I was in a pissed off mood afterwards, having 8 dollar in change fly out of my pockets and the wind blowing it all over the street (Gawd, the ever continuing of bullshit luck) which send F bombs as I hopped around the damn road and hoping that the lights didn't change. Otherwise a five spot and three singles would still be blowing in the wind.
Wasn't much for bargains. I picked up a couple of cheap CDs at Money and More and three singles from Record Collector, including the Jazz Samba from Cannonball Adderley, to replace my cracked copy, I See The Light/Five Americans and Where Is My Mind by The Vanilla Fudge, which basically expressed my feelings for the day.
CD's found
Michael Bolton
Best of Glen Campbell (10 Best)
Paul K And The Weathermen-Garden Of The Working Paths
Mekons' FUN 90
Weather Report-Heavy Weather
The Birthday Party-Hee Haw
45's
I See The Light-Five Americans (Abnak A-109) #26 1966
Where Is My Mind-Vanilla Fudge (Atco 6554) 1968
Jive Samba-Cannonball Adderley (Riverside RF-4541) #66 1963
The Jive Samba is one of the finest jazz singles out there but little did I know that this was a two minute edit of the 12 minute song off the Best Of Cannonball Adderley, a cheap compilation that CEMA quietly put out back in the early 90s. Where Is My Mind was too weird even for the bubbling over but it remains one of the more hippy trippy songs The Fudge put out. B side The Look Of Love actually plays it safe. I See The Light is the actual Abnak single, which sells higher than the Hanna/Barbera single and is a different take than the one I'm used to hearing. Finding it for 2 dollars might have been a bargain. Back around 1971, KCRG played this as a vintage oldie classic. Mike Rabon would do a remake of said song and called I See The Light 69 and issued on yellow vinyl. To which said song was ignored by radio and Sundazed Music which never did issued it on their best of The Five Americans CD. Confusion was that Abnak was part of Atlantic Records, they were not, they were just paying tribute to that label with the yellow and black label (of the 1950s) of Atlantic, and perhaps Mr. Ertaguen thought was it a nice gesture. We all know that wouldn't fly in this day and age with a cease and detest order from the bean counter's lawyers who have destroyed the music since corporations bought out most of the other labels. https://www.bsnpubs.com/texas/abnak.html
The EMI 10 best series of greatest hits are a hodgepodge of the highest charting singles, plus not so great moments. Glen Campbell's 10 best is more like five best, two piles of crap and three that could go either way. His best moments was with Jimmy Webb (Wichita Lineman, Galveston) and the 1975 comeback with Lambert/Potter producing Rhinestone Cowboy and Country Boy (Rhinestone Cowboy Part 2) and Southern Nights which was a feelgood 1977 chart topper, the crap is Honey Come Back and a over the top version of It's Only Make Believe. Getting an original Best Of would be better but this 10 best is a stop gap if I want to hear the late great Glen Campbell again. Plus he was a helluva guitar player. For all the Michael Bolton jokes, he started out as a power rocker with Bruce and Bob Kulick helping him on his first album which includes Fool's Game, a song that wouldn't sound out of place on a Sammy Hagar album. I always wanted to hear this album simply of the fact that it was pure power rock. For 33 minutes it is living the 80s all over again, where hair grew long and babes went out in leather and spanex pants. Bolton's next album Everybody's Crazy continues this road but with Neil Kenon boosting the drums and is a full record. Then Bolton discovered Otis Redding and MOR and changed course, a perfect example of selling out. Whatever the case, it worked.
There wasn't much in finding music in my Iowa City trip and I came up empty in most spots. There were questions about picking Liz Phair Exile In Guyville again, some jazz CDs from Stan Keynon and Stanley Turribine but nothing looked worth getting. The Paul K and the Weathermen Cd probably was still there when Kirk owned the store years ago and the owners got tired looking at it and threw it in the quarter bins. The Mekon's CD was a dollar. I wanted a copy of Jive Samba since I broke mine years ago, so paying five dollars for it, that was more than the Bolton,Campbell, Paul K and Mekons CDs put together. Continuing the phasing out, the Coralville Stuff Etc, had very few CDs (The Iowa City had more but nothing of note). and I didn't find anything at the Goodwill/Salvation Army stores. Housewerks got by passed in favor of Record Collector.
As DST comes to an end of the 2021 summer/fall, I can't think of any other year that we didn't have any major shitstorms and tornadoes running in the area. It was a wet October but nothing that came of flooding. Given last year and the life changing shit storm 2020, I think we were entitled into a more gentle sort of weather. But the four most puke inducing media invented phases came up with "pain at the pump" with gas prices running over 3 20 a gallon. Chances are next year it looks to be another return to the days of 2008 and four dollar gallon prices here, but then again it is worse in Needles California with their 5 39 a gallon. Meanwhile, the Come On Brandon Qanon Quacks went to Dallas in hope of seeing JFK Jr. coming back to life to reinstall Joke 45 as Dictator/POTUS again. Needless to say, JFK Jr didn't show up and Joe is still their POTUS. Quack on dudes.
And, not surprising, Brad Hart got kicked to the curb by CR voters and will have a run off election. Technically, the inept Tiffany O'Donnell will be the next hoax mayor, to which we can't wait for her own twist on her political nonsense. The perks of being a anchor woman on a Sinclair own station. The fun never ends.
As we get older, our pin up eye candy women have become the golden girls. Even Betty White, who might make it to 100 was a sexy babe back in the heyday. Farrah, Jacklyn Smith, were the right ones in the 70s, as well as Sally Field, next to Julie Newmar one of my fave eye candy girls and could make heavenly pictures without showing all. Sally has been the mainstay of reasons to go to the movies, Smoky And The Bandit for pure buns. Loved her in Murphy's Romance with James Garner. She was great in Norma Rae and being Forrest Gump's mom. She just turned 75 this Saturday, so happy birthday to one of my fave actress. Still looking as classic and beautiful as ever.
Passings: Tom Matte, the longtime Baltimore Colt runner who played his career till the evil Joe Thomas traded him off to San Diego (Matte retired after that). Matte was famous for being the replacement QB when Johnny Unitas and Gary Crouzzo were hurt in 1965 and beat the LA Rams and almost the Green Bay Packers that year. He saved his best game as QB in the playoff bowl as the Colts blew out the Dallas Cowboys 35-3, throwing two TD passes to Jimmy Orr. After that Matte would go back being the bowling ball running back, giving Cleveland fits in the 34-0 1968 Championship, scoring three times and then once more in 1971, running through the Cleveland mud and Browns 20-3. One of the best, along with Bill Brown as the RB's that bowled over people. Farewell to the the jack of all trades and master of none, still a helluva player.
On the local scene, FLEX, the modern 90s rock act has Rick Clay taking over the lead guitar spot, taking over for Todd James. Clay is also part of Four Day Creep. We'll say congratulations Rick. keep on Rawkin'.
Spencer Petras wasn't cutting it so Alex Padilla came in relief and sparked the Iowa Hawkeyes to a 14-0 lead and survived a Northwestern comeback that fell short when a blotched snap, lead to an errant pass and Iowa's Dane Belton's interception and it was a 17-12 Hawkeye victory. In the defense of Petras, Wisconsin beat him up in last week's game and was only 2 for 4 before K.F, pulled the plug and put in Padilla, who went 18 for 28 for 172 yards and two touchdowns. Northwestern did block a punt which put them deep in Iowa territory, but had to settle for a FG and another drive at the Iowa 3 ended with Pat Fitzgerald getting a unsportsmanlike conduct and that lead to another FG. Questions remain if Petras returns next year for Minnesota but we think the Padilla era just might be starting up. Now if Iowa can get a offense coordinator, that would be even better.
Arizona finally ended their 20 game losing streak with a 10-3 win over California, but Cal was missing half the team due to COVID issues. Arizona State decided to play a full game this time out, scoring two touchdowns in the 4th quarter to run by USC 31-16. Rachaad White running for 202 yards and scoring three TDs. The win might get the critics off Herman Edwards' back for at least a week.
Iowa State continues to kick Texas's ass by running past them 30-7. Brice Hall, tore through the D with a 47 yard run to put the Cyclones ahead for good. Hall rushed for 136 yards and had another third quarter TD run. Basically with that, Texas' fans are not very happy, starting out with a ranking but now lost four games in a row. I don't think they will come close to the 20 games that Arizona lost in the past two seasons but heads will roll if they can't win. However, Iowa State came ready to play and dominated the Longhorns all game, to which a change of QBs for Texas didn't help. This might get the Cyclones back into the top 25. As for Texas, basketball season is starting up.
Ah yes, Rafael Theodore Cruz is mad at Big Bird. We can never have a year off without Fidel Raffy blowing his ass about nothing. Big Bird announced he got his COVID vaccines and Raffy called him Government Propaganda. Others calling Big Bird a step up from Dr.Fauci. One can only hope that fools like Raffy Cruz, Robby Starbuck and Mike Cerovich end up get Myocarditis since Cernovich brought that up. Raffy Cruz has been quite instrumental in his arrogant ways (about wasting everybody's time reading children's bedtime stories in congress), perhaps he needs another cancun vacation?
Five Star Mud Game; Pittsburgh 3 Miami 0 11/26/2007
I don't include much of the mud games of the 2000's. The advanced technology on grass fields made it possible for better drainage and the use of more sand mixed with regular turf took most of the mud, and fun out of watching NFL football. It bores me to pieces to see NFL games anymore. There's more mud action in a 2010 exhibition game between the same two teams in old Joe Robbie stadium thanks to a dirt infield used by the Marlins. Let's us return back to the November game of 2007, a defense battle all the way between the Steelers, moving to a playoff spot and the 0-11 Dolphins. This game was an exercise in trying to stay awake. If you woke up just before the end of the game, you might have seen Jeff Reed hit the game winning 24 yard FG, with 17 seconds to play. Miami tried the old Cal/Stanford play of backward passes to which, that failed, and we all turned off the TV and went back to bed.
