I have a mental list of several old friends whom I have attempted to "find" via the web the last few years.
I can check one off my list!!
"Ris" (her nickname) was the first person ever to train me on a commercial radio station (teaching me how to run the board for a University of Massachusetts football game); she got her start in radio in high school! I did not mind being trained by someone a year younger than I. Who cares!
We came good friends, worked together, even visited her at UMass one time before I had to move back home.
And this morning, after a few years of trying, bingo! Found her blog.
Read it here.
She's awesome (note in her profile she is even polite in traffic....Boston-area traffic!! You have to be awesome to do that, and patient, too!).
Happy Holidays, Ris!!
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Another Year, Another Travesty!!!!!
The 2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees were announced today.
See them here. Also read it to see this blogger's advice for the Hall when it comes to future inductees and who should be among them.
In 2004, I brought up the absolute absurdity that is "the Moody Blues" NOT being in the Hall. And now, the '08 class is announced, and guess what.....
I've heard there's some politicking "inside the Hall", with some in power simply, for whatever reason, not wanting them to be inducted. Gee, you'd think once one enters the "Hall of Fame" of whatever their profession is, they would have an easier time, oh, maybe, not being so insecure?
Madonna-----she's due; I can certainly agree with that one
Dave Clark Five-----integral part of the "non-hippie" 60s; welcome them in.
John Mellencamp-----eh....not yet. Before Chicago? Compare his musical career to Neil Diamond and it's at best a wash, at worst a victory for Neil. Oh, that's right, Mellencamp espouses political causes at the heart of the left's agenda. Okay, now I've got it.
Little Walter-----I am a big supporter of remembering those who lay the foundation of any genre of music, medicine, philosophy, etc, EVEN when those who don't understand the generation from which one is from balks, saying, "How many hits did they have? Did they sellout concerts? Hey, dude, what about a website?" Welcome, Little Walter!
Leonard Cohen-----The "insiders cool" inductee. I don't see a rush on Leonard Cohen coming to a Target music department any time soon, but it is the Hall's right to do this if it so feels.
BUT THE VENTURES???? The guys who did the theme to "Hawaii Five-O"???? They had a great instrumental sound for the surfers of the 60s, but I must be amiss if somehow I never heard of the great "Ventures" reunion tours of the 1990's.
Now-----WHO SHOULD ALREADY BE IN THE HALL--------
1) The Moody Blues (duh....big duh)
2) Chicago
3) Boston
4) Linda Ronstadt
5) Yes
Put these guys in, then we'll talk about the integrity of the Hall.
See them here. Also read it to see this blogger's advice for the Hall when it comes to future inductees and who should be among them.
In 2004, I brought up the absolute absurdity that is "the Moody Blues" NOT being in the Hall. And now, the '08 class is announced, and guess what.....
I've heard there's some politicking "inside the Hall", with some in power simply, for whatever reason, not wanting them to be inducted. Gee, you'd think once one enters the "Hall of Fame" of whatever their profession is, they would have an easier time, oh, maybe, not being so insecure?
Madonna-----she's due; I can certainly agree with that one
Dave Clark Five-----integral part of the "non-hippie" 60s; welcome them in.
John Mellencamp-----eh....not yet. Before Chicago? Compare his musical career to Neil Diamond and it's at best a wash, at worst a victory for Neil. Oh, that's right, Mellencamp espouses political causes at the heart of the left's agenda. Okay, now I've got it.
Little Walter-----I am a big supporter of remembering those who lay the foundation of any genre of music, medicine, philosophy, etc, EVEN when those who don't understand the generation from which one is from balks, saying, "How many hits did they have? Did they sellout concerts? Hey, dude, what about a website?" Welcome, Little Walter!
Leonard Cohen-----The "insiders cool" inductee. I don't see a rush on Leonard Cohen coming to a Target music department any time soon, but it is the Hall's right to do this if it so feels.
BUT THE VENTURES???? The guys who did the theme to "Hawaii Five-O"???? They had a great instrumental sound for the surfers of the 60s, but I must be amiss if somehow I never heard of the great "Ventures" reunion tours of the 1990's.
Now-----WHO SHOULD ALREADY BE IN THE HALL--------
1) The Moody Blues (duh....big duh)
2) Chicago
3) Boston
4) Linda Ronstadt
5) Yes
Put these guys in, then we'll talk about the integrity of the Hall.
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