The decade the music died

I believe last year I posted some numbers in baseball where you could leave the game because of the scores and be 95% sure of the outcome.  I WISH I could find those numbers.  Anyone  anyone?

1 hour later - FOUND I

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MAN last night was loud.  I don't know WHAT it was but the so called frost quakes were rockin the house BAD last night!  I got up once to look out the windows and walked around the house and DJ got up once also.

We cleared all the snow and ice off the deck as construction starts today. Maybe that was it?  All I know is I was JOLTED awake 5 times with HUGE BANGs.  Yet  Gus?   zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Correction.  If you read yesterdays blog before noonish you will notice I made a comment about a Queen song and called it "Lady Gaga".  I BRAIN said Radio GaGa but my fingers typed "Lady GaGa" and that song is LOCKED IN MY BRAIN!!!

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The Live Aid concert was pretty much a bust actually.  Frank Zappa was correct when he turned down the invitation to play stating the money would never get to the people and in fact most of the money raised was used to buy weapons from Russia.

Most of the bands that played said it was one of the worst experiences ever.  Led Zepplin banned their performance from ever being published on a DVD. 

In Philadelphia where 100,000 people attended their concert the live transmission to the UK was FUBR as the audio was sent vie the transatlantic cable while the video was sent via satellite so the two never ever synchronized.  Back then very very very few people had a TV that was stereo.

So I have been thinking alot about Queen and music in general and where the heck was I when Queen was big.  I mean it's MUSIC!  I grew up on music, I have been surrounded with music all my life.  I have friends in very very high places in music.

One friends (Michael Marquart) wife sat next to Yoko Ono in the front row at the Grammy's'.  He was the drummer in our rock band Wonderhorse.   Another friend is a conductor in Green Bay (I think) and I just found out last night that a friend that was in our high school orchestra with me just composed the score for Martin Scorsese’s latest film, “Silence.” 

Kim Kluge!!    WHO KNEW!!!! 

I grew up in a band . . .well . . an accordion band LOL

SO - where was I in the 80s?

I was broke living in peoples basements and sort of a vagabond with no real home and thus . . no permanent stereo to listen to music in the 80s.  I have always felt the 80s were a dead spot in music for me.

My van in high school had a kick ass sound system but when that died I went to a Dodge Dart and did not put a sound system in the car.  THUS - no music. ALTHOUGH - I did have a CB radio LOL  I handle was Supertramp.

Just thinking out loud.  Poor people (or more politically correct - people with restricted incomes)  do not have access to good music.  hmmmmm  never thought of that.

Anyway - that was what has been on my mind.  I seemed to have missed most big hair bands as I really did not appreciate that genre'.  I was going to school and working full time in the 80s and living on student loans and had no real life.    ahhhh the good ol' days

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So while I have been trying  to type this I've had to deal with Gus barking at the construction workers, talking to LG about a refrigerator issue (no ice in the top ice maker which makes us have to LEAN OVER to get an ice cube (a first world problem)) and making more coffee (Ethiopian whic his REALLY fruity).

My brain is in 4 different areas doing all with less then 100% vigor.

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Payless shoes is closing 2,100 stores - THANKS A LOT Colin Keapernick, where am I suppose to buy my Nikes so I can burn them NOW!   I guess that little trick did not work!

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The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund is being cut by 50%.  Thanks a lot GOP. Just when all of the latent cancers are showing up they decided NOW lets cut the funds . . since america is doing so GREAT?  The economy is fantastic?  Let's cut funds that help September 11th Victim's?

Anybody ever notice that the GOP is not working for Americans but for corporations?   Remember Amazon?  The pay 0% income taxes are are getting a 100 million refund from the government because of the tax break for the rich and large corporations.

 OK OK - too many things happening - I gotta run!