November 7, 201311 yr Sadly my mom was not so hep to the jive. Or maybe she was, and that was the problem. I had no positive external influences for music, so I absorbed what was home. Which brings me to another awkward childhood memory. Picture it, Staten Island, 1981. the PS30 5th grade class was compiling a list of everyone's favorite song. The overwhelming favorite was Joan Jett's "I Love Rock n' Roll". What did I choose? If you guessed 'Red Neckin' Love Makin' night' by Conway Twitty you would be correct. Thanks, Mom. That's awesome in so many ways.... It amazes me the cultural divide in people that graduated HS in the early 60's to those that graduated post- 1967. I had friends parents that were really only 5 or so years older than mine and it was completely different set of music/attitude. Hell, 1958's top hits are probably closer to today's than they are to 1953s. When there's an effort to hold a culture stagnant, changes happen quickly. I should point out that my folks had me later in life. My father and mother were born in 1924 and 1934, respectively. My dad is a WWII vet (in the Pacific front), and so a lot of what I heard growing up was what used to be classified as 'The music of your life' stations. Stuff from the 30's 40's and 50's. Even I could figure out that music wasn't what I was supposed to listen to. (However, the influence stuck, as I will admit to occassionally turning on WKHR (91.5) and getting my big band fix.) My mom threw me a loop with the country for a while, though. Lot's of Oak Ridge Boys, Loretta Lynn, Kenny Rogers, etc. [Elvira, boom bow chicka wow, Elvira, bow chicka bow chicka bow, my heeeeearts on fire....for Elvira!) I don't think I've ever heard my father listen to music on his own. My Mom claims he likes Sousa marches. I've never been able to figure out if she's joking or not. Someone help me....please.
November 7, 201311 yr When I was a kid with no AC, an elderly neighbor took on a girlfriend & they would sit on his front porch in the evening listening to old Louis Armstrong & the Hot 5,6,7,8.... It was kinda neat drifting off to sleep listening to that.
November 7, 201311 yr Sadly my mom was not so hep to the jive. Or maybe she was, and that was the problem. I had no positive external influences for music, so I absorbed what was home. Which brings me to another awkward childhood memory. Picture it, Staten Island, 1981. the PS30 5th grade class was compiling a list of everyone's favorite song. The overwhelming favorite was Joan Jett's "I Love Rock n' Roll". What did I choose? If you guessed 'Red Neckin' Love Makin' night' by Conway Twitty you would be correct. Thanks, Mom. That's awesome in so many ways.... It amazes me the cultural divide in people that graduated HS in the early 60's to those that graduated post- 1967. I had friends parents that were really only 5 or so years older than mine and it was completely different set of music/attitude. Hell, 1958's top hits are probably closer to today's than they are to 1953s. When there's an effort to hold a culture stagnant, changes happen quickly. I should point out that my folks had me later in life. My father and mother were born in 1924 and 1934, respectively. My dad is a WWII vet (in the Pacific front), and so a lot of what I heard growing up was what used to be classified as 'The music of your life' stations. Stuff from the 30's 40's and 50's. Even I could figure out that music wasn't what I was supposed to listen to. (However, the influence stuck, as I will admit to occassionally turning on WKHR (91.5) and getting my big band fix.) My mom threw me a loop with the country for a while, though. Lot's of Oak Ridge Boys, Loretta Lynn, Kenny Rogers, etc. [Elvira, boom bow chicka wow, Elvira, bow chicka bow chicka bow, my heeeeearts on fire....for Elvira!) I don't think I've ever heard my father listen to music on his own. My Mom claims he likes Sousa marches. I've never been able to figure out if she's joking or not. Someone help me....please. you may not have realized it at the time, but in the late 70's country music was huge in New York. I can't remember the station (I think it was WHK) but it was one of the top ones in the market. Lots of people who wouldn't have listened to country music a decade earlier became fans. This is when stars--like Dolly Parton in particular--were becoming mainstream. http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
November 7, 201311 yr maybe I meant WHN? I'm too old to remember stuff correctly-lol http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
November 7, 201311 yr Sadly my mom was not so hep to the jive. Or maybe she was, and that was the problem. I had no positive external influences for music, so I absorbed what was home. Which brings me to another awkward childhood memory. Picture it, Staten Island, 1981. the PS30 5th grade class was compiling a list of everyone's favorite song. The overwhelming favorite was Joan Jett's "I Love Rock n' Roll". What did I choose? If you guessed 'Red Neckin' Love Makin' night' by Conway Twitty you would be correct. Thanks, Mom. That's awesome in so many ways.... It amazes me the cultural divide in people that graduated HS in the early 60's to those that graduated post- 1967. I had friends parents that were really only 5 or so years older than mine and it was completely different set of music/attitude. Hell, 1958's top hits are probably closer to today's than they are to 1953s. When there's an effort to hold a culture stagnant, changes happen quickly. I should point out that my folks had me later in life. My father and mother were born in 1924 and 1934, respectively. My dad is a WWII vet (in the Pacific front), and so a lot of what I heard growing up was what used to be classified as 'The music of your life' stations. Stuff from the 30's 40's and 50's. Even I could figure out that music wasn't what I was supposed to listen to. (However, the influence stuck, as I will admit to occassionally turning on WKHR (91.5) and getting my big band fix.) My mom threw me a loop with the country for a while, though. Lot's of Oak Ridge Boys, Loretta Lynn, Kenny Rogers, etc. [Elvira, boom bow chicka wow, Elvira, bow chicka bow chicka bow, my heeeeearts on fire....for Elvira!) I don't think I've ever heard my father listen to music on his own. My Mom claims he likes Sousa marches. I've never been able to figure out if she's joking or not. Someone help me....please. you may not have realized it at the time, but in the late 70's country music was huge in New York. I can't remember the station (I think it was WHK) but it was one of the top ones in the market. Lots of people who wouldn't have listened to country music a decade earlier became fans. This is when stars--like Dolly Parton in particular--were becoming mainstream. Well, I was in my single digits back then, but in hindsight I have come to realize that was likely country's golden age. There was a lot of Hee Haw, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton, and the Mandrell Sisters on the TV back then. And of course, my favorite (again, help...please) Bobby Vinton, who, while not country, was still not exactly mainstream with my peers.
November 7, 201311 yr ^Your tag line is ignoring some of the most successful non-human civilizations on the planet, such as bee hives, ant colonies, schools of fish. Then there is wildlife herds and packs. Nature agrees with the idea of strength in numbers. Leaving aside whether or not those should be called “civilizations”, all of those lack the degree of intelligence required for self-awareness. Which almost by definition is a requirement for any sense of individual identity. Your analogy comes closer to making my point than it does to refuting it. As long as it makes sense in your own head, I suppose that is all that matters
November 8, 201311 yr Sadly my mom was not so hep to the jive. Or maybe she was, and that was the problem. I had no positive external influences for music, so I absorbed what was home. Which brings me to another awkward childhood memory. Picture it, Staten Island, 1981. the PS30 5th grade class was compiling a list of everyone's favorite song. The overwhelming favorite was Joan Jett's "I Love Rock n' Roll". What did I choose? If you guessed 'Red Neckin' Love Makin' night' by Conway Twitty you would be correct. Thanks, Mom. That's awesome in so many ways.... It amazes me the cultural divide in people that graduated HS in the early 60's to those that graduated post- 1967. I had friends parents that were really only 5 or so years older than mine and it was completely different set of music/attitude. Hell, 1958's top hits are probably closer to today's than they are to 1953s. When there's an effort to hold a culture stagnant, changes happen quickly. I should point out that my folks had me later in life. My father and mother were born in 1924 and 1934, respectively. My dad is a WWII vet (in the Pacific front), and so a lot of what I heard growing up was what used to be classified as 'The music of your life' stations. Stuff from the 30's 40's and 50's. Even I could figure out that music wasn't what I was supposed to listen to. (However, the influence stuck, as I will admit to occassionally turning on WKHR (91.5) and getting my big band fix.) My mom threw me a loop with the country for a while, though. Lot's of Oak Ridge Boys, Loretta Lynn, Kenny Rogers, etc. [Elvira, boom bow chicka wow, Elvira, bow chicka bow chicka bow, my heeeeearts on fire....for Elvira!) I don't think I've ever heard my father listen to music on his own. My Mom claims he likes Sousa marches. I've never been able to figure out if she's joking or not. Someone help me....please. you may not have realized it at the time, but in the late 70's country music was huge in New York. I can't remember the station (I think it was WHK) but it was one of the top ones in the market. Lots of people who wouldn't have listened to country music a decade earlier became fans. This is when stars--like Dolly Parton in particular--were becoming mainstream. Well, I was in my single digits back then, but in hindsight I have come to realize that was likely country's golden age. There was a lot of Hee Haw, Glen Campbell, Dolly Parton, and the Mandrell Sisters on the TV back then. And of course, my favorite (again, help...please) Bobby Vinton, who, while not country, was still not exactly mainstream with my peers. who does not love Bobby Vinton, the Polish Prince?! http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
November 11, 201311 yr So, while I couldn't make the Cleveland meet up, I did get to check these out. I thought at a minimum FerrariEnzo would appreciate these Edit: I'm having trouble linking photos from Flickr, so here they are directly uploaded.
November 15, 201311 yr Very clever tweet making the rounds tonight... "@johnfreiler: T NOW! what do we want? MORE TIME-TRAVEL JOKES! when do we want them? RIGH" "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 15, 201311 yr That took me a few seconds to get.... As far as the music goes, I forgot that my parents had a few Oak Ridge Boys and Alabama LPs too. I guess country must have been pretty big in the late 70s. Of course there was stuff that the Eagles and Burrito Bros that wasn't that far removed from country and is more country than half of the crap on commercial country radio today. Then there was Roger Miller. I freaking love Roger Miller...
November 15, 201311 yr So I'm driving in this morning, and I'm streaming my hair metal station on Iheartradio. I have it set to grab the widest selection of music, and this comes up www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpkzjsNLjS8 Maybe not so wide a selection next time. Full disclosure: I didn't turn it off.
November 15, 201311 yr Nothing wrong with a little bad DLR..... His video for just a gigolo is a classic.
November 15, 201311 yr I saw him live at the Mahoning Valley ballpark in 2005 with Blue Oyster Cult. A rapper came out between bands and got massively booed.
November 15, 201311 yr I think you guys didn't listen to the clip. DLR is fine. ¡DLR en Español es fantástico!
November 15, 201311 yr DLR always gets respect, mostly for his ability for doing splits. In a related note, My kids piano teacher is teaching him VH's "Jump", so naturally he has no idea who VH is. So we pulled the video for Jump up on YouTube, it is not anywhere as cool as I remember. It has not aged well...but on the up side my 7 year asked how are they making those sounds and we ended up watching Eddie VH, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson videos.
November 15, 201311 yr Jump was a sh!tty song then, and it remains so now. It marked the decline of EVH as a guitar god, to EVH as a weird mediocre keyboard player. The musical equivalent of Jordan playing baseball. A few years ago, my brothers in law represented EVH's girlfriend (surprise, she was an aspiring actress) for a short period of time. The upside, they got to meet EVH a few times, including hanging out in his house until 3am while he jammed on guitar and told stories about the old VH days and how nuts DLR really was.
November 15, 201311 yr ...but it's a cool song for a 9 yo to play on the piano...funny thing is nobody is playing the keyboard in the video, on a keyboard driven song???
November 15, 201311 yr They didn't want to be put in the same category as Flock of Seagulls I guess. I always thought Jump would make a great cigarette commercial if you just replaced the word "jump" with "smoke" all the way through.
November 18, 201311 yr speaking of music, check this article out, the hiphop rebirth of billy squier. he's made bazillions selling his music in the rap world. it turned out that the clean drum openings to his hits are timelessly irresistible to dj's. there is a list at the end, so be prepared to do a lot of youtubing: http://nypost.com/2013/11/16/the-hip-hop-rebirth-of-billy-squier/
November 18, 201311 yr So I'm driving in this morning, and I'm streaming my hair metal station on Iheartradio. I have it set to grab the widest selection of music, and this comes up www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpkzjsNLjS8 Maybe not so wide a selection next time. Full disclosure: I didn't turn it off. The part when he has the convo with the guitar in Yankee Rose is rock n roll gold.
November 18, 201311 yr DLR always gets respect, mostly for his ability for doing splits. In a related note, My kids piano teacher is teaching him VH's "Jump", so naturally he has no idea who VH is. So we pulled the video for Jump up on YouTube, it is not anywhere as cool as I remember. It has not aged well...but on the up side my 7 year asked how are they making those sounds and we ended up watching Eddie VH, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson videos. The fact that Eddie appeared to be under the influence of something was always the appeal of the "Jump" video...
November 18, 201311 yr Sad thing is the developments in Corryville are probably superior to the ideal developments of Cranleyville (e.g. that monstrosity in Price Hill).
November 18, 201311 yr Seriously. I cannot believe that he's proud of that thing. The only thing that is remotely nice about it is the view. I've been inside one if the units too. The materials inside are much nicer, but the layouts have a ton of wasted space and no storage.
November 19, 201311 yr speaking of music, check this article out, the hiphop rebirth of billy squier. he's made bazillions selling his music in the rap world. it turned out that the clean drum openings to his hits are timelessly irresistible to dj's. there is a list at the end, so be prepared to do a lot of youtubing: http://nypost.com/2013/11/16/the-hip-hop-rebirth-of-billy-squier/ Damn, I knew "99 Problems" sounded familiar but never placed it.
November 19, 201311 yr https://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/glblog/posts/view/120 Alchemy Hour has a new name.... Not digging it...
November 19, 201311 yr https://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/glblog/posts/view/120 Alchemy Hour has a new name.... Not digging it... It sounds like a bad satellite radio station.
November 20, 201311 yr https://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/glblog/posts/view/120 Alchemy Hour has a new name.... Not digging it... It sounds like a bad satellite radio station. Oh come on, I can't believe they didn't go with "Surfin' Cleveland". So when you run out.... Liberals..... :roll:
December 13, 201311 yr whoa boy, attention publicans! santacon nyc is tonight - and santacon cleveland is tomorrow night (sat dec 14th): http://santacon.info/Cleveland-OH/
December 13, 201311 yr whoa boy, attention publicans! santacon nyc is tonight - and santacon cleveland is tomorrow night (sat dec 14th): http://santacon.info/Cleveland-OH/ Will the Krampus be there? http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/water-cooler/the-anti-santa-krampus-is-being-celebrated-with-devilish-costumes-and-art-shows-across-the-country Quibble: Krampus is not the anti-Santa. He is his counterpart.
December 13, 201311 yr lol -- you'll have to go and see -- take pictures! but dont take children, the santaconners get pretty frightening as the afternoon and night moves along...!
December 13, 201311 yr lol -- you'll have to go and see -- take pictures! but dont take children, the santaconners get pretty frightening as the afternoon and night moves along...! I'm working so unless they will be coming to Bedford.... Actually, "Christmas in Bedford Falls" is tomorrow. A few years ago, the architects across the street from the bar hired a couple guys to dress up as Frosty and another character (I forget which) and stand outside their offices waving. After their shift (or on break?) the two guys were sitting in the bar, in costume, with their costume heads next to them and beers in front of them.
December 13, 201311 yr ^ thats hilarious too! aww well, maybe someone will post santacon revelry pics?
December 13, 201311 yr I don't know why people think Santacon is so funny or entertaining. It's a complete disgrace. Bar owners are sick of it. At least this year people are fighting back :clap: ‘Take Your Body Fluids and Public Intoxication Elsewhere’: LES Residents Stage ‘AntiCon’ http://observer.com/2013/12/take-your-body-fluids-and-public-intoxication-elsewhere-les-residents-stage-anticon/ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/opinion/ban-santacon.html?_r=0 http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
December 13, 201311 yr ^ i think you answered your own question there -- i am ducking it tonight as best i can lol!
December 14, 201311 yr ^ i think you answered your own question there -- i am ducking it tonight as best i can lol! really? and all this time I thought for sure you were a participant! lol Tomorrow should prove extra exciting for this event since we're expecting a mini-snowstorm (2"-4"). I like all the comments to the NY Times piece suggesting that the writer shouldn't be living in the East Village he hates this so much. I guess they have a point :-( (It seems like Santacon every Friday & Saturday nite. I guess I'm grateful I don't live on "Hell Square" on the Lower East Side http://ny.curbed.com/tags/hell-square) http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
December 14, 201311 yr aarrrghhh! :-P this is the first thing I saw this morning (at least there was a large police presence. I think this is gonna get ugly this year--or rather, uglier!)) http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
December 15, 201311 yr ^ aww im sure you survived. my bro is a huge participant in cleveland today and tonight, the txt pics that have been coming in are quite amusing.
December 16, 201311 yr ^ugh! just steps from my building; but didn't I tell you? the following is 3rd Ave & 16th St in front of Joe Jr's coffee shop (I'm getting stun gun for next year)-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-5lDJkMc6g http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
December 16, 201311 yr Thanks Don, I have a minister friend who is really into brawls, he'll love this. yeah, I know it's weird. He's into serial killers, too.
December 16, 201311 yr ^I'm afraid to find out what his "church" affiliation is! lol http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
December 19, 201311 yr I've got to wonder how many times the Streetcar thread has been refreshed today.
December 19, 201311 yr I've got to wonder how many times the Streetcar thread has been refreshed today. I wonder how many Tweets were made today regarding the streetcar.
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