Tune Tuesday – Hooray For Beer

It's National Beer Day!! Every year, April 7 recognizes the world's most widely consumed alcoholic beverage. Following water and tea, it is the third most popular drink overall. Even my ancestors enjoyed a good brew ... After years working in country radio, I can tell you that the majority of "beer" songs can be found … Continue reading Tune Tuesday – Hooray For Beer →

The Music of My Life – 2004

Welcome back to The Music of My Life, where I feature ten songs from each year of my life. In most cases, the ten songs I choose will be ones I like personally (unless I explain otherwise). The songs will be selected from Billboard’s Year-end Hot 100 Chart, Acclaimed Music, and will all be released … Continue reading The Music of My Life – 2004 →

Tune Tuesday – A Birthday Song (Sort of)

Today my second oldest son, Dimitri turns 17 years old. When I saw that Tune Tuesday fell on his birthday, I wanted to feature a song that has a connection to him. The one I have selected is probably unknown to you, because it was never a radio hit (although, you can hear it on … Continue reading Tune Tuesday – A Birthday Song (Sort of) →

It’s That Time of the Year …

Followers of this blog know that my wife can listen to Christmas music all year round. She will put her Pandora stations on shuffle when she is in the shower and Christmas music will play often. Well, this week Sirius XM launched quite a few Christmas music channels. I thought I would jot them all … Continue reading It’s That Time of the Year … →

Turntable Talk – “Shock Rock”

Welcome to another edition of Turntable Talk hosted by Dave over at A Sound Day. Check out his site here: https://soundday.wordpress.com/ His topics have ranged from very easy to thought provoking. This time around, I find it truly thought provoking. Here are the instructions that Dave sent to each of the participants describing what this … Continue reading Turntable Talk – “Shock Rock” →

“Finding a good way to spend it…”

My Facebook feed has been full of pictures of the "last day of school." Many of those photos are of high school seniors who are celebrating their FINAL "last" day of school, while others are of students in kindergarten through 11th grade who are just excited for summer break! The theme song to the cartoon … Continue reading “Finding a good way to spend it…” →

Weekend Wrap Up

I am not working my normal schedule at work, so my days are a bit messed up. The weekend for me, basically consisted of half a Saturday and today. I work Friday overnight and get home Saturday morning about 8am. I slept till about 2pm and Sam woke me up so we could enjoy some … Continue reading Weekend Wrap Up →

Tunes from Toons

I spent a lot of time in the car with my sons this past weekend. My oldest son asked me if I remembered some of the shows he used to watch as a kid. We began listing the shows he and his brother watched and had many laughs as we remembered specific episodes. This led … Continue reading Tunes from Toons →

Doodles

I have never been able to draw. I wish I could. I have friends of mine who are very talented and can draw almost anything. I just can't. I guess that is why growing up, I used a lot of tracing paper - because that was really the only way anything I attempted to draw … Continue reading Doodles →