Today's Forgotten Oldie...

The Leaves were an American garage band formed in California in 1963. Their biggest hit was the song "Hey Joe", which was a hit in 1966. Theirs is the earliest release of this song. "Hey Joe" became a rock standard, covered by the Byrds, the Cryan Shames, Jimi Hendrix and many other bands in the late 60's. The Leaves released a few singles as well as three albums, but never achieved great success and broke up in 1967. Jim Pons, a Leaves founder, joined another group which did make it big... the Turtles. But "Hey Joe" made a huge mark on the 60's, it seemed like every band from coast to coast did the song on stage, and it's influence was strong enough that the song was included in a garage rock compilation called "Nuggets" in the 70's. The song is truly a great example of American rock of the British invasion era.

And now running onto the field...

Some thoughts about the NFL replacement refs...

Not good thoughts though...

Sunset at Goose Island

I took this Friday evening at Goose Island.  I think it's pretty cool...

I push E-4 a lot...

E-4 seems to give me the biggest lift and help me get through work!  (Okay, just kidding)

Today's Forgotten Oldie...

My Old School is a single drawn from Steely Dan's 1973 album Countdown to Ecstasy. It reached number 63 in the Billboard charts.  In its March 24, 2006 edition, Entertainment Weekly details a return trip to Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York by Donald Fagen, in which he describes a raid by sheriff's deputies in May 1969. Fagen, his girlfriend Dorothy White, Steely Dan bandmate Walter Becker, and some 50 other students were arrested. Charges were dropped, but Fagen was reportedly so upset with the school being complicit with the arrests that he refused to attend graduation.  The song features a guitar solo by Jeff Baxter.  Because of the reference to The College of William & Mary in the lyrics, "My Old School" became a favorite of W&M students and alumni, although the song is actually about Bard College. The lyric "never going back to my old school" turned the song into a student anthem and the album was a college party favorite.  A great song with a great story, and one of the most requested songs I remember in my years on radio!

Computer Jokes...

We're stuck with computers, an everyday part of life now.  And computer jokes too... hopefully these two will help put a smile on your face;



Wife texts husband on a cold winter morning: "Windows frozen."
Husband texts back: "Pour some lukewarm water on it."
Wife texts back 5 minutes later:
"Thanks a lot, Sparky - computer completely screwed up now."



I was visiting my son last night when I asked if he could hand me a newspaper.
"This is the 21st century," he said. "'I don't waste money on newspapers. Here, you can borrow my laptop."
I can tell you one thing for sure... that fly never knew what hit him.

Happy Monday!

 Let's start the week with a photo that made me smile!!  Happy Monday gang!

Friday giggle... what if?

With apologies to the homeless, what if Lady Gaga took a load of clothes to a homeless shelter?

Today's Forgotten Oldie...

Arthur Brown (born Arthur Wilton Brown on 24 June 1942) is an English rock and roll musician best known for his flamboyant, theatrical style and significant influence on Alice Cooper, Peter Gabriel, Marilyn Manson, George Clinton, and Kiss, among others, and for his number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and Canada, "Fire" in 1968.   The song went to number two in the USA.  Brown earned a reputation for outlandish performances, which included the use of a burning metal helmet, that led to occasional mishaps, such as fuel pouring over his head by accident and catching fire; happily two bystanders doused the flames by pouring beer on Brown’s head, preventing any serious injury.
Arthur Brown was an enigmatic figure, always on the edge of greatness, but when his band broke up in 1969 he was unable to recover professionally and never duplicated the success of "Fire". He still performs haphazardly, and as recently as 2011 was still lighting his head on fire.
I'm not sure I'd want to hear his hit record a lot, but Fire deserves more airplay than it gets...

A thought for Monday...

Something from George Bernard Shaw that I like for Mondays... I especially like the bear in the cartoon!

Go to the gym this weekend!

Today's Forgotten Oldie...

Doug Edwards was a member of Skylark, and Dave Richardson was a friend of band member David Foster. "Wildflower" was a song which Edwards composed using a poem written by Richardson. Skylark used the song as a demo, was signed by Capitol, and recorded an album. Wildflower was the initial single released from the album, however it was not successful - but - Rosalie Trombley, a music director at CKLW in Windsor, Ontario, played "Wildflower" repeatedly for three months in an effort to satisfy the Canadian government's requirements for Canadian content. Capitol decided to release the song in neighboring Detroit as a regional release, where it became a huge soul hit before breaking out nationally and crossing over to the pop charts. Eventually "Wildflower" spent 21 weeks on the Billboard pop charts. The song proved to be extremely popular in Canada as well; it ultimately peaked at number 10 on the RPM Top Singles chart, and number 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart plus sales of the single exceeded one million copies. Despite being a "one-hit wonder" the song was a top ten hit... but we never hear it any more.