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!!!