President Gerald Ford died yesterday at the age of 93. The full story is here.
Just a couple of weeks ago I was going through some old photos and I found a picture of when I MET President Ford. I’m the little kid just above Ford’s hand in this picure. My mom is above me, my brother is the long blond haired guy, my aunt is in the dark glasses behind my brother, my uncle is lower right and Senator Jake Garn is between my uncle and Ford.
Here’s to President Ford, may he rest in peace.
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Stop the insanity
There are some great Christmas recordings out there, some classics. But there are thousands of bandwagon jumping, money grubbing “artists” who try to milk a few bucks out of the public every year by releasing Christmas albums.
Last night I heard some kind of horrible “pop/R&B” version of Silent Night. The “artist” (that word adds credibility to them) was throwing every R&B vocal trill, lick, scale, tremolo, riff or whatever you wanna call them into this beautiful song. The hip-hop production and R&B vocals turned that song into an absolute train wreck.
Lip sync in Rockefeller Center… er, Christmas in Rockefeller Center
Man this program was more cheesy than the cheese they put on 7-11 nachos. Sting comes out and plays some stringed instrument I’ve never seen. It was probably made out of recycled granola bar wrappers. Enya sings and her voice sounds very “Enyaesque” with that huge chorus of 11,473 Enyas in the background. Yeah, that’s live. That’s how her voice REALLY sounds.
Lionel Richie should quit
The all out worst at “Lip Sync In Rockefeller Center” was Lionel Richie. His voice was so burned out, range so limited and the riffs he was attempting to hit so beyond his skill level that even his lip sync track sucked ass.
Love the holidays, but I’m glad it’s over for another year.
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Vicious Summer hit my last post with a “blog tag” comment. It’s like one of those chain letter junk things you get in your email but this time I’ll bite because I like her and it’s an interesting idea.
So I have to blog “5 things you didn’t know about me” and tag 5 other blogs I guess. Fine, I’ll play.
Hmm. This is going to be harder than I thought…
1. I’ve never had a job, a real job. Never punched a time clock. Never worked for “the man.”
2. I recently turned down a deal that could make me over $1.2 million bucks.
3. I like my food so hot (spicy), even the mexicans in the mexican restaraunts can’t believe it.
4. I’m an Atheist. In fact I despise organized religion.
5. I’ve never had a one night stand.
OK. There you go. Now here’s who I tagged:
GolfChick, Alan, Luke, Eat, Addix
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I was at the guitar store yesterday when I saw this bass hanging in the repair shop. It’s made out of legos. HOW COOL!
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Below: Al Di Meola and his KILLER band performing live at the HOB in Vegas.
Below: Tony Korologos & Michael Renna (front of house sound)
Below: Al Di Meola having a duel with Gumby his percussionist.
Below: Al Di’s mic writer. Al’s rig was a Marshall and a Mesa. The Marshall was a stand for the Mesa. They mic’d the Mesa with a 409 and a 57. Great combination.
Below: Al started out the 2nd set with some unbelievable classical material which HE READ. INSANE!
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