Another List of 2013 Movies That I Mostly Saw

From the Jan. 5, 2014, Chicago Tribune "Disney's dizzying year" by Jonathan Berlin and Chad Yoder. //// Disney had a good year in 2013 leading to $1.7 billion domestic and $4.7 billion worldwide. //// They released nine major films. In order of domestic earnings in millions(* means I saw it): 1. *Iron Man 3, $409 //// 2. Monters University $268.5 //// 3. *Frozen, 263.1 //// 4. *Oz the Great and Powerful $234.9 //// 5. *Thor: The Dark World 202.5 //// 6. Planes, 90.3 //// 7. *The Lone Ranger, $89.3 //// 8. *Saving Mr. Banks $44.1 //// 9. Delivery Man, 29.7. //// And, I would have liked to have seen "Monsters University" and "Planes." I have gotten to be a huge fan of animated movies. "Saving Mr. Banks" is still at the theaters, so it will go up, but I doubt that it will be too high (even though it is my favorite of all of them). //// I liked all of the movies I saw from Disney. "The Lone Ranger" was the big "flop" and was described in the article as the "John Carter" of 2013. I thoroughly enjoyed it (and, I really like "John Carter" as well). //// My top three favorites in order: 1. Saving Mr. Banks, 2. Oz the Great and Powerful, 3. The Lone Ranger. //// I will have Disney's highest grossing films by year from 2000 in my Cooter's History Thing blog today. //// Pass the Popcorn. --RoadDog

Gone in 2013, But Not Forgotten-- Part 2

BOBBY ROGERS-- One of the original Miracles (as in Smokey Robinson & the Miracles) // J.J. CALE-- Big hit was "Crazy Mama" but also wrote songs covered by other artists // PETER BANKS-- Keyboardist for Yes // JOEY COVINGTON-- Drummer for Jefferson Airplane died in June. // JACKIE LOMAX-- Died in September and recorded for Apple label. His biggest hit, "Sour Milk Sea," featured Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and George Harrison (not a bad backing group). // ALLAN LANIER-- Keyboardist for Blue Oyster Cult died in August. // ROGER LAVERN-- Keyboardist for of Tornadoes when they did "Telstar" died in June. // RAY MANZUREK-- Keyboardist for the Doors. A major part of their sound. //// Appears That It Was Not A Good Year for Keyboardists.

TV Stars We Lost in 2013

I printed a list of the ones I'll particularly miss on today's date in my Cooter's History Thing Blog. The ones of them I'll miss the most are Jean Stapleton, Annette Funicello and Bonnie Franklin. //// Check it out on the Blogs I Follow on this page. //// --RoadDog

Top 20 Beach Music Songs of 2013-- Part 2: #1 Song "Hey Eugene"

10. PRIVATE NUMBER-- Marsha Morgan Band & Gary Lowder
9. STILL STROKIN'--Ms. Jody
8. HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME-- Tim Clark Band

7. I'M HUNGOVER-- Lesa Hudson &Rick Strickland
6. MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE (FOREVER)-- Jackie Gore
5. GOOD LOVIN'-- Roy Hamilton
4,  (tie) THE DRIVER-- King Tyrone & the Graveyard Ramblers and PYRAMID-- Paul Craver

3. ALL I WANNA DO IS DANCE--Too Much Sylvia
2. I'M GONNA BE YOUR FRIEND-- Rick Strickland //
1. HEY EUGENE-- SeaCruz.

Good Stuff, Maynard! --RoadDog

25 Best Movies of 2013-- Part 2

Go to site for more information. I'm just listing them.

19. Fruitville Station
*18. Rush
17. Blue Jasmine

16. Stories We Tell
15. Saving Mr. Banks
14. The World's End

*13. The Conjuring
12. Blackfish
11. The Place Beyond the Pines

*10 Frozen
9. Short Tem 12
8. Inside Llewyn Davis

7. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
6. Her
5. The Dallas Buyers Club

4. The Wolf of Wall Street
3. American Hustle
*2. Gravity

#1. 12 Years a Slave.

You'd Think After Seeing 52 Movies This Year, I Would Have Seen More of This List. --RoadDog

25 Best Movies of 2013-- Part 1

From the Dec. 17, 2013, Yahoo! Movies by the Yahoo! Movie Team. //// Actually looking at the list, I only saw five of them, although I do plan to see four more once the kids go back to school and things get out of holiday mode. Those four will be # 15, ##7, #4 and #3. Most of the rest I never even heard of before or, they weren't shown in our local theaters. //// The ones I saw marked with (*). //// The List: //// 25. Fast and Furious 6 // 24. The Kings of Summer // * Captain Phillips // 22. Before Midnight // 21. 20 Feet from Stradom // 20. Nebraska. //// --RoadDog