Whenever Bob Stroud comes back from commercial break, which, unfortunately is very often, he plays a song that was also being played back then, but one that he isn't going to play in its entirety. He usually tells you the song and artist and sometimes gives that extra little tidbit of info that makes his show so good. Sadly, though, not all the time does he name the song and artist.
Here are the ones he did on his June 2nd show:
BARRY WHITE-- He was funky and chunky and probably could do the monkey. ( Loved that description. Stroud didn't tell the name of the song, however. I recognize Barry White songs but sure can't name them.)
THE NIGHT THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN GEORGIA-- VICKI LAWRENCE-- She took time off from "The Carol Burnett Show" to record her one and only hit.
PILLOW TALK-- SYLVIA-- Of Mickey and Sylvia from the 1950s, her first time out solo.
MONSTER MASH-- BOBBY "BORIS' PICKETT-- This song was ten-and-a-half years old at this time. Some record company exec got the bright idea to rerelease it and before the summer's out it is in the Top Ten again. (I didn't remember it being out again in 1973. What was I listening to? And, it wasn't even Halloween.)
You Know That Big-Bellied Sheriff Who Said "Why'd You Do It?" --RoadDog
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Where Were You June 2, 1973-- Part 5
Again, that would be 40 years ago. If you remember then, you're getting mighty old.
Finishing off with Bob Stroud's first installment of The Summer of 1973. The next one will be July7th.
THE RIGHT THING TO DO-- CARLY SIMON-- From No Secret. Played it right after the Rolling Stones because it was just over 40 years ago that Carly and Mick sang together on her first hit from No Secret, "You're So Vain." (Was she singing about der Mick?)
NATURAL THING-- DOOBIE BROTHERS-- From the Captain and Me, lead-off selection. (And one of those great deep tracks.)
WILDFLOWER-- SKYLARK-- Their one hit. (So you know what that makes them.)
HOCUS POCUS-- FOCUS-- The full-blown version. It was a hit in a shorter version. (You've got to love who came up with the song and group names.)
MIDNIGHT CRUISER-- STEELY DAN-- From their debut album Can't Buy a Thrill with David Palmer on lead vocals. They were actually on "Midnight Special" as a real live working touring bandbefore they packed it in and just became a studio band. (A song we don't get to hear too often, unfortunately.)
FRANKENSTEIN-- EDGAR WINTER GROUP--The #1 song in Chicagoland, and an unlikely one. (This one also reminds me of that summer as I distinctly remember hearing it as we drove from Dekalb, Illinois, to Galena after our wedding reception. This was about 2 AM and I was beginning to wonder if we would ever get there.)
One Great Instrumental, That Frankenstein. --RoadDog
IF CATS PERFORMED "CATS': For no apparent reason, cast members would randomly run to the lobby, and then back to the stage at top speed. They would then continue as if nothing had happened.
Finishing off with Bob Stroud's first installment of The Summer of 1973. The next one will be July7th.
THE RIGHT THING TO DO-- CARLY SIMON-- From No Secret. Played it right after the Rolling Stones because it was just over 40 years ago that Carly and Mick sang together on her first hit from No Secret, "You're So Vain." (Was she singing about der Mick?)
NATURAL THING-- DOOBIE BROTHERS-- From the Captain and Me, lead-off selection. (And one of those great deep tracks.)
WILDFLOWER-- SKYLARK-- Their one hit. (So you know what that makes them.)
HOCUS POCUS-- FOCUS-- The full-blown version. It was a hit in a shorter version. (You've got to love who came up with the song and group names.)
MIDNIGHT CRUISER-- STEELY DAN-- From their debut album Can't Buy a Thrill with David Palmer on lead vocals. They were actually on "Midnight Special" as a real live working touring bandbefore they packed it in and just became a studio band. (A song we don't get to hear too often, unfortunately.)
FRANKENSTEIN-- EDGAR WINTER GROUP--The #1 song in Chicagoland, and an unlikely one. (This one also reminds me of that summer as I distinctly remember hearing it as we drove from Dekalb, Illinois, to Galena after our wedding reception. This was about 2 AM and I was beginning to wonder if we would ever get there.)
One Great Instrumental, That Frankenstein. --RoadDog
IF CATS PERFORMED "CATS': For no apparent reason, cast members would randomly run to the lobby, and then back to the stage at top speed. They would then continue as if nothing had happened.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Summer's Here Friday And So Is the Music
Always a great time here in the Chain of Lakes Area here in northeastern Illinois.
And, we have the music for it.
This Friday, June 21st, Bob Stroud will play Summer Songs on his Ten at Ten at 10 AM CDST (and 10 PM).
Sunday he does three hours of Summer Songs on his Rock and Roll Roots program from 7-10 AM. Get yourself in the mood for the season on Chicago's Drive radio station.
And, it streams, www.wdrv.com .
"It's Summertime, Summertime, Sum-Sum Summertime." --RoadDog
And, we have the music for it.
This Friday, June 21st, Bob Stroud will play Summer Songs on his Ten at Ten at 10 AM CDST (and 10 PM).
Sunday he does three hours of Summer Songs on his Rock and Roll Roots program from 7-10 AM. Get yourself in the mood for the season on Chicago's Drive radio station.
And, it streams, www.wdrv.com .
"It's Summertime, Summertime, Sum-Sum Summertime." --RoadDog
Why It Takes Me So Long To Do Stuff Outside
Yesterday, I took the garbage out to the street for pick up and noticed that the west driveway culvert was getting overgrown with weeds, so there I was for the next hour.
Later, I was going to use the shears on a couple bushes out in the southwest berm. Well, then I noticed the apple tree was in severe need of pruning and that spent another 40 minutes. Then, I saw that several bushes in the arboretum were also in need of pruning, so another thirty minutes.
I also did some weed-pulling in the areas of was working.
And Liz wonders why I'm never ready to go somewhere when I say I'll be ready.
I'm Blaming It On the Yard. Always Something to Do Out There. --RoadDog
Later, I was going to use the shears on a couple bushes out in the southwest berm. Well, then I noticed the apple tree was in severe need of pruning and that spent another 40 minutes. Then, I saw that several bushes in the arboretum were also in need of pruning, so another thirty minutes.
I also did some weed-pulling in the areas of was working.
And Liz wonders why I'm never ready to go somewhere when I say I'll be ready.
I'm Blaming It On the Yard. Always Something to Do Out There. --RoadDog
Where Were You June 2, 1973?-- Part 4
Like I said, this was a key year for me, especially the summer. Bob Stroud sure brought back memories with the music he played. Plus he will be doing the same for the first Sundays in July, August and September. That would be July 7, August 4 and September 1. Take a trip back with the Stroud Crowd, every Sunday from 7 to 10 AM, CDST at WDRV FM in Chicago, and it streams. www.wdrv.com .
BACK WHEN MY HAIR WAS SHORT-- DUNHILL ROAD-- One Hit Wonder produced by Kenny Rogers. (One of those great little songs that slip through the cracks. I hadn't heard this song for a long time.)
DANIEL-- ELTON JOHN-- From current album Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. (One of the longest album titles ever made.)
GIVE IT TO ME-- J. GEILS BAND-- (My first introduction to the group that I really got into in the early 80s.)
MONEY-- PINK FLOYD-- I would normally say from one of the big albums of the year, but this was from one of the big albums from forever, Dark Side of the Moon. The "hit" from it.
DRIFT AWAY-- DOBIE GRAY-- In the Top ten from the late-great.
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT-- ROLLING STONES-- A re-release from 1969, three and a half years old from December of that year.
Listen to the Coins Drop. --RoadDog
IF CATS PERFORMED "CATS': In the middle of a performance, various cast members would curl up and go to sleep, even in the middle of a song.
BACK WHEN MY HAIR WAS SHORT-- DUNHILL ROAD-- One Hit Wonder produced by Kenny Rogers. (One of those great little songs that slip through the cracks. I hadn't heard this song for a long time.)
DANIEL-- ELTON JOHN-- From current album Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player. (One of the longest album titles ever made.)
GIVE IT TO ME-- J. GEILS BAND-- (My first introduction to the group that I really got into in the early 80s.)
MONEY-- PINK FLOYD-- I would normally say from one of the big albums of the year, but this was from one of the big albums from forever, Dark Side of the Moon. The "hit" from it.
DRIFT AWAY-- DOBIE GRAY-- In the Top ten from the late-great.
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT-- ROLLING STONES-- A re-release from 1969, three and a half years old from December of that year.
Listen to the Coins Drop. --RoadDog
IF CATS PERFORMED "CATS': In the middle of a performance, various cast members would curl up and go to sleep, even in the middle of a song.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Music to Fire Up Those Blackhawks
From WXRT's June 14, 2013, Playlist "Stanley Cup Playlist Fit For a King (Or a Blackhawk!)"
These were accompanied by videos so if you can find this playlist on the mighty confusing WXRT website, well worth watching.
THE HOCKEY SONG-- Stompin' Tom Coonors. Canada's pride and joy. Neat videos of hockey back before they wore helmets. "The good old hocket game is the best name you can name."
RE-EDUCATION (THROUGH LABOR)-- Rise Against-- Great warm-up song. Great song, period.
LIFE IN THE FAST LANE-- Eagles (Not if the Hawks have a Power Play.)
WE WILL ROCK YOU-- Queen
BREAK ON THROUGH (TO THE OTHER SIDE)-- Doors
TUBTHUMPING-- Chumbawumba-- I always like this one.
AIN'T MESSING AROUND-- Gary Clark, Jr.
RENEGADE--Styx
CHELSEA DAGGER-- Fratellis-- And what a great video.
Wake Up! Hawks!! --RoadDog
These were accompanied by videos so if you can find this playlist on the mighty confusing WXRT website, well worth watching.
THE HOCKEY SONG-- Stompin' Tom Coonors. Canada's pride and joy. Neat videos of hockey back before they wore helmets. "The good old hocket game is the best name you can name."
RE-EDUCATION (THROUGH LABOR)-- Rise Against-- Great warm-up song. Great song, period.
LIFE IN THE FAST LANE-- Eagles (Not if the Hawks have a Power Play.)
WE WILL ROCK YOU-- Queen
BREAK ON THROUGH (TO THE OTHER SIDE)-- Doors
TUBTHUMPING-- Chumbawumba-- I always like this one.
AIN'T MESSING AROUND-- Gary Clark, Jr.
RENEGADE--Styx
CHELSEA DAGGER-- Fratellis-- And what a great video.
Wake Up! Hawks!! --RoadDog
Where Were You June 2, 1973?-- Part 3
Music from that date, 40 years ago. Wow, how time flies.
GIVE ME LOVE-- GEORGE HARRISON-- A couple of ex-Beatles on the chart. This one brand new, three days old from Living In the Material World. (Bob Stroud almost always plays two Beatle songs around 8 AM, when Terri Hemmert starts her Breakfast With the Beatles Show on WXRT.)
MY LOVE-- PAUL McCARTNEY-- From Red Rose Speedway. Both these last two songs went to #1. (As much as I hated it when the Beatles broke up, we still ended up getting even more Beatle music.)
YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE-- STEVIE WONDER-- From his new album Talking Book, the second single.
KODACHROME-- PAUL SIMON-- Current 45 off There Goes Rhymin' Simon. (What did he say about what he learned in high school?)
DANCING DAYS-- LED ZEPPELIN-- Off Houses of the Holy.
I'VE SEEN ALL GOOD PEOPLE-- YES-- Track from the recently released Yes album, a triple vinyl set and there weren't many trip[le albums released. Entitled Yes Songs and released in early May.
LET'S PRETEND-- RASPBERRIES-- From their second album, Fresh
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE-- LOU REED-- Some stations played it, some didn't. WCFL was all over it where it was Top Ten 40 years ago.
When I Think Back On All the ____ I Learned in High School. --RoadDog
GIVE ME LOVE-- GEORGE HARRISON-- A couple of ex-Beatles on the chart. This one brand new, three days old from Living In the Material World. (Bob Stroud almost always plays two Beatle songs around 8 AM, when Terri Hemmert starts her Breakfast With the Beatles Show on WXRT.)
MY LOVE-- PAUL McCARTNEY-- From Red Rose Speedway. Both these last two songs went to #1. (As much as I hated it when the Beatles broke up, we still ended up getting even more Beatle music.)
YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE-- STEVIE WONDER-- From his new album Talking Book, the second single.
KODACHROME-- PAUL SIMON-- Current 45 off There Goes Rhymin' Simon. (What did he say about what he learned in high school?)
DANCING DAYS-- LED ZEPPELIN-- Off Houses of the Holy.
I'VE SEEN ALL GOOD PEOPLE-- YES-- Track from the recently released Yes album, a triple vinyl set and there weren't many trip[le albums released. Entitled Yes Songs and released in early May.
LET'S PRETEND-- RASPBERRIES-- From their second album, Fresh
WALK ON THE WILD SIDE-- LOU REED-- Some stations played it, some didn't. WCFL was all over it where it was Top Ten 40 years ago.
When I Think Back On All the ____ I Learned in High School. --RoadDog
Big Mistake Not to Provide Over-the-Air Games for Hockey Playoffs
I am angry at NBC concerning its lack of NHL Playoff coverage. Sure, they show all the playoff games, but mostly on NBC Sports which a lot of us, even with cable, don't get.
The very least the network could do would be to put local teams over the air if they are still playing.
And, the last two Stanley Cup Final games have not been offered on NBC here in Chicago, even though the Blackhawks have supposedly been playing. They were just on NBC Sports. Again, a station we don't get at home on our sorry Mediacom Cable system. We had to go to a local bar to watch the games.
At least the last two Stanley Cup games will be on regular NBC. I say two, even with as many as four left, because the Hawks don't seem to know how to play anymore.
Anyway, I plan to watch the next game at home in Margaritaville in my basement.
Come On NBC, Provide the Service!! --RoadDog
The very least the network could do would be to put local teams over the air if they are still playing.
And, the last two Stanley Cup Final games have not been offered on NBC here in Chicago, even though the Blackhawks have supposedly been playing. They were just on NBC Sports. Again, a station we don't get at home on our sorry Mediacom Cable system. We had to go to a local bar to watch the games.
At least the last two Stanley Cup games will be on regular NBC. I say two, even with as many as four left, because the Hawks don't seem to know how to play anymore.
Anyway, I plan to watch the next game at home in Margaritaville in my basement.
Come On NBC, Provide the Service!! --RoadDog
Blackhawk Celebration Songs
Well, not so much celebrating the last two games. Did the team even show up? At least last night they were nice enough to lose in regulation time with no overtimes. And the refs need to start calling the Bruins on some of their mean little hits that they get away with all the time. They have elevated the sneaky hit that just barely avoids a penalty (but that shouldn't worry them either as the Hawk Power Play does not exist, no points in the last 20).
Anyway, that off my chest, Saturday I found that WXRT in Chicago (Chicago's Finest Rock) had listeners voting on favorite Blackhawk songs played at the United Center (almost said Stadium). Of the five songs that are top vote-getters, I only recognized #1 and #2.
Of course, I usually don't go to Chicago and have never been to the UC either. So, what they play other than #1 would not be known to me. I did listen to every song, though.
5. RE-EDUCATION (THROUGH LABOR)-- RISE AGAINST-- For best warm-up song (and they are a Chicago-based group. This is a really good song.
4. EULOGY-- TOOL-- Best penalty-kill song. Didn't like it.
3. HUMP DE BUMP-- RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS---- Best stoppage song. How'd this one get by me? Oh yes, never listened to Arcadium album before.
2. BROWN SUGAR-- ROLLING STONES-- End of the game song as fans filing out.
1. CHELSEA DAGGER-- FRATELLIS-- Best victory song. Also score song. I've written quite a bit on this song. Click on Chelsea Dagger on labels.
Come On Hawks, get Your Act Together. --RoadDog
IF CATS PERFORMED "CATS": When certain audience audience members opened their playbills, a cast member would attempt to lie down on it.
Anyway, that off my chest, Saturday I found that WXRT in Chicago (Chicago's Finest Rock) had listeners voting on favorite Blackhawk songs played at the United Center (almost said Stadium). Of the five songs that are top vote-getters, I only recognized #1 and #2.
Of course, I usually don't go to Chicago and have never been to the UC either. So, what they play other than #1 would not be known to me. I did listen to every song, though.
5. RE-EDUCATION (THROUGH LABOR)-- RISE AGAINST-- For best warm-up song (and they are a Chicago-based group. This is a really good song.
4. EULOGY-- TOOL-- Best penalty-kill song. Didn't like it.
3. HUMP DE BUMP-- RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS---- Best stoppage song. How'd this one get by me? Oh yes, never listened to Arcadium album before.
2. BROWN SUGAR-- ROLLING STONES-- End of the game song as fans filing out.
1. CHELSEA DAGGER-- FRATELLIS-- Best victory song. Also score song. I've written quite a bit on this song. Click on Chelsea Dagger on labels.
Come On Hawks, get Your Act Together. --RoadDog
IF CATS PERFORMED "CATS": When certain audience audience members opened their playbills, a cast member would attempt to lie down on it.
Deaths: Rock Around the Night
Two members of famous groups have died recently.
MARSHALL LYTLE, 79
Original bass player for Bill Haley & His Comets died May 25, 2013. Recorded the big hits "Rock Ariund the Clock," "See You Later Alligator" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll." He was known for his style of slapping the strings as he played. He would also sometimes play the huge instrument (not a bass guitar) over his head or ride it like a surf board.
Born in Old Fort, North Carolina in 1933 and joined Bill Haley in 1951 as a teenager. He and two other Comets quit in 1955 over monetary issues.
MARVIN JUNIOR
Lead bass singer of the R&B group Dells who had a big hit back in 1956 with "Oh, What a Night." They had other songs that I liked, including "Stay In My Corner." The group formed at Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Illinois, and first recorded as the El-Roys for Chess Records.
Signed to Vee-Jay Records in 1955 and remained intact as a group into the 1980s.
MARSHALL LYTLE, 79
Original bass player for Bill Haley & His Comets died May 25, 2013. Recorded the big hits "Rock Ariund the Clock," "See You Later Alligator" and "Shake, Rattle and Roll." He was known for his style of slapping the strings as he played. He would also sometimes play the huge instrument (not a bass guitar) over his head or ride it like a surf board.
Born in Old Fort, North Carolina in 1933 and joined Bill Haley in 1951 as a teenager. He and two other Comets quit in 1955 over monetary issues.
MARVIN JUNIOR
Lead bass singer of the R&B group Dells who had a big hit back in 1956 with "Oh, What a Night." They had other songs that I liked, including "Stay In My Corner." The group formed at Thornton Township High School in Harvey, Illinois, and first recorded as the El-Roys for Chess Records.
Signed to Vee-Jay Records in 1955 and remained intact as a group into the 1980s.
Monday, June 17, 2013
Let It Grow: Not Just for Player Beards During NHL Playoffs-- Part 2
PLAYOFF BILLS: "Go ahead, cut off my gas and electricity. You'll never get your greedy hands on my Marian Hossa-autographed sweater." Then, there come your friendly old bill collectors. METER #1.
PLAYOFF LAUNDRY: "My pants can walk by themselves." Hey, I did that in college also. METER: #8.
PLAYOFF PAPERWORK: "I don't care if you're my boss, it's the playoffs, dude!" Next stop, the unemplyment office. Maybe you could get a job playing for the Hawks. METER: #5
PLAYOFF PARKING TICKETS: And, we're not talking about those inflated parking rates by the United Center. These are of the car variety. "Your honor, I plead hockey insanity." What's that yellow thing attached to my tire and why can't I drive anywhere anymore? METER: #10.
MY OWN SUGGESTIONS:
PLAYOFF BLOGS: Maybe I could get my life back. METER: #10
PLAYOFF BOATING: No more boating for me until the Hawks win the Cup. Well, actually, the boat's sitting in the driveway right now so this one is happening anyway. METER #1. I should really get the bnat in the water.
Tomorrow I'll Have Hawk Music. --RoadDog
PLAYOFF LAUNDRY: "My pants can walk by themselves." Hey, I did that in college also. METER: #8.
PLAYOFF PAPERWORK: "I don't care if you're my boss, it's the playoffs, dude!" Next stop, the unemplyment office. Maybe you could get a job playing for the Hawks. METER: #5
PLAYOFF PARKING TICKETS: And, we're not talking about those inflated parking rates by the United Center. These are of the car variety. "Your honor, I plead hockey insanity." What's that yellow thing attached to my tire and why can't I drive anywhere anymore? METER: #10.
MY OWN SUGGESTIONS:
PLAYOFF BLOGS: Maybe I could get my life back. METER: #10
PLAYOFF BOATING: No more boating for me until the Hawks win the Cup. Well, actually, the boat's sitting in the driveway right now so this one is happening anyway. METER #1. I should really get the bnat in the water.
Tomorrow I'll Have Hawk Music. --RoadDog
Let It Grow: Not Just for Player Beards During Playoffs-- Part 1
From the June 13, 2013, Chicago Tribune "Main Event: Let it grow."
We all know that NHL players in the playoffs put away the old razor during this time and let their beards and 'staches grow. But, in addition, fans have things they can do to help pull their favorite teams along. The Tribune wrote about one Frank Miller of Park Ridge, Illinois (a Chicago suburb), who is refusing to mow his grass until the Blackhawks' postseason run is over. He calls it his "Playoff Lawn" and even has a sign on it saying "PLAYOFF LAWN won't cut it until Hawks win cup!"
You can only wonder what his neighbors (especially non-hockey fans) think,
Well, the Tribune came up with some other possibilities of things our fans can do to "insure" a Hawk Cup. They even went so far as to measure it on the their "Playoffability Meter." One is Really Bad Idea. Ten is really GOOD idea.
PLAYOFF PLAQUE: "I won't brush my teeth until the Hawks hoist the Cup." Well, Dr. Bennett certainly wouldn't agree with that. And, don't forget to floss. METER: #3
PLAYOFF DISHES: "It's like a beautiful mountain of glass, ceramics and steel." Back at the old college trailer at Georgia I'd have that huge pile of unwashed dishes and wasn't even pulling for the Hawks, just didn't like washing 'em. METER: #7
Four More. --RoadDog
We all know that NHL players in the playoffs put away the old razor during this time and let their beards and 'staches grow. But, in addition, fans have things they can do to help pull their favorite teams along. The Tribune wrote about one Frank Miller of Park Ridge, Illinois (a Chicago suburb), who is refusing to mow his grass until the Blackhawks' postseason run is over. He calls it his "Playoff Lawn" and even has a sign on it saying "PLAYOFF LAWN won't cut it until Hawks win cup!"
You can only wonder what his neighbors (especially non-hockey fans) think,
Well, the Tribune came up with some other possibilities of things our fans can do to "insure" a Hawk Cup. They even went so far as to measure it on the their "Playoffability Meter." One is Really Bad Idea. Ten is really GOOD idea.
PLAYOFF PLAQUE: "I won't brush my teeth until the Hawks hoist the Cup." Well, Dr. Bennett certainly wouldn't agree with that. And, don't forget to floss. METER: #3
PLAYOFF DISHES: "It's like a beautiful mountain of glass, ceramics and steel." Back at the old college trailer at Georgia I'd have that huge pile of unwashed dishes and wasn't even pulling for the Hawks, just didn't like washing 'em. METER: #7
Four More. --RoadDog
Hawk Fever Round Here
Even though Mom and brother Bob could care less in North Carolina, around here, the Blackhawks playing in the Stanley Cup Finals is big news. Folks are getting ready for tonight's third game in Boston versus the Bruins.
Haven't determined where I'll see it: Tommy's, Antonio's or Route 12 Bar as we can't get the game on our cable system, that lousy old Mediacom. Mom and Bob, however, do get NBC Sports and could watch it, but won't be watching.
We've seen the last several games at Tommy's here in Spring Grove, even the ones on regular old NBC. It's more fun to see the games with a bunch of fans cheering and yelling (like we do with Bears games during football season).
And, then, there are all the superstitious things going on. I have my lucky Blackhawks shirt and hat with the American Legion poppy I got before the playoff game we watched in Indianapolis the night before the Indy 500. (We also watched playoff games in Dixon, Illinois, and I saw several in North Carolina.)
Liz has two lucky tee shirts. Friend Kenny has a car flag (as well as about 15 Hawks jerseys) and a Blackhawk doll. He didn't have the flag up on his car Saturday and touched the doll (bad luck if you touch it) so it is HIS FAULT we lost Saturday night, well that and the Hawks are pitiful when they get a power play.
We're hoping that we don't have to go to Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks and watch the very last game. That's where we were back when the Hawks won the Cup in 2010.
Anyway, GO HAWKS!!-- RoadDog
Haven't determined where I'll see it: Tommy's, Antonio's or Route 12 Bar as we can't get the game on our cable system, that lousy old Mediacom. Mom and Bob, however, do get NBC Sports and could watch it, but won't be watching.
We've seen the last several games at Tommy's here in Spring Grove, even the ones on regular old NBC. It's more fun to see the games with a bunch of fans cheering and yelling (like we do with Bears games during football season).
And, then, there are all the superstitious things going on. I have my lucky Blackhawks shirt and hat with the American Legion poppy I got before the playoff game we watched in Indianapolis the night before the Indy 500. (We also watched playoff games in Dixon, Illinois, and I saw several in North Carolina.)
Liz has two lucky tee shirts. Friend Kenny has a car flag (as well as about 15 Hawks jerseys) and a Blackhawk doll. He didn't have the flag up on his car Saturday and touched the doll (bad luck if you touch it) so it is HIS FAULT we lost Saturday night, well that and the Hawks are pitiful when they get a power play.
We're hoping that we don't have to go to Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks and watch the very last game. That's where we were back when the Hawks won the Cup in 2010.
Anyway, GO HAWKS!!-- RoadDog
Oops, That'd Be July, Not June for the Rib Fest
I'm blaming it on how close the month June is spelled to the month July. Hey, they both start with the same two letters, and let's face it, there are not that many letters netween "n" and "l."
Anyway, the 8th Rockin' Ribfest in Lake In The Hills, or is that hyphenated?, is July 11th to 14th, so we still have a chance to go. And, it rained here Saturday morning and was forecast all day (although the morning's precipitation was it for te day.
Besides the music, there is, of course, the ribs and I am really into sampling those delights, plus a car show on the Saturday.
They could change the name of the festival to Tribute Fest because of all the Tribute Bands playing.
THURSDAY JULY (not June) 11TH
Chicago Tribute Anthology (either the band Chicago or even better, those old Chicago 60s bands like New Colony Six and Cryan' Shames)
Kasmir-- Led Zeppelin
FRIDAY, JULY 12TH
Cover Gurl-- (perhaps Lady Gaga, Beyonce?)
Bruce in the USA-- The World's #1 Tribute to Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (that's what they call it)
SATURDAY, JULY 13TH
The Fortunate Sons-- Creedence Clearwater Revival
Heartache Tonight-- Eagles
Soul Asylum-- as themselves or whatever lineup they now have. The "Real" Thing!!
SUNDAY, JULY 14TH
Dave Rudolf's Beach Party (Jimmy Buffett?)
Hot Rocks-- Rolling Stones
And, it costs $5 a person. Thinking seriously of going Saturday.
Ribs and Music, Something I Can Live With. --RoadDog
IF CATS PERFORMED "CATS": Performers would jump off the stage and run up the aisle at the recorded sound of a can opener in the lobby.
Anyway, the 8th Rockin' Ribfest in Lake In The Hills, or is that hyphenated?, is July 11th to 14th, so we still have a chance to go. And, it rained here Saturday morning and was forecast all day (although the morning's precipitation was it for te day.
Besides the music, there is, of course, the ribs and I am really into sampling those delights, plus a car show on the Saturday.
They could change the name of the festival to Tribute Fest because of all the Tribute Bands playing.
THURSDAY JULY (not June) 11TH
Chicago Tribute Anthology (either the band Chicago or even better, those old Chicago 60s bands like New Colony Six and Cryan' Shames)
Kasmir-- Led Zeppelin
FRIDAY, JULY 12TH
Cover Gurl-- (perhaps Lady Gaga, Beyonce?)
Bruce in the USA-- The World's #1 Tribute to Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (that's what they call it)
SATURDAY, JULY 13TH
The Fortunate Sons-- Creedence Clearwater Revival
Heartache Tonight-- Eagles
Soul Asylum-- as themselves or whatever lineup they now have. The "Real" Thing!!
SUNDAY, JULY 14TH
Dave Rudolf's Beach Party (Jimmy Buffett?)
Hot Rocks-- Rolling Stones
And, it costs $5 a person. Thinking seriously of going Saturday.
Ribs and Music, Something I Can Live With. --RoadDog
IF CATS PERFORMED "CATS": Performers would jump off the stage and run up the aisle at the recorded sound of a can opener in the lobby.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Good Times in the Area
Always something to do around here, especially in the summer. Lst night we had the Door County Fish Boil here in Spring Grove to raise money for the Fish Hatchery.
Today, I was planning on going to the 8th Annual Rockin' Ribfest in Lake In the Hills, about 20 miles away, but we got a bit of rain and more is forecast. Tonight's headliner is Soul Asylum. But all four days they feature tribute bands. Thursday was Kasmir, a Led Zeppelin band. Last night was Bruce in the USA who call themselves the World's #1 Tribute to Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band.
Today features The Fortunate Sons, a CCR tribute band and Heartache Tonight, the Eagles. Tomorrow is Dave Rudolf's Beach Party (not sure if they are a tribute or not) and then Hot Rocks, the Rolling Stones.
Love those tribute bands. If you're going to be one, you'd better be good. We've seen Heartache Tonight at the Woodstock Opera House and it was like being at an Eagles concert in the 70s.
Oh well, no Rib Fest for us tonight as the Blackhawks play the Bruins in game two of the Stanley Cup Championship. I trust everyone has rested up from Wednesday's marathon game. We'll be joining the Usual Suspects at Tommy's here in Spring Grove for the game.
Tomorrow, planning on Captain's for the afternnon band.
Good Times 'Round Here. --RoadDog
IF CATS PERFORMED "CATS": Sometimes the cast would perform, but sometimes not-- depending on their mood.
Today, I was planning on going to the 8th Annual Rockin' Ribfest in Lake In the Hills, about 20 miles away, but we got a bit of rain and more is forecast. Tonight's headliner is Soul Asylum. But all four days they feature tribute bands. Thursday was Kasmir, a Led Zeppelin band. Last night was Bruce in the USA who call themselves the World's #1 Tribute to Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band.
Today features The Fortunate Sons, a CCR tribute band and Heartache Tonight, the Eagles. Tomorrow is Dave Rudolf's Beach Party (not sure if they are a tribute or not) and then Hot Rocks, the Rolling Stones.
Love those tribute bands. If you're going to be one, you'd better be good. We've seen Heartache Tonight at the Woodstock Opera House and it was like being at an Eagles concert in the 70s.
Oh well, no Rib Fest for us tonight as the Blackhawks play the Bruins in game two of the Stanley Cup Championship. I trust everyone has rested up from Wednesday's marathon game. We'll be joining the Usual Suspects at Tommy's here in Spring Grove for the game.
Tomorrow, planning on Captain's for the afternnon band.
Good Times 'Round Here. --RoadDog
IF CATS PERFORMED "CATS": Sometimes the cast would perform, but sometimes not-- depending on their mood.
Friday, June 14, 2013
Cruising McHenry
Earlier today, I went to McHenry, hitting the various stores looking for flowers and perennials. I figure that now that I will be here awhile, I can go ahead and start planting.
I bought dianthus, hostas, wave petunias, caladiums, an Asiatic lily, blanket flowers, sedum and two blue flower perennials (delphinums?) I can't remember the name of right now.
*** Don't parents with kids look before crossing streets by the stores any more? I saw two different adults walk in front of me without ever looking. That is very trusting of them, but mighty stupid. One was even carrying a baby. Thank goodness I was watching out for them.
*** Wandering around Meijer's, I found cassette tapes for sale!!! I thought they had dropped them as have most every other store except Walgreen's. And, their five-pack bricks are just $4.67 (Walgreen's charges $7.99). Well, I just had to buy two packs.
*** Going through the Wal-Mart $5 CD bin (that's right, I still buy CDs), I found two Doors albums: The Soft Parade and Morrison Hotel and bought them. The Soft Parade especially reminds me of Lincoln Hall at NIU back freshman year, 1969-70.
** I was shocked at checkout at Meijer's in the nursery section when the clerk, a guy I'd guess to be in his mid-twenties, said he was glad to see someone still buying cassette tapes and that he prefers to record on them to downloading like all the young folk do (and a lot of old folk as well). You might say that made my day as it gets mighty lonely being the only one I know of still using cassttes.
*** While looking at some plants at Meijer's, I felt something whoosh by my head and then a plop. I looked down at the concrete floor to see a baby bird which must have fallen out of its nest about twenty feet above me. It was barely breathing. I told the cassette clerk about it and by the time I got back, that little bird had righted itself and was moving around. It had just gotten some of its feathers so its life prognosis isn't very good, but I'm pulling for it.
A Day Out Shopping. --RoadDog
I bought dianthus, hostas, wave petunias, caladiums, an Asiatic lily, blanket flowers, sedum and two blue flower perennials (delphinums?) I can't remember the name of right now.
*** Don't parents with kids look before crossing streets by the stores any more? I saw two different adults walk in front of me without ever looking. That is very trusting of them, but mighty stupid. One was even carrying a baby. Thank goodness I was watching out for them.
*** Wandering around Meijer's, I found cassette tapes for sale!!! I thought they had dropped them as have most every other store except Walgreen's. And, their five-pack bricks are just $4.67 (Walgreen's charges $7.99). Well, I just had to buy two packs.
*** Going through the Wal-Mart $5 CD bin (that's right, I still buy CDs), I found two Doors albums: The Soft Parade and Morrison Hotel and bought them. The Soft Parade especially reminds me of Lincoln Hall at NIU back freshman year, 1969-70.
** I was shocked at checkout at Meijer's in the nursery section when the clerk, a guy I'd guess to be in his mid-twenties, said he was glad to see someone still buying cassette tapes and that he prefers to record on them to downloading like all the young folk do (and a lot of old folk as well). You might say that made my day as it gets mighty lonely being the only one I know of still using cassttes.
*** While looking at some plants at Meijer's, I felt something whoosh by my head and then a plop. I looked down at the concrete floor to see a baby bird which must have fallen out of its nest about twenty feet above me. It was barely breathing. I told the cassette clerk about it and by the time I got back, that little bird had righted itself and was moving around. It had just gotten some of its feathers so its life prognosis isn't very good, but I'm pulling for it.
A Day Out Shopping. --RoadDog
JSS: Fish Boil Tonight-- Mr. Myers Here-- Bless Their Greedy Little Hearts
JSS-- Just Some Stuff.
1. FISH BOIL TONIGHT-- In a few hours we're going out to Horse Fair Park in Spring Grove for the annual Wisconsin fish boil put on by Fitzgerald's in Genoa City, Wisconsin, to raise money for the Spring Grove Fish Hatchery. At one time, most of all the fish stocked into northern Illinois' waters were raised here.
It closed down and the state sold it to the village for $1 and we're in the process of turning it into a park and it is sure looking good these days. There is even a little museum in the former Fish House.
Another thing Spring Grove is noted for is the birthplace of the farm silo.
Good eating, good times and a band will be playing. A nice way to spend a Friday evening.
2. MR. MYERS HERE-- Tuesday, while at Never Sink Inn, we saw that Mr. Myers will be performing at Spring Grove's Fourth of July celebration (always held on the actual day). We've been following this group ever since the early 1970s when they started playing at Andy's in Dekalb, right on the Lincoln Highway. I'd best describe them as playing CaribbeanRock, with lots of Buffett and reggae as well as Cowboy Beach Music.
3. BLESS THEIR GREEDY LITTLE HEARTS-- Yesterday, I saw that gas at the station on US-12 had "dropped" all the way down to $4.23 from $4.27 (if you pay cash, otherwise add 4 cents). Today I was in McHenry and see they were at $4.20, so perhaps Spring Grove is "down" to that as well. Yesterday, I filled up with gas in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, for $4.20 a gallon, the most I've ever paid for regular. We just have to do something with the GRBs at Big Oil.
Just Some Stuff. --RoadDog
1. FISH BOIL TONIGHT-- In a few hours we're going out to Horse Fair Park in Spring Grove for the annual Wisconsin fish boil put on by Fitzgerald's in Genoa City, Wisconsin, to raise money for the Spring Grove Fish Hatchery. At one time, most of all the fish stocked into northern Illinois' waters were raised here.
It closed down and the state sold it to the village for $1 and we're in the process of turning it into a park and it is sure looking good these days. There is even a little museum in the former Fish House.
Another thing Spring Grove is noted for is the birthplace of the farm silo.
Good eating, good times and a band will be playing. A nice way to spend a Friday evening.
2. MR. MYERS HERE-- Tuesday, while at Never Sink Inn, we saw that Mr. Myers will be performing at Spring Grove's Fourth of July celebration (always held on the actual day). We've been following this group ever since the early 1970s when they started playing at Andy's in Dekalb, right on the Lincoln Highway. I'd best describe them as playing CaribbeanRock, with lots of Buffett and reggae as well as Cowboy Beach Music.
3. BLESS THEIR GREEDY LITTLE HEARTS-- Yesterday, I saw that gas at the station on US-12 had "dropped" all the way down to $4.23 from $4.27 (if you pay cash, otherwise add 4 cents). Today I was in McHenry and see they were at $4.20, so perhaps Spring Grove is "down" to that as well. Yesterday, I filled up with gas in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, for $4.20 a gallon, the most I've ever paid for regular. We just have to do something with the GRBs at Big Oil.
Just Some Stuff. --RoadDog
Something New, Something Old Here in Spring Grove
And, it's not getting married, either.
Yesterday,the new McDonald's opened on US-12. I've been there both days enjoying the $1 specials: Egg McMuffin, Sausage McMuffin with Egg and Daily Double. Business is good and both times there was little delay in getting the order as sometimes happens at new places as crews are learning their jobs. I did hear one supervisor telling the kids at the cash registers that they can get coffees if that is all that is ordered.
It's nice having a McDonald's here in Spring Grove. I like their dollar menu and actually like their sausage McMuffins on it just as well as the other two breakfast items I mentioned. However, there might be some problems when they get around to having McRibs again. Way too close, you know and I am really oon them.
The something old that we have here in Spring Grove, Illinois, is the reopening of the downtown (if you can call what we have a downtown) bar on the corner of Main Street. It is in a building that was built around 1895 and had been closed for about a year. It is now called Never Sink Inn, a play on words for the Nippersink Creek that runs nearby. They have a canoe as part of their logo.
The new owners have put in a lot of work remodeling the place and updating things. It took them three months of hard work. It was called Town Tap when we moved here in 1992 and was that for most of the time. There have been two other places in it, the last being O'Shaney's.
Good to Have Them. --RoadDog
IF CATS PERFORMED "CATS": The antagonist in the show would be a giant vacuum cleaner.
Yesterday,the new McDonald's opened on US-12. I've been there both days enjoying the $1 specials: Egg McMuffin, Sausage McMuffin with Egg and Daily Double. Business is good and both times there was little delay in getting the order as sometimes happens at new places as crews are learning their jobs. I did hear one supervisor telling the kids at the cash registers that they can get coffees if that is all that is ordered.
It's nice having a McDonald's here in Spring Grove. I like their dollar menu and actually like their sausage McMuffins on it just as well as the other two breakfast items I mentioned. However, there might be some problems when they get around to having McRibs again. Way too close, you know and I am really oon them.
The something old that we have here in Spring Grove, Illinois, is the reopening of the downtown (if you can call what we have a downtown) bar on the corner of Main Street. It is in a building that was built around 1895 and had been closed for about a year. It is now called Never Sink Inn, a play on words for the Nippersink Creek that runs nearby. They have a canoe as part of their logo.
The new owners have put in a lot of work remodeling the place and updating things. It took them three months of hard work. It was called Town Tap when we moved here in 1992 and was that for most of the time. There have been two other places in it, the last being O'Shaney's.
Good to Have Them. --RoadDog
IF CATS PERFORMED "CATS": The antagonist in the show would be a giant vacuum cleaner.
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