by admin | Jul 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Moving away from the convenience of Los Angeles was in some ways a tough decision, one only reconciled by it’s “close enough” proximity. The treasures of recreational city life is at most, only 2 hours away. But as we tally forth and set markers...
by admin | Jul 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
One day, when I was a young kid, the man in my TV box told me that Natalie Wood had died. Somehow, someway I knew that this was a tragic event. Natalie Wood had graced the channels of the television set in our living room many times. And so too did her husband, Robert...
by admin | Jul 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
4 years ago today, the Supreme Beings Of Leisure were on the final days of our touring and recording together. After a great show and rousing encore, the curtains went down on the steaming hot Viper Room stage, and harmoniously lifted on the rest of my life. That was...
by admin | Jul 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
How do you memorialize a guy born in 1917, and looked like this? You can’t. Oscar winner, movie star, TV star, Broadway star, father, husband (4 times) and 10 year Navy vet, over weight and a mug only a shipyard should’ve loved. All this spilled over 95...
by admin | Jul 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Wow, it’s hard to believe that in this country, in this time, my state is actually going to grow up grow some balls and do something that resembles the 21st century. In my lifetime, I will be able to hop a train and go to San Francisco in under three hours,...
by admin | Jul 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
You may find yourself in a beautiful house with a beautiful wifeYou may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?
by admin | Jul 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
Why does everything look so beautiful from space? Okay, that was actually rhetorical. Down here on the planet, Russians are watching fires consume the ground all around their country, filling their air with billowing smoke. Yet and still, from space, this carnage is a...
by admin | Jul 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
First of all, there is far too much belief to suspend it when it comes to the ideal of Andre 3000 portraying the legendary Jimi Hendrix. But now there is word that this blasphemous event will be offered without any Hendrix music. Yes, you heard that right, no...
by admin | Jul 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
July 4th, 2012 marked my first Fireworks show on the lake. Nothing like watching an amazing fireworks show from a boat on a large beautiful lake.
by admin | Jul 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
Sometimes the most important thing an American president can do is connect. This morning I awoke to discover President Obama’s statement on the passing of Andy Griffith. Michelle and I were saddened to hear about the passing of Andy Griffith this morning. A...