Ok.. this *was* a music blog.. but

 OK I have updated this post.. meaning I have Up DATED this post:...........
 This was so that I can add a really good link for the real diehard Fleetwood Mac fans..
 here's a direct lift from my other blog:

This is an astounding album.. and it is such a shame that it is the only one that has NEVER been reissued on CD. Nor have the two standout tracks on it, one of which is the studio rendition of "World In Harmony". Although other takes have since come out, this is by far the best one.. The second is "Purple Dancer".. and the back story is pretty much the same. Other takes have surfaced.. mostly live however.. but this is the superior one by far. Both of these tracks came out only on singles, until they appeared on this German compilation in 1972..

 I got lucky finding a pristine tape source.. Judge for yourself if you don't think it is the under-appreciated gem that I think it is. As it is out of print in any format, and at this late stage, likely to remain that way, I don't expect many chances to hear it come up...

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 Furthermore, i am officially going to add music downloads also, soon.. (no commercially sensitive stuff, but rather, quality bootlegs, and choice unavailable rare tracks.. ) Now,  officially, I am turning this into a "truth and music" blog.. meaning, you are just as likely to get a rock and roll post, "my music" post, a "collectors corner", or a "current events" post..
As a musician myself., the last thing I want to do is cou off someone's meal ticket.. but, if you as a musicvian, see anything here that gets your goat, pleez don't do the official "complaint" BS, JUST ASK ME!!!!! , and I will accede to your request..  OK?
There are people that do complaints for fun, though, which is why I have been hesitant to post before..

 Also, change of subject.. Watching the news today.. TONS of car accidents today from the first rain in half a year.. WOW!
110 millimeters? WHOA..  no rain since May (our really cool lightning st0rm) and our rivers are all dried up.. considering we get ALL our power from Hydroelectric.. also a "strong" wind warning of 110 kph ( everywhere else they call it a hurricane ;-) we cal them "gales"

 That's life on the extreme west coast.. hyuk!

PS WOW it's SNOWING in Australia!!!!! It is almost SUMMER THERE!!!!

A repost of the Foghat demos..

Seems it was Google who deleted all my tunes.. apparently they retired the old google player and didn't bother to tell anyone ;-) So here's a repost of my repost ;-) with the new player... Thought i'd just repost this as i've been ill and haven't been able to do much with this blog for a while..
I'll be back folks!
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In an attempt to throw my hat into the ring for a possibility of getting a gig with Foghat i made a couple demos.. sent them into what i thought was the only Foghat.. i had no idea that there was gonna be TWO Foghats after the dust settled (but not for long, either).. so i don't know if they even got this... But here they are.. I did post em much earlier, but they're remixed and cleaned up..keep in mind they're 20 years old , and on ferric  tapes (it's all i had left).. P.S. For best results have a good stiff drink and crank it LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!
 I've removed it for the moment because I just discovered that all my auddio is disabled and simply downloads all the audio to whoever opens the page. Not intended. That is Google's fault.. not mine.

Missing music?

Well, it looks like somebody has attacked my blog ;-(
 ALL the music posts are gone.. or more correctly, all my links with the google player are gone.. when checking my page to see what was up, i noticed that they had been erased from the HTML script.. Now who would go and do a thing like that?

Honky Tonk Popcorn!

OK i spent several HOURS trying to find Bill Doggett Junior's post on YT where he replied to me on a comment.. I seem to have misplaced it, so if he sees this, I'm asking him here , now, if he minds I post this

.. It's important because likely only diehard JB fans, or perhaps King records fans (i am a Freddy King diehard, which is where I learnt about Bill Doggett) would even know about this.... See, it may be seriously obscure, but it will show how "hip" this old cat was .. he weren't "old" , ever!
My Upload of popcorn

You HAVE to hear this....

Soundcloud

Here's a new site I joined.. after "Audiocandy" bit the dust..
 If you never visited  Audiocandy, it was a real cool site.. I got to share a website with Fleetwood Mac's Bob Welch, Jethro Tull and Blodwyn Pig's Mick Abrahams, Billy Sherwood (Yes, etc) and a whole lot of other HUGE profile artists.. I was very proud to have been allowed to associate with these artists, and the management of the site were even my biggest fans (some connections last till today, even)..
 However, the site, after well over a decade, bit the dust..
A lot of these guys are gone now, too.. most notably Fleetwood Mac's Bob Welch (unfortunately, by suicide.. if you pray, please pray for his soul)..
 But..........
 Somehow, I got hooked up with what appears to be one of the most.. er.. "hip" (OK so I'm old) websites.. called "soundcloud" .. and at the very same time, I got access to the digital master tapes of "The Catch".. so, I put 2 and 2 together..
 I am carefully uploading only one tune per month.. but anyone can listen, and even download my 320 KB files..
 Check it out.. more and more name artists are joining every day...

My page at Soundcloud

 PS If you are a SERIOUS collector, especially regarding rare formats (in my case , cassettes) You OWE it to yourself to check out my CASSETTE COLLECTORS LIBRARY.. just recently, I uploaded all the Steve Miller releases, as FIRST ISSUES (that is, from 1968) on cassette.. mint, too.... and of course, I have all the Capitol oval logo tapes , mint.. and more every day....

Our little town has the most progressive TV station in the world!!!

No shit.. maybe it's a mistake.. which is why I haven't written them to say thank you.. but ONE DAY!!!  after I wrote them saying I don't even have a TV anymore, and I would really like if they would do what other TV stations do, and rebroadcast selected TV shows on their website, they changed their website and all day have been airing their channel LIVE!!!!..
 Now, normally, they only run their news live, at 12, 5 and 10 PM..  but I opened up their site ands saw a newly arranged web page with a notice on top " only show live news at 5 and 10.. OK, but normally they have the news you can rerun.. but.. er.. nope.. instead, they were running the 630 news live, and now they're running wheel of fortune..  I don't like that show, but fact is it's LIVE.. and I am so interested to see how far it will go.. at 8 is the original Twilight Zone, then I think "The Supernatural"..
 But HERE'S the clincher.. There are NO other stations, worldwide , currently, that are airing all their TV programming live, on the internet.. and my lil' ole town is the very FIRST!!!!!!!
 Maybe it's because aint no fat cats own the station.. it's owned by it's employees..
 OK, i know in a small town, it is possible for a station to selectively broadcast to individual IP addresses, but I really don't think they have the tech to do this.. and it must be an incredible coincidence that the day after I ask them to air their TV programming on the internet, that they do so (unless John, my old ex's ex, who works there, recognized who I am, and felt generous)..
 I mean, wudda coincidence!!!

 But.. Right now.. WE WERE FIRST TO DO THIS.. EAT DIRT all you other Big City stations ;-) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Listen here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Want to make a post  on GOOGLE bragspot?

Well, Fucking.. DONT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At least, not first........

 Write it in some other text editing format FIRST.. because,,...........
All your work will  count for shit the minute gurgle destroys all your hard effort

THEN!    copy all your hard written TOME from your text program to the misable
"Gurgle Bragspot"

See?   .. I warned you.....
You are on your own from now on...
Heed this advice..............................
I will reburble all this AD vice on all my blogs two, so as I can help the moist

The long lost "The Catch" album HERE!

But it's rare..It was a "World Beat Rock/Reggae/Folk" band in 1993, but for years the master tape of the sessions in the studio have been missing, and finally we found it, and a way to transfer the masters.. so here it is:...  the artwork is also included in archive, but the art posted below is the right size for printing....
Album download links below (Updated with a better hosing provider) :
available in LOSSLESS
and             MP3
It's a good listen, I think.. I'm happy with it, anyways..............

(OK updated notes.. ) when I first met Chris, I was given a demo tape where Paul Horn and Miles Black were backing him up.. basically, he was looking for someone who could play both Paul's flute and Miles's piano, together.. Because I arpeggiate, even when soloing, I had a full sound, but every chance I got, I did Duane Eddy.. Perhaps you cxannot hear it so mich on theis track, but I also was entranced by the echo laden  vocals of some obscure "New Age " tape, A female singer, which I tried to blend with Duale Eddy's low string funk..
There's a hint of it in "Wishing Well"

, but as I add other tracks from the (amazingly productive) 'Catch' studio sessions, you will hear much more..\

 When we first entered the studio, we had a pair of highly road-seasoned vets

                

Why no places for New Orleaners to go for an emergency?

Unlike before, there aint gonna be no place for people to gather, no superdome, no airport, no nowhere.. so just where are all the destitute, and stranded to go?

I saw a lot of firsthand films about just how nasty Katrina was, and despite the problems, there's a lot of folks alive now that would NOT be without those places of last resort.. so.. are the local authorities F***ing INSANE?..
I do not get it....

Hi Y'all.. Anyone know something about hurricanes?

Hi.. where I live we used to get winds of 80 to 120 Miles per hour, all the time through winter..
I can't tell you how many winteres the power was out for days and days.. we call them "High Gales"..but in the southern USA states, they call them "tropical storms, when they're 30 to 50 MPH, and "hurricanes when they're 80 MPH or higher (I'm not sure of the number).. is there a difference somehow in the storms? I know I saw clips of Katrina on video, and watching it pull roofs off at it's worst it was something fierce, but these were winds of 200 MPH.. At the worst with our high gales a bunch of houses get ruined, and all the trees are knocked over.. Is there a difference inb the way they blow, or something?..
 We used to LOVE tying ourselves to a tree, and watching the waves come over the seawall, when I lived in victoria..
 We have cold water though, not like the gulf..
Any experts out there? what makes a 120 MPH hurricane so more destructive that 120 MPH "high gale"?

Thanks y'all.. Doc

A Hundred and Ninety six Deneros? Holy Sh*t

as I said in the title, holy shit.. see, here is the issue,, I HAD a MINT copy, once, that I sold for , what,. 20 bucks (the whiny dealer said "I have to make money on this and, I will be lucky to get 30$) , well,, first. here is the original email from 911 Canada (who is NOT a bad seller of collectables, *normally*) but holy shit..if they had no customers, perhaps, but clearly they think 200 bux will carry...:

Price Info CAD196.25    Availability Last copy in stock. Order now for shipping on Friday 24th August Year of Release: 1963 - 49 years old Condition All items are at least excellent condition unless we state otherwise so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to source items as close to Mint condition as possible, many will indeed be unplayed and as close to new as you could hope to find. Others may be 'used', however, all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed. Shipping Cost Add item to your basket for a quote Format 7" RECORD Record Label Capitol Complete Stock List The Beatles or visit our The Beatles collectors store Catalogue No 72125 Genre 60s Beat, 60s Pop, 60s Rock, Apple label, POP Country of Origin Canada

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If only it weren't too late...

  I swear, this almost brings tears to my ol' eyes..
The gov't here , in British Columbia, after 10 years of skyrocketing violent crime, mostly in robberies and crack dealing,  has finally decided to reverse the law that's directly responsible for the increase..
Previously, the rules introduced around 10 years ago, were, if you were able to work, and unable to get unemployment insurance, you could apply for welfare to cover your rent and food, for only 3 years out of every 5.. which, in essence meant, that if you hadn't found a job in 3 years here, you were kicked out onto the street without access to shelter, food, even access to meal tickets, (which aren't used much here in Canada). or medical coverage, if you got sick, which , surprisingly, happens a lot to people with no income of any kind..
  After this law was passed ten years ago, we went from the lowest crime rate province to the highest, with the highest levels of murders, violent crime, crack , heroin, and meth sales, property crimes, plus the highest homelessness levels, also in the last 10 years, prostitution skyrocketed, and basically this went from a safe, very nice place to be, to a dangerous part of Canada,

  Well, our old premier  Campbell, who IMHO should have been booted out of office after being responsible for a drinking driving accident while premier, ( he 'apologized" instead, and his office cut funding to MADD the next year, forcing them to leave their then-current location.. I remember the incident well, but will try to find a source for y'all) he did finally leave the position as Premier ten years later.. and was replaced by a quite pleasant *seeming* woman (Christy Clark) .. you know, the kind of person at the next table, in a coffee shop, you'd feel comfortable talking to .. The government policies, however, did not change, so the "pleasantness" factor sure wore thin soon ;-)

  Well, seems she's realized the horrific damage that this policy did, in the first place, and it's just been reversed.. the "2 years out of 5" ineligibility thing , is history.. finally!
  What a shame that the damage is done though.. it's too late..
We will NEVER get back the province we used to have..
Let's hope it now, doesn't get worse.

  The point here, is that it's too late for us.. but if you live somewhere that's considering cutting welfare like that, with 2 years of no access toi food, shelter, and health care.. Be mindful of the catastrophic damage it will do toy your area..
  A lot of people do not understand why welfare programs were originally introduced by the wealthiest sectors of the then society.. They were not acting out of compassion, in large part, but rather because they realized it was a  prudent course to take to keep society safe, and keep crime at a minimum level..
Remember, most of those that implemented our current social safety net, were alive at the turn of the 20th century, and got to see firsthand the damage inflicted on society, as well as the  ever present threats to personal safety, when the bottom segment were destitute and desperate....

   If where you live, draconian measures like we've just repealed, are being considered, feel free to use any part of what I've just written to help your case..

  When someone says "why should we help those lazy bums out anyways?"
Just tell them.. to keep taxes low, to keep crime from infiltrating your neighborhood, and your children, to keep property values up, to allow you to safely walk the streets downtown.. etc etc
 Ain't that enough reason!?

It's too late for us, but it may not be, for you, if you act in time!~

Doc

We do not live in a Vacuum

... and because of this, we should ALWAYS care what is happening to our brothers and sisters, even across to the other side of the world.. Well, it seems that now that the Iraq1 war is FINALLY winding down, the severely harshest elements in their government are ALREADY clamping down with draconian and repressive legislatiobn that definitely demands life imprisonment, and possibly even the death penalty, for copyright infringement, and, or violation of any proposed law now being considered in their "Information Technology Crimes Act," HERE is their local rebuttal of this, and the implications are CHILLING.. Hey look y'all, i think the Iraqis have suffered ENOUGH over the last 30 years.. Perhaps we should be speaking out against this repressive law, by contacting our MPs (in Canada and the UK) or representatives (in the USA) to twist the arm of those Iraqi legislators into doing better by their citizens!!!

A treasure trove of conversations..

Did you, like me, see the CBS news today ? (or yesterday's broadcast, I don't know for sure as I only watch on the computer, I don't have a TV).. The former president of Capitol records (the "round building" down LA way) took all his conversations with all the big artists Capitol/EMI signed, and other labels also, and donated them, to the library of congress.. Now, I don't know how long it's gonna take them to digitize the entire batch.. clearly at least 1000 hours for every 1000 hours of conversation, unless they dub at "high speed".. (I think for speech, you can get away with 4X (7 1/2 IPS), and then just digitally slow it down by 4X.. But even so, It'll take for EVER.. and I want to hear the Paul McCartney interview NOW.. (stamping my foot here, like a chick, or spoilt fat kid ! ;-)

A comment on the news..

The whole Zimmerman thing.. I was watching the news, and.. wow.. look, I don't know if he pulled the trigger in anger, if he was racially motivated, or whatever.. certainly.. IF justice is properly served, all will out.. especially considering this is all happening during the untimely passing of Mr Rodney King.. But look man.. I don't care how much you might hate the guy (Zimmerman).. look.. broadcasting his jailhouse conversations where he's discussing how to PROTECT his family during this whole affair.. is crossing the frikin' line...
  I can't complain to CBS news, which is the one that aired this story.. or do anything about it at all.. but I have a blog.. and anyone who follows this blog will know how strongly I feel about racial equality.. but sometimes you have to stand up for the other guy, even if he *might* be (or not, frankly i don't know if he is or not) a bigot....

CBS crossed the line in fair play rules by airing this conversation

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1344797n&tag=mg;mostpopvideo

 "Zimmerman urges wife to get bulletproof vest"

Hey y'know what.. if i were him, I'd do the same!.. Especially in america, where every vengeful vigilante could be packing.. i mean hey GZ should know, he was.. and that's what landed him in this predi8cament in the first place (never mind having deprived Mr Martin's family also!)

Take care of your cat!!!

So.. just a thought.. and well, where else am I going to place this, but here?
You might have guessed, seeing as my Avatar is "Puddytat" and hey that's really her name...
but feeding Kitty is not as simple as stuffing food in a bowl every day..

  I warm up every can, so that she gets the same thing as a lion gets, when doing a fresh kill..
So yeah, I know it sux, that in order to feed one animal, another has to die.. I can't for the life of me, understand how God has this worked out, except that maybe animals have the Holy Spirit already in them ( and after all, they don't have reason or self-awareness). so I figure after death, whatessence they have simply returns to God...
There are many other belief systems that concur with this, incidentally, including the Native American ones (which is why they thank the great Spirit for the soul of their hunt).. , and of course, all Eastern religions.. It seems that it's only the western Christian religions that simply have neglected to consider the fate of the animals. which is actually quite surprising, when you consider that some of our greatest saints, such as Saint Francis, were really into our wildlife. I mean. the story goes, that Saint Francis only needed to extend his arms, and ALL the birds in the village would alight on them!!!..
Now is that ever so cool, or what???
Go Figure......

Y'all GOT TO SEE THIS!!

Man i never thought I'd ever see a clip of the great Bill Doggett.. playing live..
Especially, watch his left hand.. who needs a bass guitarist anyways?!

Sad news about Bob Welch..

I was DEVASTATED to find out about Bob Welch's death today.. as yet I know no details, so this is all I can say.. Bob was, actually, one of the few succesful people I ever actually knew, in fact..
My sympathies to all who knew him..

Look like the news is even more tragic than that.. He left a suicide note and blew himself away.

 I cant tell you how bad that makes me feel.

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Words fail me!

OOPS another chinese fell off the dam.. better call hiring services..

We recently had another mill explosion, in BC, where 2 people died.. a significant, tear laden memorial was given yesterday. as well as a yearly memorial to all the people that died 'on the job'.. and one of the most notable comments given by the government minister that presided, was. nobody should die 'on the job'.. I can't help thinking about all the "coolies' that worked on the Revelstoke dam, and all the suspension bridges here.. when one of them fell of the enourmous heights involved, it was almost a joke, like oops.. call hiring..
Where the F8ck was our government then, to say I'm Sorry?
Have they EVER said sorry about the callous treatment on the job?.. since they rounded up all the Japanese into internment camps a few years later, because of WW2, I doubt it......

Ron Paul 25 or so years ago...

Man this guy has not changed..
Amazing! Y'all down there are lucky to have this fella .. so why aren't yall lining up to elect him.. if your all so sick of everybody else?
Is he all just too honest or something?

The Sun...

This is from last week, but there's other interesting clips at the end of this too..
Just thought it was interesting, and the right size video clip to fit my blog formatting ;-)

Wow...

If music ain't your bag..and the tunes i posted don't make it in yer book.. maybe this will be more yer style:
Sleep well tonight...

A good place..

And I finally *bought* some4thing froom Wolfgang's vault





And lemme tell you, it was a doozy..
The Doobie Brothers, in 1973..These guys were HOT, and were the very first influence I ever had, from REAL musicians

Jimi hendrix bootleg folder icons

Anyone need these for their collection?

If so I'll make them available....

We survived our hurricane

Yeah.. we get them here on VAncouver Island.. 187 KmH was the highest speed clocked..
I miss them though.. a good stiff wind.. when I was younger I used to love to stand on the beachfront and watch the huge waves.
Just saying.

Frank Zappa's Favorite movies..

Which were, of course, 'B' movies.. where you an see the runners that the guy under the sheet of the monster's wearing..
Latest installment .. 'Mega Piranha' .. I swear.. it must have cost them way over a hunnert bux to make that movie..
So they resorted to money saving trix. instead of, you know, character development, in the beginning of the movie, they decided to dispense with it altogether.. by putting up big white screens in front of every actor upon their first appearance that said things like "Joe Blow - professional piranha hunter  - likes dark haired wimmen and ice cream" or
"Joe Smith trade secretary, likes booze'.. and 5 minutes later they kill him off ;-)..
Wow...... aint entertainment grand !

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A late addition..
I SIMPLY have GOT to add this priceless piece of dialog, early in the movie:

First female researcher: "OMG.. they must be doubling in size every day!"
Other researcher: "No no no.. they're growing exponentially..."

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OK an update...
A new addition to the"B" movie 'best of show'.. is

MEGA PYTHON VS GATOROID..

it is unbelievably cheesy.. but the part where Micky Dolenz is eaten by a very LARGE snake.. and all the highball swilling guests of a 'posh' everglades charity event defend themselves from an attack of Mega whatevers by loaded guns they just "happened" to be carrying, has *got* to be the cat's ass..

And oh.. didja get (any onya) into the movie? Get attached to one of the prime characters?. don't hole your breath.. even when the movie is still in the character development stage, they get eaten.. saves on scriptwriter fees, maybe...

Just saying.. IMHO ...
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SPOILER ALERT
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Wrinkly ole Blonde in miniskirt races into cave carrying 100 pounds of Dyno-mite:..
Rancourous redhead retorts rebelliously.. retracts rebelliousness, qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq2222222222222222222222222222222222222222222

BAck to the music?

This started out as a (my) music blog.. due to the complete lack of action.. used to get 100 hits a day, now is 100 hits a year.. think I'm gonna call in some favors,  and also beg, from those who dont owe me nuttin'..
All to direct traffic to my cassette collecting blog, because this one is *almost* ded..
BUT NOT QUITE..
as soon as he gets over his 'bug'.. the fella whose got my DAT. (my ole Bass player , an also the 'Bells' bassist, and Ocean's bassist,. and Ronnie Hawkins' bassist) is transferring my only tape that survived the fire, to a readable format..

So here's hopping...!

Canada's politics finally hit the Big Time... RoboGate!

Yup.. you heard it called that here first.. we've got a *real* scandal now.. in the past governments here have been allowed to get away with everything.. I wonder if that will now change?

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Hah!! I tole you so.. I just watched CTV news.. and they're now calling it.. wait for it.. ROBOGATE..

I COINED IT FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
check my blog dates...

a sign of hope in this trashed world

I fear for Africa worse than other places in the world, really,, when you consider there's the very worst suffering there, and , despite being, in my opinion, the least deserved to suffer, of all the worlds nations..
So I smiled when I saw this... (sorry, no embed code)
You tube video of raised from the dead miracle..


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However, in other news...

 There's way less hope for the slimeballs in te west..
Note the screenshot below:

Must be some nasty copyright infringement, or maybe porn? Nope...
TRY AGAIN..
Irregardless of whatever religion or faith you believe, you should be VERY worried this is going on.. this is the first solid proof of a video taken off SOLELY due to religious intolerance on the part of GOOGLE
In fact the "Violation" was ONLY a film about a young girl who died for 24 hours, and was shown heaven and hell,by Jesus... and came back to life.. She made this video, and has been giving it away FREE. No copyrightable media has been used in it in any way..
Botom line is, it's proof that DO NO EVIL is a fraud motto of google's..

Here's a site with a working link to the video..

Whale of a bite...

Everybody has a dying wish

I WANT THE REVERB UNIT THE SHADOWS HAVE.......

Hey i bet even Jeff (when he can pull himself away from his '32 roadsters) always wanted it too
Aint it enuff?



Don't believe I'm right?
Try listening to 'Apache' again.. so go buy a copy then.. Hank and the boys aren't millionaires (although they oughta be rather than "Beyonce")
so thats my 2 bits.. typed on a keyboard wit ha;f the keys no ;onger working

Aint no pay in being good..
and Nibiru is coming in only a few more months.. so then it's all over folks..
.. the end of it all... again ! ...(for the umptieth time)
It's beyond a sad laugh.what a frikking waste of time, and talent, and human endeavour.. over and over again...
It's been worked out that it takes 5000 years for humanity, to recognize the truth, act on it, come to terms with it's inherent violence, grow past it's limitations , and understand the meaning of life, and the cosmos..

But WE ARE ALWAYS WIPED OUT EVERY 3600 YEARS and have to rebuild..
No wonder we're a pathetic unredeemable bunch of neandarthals


Oh.. it occured that maybe some of you ( all three readers of my blog ;-( )
Might not know what i was referring to ..
I HATE to ruin your day (and I mean this sincerely ) but you have to know..

My deepest sympathies to Cissy houston on her personal tragedy..

Unfortunately, the famous Sweet Inspirations singer Cissy Houston hAs been forgotton in this tragedy..I would like to extend my DEEPEST sympathies to her..
My prayers are with you..

+++++
With regard to Whitney's death, rumours are circulating about "prescription pill" poisoning.. From my understanding of the symptoms of her death, plus the fact that they were unable to revive her, I suspect, it was Methadone poisoning.
Why?
Because that's the big trend among physicians who "treat" entertainers for pain.. except it's got a very low safety margin, and if you overdose on it, your odds of coming out of it are slim to none..
We will see.. but remember, you heard it here first...
Maybe it's stop this insane trend to prescribe Methadone for every little ache..

Nukular Cold Cream

 Hyuk! Jes' Spred this Radyo Active creem for yore Beuattey to jes glow!

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The Cassette Cover Art Gallery has many hundreds of hard to find, and even extremely rare, cassette cover scans , just for curiosity's sake, or if you need to repair that cassette with a missing sleeve or tape label, and have given up finding a scan anywhere else,,
Also many interesting bits of  cassette trivia, and history, and who knows what else.
It's worth a minute..
See you there!


Tell your friends anemones
And please post a link on your blog site too

Do NO Evil? You jest sir..

It's official.. Satan now runs Google..

Words should not be Necessary

RIP freedom.. and it's never never never coming back..
Now that the American 4th Amendment is now officially scrapped, perhaps everybody should take a moment to reflect on this HORRENDOUS turn of events..
Now that it has been signed into law by the american President, and is legal for America to indefinitely detain and terminate (yes, KILL) it's own citizens without charges, trial, or any due process whatsoever, does anyone really think it has any moral authority left at all, as the world's bastions of liberty and freedom?

Summary of the unexplained...

Urgent news!!!! A BLACK DAY FOR blogs

Although music blogs may still continue.. finding a file server to host on may prove to be the most difficult part of any post...

It appears that after Megauploads's shutdown, FEAR has gripped the File hosting services community.
They're falling like dominos
At last report.. FILESONIC has closed it's doors to file sharing..
If you live in the U.S.A. UPLOADED.TO has shut it's doors

There are unconfirmed rumors that three more services will be following suit..

I read somewhere someone said "the wild west days of the internet are over"

It's happened before..


UPDATE! UPDATE!
After a few more hours....Fileserve has now closed its doors too..

It's over.. folks....

UPDATE! UPDATE! again..
FileJungle has now blocked USA  IP addresses, and they're deleting huge swaths of accounts

and here is a pastebin summary by an 'Insider" who chose to remain anonymous...
Apparently the exact state of this crackdown is a bit hush-hush..

MegaUpload - Closed.

- FileServe - Closing does not sell premium.

- FileJungle - Deleting files. Locked in the U.S..

- UploadStation - Locked in the U.S..

- FileSonic - the news is arbitrary (under FBI investigation).

- VideoBB - Closed! would disappear soon.

- Uploaded - Banned U.S. and the FBI went after the owners who are gone.

- FilePost - Deleting all material (so will leave executables, pdfs, txts)

- Videoz - closed and locked in the countries affiliated with the USA.

- 4shared - Deleting files with copyright and waits in line at the FBI.

- MediaFire - Called to testify in the next 90 days and it will open doors pro FBI

-Org torrent - could vanish with everything within 30 days "he is under criminal investigation"

- Network Share mIRC - awaiting the decision of the case to continue or terminate Torrente everything.

- Koshiki - operating 100% Japan will not join the SOUP / PIPA

- Shienko Box - 100% working china / korea will not join the SOUP / PIPA

- ShareX BR - group UOL / BOL / iG say they will join the SOUP / PIPA

Apparently this is *not* information that they want the public to know, nor is it that , for instance, it is no longer possible to delete files, or turn off sharing at 4shared .. and maybe others too..
Because they had it turned on as default, some backups I made from my last reinstall, were set to be shared.. now I can neither delete them or turn off sharing..
Well, it's fixed now
THEY'RE COMING FOR US ALL!!

I'm also duplicating this continuing update at http://cassettecoverartlib.blogspot.com/

The Machine a.k.a Muppet Machine

You simply have got to see this!

Rowan Atkinson as Doctor Who...

Please Travel over to the 'Cassette Cover Art Library"

That's the most recent blog of mine.. Cassette Cover Art Library
And it has Tons of Hi-res scans of hundreds of the rarest cassettes in the world..
I'm hoping it gets more traction than this blog.. because of the complete lack of interest in my music, both here and at home, I've quit playing music for good..
Try out there.. you won't find these scans anywhere else in the world ( I know, I've looked myself..)..
And remember, if you like pinbal.. there;s always that one too.. (check the links..)