Jim Dandy:  Intereting literature on the net about this, it feels like they are saying Joel is passing the baton.  That's not the intent, IMHO.  Dillon is a good singer, and sings the song with a lot of power, granted.  Joel just wanted that power and youth to tell the story.

The thing that strikes me is this war is spurring music, which also happened during the Viet Nam war.  Maybe, if the music community keeps it up, somone will hear it.  Proliferate, proliferate, proliferate.

so goodfoods tells me.  In honor of his return to Brainking, I am posting this, probably my VERY fave Zydeco Band, Beau Soleil - Zydeco Gris Gris

Not only is the Zydeco, it's durned good music.

Christmas Carol

Dandy-Pie:  I have to agree with you.  I was a little taken aback by Bon Jovi too.  You were sure to vote for Kiss out of the bunch left there.  Thanks for the illustration.

awesome:  I didn't look at all of the bands that had been eliminated already, but I know The Who was one, and maybe Cream.  So, if your favorite band isn't there, you might look to that for information.  I just know Jeff Beck wasn't mentioned.  And, I wondered how that happened.

I'm having a lot of trouble watching videoes right now.  I hope to have this handled this week.  Watching videos on this system (????) is like trying to drive a car that's missing on two cylinders - choppy at best, dead stopped at worst.  And the video and audio are not in sync.  So, please pardon me while I recover from this problem.

Hunkey:  I voted.  Next week is #1 guitarist, and Jeff Beck wasn't nominated.  How can you vote for #2 for #1?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ej3BdMpgZw

I've been scarce here for a while, just chillin', trying to come up with some enthusiasm.  It hit me today when I played The Groobees CD in the car while I was running some errands.  I know, you've never heard of the Groobees, they're Texas folk.  But, Susan Harris bears listening to.  She's an outstanding song writer, and .... I'll let her tell you.

Wide Open Spaces

Dandy-Pie:  You sent me off to Google, so I guess I'm showing my age (so what's new?).  I'd never heard of Zan and Jayna.  They must have been around during one of my ban-TV periods, and died before I returned.  Was it a good show?

Hunkey:  !!!Thank you so much for the references!!!  AND, thank you for stopping in.  AIDS is definitely affecting all of us, and our children.  "Say It's Not True" conveys such a succinct message, not only in the world of AIDS research, but in the health care industry itself.  As you know, this is a big issue in our society in the U.S.  IMHO, no medical care should be withheld from anybody due to their inability to pay.  There is something wrong with the picture where people are practicing medicine for financial gain rather than helping people live healthy, productive lives.  As I wrote to the Governor of Texas just last week, "This system is wrong" this system is sick. I applaud Paul Rodgers, and Brian May for making this performance available.  Let us volley it on to every corner of the world.

Hey, Ewe, glad you had fun.  It's really a thrill to meet people in real life you've been chatting with on the net for years.  It's like you know them on the inside, but you've never met their outside.

That Sicknote vid was really fun, I liked it.  But, I looked and I looked, and I never saw any bunny ears.  How could I miss such a thing?

666?  That must be an extensive menu.  Good thing no goats were harmed, I might have been one.

Yummy yummy yummy I've got love in my tummy???  Will we ever hear that on Lawrence Welk?  The Archies?  You're having to dig deep for this stuff!

You guys got busy.  Thanks for all the little treats on my arrival home.  Hey Ewe, good to see you.  When you two were showing Dreadzone and The Beat, I was reminded of my fave group of that ilk, Afro Celt Sound System

Thanks for the Turkey Day greeting, Dandiest.  It really WAS trippy.  And, who can resist a Canadian Mounty named Dudly?  Hahahah!!

Last night, I was listening to some Leonard Cohen.  At about the same time that Cohen was on the scene, this lady was doing some astounding things, and thoughts of Cohen brought her to mind.  So, she's been rattling around in there all day.  The only way I could get her out of there was to post this.

Buffy St Marie - "Universal Soldier"

There was a quote from Buffy in some of the notes about this song where she said she wrote it in the basement of The Purple Onion coffeehouse in Toronto. 

Jim Dandy:  I had to look it up, because evidently they missed Texas.  Or, could it be that my ex and I were still newly weds, and we were definitely hippy types.  If it wasn't "heavy" we looked right over it.  So, I'm leaving the answer to others.  1910 Fruitgum Company?  You knew about them?  Or you tripped over them.  Hahaha!  That was priceless.  They seem like they might be from the earlyr 60s.  Hmmm?

UzzyLady:  I was familiar with the song, as you might well imagine, it's on all the "Texas"  stations.  I think they ought to make it the Texas National Anthem.  The slide show showed an awful lot about Texas, but you can't cover all of it in 3 minutes.  I mean, they missed Brenham.  Oh, and Galveston.  But, the diversity comes through.  And, look who got in the big fat middle...Townes Van Zandt.  Hahaha!  I had to smile all the way through that piece, because I've been to all of those places, and I have fond memories of all of them.  Thanks for the memories.

Jim Dandy:   Thank you, Dandy-Pie.  We'll see, I've messaged one of the globs to see what the powers that are think.  But, your sentiment warms my heart. 

Marc Bolan?  T-Rex? 

Hey, y'all, I can't see embedded files, and evidently, I can't click on the big blank space either.  My video card went down, and I had to swap out computers for a Win98 machine with 32 meg ram.  What an insult!  It's going to be this way for a while too, since I number myself among the unemployed.  So, if you wouldn't mind humming the tunes for me, I'd be very appreciative.

Mousetrap, I didn't go anywhere, the Dandy did.  I've been around, just kind of ... incognito.