Happy Halloween

Brother Scott.

One Time Wonders, Part 1

Unlike American Bandstand, these are songs that have a great beat and cannot possibly be danced to.

Something in the Air - Thunderclap Newman
A band formed by Pete Townshend in 1969. Drummer Jack McCulloch joined Paul McCartney and Wings.

Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
An odd song for a Jewish singer.

House of the Rising Sun - Frijid Pink
A classic folk ballad, written using the melody of a traditional English ballad and the lyrics written by a Georgia Turner and Bert Martin. The earliest known recording was in 1928 by Clarence Ashley and Gwen Foster. The song has been recorded by many other artist ranging from Roy Acuff to BTO, to the most acclaim by the Animals. Frijid Pink offers a unique psychedelic version.

Hold Your Head Up - Argent, 1972
Keyboardist Rod Argent's band, formed by blending progressive, blending jazz, classical, and heavy metal. Argent formerly of the Zombies who hits like "Time of the Season", "She's Not There", and "Tell Her No". One critic says Argent "produced a boatload of crap, and, even worse, spawned a generation of bands (Rush, Styx, Kansas) that wore mathematical precision and literary pomposity like badges of honor".

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly, 1968
Slang for "In the Garden of Eden". A 17:05 minute song, and on the first "Platinum Album" in music history.

Mississippi Queen - Mountain, 1970
Founded by Cream producer Felix Pappalardi and Leslie West. Leslie West was a mountain of a man, around 300 pounds, thus the name. Mountain's fourth live performance was at Woodstock. Felix Pappalardi was shot and killed by his wife in 1983. Leslie West had the nickname "The Great Fatsby".

Vehicle - The Ides Of March, 1970
The warning, "Beware the Ides of March," originated with the Roman ruler, Julius Caesar, who was assassinated on the Ides of March - March 15, 44 B.C.E. Commonly heard because of the William Shakespeare play, Julius Caesar.

I'm Not Cartman

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ShaLayla By Larry Coker and the Hurricanes

What'll you do when we we're in trouble

And nobody's wanting us to play?

We've been brawling and assaulting much too long.

You know it's just our foolish pride.

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ShaLayla, you've got us out for one game.

ShaLayla, we're begging, president please.

ShaLayla, won't you play my spoiled rotten team.

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We tried to give you student athletes.

When our convicts let you down.

Like a fool, we swung helmets at FIU,

Turned the whole damn team to shame.

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ShaLayla, you've got us out for one game.

ShaLayla, we're begging, president please.

ShaLayla, won't you play my spoiled rotten team.

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Let's make the best of this whole season

Before we have to go to Duke.

Please don't say that we'll never ever play

And tell us all our pain's in vain.

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ShaLayla, you've got us out for one game

ShaLayla, we're begging, president please.

ShaLayla, won't you play my spoiled rotten team.

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ShaLayla, you've got us out for one game.

ShaLayla, we're begging, president please.

ShaLayla, won't you play my spoiled rotten team.

Should I have used the song by Dion, prima-donna fits pretty well?

Donna Shalala, that famous Clinton sycophant, is again front and center. As president of the University of Miami, has passed judgment that brawling members of the Hurricane football team receive minimal punishment.

An underage player at Auburn was recently suspended six games for being caught with a beer. Imagine what Tommy Tuberville would do to these rambunctious thugs? The ACC should step in and impose much stiffer penalties than the one game suspensions all but one Cane player received.

Lawyer Commits Treason, Sentenced to Only 28 Months

This person served as a conduit of information between Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman and the terrorist group Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya.
Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman is serving a life sentence for planning terrorist attacks in New York. His group Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya is responsible for killing and disemboweling 62 in Luxor.
The fact that information was passed is not in question only the appropriate penalty.
The judge, John Koeltl, has put professional courtesy before the publics right to safety, describing Ms. Stewart:

as a champion of the poor, the disadvantaged and the unpopular

That statement may cause you to forget she has also defended members of the Weather Underground and the Black Panthers.

If only we understood her better, we might see the nobility.

The lawyer committed treason, and the judge neglected to properly punish for the offense.

The WSJ editorial gets it right, see link.

Maurice Clarett's Role Model

Lawrence Phillips, former NFL and Nebraska running back, was convicted Tuesday 3-October on seven counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

The 31-year-old Phillips drove onto a field near Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum after losing a pickup football game on Aug. 21, 2005. He struck two boys, ages 14 and 15, and a 19-year-old man and narrowly missed four others between 15 and 24 years old, according to the prosecutor. The three who were struck sustained "severe bumps and bruises and cuts," Deputy District Attorney Todd Hicks said.

Since Mr. Phillips is a complete failure at being a role model for children, he has ventured into the uncharted ground of being a role model for the apocalyptically stupid, such as Mr. Clarett.

Maurice Clarett, former NFL and Ohio State running back, was arrested Wednesday 9-August October. Since vehicular assault is not in the set of charges, perhaps there is some room for personal growth here.

In the early morning hours of August 9, 2006, Clarett was arrested in Columbus after he made an illegal U-turn and led the police on a chase in a sports utility vehicle reportedly belonging to his uncle. After driving over a police-mounted spike strip, the chase ended in a nearby restaurant parking lot.

Police said they were forced to secure a cloth around Clarett's mouth after he allegedly spit at the officers and called them "nigga haters" during the arrest. According to Columbus Police Sgt. Mike Woods, the officers discovered a hatchet, a loaded AK-47 variant, a Hi-Point Pistol and two other loaded handguns in his vehicle along with an open bottle of Grey Goose vodka. The police requested that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives perform a trace on the firearms to determine if Clarett violated Federal gun laws.

The officers used Mace to subdue Clarett after attempts to subdue him with a Taser
proved ineffective because he was wearing Kevlar body armor.

Use of the phrase “nigga haters” is really precious isn’t it?

Both of these men were gifted, having bodies that could bring them millions of dollars, both have heads that aren’t worth a plug nickel.

Now both will be living on our tax dollars.

Legalization Rally Draws Few

As planned, and replanned, on Saturday the 7th, there was a rally of immigrants near the capital in downtown Atlanta.

Teodoro Maus was in normal mode, describing some protesters as:

"I think they are xenophobic,"

"They are racists and they are hiding their racism in 'legal or not legal."

"We want to open the door,"

"How they do it is a matter of negotiation."

Crowd size was estimated at a paltry 3,000.

Every time my wife tricks me into going to Super Wal-Mart, there are at least 4,000 of the runty illegals blocking the isles. Perhaps some of these folks discovered that the backlash to last springs marches cause things like tougher legislation.

I probably am xenophobic, that does not change the fact that these are individuals who have:

1. Illegally entered the country
2. Illegally avoid the income tax system
3. Siphon money from the local economy (just watch a Western Union office)
4. Increase demands within public education for bi-lingual capability
5. Increase CITIZENS car insurance costs by driving without insurance
6. Increase CITIZENS health care costs by not carrying insurance.
7. Depress the minimum wage via competition, injuring legal CITIZENS struggling near the poverty level.

Free my Wal-Mart!

Good News for Aging Hippies

Marijuana may be effective in prevnting the progression of Alzheimer's.

"THC is also more effective at blocking clumps of protein that can inhibit memory and cognition in Alzheimer's patients, the researchers reported in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics."

At least they won't forget all the things they never learned.

Rock Instrumentals

Naturally there are no lyric links.

Green Onions - Booker T & The MGs
Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
Moby Dick - Led Zeppelin
Hot Lanta - Electric Light Orchestra
Frankenstein - The Edgar Winter Group
Take It Off The Top - Dixie Dregs

In case you did not know MG is short for Memphis Group

Remote Control

Not exactly in good taste, but it is funny.
Thanks to DGJ.