Geez, dont anybody remember Louis Jordan? (A Dozen before there was rock and roll 6/9/03)
And
then next weekend is the Linn Country Fair, for the first time they
having free admission and free parking. The headlines are Quiet Riot,
with local flunkies Large Midgets opening. You may wanna arrive later on
so you don't have to stomach their butchering of I'm Too Sexy and Pena Calida. The closing of the fair has Loverboy, and the free country
concert is John Micheal Montgomery. (All The Fun At The Fair 6/7/03)
Rain, in DC? Can you imagine that? Brooksie responding to a blog 6/7/03
Gawd,
I hate going to IA city anymore, no good record stores and downtown is
not shopper friendly with less parking spots to park at. (R.S 6/12/03)
If
you watch the corporate label shuffle as much as i do, you tend to see
that even they don't have their stuff together. Looks like MCA name
banner is bout to be retired in favor of Geffen records, but in all
theory, its still all Universal to me. For years, Geffen was one of
the more profitable labels back in the late 80s as it own, before MCA
bought them out to be yet another satellite label for Universal. Since
MCA has such a bad rap, the Vivendi/Universal bigwigs think retiring
that name would generate more business under a different label, they
call it restructuring. I call it a fast shuffle myself. But MCA Nashville
will still be known as MCA since country acts fare better on MCA Nashville. Good thing we don't work at a major label, we be outta job.
(All The Fun At The Fair 6/12/03)
Mary Bono has
her eyes on the RIAA presidency after Hilary (not related to Clinton)
Rosen, takes her million bucks and goes into retirement. And they say Prostitution don't pay. (More Is Less 6/14/03)
You shouldn't be surprised to learn that brother Neil young has once again
delayed his four album reissue of On the Beach, Hawks and Doves,
American Stars and bars, and Re act or, what the hell is his problem?
Does he thinks that these releases suck or not good enuff or whats the
deal? Hell with it, i just record Re act or off the record to my own
disc then. By the way, these four reissues have been delayed now by
twelve years. Could be worse, you could wait for the Dave Clark five
reissues. (Neil Young Reissues delayed again 6/14/03) RS Note: The NY
albums actually did get issued later in the year.
It
begin with a stuck stationary front on top of us for two whole weeks
while a Bermuda high, so strong out in the eastern hemisphere that this
damn front didn't move, which meant our friend the gulf of Mexico gave us
so much ample moisture that it rained every damn day, and we not
talking light rain, it was heavy and it accumulated into the rivers,
creeks and lakes, making them raging rivers in their own way. It was definitely the worst weather event that I've ever been associated with, my
folks got their basement flooded big-time twice in that cursed year. I
fared better by living in a part of Cedar Rapids that was in higher
ground, but roads by the Cedar River were underwater for all summer, it wasn't till august that it was safe to drive by the river. It was much
worse for those who lived by the Mississippi River, the river was five
miles outta its banks during the worst of the flooding, and of course
you have seen the pictures
It didn't occur to me, till
when i was driving to st Louis in September and seen condemmed houses on
highway 61, seeing the mud line on the house showing how high the water
got, and some cases, it wasn't unusual to see them six to eight feet
high. It took the Mississippi a good five months to return to its
banks. Even when i was by the arch, the Mississippi was still over its
banks there, flooding the street by the river still. No matter where ya
drive, if you were close to the river, the smell of moldy muddy waters
was in the air.
But what i remember most during
that cursed month of june, was it poured, thundered and the rain was
extreme. It was so bad, that getting to Iowa city in july, there was
only one road to get there, it was Highway 1. You couldn't take
Interstate 380, and hiway 965, the Iowa River was over the bridge there,
and even though the interstate bridge wasnt close, the water was close
on the bridge. And the traffic at the four way at highway 1/US 30 was
from mount vernon to almost the cedar river bridge. Just simply a
miserable time for anybody who was in the midwest. (The Floods of 93
6/22/03) RS sidenote: Compared to the 2008 flood, the 2003 was a walk
in the park, 15 years ago the flood wasn't around the old place i used
to live at, this year's flood went all the way to the Public Works
Building on 6th St. Not something we want to ever go through again.
Two
years ago at this point, I was in Seattle with Isabella, buying out cd
stores and having great moments together watching the moon rise above
Puget Sound on a 11:45 PM sunset, one of the more beautiful settings
ever saw. Hopefully, next year I will be able to once again watch the
sunset into the ocean while the moon rises. But that was two years ago,
two months later the whole world changed before our eyes, sometimes
things dont work out, and although there are times to which I miss the
Spokane Snake Lady; whereever she may be, I hope she's safe and
hopefully she has found what she was looking for. (Halfway Through The
Year-Crabb Remembers Seattle 6/28/03)
I remember
classicrock.about.com chat days, and they were some great days (or
nights, i should say). Sometimes it was so chaotic on Friday or Saturday
nights, that you couldn't keep up with the flow of the conversation,
but once most of the people had left, that's when the good chat started
coming down, and come down it did! Although classicrock and oldies
rooms were truly nice and, as you said, we met some great people there,
by far the best people are here in da Roost! If i had been looking for a
chat room home and found this one, i would have stopped my search right
here! (Hoop in a reply 6/28/03)
Did a
bargain hunt yesterday in Davenport/Moline area. Not much to really
report, the I-74 bridge to Moline is still one lane both ways, first
time, i took the long way over via I-80. Bigger mistake, took forty five minutes to get to the pawnshop. All that effort for a Isley brother's
Heat is on and Split Enz best of. The other pawnshop in Davenport has
slim pickings over there too, picked up John Illsey's Glass (the other
guy in dire straits and a boring album too), and Chance the Gardner (a
uncle tupelo soundalike band but with more lousy vocalists). Problem
is, the pawnshops are not taking any more CD's, which leads to the lousy
selections. Half the wonder is where People are taken their unwanted
stuff, sure aint the CD warehouse, probaly the local landfill?
Had
lunch at a Chinese buffet (not surprised are you?). Then bit into a
dried out chilly pepper. OMG Hottest damn thing I ever ate. I see why
they make those things into pepper spray, took me a good fifteen minutes
to get my breath back. For some quality entertainment, we saw some
kids get arrested for taking some beanbag chairs at the store next
door. Ah, life in the big city, can't beat quality entertainment
watching some 12 year old trying to outrun a store clerk on their tail.
(Davenport bargain hunts 7/1/03)
An intelligent carrot....the mind boggles. (Blog 7/12/03)
Finally to end this chapter, JT's Trip To Arizona 66
Last
October I attempted a day trip out of Las Vegas to drive the Kingman,
Oatman, Needles section of the old Route 66. I say attempted because
little did I know that my trip would be ill fated and my planned route
impassable. I did make it to Kingman and Needles via alternate route,
but not Oatman.
I set out from Las Vegas across
Hoover Dam into Arizona. The scenery was awesome as I climbed up and
out of the curvy road section winding from the Dam. As I crested a hill
suddenly a long strait Highway 93 and Arizona seemed to just spread out
before me. The sky was overcast, and I encountered a few sprinkles along
the way. I didn't see any significant rainfall though.
A
couple hours out of Vegas including a stop at the Dam for a few quick
photos I found myself in Kingman, Arizona. I stopped in at the
Powerhouse Visitor Center and walked across the street for photos of an
old Santa Fe steam engine sitting predominantly there in a square. I also
had a most excellent bacon cheeseburger and vanilla shake at Mr D'z
Route 66 Diner.
Tummy and gas tank full I was
looking forward to climbing up the Black Mountains to Oatman on the old
Route 66. I ended up never getting that far. I had driven maybe twenty
miles or so out of Kingman when I noticed a pickup up ahead pulled off
on the soft shoulder of the road. I then noticed the reason that the
pickup had pulled off was that a creek (which normally would have been a
dry creek bed) was raging over the road in flood stage. The road was
completely impassable at this point. There had been enough rain up in
the mountains earlier that had all flowed down and caused the flood.
Cars
on both sides of the creek were coming to unexpected complete stops. It
didn't look the creek was going to be subsiding any time soon so at
this point I had two options. Either back to Kingman and Vegas the way I
had just come, or backtrack to I-40 and go to Needles that way and then
back up to Vegas that way.
I chose the via
Needles route and set off in that direction. After getting off I-40 and
getting a few miles up Highway 95 towards Vegas I came to my second
completely unexpected stop of the day. I waited an hour here in a string
of cars before and behind me while an accident scene further up the
road was cleared and somebody was air ambulance d out. Finally traffic
started moving again and a couple more hours up 95 I was back in Vegas.
I
plan to be out that way again in October this year. I may attempt this
drive again and I'll certainly be keeping my eye on those low water
crossings. (7/13/03, JT's Arizona Trip)
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