Driver announces retirement

The biggest smile in pro sports is leaving the game...
Donald Driver's Retirement Press Release

Today's Forgotten Oldie...

Canned Heat is an American blues/boogie rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1965.  The music and attitude of Canned Heat afforded them a large following and established the band as one of the popular acts of the hippie era. Canned Heat appeared at most major musical events at the end of the 1960s and they were able to deliver on stage electrifying performances of blues standards and their own material and occasionally to indulge into lengthier 'psychedelic' solos. Two of their songs – "Going Up the Country" and "On the Road Again" – became international hits.   "On the Road Again," was released as a single in April 1968, and appeared on their 1968 album Boogie with Canned Heat as well as the 1969 compilation The Canned Heat Cookbook. It reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart and number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100.  A definite "WOW" song, "On the Road Again" is rarely heard today.

Passwords

Fun!!

Here's a great way to keep your neighbors on their toes.  Especially effective if you walk around the neighbor's wife's car a few times.  Grab your video camera and watch the reactions!

Lunch thief?

If you're having problems at school or work with someone stealing your delicious, homemade sandwich, here's a product that will deter thieves.  The new "anti-theft" lunch bag!!

Today's Forgotten Oldie...

Bread was a rock band from Los Angeles, California. They placed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1970 and 1977 and were pioneers of what later was labeled soft rock.  In July of 1971, after four straight hits that were all slow songs, the band released "Mother Freedom".  A huge departure from the normal mellow Bread sound, the song proved the band could rock it with the best of them.  The buying public wasn't ready for a harder Bread though, and the song cracked the top 40 but only made it to #37.  Bread promptly went back to their mellower sound.  But Mother Freedom was a great song and I remember playing the heck out of it on the radio that summer... truly a forgotten oldie!

Daydreaming...

Thinking about a new camper today.  Gathering ideas.

Your duck is dead...

A woman brought a very limp duck into a veterinary
surgeon. As she laid her pet on the table, the vet
pulled out his stethoscope and listened to the bird's
chest.

After a moment or two, the vet shook his head and
sadly said, "I'm sorry, your duck, Cuddles, has
passed away."

The distressed woman wailed, "Are you sure?"
"Yes, I am sure. Your duck is dead," replied the
vet..

"How can you be so sure?" she protested. "I mean
you haven't done any testing on him or anything.
He might just be in a coma or something."

The vet rolled his eyes, turned around and left the
room. He returned a few minutes later with a black
Labrador Retriever. As the duck's owner looked on
in amazement, the dog stood on his hind legs, put his
front paws on the examination table and sniffed the
duck from top to bottom. He then looked up at the
vet with sad eyes and shook his head.

The vet patted the dog on the head and took it out
of the room. A few minutes later he returned with
a cat. The cat jumped on the table and also delicately
sniffed the bird from head to foot. The cat sat back
on its haunches, shook its head, meowed softly and
strolled out of the room.

The vet looked at the woman and said, "I'm sorry,
but as I said, this is most definitely, 100% certifiably,
a dead duck."

The vet turned to his computer terminal, hit a few keys
and produced a bill, which he handed to the woman..
The duck's owner, still in shock, took the bill. "$150!"
she cried, "$150 just to tell me my duck is dead!"

The vet shrugged, "I'm sorry. If you had just taken my
word for it, the bill would have been $20, but with the
Lab Report and the Cat Scan, it's now $150."

Today's Forgotten Oldie...

Today a record that roared into the top 20 back in 1969, and got solid airplay for many months. The song "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games With Me)" was a national hit for the Minneapolis based blues-rock quintet Crow. A great dance song, Evil Woman featured overdubbed horns that the band was not happy about. The band released three albums without a second hit before finally disbanding in 1971. Lead singer Dave Wagner did release a solo album in 1973. Crow has the weird distinction of having the keyboard player with my favorite rock name... Kink Middlemist.

Exclusive Cheesehead photo!!

A shocking new photo emerged today showing cheeseheads engaged in a special photo session!

Winter project...

Got any old barrels? Here's a fun project for the winter... and I bet they have a warm, woody sound. This picture does beg the question; do people really do these things??

Today's Forgotten Oldie...

A listener called in a request for today's gem...
In 1969, Pete Townshend of The Who helped form a band named Thunderclap Newman. The concept was to create a band to perform songs written by former Who roadie and drummer John 'Speedy' Keen, who had written a couple of songs recorded by the Who.  Townshend recruited jazz pianist Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman (a friend from art college), and 15-year-old guitarist Jimmy McCulloch. Keen played the drums and sang the lead.  Townshend produced the single "Something In The Air", arranged the strings, and played bass under the pseudonym Bijou Drains. "Something in the Air" captured post-flower power rebellion, and reached No. 1 on the UK charts just three weeks after release, holding off Elvis Presley in the process.  "Something in the Air" appeared on the soundtracks of several films The Magic Christian (1969) and The Strawberry Statement (1970) (which helped the single reach No. 25 in the United States) and later Kingpin (1996), Almost Famous (2000), The Dish (2000), and The Girl Next Door (2004). The song has been covered by many bands, and was a hit for Tom Petty in 1994. To me it's a great song, but also the epitome of the late 60's and the attitudes of the time.

Thought for Monday...

Watched this movie over the weekend.  I decided there was absolutely no reason that I should have been scared of this guy when I was a kid... sheesh, this guy was nowhere near as scary as Rosie O'Donnell!!

Favorite "YIKES" photo from 2012!

Looking back on the year, it amazes me how much social media affects our lives.  I have a bunch of great memories of the year... all posted on Facebook.  Anyhow, here's a photo I had to save.  Supposedly this photo is of a friend of mine when she was overserved (ya think?).  I also hope the photo was taken before she tried to drive... not after.  So here's my favorite "YIKES" photo from 2012.

Today's Forgotten Oldie...

Who'll be the Next in Line was a small hit for the Kinks in 1965.  It also receives my "Unusual" award as being part of a very strange story.  It started with "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy", a song by Ray Davies, released as a UK single by The Kinks in 1965. As the follow-up to the number-one hit "Tired of Waiting for You, it was relatively unsuccessful, reaching number 11. It broke a run of what would have been thirteen consecutive top-ten singles in the UK.  Following the relatively poor performance in the UK, Reprise held off releasing the single in the U.S. They did release follow up "Set Me Free" but when the next UK single "See My Friends" was judged to be even less suitable, they flipped the "Ev'rybody..." single with "Who'll Be the Next in Line" as the A-side, releasing it four months after the UK version. Although it was only a moderate hit, reaching number 34, it stayed on the radio for many months as a DJ favorite.