CRAZY HORSE

For most singers there is just a small amount of time that you have to put out your music to make it in the business . I'm not sure it's not the best that you are going to put out...case in point the Beatles ...I think their simple 2 part harmonies were the best, even though they set the world on fire with their more complicated stuff...or C S N Y with their 2 year gigs that still are played everywhere, as they tried other things that failed to measure up... Fleetwood Mac with their 1 & 1/2 year monster hits that they have stuck to in their concerts...on and on...the point is that you must enjoy what you do and enjoy the moment... MJ had a longer career of hits than most, but his best were in a 3 year period of time...similar to the other successful artists or groups... His best? Thriller, Bad, The Way You Do The Things You Do , ..., they were all catchy and altered a pop world...Were they great? In their own way...they certainly made you feel good and would stick i...

The shocking passing of Michael Jackson created such a sad day for the celebrity world...coupling with the same fate of Angel Farrah Fawcett , it was just a very sorrowful time... The breakdown of MJ's career was one of joy and then the absurd way how humans can exist...however, his musical talent was ground breaking and will exist forever... Farrah Fawcett had the look that was copied by any gal who could during her hey days... Both, much too young to go... Peace ...

Maybe it seems frivolous in these crazy times of unrest in places like Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc...but doesn't it seem like this country can put a lid on the possession of handguns and military type guns ? With the latest of the morbid shootings , the killing of a high school football coach by one of his old players in Iowa ...the senseless taking of lives has to cease...the killing of an abortion doct or...the everyday killing of people in every big city in the land... EVERYDAY ...shouldn't that tell us to do some type of restricting ? Getting back to my number one problem in the governing of this nation , the people who make money off of influencing the elected officials , the people who expect to get returns by giving or laundering money to the decision makers... the lobbyists ... There is no bigger lobbyist group in this country than the NRA ...a conservative group that refuses to limit the number of , the people who own , the type , the number of ... guns and w...

Have you tried to figure out where the republican party is going? Is it going to be Huckabee , Rush , W Jr ., Mitt , or the outspoken one, Ann Coulter . Her latest gag is about whether the killing of the abortion doctor is actually a murder ....her book is a must read ... Well, is she more out there than Bill Maher ? Or Rush Limbaugh ? Or Sarah Palin ? Let us all bow our heads ... Don't look now but the mighty Pads scored a whopping 9 runs ! Of course they won with all that run protection ... I'm afraid that the Coulter picture may be a bit too big for this blog ... We had a great time and dinner with our friends, the Ziebells , up in Portland on 21st St . Cool area and great food ... It's 80* here in the great northwest ...

With the passing of Ed McMahon today it reminded me of the best of all the talk shows... Johnny Carson and the Tonight Show ...his monologue and his crazy stunts were 2nd to none...Ed was the perfect straight man...great show... So what others were out there and how did they compare... Joey Bishop ...kind of a cool show but his sarcasm was too much and didn't seem that funny Jack Paar ...a bit before my time, but had some grace to it... Merv Griffin... certainly entertaining and seemed to have a lot of great guests...never forget Leslie Gore talking about pot and then saying she never toked... Dick Cavett ...what book have you read lately? He asked everyone that including Sly of the Family Stone...a little deep humor... Mike Douglas ...had a guest host each week with him that was real cool Steve Allen... way before me but supposedly was a precursor to JC... Arsenio Hall ...was the black man' s hope to get the black people out there...I liked it Ted Koppel ...the other guys......

Fending off the charges of the like of Lefty , Lucas Glover survived and won his 1st major ...playing with tour rookie, Ricky Barnes , he fought and fought to carve out a 2 stroke victory ...high drama in NY and he was the man in the moment ... The Padres finally brought Kyle Blanks up to the bigs and plugged him out in LF ...it's about time and let's see how he fares...there were a bunch of changes and the big one is that I think they are going to sit BGiles ...as well as cut the playing time of Kooz down...both good things... The Iranian situation continues to boil and the Prez recommends that we stay cool during their problem... loser J MCain said that the Prez is being too timid ... that's why he lost .... I really miss the good reality shows... Speaking of that have you heard the tune that Adam Lambert has put out...well, he recorded it a couple of years ago, and the record company is releasing it ...it actually is really good .... I am Sanjaya so g...

At some point it becomes old hat for some...not for me... Father's Day has always been important ...Now I go back in time and remember my father ...he said so much with his look and his eyes ... he never said he loved me but I knew he did ...he did by his actions and his doing whatever he could for me ...if I did something wrong his reference to timing and all and I knew I was going the wrong way... he thought I was too cautious as he was not... he grew up without a father and it was interesting that he brought up 5 kids of his own ...I never saw him show sorrow and I though of him as a rock ...yes, that was my father ... As I have had the good fortune to raise my own son ( don't get me wrong here, my wife is an equal in all of this ) and have used many of the traits that my father used on me... yet I always have told my son that I love him ... just in case he didn't know...or didn't remember from the time before... I am as proud a dad as I can be , just as s...