THE Hippie Fest

Listen dudes, it was a far out time...the Hippie Fest...surprisingly, not a packed house out at Humphreys...so what they did, was not set up so many chairs...really, it was cool...the background to most of the first set was Rick Derringer...?...he was one of the McCoys...what?...'Hang On Sloopy'...amongst other songs he was part of...the Badfinger bloke did his thang...and then wandered about the 'party' having one or two brewskis the rest of the night...mingling with the the hippie dudes...the surprise of the nite, was Mitch Ryder...minus his Detroit Wheels...well, he had one Wheel with him...beat throat cancer a couple of years back...and sounded GREAT!...

Of course, the event was bolstered by the ultimate hippie and Dead Head groupie, Bill Walton...he was 2 rows up from us (again) and man, is he a tall bloke!...wonderful pix here with our very own flower child, Marsh...he kind of drove the crowd...when he stands up and wows the performers, so do the rest of the clan...really....

The final act was a real band...Vanilla Fudge...listen, we have our guys, our age...who can still belt out the music...far out, man...good time...hmmm, one thing missing?...no tee shirts sold...imagine how many tye dye ones they could have moved...missed opp...

Other...

The bewildering Pads brought up one of their prospects to pitch in Milwaukee...got shelled...gave up 3 dingers in the first...as we lost 8-4...A+ for trying something new...let's give the youngins a chance...see if they can stick in the bigs...

For you Tiger fans...he started miserably in the PGA Major...bogey, double bogey...let's hope he rebounds...so many peops want him to succeed...ie my son, who will be there tomorrow to see the T...don't drop out, Tiger...hang in there...shoot, I often start bogey, double bogey and I finish the round...ha ha...well, I usually start like that...

The NFL starts their pre-season games tonight...can you believe that there are blokes who actually bet on these?...imagine...nope, can't...

A frightening story in the USA Today...that a number of businesses throughout the USA may start LAYING OFF workers, as a by-product of Trump's Tariff War with China...you still a believer?...

The NCAA...is it just me, or have they lost ALL control of their clients...collegiate sports...?...they are dabbling into the one and done issue for potential NBA kids...to skip any college...they are going to make a decision by 2022...what?...ho hum, yawn...

Omarosa...yes, her...has a book coming out on the 14th...a tell all...guess who she is telling all about?...Donny...and the hint is that she may have secretly 'taped' her conversations with him...another nice hire, DJT...ha ha ha...

Finally, after so many years...Las Vegas has a new greeting sign...what you think?