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Aug-5-08

Rod Stewart

posted by Moonage

Guess who I’m going to see Friday.  I’ll give you a hint ( if the title hasn’t already ):




Now, I’d go into a LOT of detail of how Rod Stewart’s music has been a part of my transition from kid to adult. But, I would guess it would mimic pretty much every 40-something’s experience. For me, since about 1978 or so, if you wanted to get some, or even wanted to try, you HAD to have Rod Stewart’s album on. Or, at the very least, have his picture on the album laying around very visibly after you’ve gotten about six beers into your love for the moment. If that didn’t work instanteously, put on Buffett and get them a little drunker. THEN fall back on Rod. Sure, some guys passed around some pretty awful rumors about Rod, but he was scoring models faster than any of those guys scored period. Rod is somewhere in the same league as Hugh Heffner to me. Just one of those guys that just don’t have a clue how to be anything other than a babe-magnet. I can’t relate, I don’t want to either. If I could, then I’d have no reason, other than hearing Maggie May, to go have some fun Friday night.

And trust me peeps, I’ll have lots of tequila ready. If it works, I don’t change it.


Post show update:
The show was excellent! Rod did all the classics and tossed in some covers. The best of which was definitely “Have you ever seen the rain?”. Toss in a smokin hot sax player and three backup singers who can sing better than almost anyone I’ve heard in years, and you’ve got an excellent show regardless of the headliner. The one thing that really struck me was his stage. It was white. All white. Not just curtain white, but instruments were all white, carpet was white, microphones were white, even his wristwatch was white. This made for some very neat, very simple effects. I tried to capture them, but needless to say, my equipment was rudimentary at best. Here’s some samples:


and:

In essence, with a simple flick of the switch, the entire stage changed. For ballads the stage would be blue. For rockers the stage would turn white, purple, whatever. It was very, very, simple. And, it was even moreso effective. I love it. Toss in a massive super high definition screen and you had all kinds of special effects for songs, and pics to tell a story. It was just a well done show. Nothing wild, nothing crazy, just impressive. Toss in Rod’s crowd-abilities and you had a very enjoyable show.

You’d think kids today would look at old-rockers like Rod, Bowie, the Stones, The Who, etc.. and take note that forty years after getting started, they’re still draw crowds in the tens of thousands. Those pics just show the people in front of us. There are probably twice as many, or more, behind us.

Due to a bout with sciatica before and during the show, this may be my last major outdoor show. It’s just too hard on me. If it is my last one, it was definitely worthy of going out on!

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Jul-27-08

Moonlet and Elvis

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Moonlet and I went to see an Elvis impersonator for an American Cancer Society fundraiser last night.  This guy was a blast.  Looked kinda like Elvis, sounded a LOT like Elvis, and bantered very well with the audience.  Totally enraptured by the presentation, my boy decided to park right in front of the stage.  “Elvis” asked him his name pretty close to the beginning of the show, and then would occasionally ask him if he liked a particular song for the rest of the evening.  It was a hoot.  Given the advent of the Iphone camera having absolutely no settings whatsoever or a flash, it makes for some unusual effects.  I really liked this one:

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Apr-28-08

Things that go BOOM!

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This is how me and Moonlet enjoy a nice relaxing Sunday afternoon:

Mill Springs

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Nov-17-07

Ebaying

posted by Moonage

I have been a member of Ebay for a few years.  To date, I had never successfully bought anything.  Ever.  For a while I tried.  I did the usual of watching it to the very end.  I even did the waiting to the last possible second and tossing in a bid.  No avail.  I never got anything.  This morning I placed a bid on a racqetball racquet.  I topped the other guy by $1.  I then watched some football.  Went to see a movie.  Came home and watched more football.  I just now checked my email and I had actually won this bid!

Now, the downside of eBay.  If no one else bid $1 in seven hours, it must be bad.  There must be something wrong with it.  It must be a scam.  I can think of so many reasons why no one would bid.  I can’t think of any good reason no one would not bid $1 more.

Oh well.  We’ll see.

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Jul-1-07

Happy Independence Day!

posted by Moonage

A lot of people, and some places entirely, seem to think it’s a bad thing to be very, very proud of my country.  Here in the rural world, we don’t have a problem with showing our pride.  In order to do so, we celebrate BIG.  Now, we don’t have the money to rival some of the big cities, but we do what we can.  This year we didn’t even let Independence Day falling on a Wednesday slow us down any.  We started today, and will have fireworks and celebrations all the way through Wednesday.  Here’s a little of what we did today:

My Boy and the Kentucky Headhunters

Moonlet hung out with the Kentucky Headhunters.  Now, they may not be headliners at this time, but they are a HECK of a show to see.  Lots of fun.  If you get the chance to see them, you’ll enjoy it.  We then finished the evening with a few fireworks. Youtube would only let me post about 1/4 of the show. The finale was awesome!


Quite a show I thought for a little town in the hills.
Tomorrow, we’re going to watch at least one more fireworks show over the lake. The explosions reflecting over the lake is an awesome site!

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Dec-28-05

Cedar Point Top Thrill

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Storm sent me these pics with a warning that he would never ever get on something like this:

Now, I’ve got a long history of riding anything put in front of me.  I am so excited by the looks of this thing a trip to Ohio is probably in order for next summer.  ( Watch the video, it doesn’t look as bad as the pics make it out to be! )  I’ll post a video after I take it for a spin.

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