Those "Idge" Phones: The Problem With Texting

From the February 4, 2017, Dustin.

1.  Mom and Dad are in the kitchen.  Dad is sitting down at the table with his bare feet in a small tub of hot water.  Says to wife:  "Oh, that hot water feels good.  My feet are killing me."

2.  Cut to daughter, also sitting at the table with her thumbs in a small bowl of hot water and looks at her parents and says:  "Try texting for six hours straight."

The Flying Thumbs Strike Again.  --RoadDog

Gone But Not Forgotten 2016-- Part 4: "Mr. Dieingly Sad"

Continued from February 1.

NEW YORK'S A LONELY TOWN--  Trade Winds    Peter Anders
MY LOVE--  Paul McCartney & Wings     Hugh McCullough
MR. DIEINGLY SAD--  Critters     Don Ciccone

CRY LIKE A BABY--  Box Tops    Chips Moman
BROTHER LOVE'S TRAVELING SALVATION SHOW--  Neil Diamond     Chips Moman

LYIN' EYES--  Eagles    Glenn Frey
HEARTACHE TONIGHT--  Eagles    Glenn Frey

PURPLE RAIN--  Prince

IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING--  King Crimson     Greg Lake

Name That Tune (from above):  "City Girls Just Seem to Find Out Early."  --RoadDog

YOU'RE DRINKING TOO MUCH COFFEE WHEN:  You go to AA meetiings just for the free coffee.


"Lyin' Eyes"

Living in Today's World-- A Proper Super Bowl Menu

From the February 5, 2017, Rhymes With Orange comic strip.

THE ULTIMATE SEVEN-LAYER DIP

This consists of:

Chex Mix
Hot wings
Meatballs

Jalapeno poppers
Chili
Cheese Doodles
Sliders

No Argument From Me.  --RoadDog

Past Movie Scratches: National-- Guns-- Columbiana-- Purge-- Avatar-- Kumar

Movies I watched on TV in 2016.

7.  NATIONAL TREASURE:  BOOK OF SECRETS--  Another City of Gold.  More history to find it.

8.  2 GUNS--  $43 million.  Who's got the $43 million?

9.  COLUMBIANA--  One gal you really had best not mess with.

10.  THE PURGE--  Let it all hang out.

11.  AVATAR--  My, what big arrows you have.

12.  HAROLD AND KUMAR:  ESCAPE FROM GUANTANOMO--  A funny thing happened on our way to Amsterdam.

Just a Space Case of Cowboys, Cavalry and Indians.  --RoadDog

Past Movie Scratches: Hallows-- Blues-- Hogs-- Ranger-- Hallows 2-- Treasure

Movies that I saw on TV in 2016.

1.  HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1--  On the lam from the Dark Lord and the Death Eaters.

2.  BLUES BROTHERS 2000--  Great music as usual, with some of the performers now gone from us.

3.  WILD HOGS--  A Road Trip to find themselves and, they did.  Battling the Del Fuegos biker gang.

4.  THE LONE RANGER--  Silver the Wonder Horse and a really weird Depp Tonto.

5.  HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2--  The Final face-Off with the Dark Lord.  Oops, wrong wand.

6.  NATIONAL TREASURE--  A real history treasure hunt.  The riches of the Knights Templar.

--RoadDog

WLS Top Ten for February 3, 1967: "Georgy Girl"

1.  I'M A BELIEVER / STEPPIN' STONE--  Monkees
2.  GEORGY GIRL--  Seekers
3.  PUSHIN' TOO HARD--  Seeds

4.  RUBY TUESDAY--  Rolling Stones
5.  I LOVE YOU SO MUCH--  New Colony Six
6.  I HAD TOO MUCH TO DREAM--  Electric Prunes
7.  NOTHIN' YET--  Blues Magoos

8.  KIND OF A DRAG--  Buckinghams
9.  SNOOPY VS. THE RED BARON--  Royal Guardsmen
10.  GIMME SOME LOVIN'--  Spencer Davis Group

Of course, these songs were playing in Chicago during the Blizzard of '67.  For more songs from the Blizzard, go to this blog's postings from the end of January.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  Last Night Your Shadow Fell Upon My Lonely Room."  Answer Below.   --RoadDog

YOU'RE DRINKING TOO MUCH COFFEE WHEN:  Your only source of nutrition comes from "Sweet & Low."

"I Had Too Much to Dream"

Movie Scratches for 2017: Figures-- Patriots'-- La La-- Founder

Movie Scratches--  A Dog's-Eye View of Today's Movies.

Fox Lake is the Classic Cinemas.  Round Lake Beach is the Regal Cinemas.

5.  HIDDEN FIGURES--  1-23--  Fox Lake, $6--   If this doesn't win Best Picture, something's mighty wrong.  The role of black women in the early days of NASA.

6.  PATRIOTS' DAY--  1-23--  Fox Lake, $6--  The story of the Boston Marathon Terrorist Attack

7.  LA LA LAND-- 1-24--  Round Lake Beach, $6--  Follow your dreams, no matter what obstacles get placed in your way.  Jazzing and writing all the way.

8.  THE FOUNDER--  1-26--  Fox Lake, Free--  A true American success story.  Ray Kroc, the good guy overcoming all obstacles then gets all trumped up.

Flat, Cardboard Popcorn.  Yuck!!  --RoadDog

Living In Today's World: The Eminent Danger

From the January 30, 2017, Rubes comic strip.

A dog and a cat are trapped in a room and looking out to the hall where their owner is operating a vacuum cleaner.  The cat's back is arched and the dog is growling.

Cat:  "I despise that thing."
Dog:  "Me too."
Cat:  "We must destroy it."
Dog:  "We must."
Cat:  "Together."
Dog:  "The enemy of my enemy..."

Our dog Brandy was also petrified of the vacuum cleaner.  I am not afraid of it, but don't like the sound.  So when Liz vacuumed, the two of us made sure to stay in a different room the whole time.

Heading to DeKalb This Weekend: Huskies & 'Hawks

Tomorrow, we are going to DeKalb, Illinois, for our winter homecoming.

The women's Huskie team plays a game at 1 p.m., followed by the men at 3:30.

Then,we will go over to Lord Stanley's Bar on Lincoln Highway, yep, that Lincoln Highway which runs right through downtown DeKalb.  Lord Stanley's used to be the Shamrock when we were students and for many years afterwards.  This is when we used to do the Lincoln Crawl to see how many bars we could hit.

Lord Stanley's is named for the Stanley Cup and it is probably one of the biggest hockey bars anywhere around.  And, it is especially a Blackhawks bar.  And, the Blackhawks are playing tomorrow night.

We Should surely be getting our sports fix tomorrow.

Go Huskies!  Go Hawks!!  --RoadDog

Groundhog Days in Woodstock, Illinois Yesterday

Yesterday, February 2nd, of course, was Groundhog Day and Woodstock, Illinois, had their annual celebration with a prognostication by resident groundhog Woodstock Willie (unfortunately, he saw his shadow, so, six more weeks of  winter weather for us).

I missed that part as it was too cold.

But I did see a free showing of the movie "Groundhog Day" in the Woodstock Theatre's Harold Ramis Auditorium (in the movie for the "Bronco Billy" segment and I ate at the Tagueria La Placinto Mexican restaurant on the site of the Tip-Top Cafe from the movie.  I ate in the very spot that Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell sat at.

I then went over to the Woodstock Public Library and saw scrapbooks, photos and artifacts from the filming of the movie.

Got My Hog On.  --RoadDog

Lin Brehmer's 25th Anniversary WXRT's Morning Show

I listen to this guy and his sidekick.news gal Mary Dixon pretty much every morning on Chicago's WXRT, 93.1 FM.  It is rare in radio that someone can be on a show that long, what with so many stations changing formats every several years.

And, he's very good, even if he is probably one of the biggest Cubs fan who ever lived.  Too bad he can't give some of that love to Da Sox.

They are having a live show at Kings Bowl restaurant in Rosemont, Illinois,  right now, so give a listen.

But, anyway, congratulations to you, Lin!!

Nothing Like Good Old Chicago Radio.  --RoadDog

YOU'RE DRINKING TOO MUCH COFFEE WHEN:  All your kids are named "Joe."

Three-For-Free on WXRT FM, Chicago: Groundhog Day

I was listening to WXRT, 93.1 FM, and they had their daily Three-for-Free contest where they played snippets of three songs pr three movies dealing with something pertaining to the day.

Today was Groundhog Day.  The three songs all had to do with the theme of the "Groundhog Day" movie, being stuck repeating things.

Their three songs today"

HERE IT GOES AGAIN--  OK Go

DO IT AGAIN--  Steely Dan

DEJA-VU--  Crosby, Nash, Stills & Young

"Do It Again"--  Beach Boys.  --RoadDog

YOU'RE DRINKING TOO MUCH COFFEE WHEN:  You can jump-start your car without cables.

Looking Back to 1966: NIU Naming New Roads

From the September 28, 2016, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back."

1966, 50 Years Ago.

"New street names as well as signs have been popping up on the burgeoning Northern Illinois University campus.  So new are some of the names heretofore nameless campus roads that some departments' records and maps are lagging behind the names.

"Among the new names are :University Circle, Stadium Drive and Kishwaukee Drive.

The students attending NIU grew by a huge amount in the 1960s.

Naming the NIU Roads.  --Cooter

Working On Those 2017 Academy Awards Nominations for Best Picture

Last year, I saw 65 movies at the theater.  And, you'd think that out of that many, I'd have seen more than one movie that received an Academy nomination for Best Picture.  But "Hacksaw Ridge" was the only one.

The others:

Arrival
Fences
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures

La La Land
Lion--
Manchester By the Sea
Moonlight

However, I have busy at work catching up and now have seen these since last week:  "Arrival," "Hidden Figures," "La La Land" and "Manchester By the Sea."

Hopefully, the local theaters will be bringing some of them back.  I like to see as many of the nominations as possible.

Sadly, many of these movies either weren't shown in our area or had very short runs.

Watching way Too many Movies.  -RoadDog

Partying in the Winter

Despite all the many, many gray, overcast days we've been having, we still managed to enjoy ourselves.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27

We went over for those great breakfasts at KC's Cabin in Spring Grove (corner of Il-173 and Wilmot Road).  (Buy One, Get One 1/2 Price)  Later that night, it was Sunnyside Tavern in Johnsbirg and Jim Sieg performing.  This is one really fun entertainer.  If you can't party with Jim, you can't party.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28

Wendy Rice's Saturday Morning Flashback on WXRT featured 1982 and some real great music.  Got together with the Usual Suspects at a showing of Super Bowl XX, which, to us, is THE only Super bowl as it was the one our 1985 Chicago Bears played in.  You know, "Super Bowl Shuffle," Sweetness and the Fridge.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 29

Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots Show on WDRV in Chicago was devoted the Chicago's Blizzard of 1967, all three hours of it.  Now, that was some REALLY GOOD MUSIC.    I listed all the songs he played earlier this week.

We went to the Hickory Lodge in McCullom Lake, Illinois, for their $5 small pizza special and $5 draft pitchers.  Stopped at Sunnyside Tavern on the way home.

Who Says You can't Have Fun in the Winter?  --RoadDog

YOU'RE DRINKING TOO MUCH COFFEE WHEN:  You're so jittery that people use your hands to blend their margaritas.

Music Deaths: Sylvester Potts (Contours) and Buddy Greco(Crooner)

These are taken from the Music Oldies News site.

SYLVESTER POTTS, 78  Died January 6, 2017

Member of the Contours "Do You Love Me" (#3-1962) and (#11-1988)   Also "Can You Do It" (#41-1964)

ARMANDO "BUDDY" GRECO, 90.  Died January 10, 2017.

Philadelphia crooner, started out with Benny Goodman for four years.  Big hit solo with "Ooh!  Look-A-There, Ain't She Pretty" (#15-1957) and "I Ran All the Way Home" (#30-1951 and had his own version of "Mr. Lonely" (#64-1962) which Bobby Vinton turned into a big hit in 1964.

Gone But Not Forgotten 2016-- Part 3: "Green Eyed Lady"

GREEN EYED LADY--  Sugarloaf    Jerry Corbetta, frontman of the group
MEMPHIS--  Lonnie Mack
MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY--  Spiral Staircase     Pat Upton

ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN--  Chick Berry     Phil Chess
SHINING STAR--  Eart Wind & Fire    Maurice White

A SONG FOR YOU--  Leon Russell
BACK TO THE ISLAND--  Leon Russell

INDIAN RESERVATION--  Paul Revere & the Raiders   Written by J.D. Loudermilk
TOBACCO ROAD--   Nashville Teens    Written by J.D. Loudermilk

Name That Tune (from above):  "Well Gonna Write a Little Letter, Gonna Mail It to My Local DJ."  --RoadDog



"Roll Over Beethoven"

Gone But Not Forgotten 2016-- Part 2: "Susie Baby"

 Continuing withthe songs Bob Stroud played on his Rock and Roll Roots show on WDRV, 97.1 FM in Chicago on January 8, 2017.  These were songs of people who died in 2016.

BABY IT'S YOU--  Smith    Singer Gayle McCormick
HOE DOWN--  Emerson Lake & Palmer    Keith Emerson
SOMETHING IN THE AIR--  Thunderclap Newman   Andy Newman

HEROES--   David Bowie
STARMAN--  David Bowie

WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS--  George Harrison's demo   George Martin
A DAY IN THE LIFE--  Beatles    George Martin

A TEENAGER IN LOVE--  Dion & the Belmonts   Carlo Mastrangelo
SUSIE BABY--  Bobby Vee

We sure lost a lot of big names in the music industry last year.

Name That Tune (from above):  "I Read the News Today (Oh Boy)."  RoadDog



"A Day In the Life"