exception to that dynamic. He’s got the whole package; speed, technical ability, AND soul and feel. He’s got 3 CD’s (Extreme Guitar I, Extreme Guitar II and Extreme Guitar III) and I’m going to look into them all.
Click this link to visit Mike’s Myspace page and take a listen to these 10 songs. Let me know what you think!
Enjoy, and TURN IT UP!
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