This month of March was one for the books. I don't have a proper subject to rant about or to discuss as it has been a Family Thing month. 'Nuff Said.
Not sure what I'll blog about on my cards blogs. Well I do know what I'll blog about over at Curly W Cards, but not at the other one just yet.
Till Next Month.
It has been quite a while since I had one of these. The last time or two I thought I had seen every possible way my name could be perverted or messed up. Well a few months back in October Me my sibs and my blood nephew were having a Family VaCay in Virginia Beach, VA off season. One day for late lunch almost dinner we stopped at Starbucks. Now I'm not a coffee guy so I rarely get anything coffee I don't like it straight I need it either Mocha style with enough cocoa to drown out the coffee bean "burned water" flavor that I hate coffee for (just as smoking is like sucking ash) or have some caramel in the mix. So anyway they had some kind of Apple Cider/ Apple Crisp type flavor. I think it was a limited time flavor. It was pretty good. I think I'll stick to Mocha style though. The hint of apple seemed a bit off.
Anyway the purpose of this post is that a variation of my name was used, as you can see from the scan of the sticker that was on the cup. "KERT". Now at times I could have sworn that I had maybe seen this variant but usually it is the "CERT" or "CURT" or maybe even "KURT" that I have seen. OK Whatever.
OK so here I am, well was a few months back, with another taste test of what I hope will be a restoration of childhood nostalgia. Once again I saw a different Apple of Pop-Tart on the grocery store shelves. This time it was FROSTED CRISP APPLE. Yum!
The original title for this post was: "Stop Blogging Time... Can't Post This" OK OK so that post title could be a little misleading. I am NOT going to stop blogging and I don't plan on this post having material or ideas that can not be posted online. At this moment I am unsure of what this post will truly be about. I had a passing thought of the M.C. Hammer "Can't Touch This" song but changing the words to "Stop! Blogging Time" then thought of the "Can't Post This". Long story even longer, I once again thought about what can I post about this month. I also wondered why do I blog anymore? Mostly because in some ways I still like doing it. My blogging has never attracted a huge gathering mostly because I have never been one of those posting monster bloggers that crank out a minimum of 1 post per day. Some bloggers post close to half a dozen posts per day almost every day. Yikes. I have always tried to have quality over quantity. I don't do enough blogging to have my blog monetized, and I don't have a consistent subject I blog about that I could spam advertise on my blog. I also don't always go with the crowd or the flow. For this regular personal blog sometimes it is very difficult to come up with a subject to blog about. I don't like to post too much personal info, yet sometimes I do seek a little bit of attention.
Blogging just for yourself is a bit odd. When you think about it if that is why you are "blogging" you should just keep a diary on you computer without posting it online. That or do the traditional diary writing with pen or pencil on plain paper or in a diary type book.
Then there are times when I seriously think about giving up blogging completely all of my blogs. It would save me the hassle of having to come up with something to post every 30 days.
Well I guess this post will go nowhere. There isn't anything spectacular happening that I want to yack about.
Oh and to the 2 or 3 people who do read this blog as well as my two trading card blogs a big THANK YOU.
"Bobbie
joined a new-wave band,
and changed her name to Bobbie-sox."
I got this album because of the track I had heard on the
radio "88 Lines About 44 Women", and this album has three
versions of it as bonus tracks on the CD. Each version is slightly different
and is even slightly different than the radio version (which was additionally
edited to censor words not allowed on radio by the FCC). The other tracks on
the album are OK but in my opinion are a little below average. On some tracks
the lead singer sounds like he should be singing about Elvis Presley or some country western story song, and on a few has
a hint of a Jim Morrison sound to
his voice. A few of the tracks have a slight anti-Christian feel to them. It is
a light mocking or poking fun of, not a full-blown bashing. I'm pretty sure
that is the theme of the album thus the title.
Anyone who has seen a Peanuts cartoon will
recognize the first track Linus & Lucy which is often mistakenly
called Snoopy's Theme by people who don't know it's title,
probably because it is often used as the music that the gang dances and parties
to. This version of Linus & Lucy is in a lower key than
it's usually played plus the horns are muted. This whole album is music from or
inspired by the Peanuts television specials and movies. This
is one mellow smooth cool jazz album. When not reminding me of the cartoons
this music takes me back to another part of my childhood. My mother's Godmother
belonged to a country club and twice a year, sometimes more often we would go
there on holidays for brunch or dinner. The club had a ballroom and a cocktail
lounge. Often in the lounge there would be a jazz combo, usually just a trio
(piano, drums and upright bass) at the time I was too young to appreciate jazz,
so I never hung around the lounge. Plus I think children were not allowed in it. Back to this album. Many of the tracks are
the themes for the characters, track 3 for example is Peppermint Patty and
track 7 is Charlie Brown. There is even a track titled Oh,
Good Grief! Track number 6 Wright Brothers Rag sounds like
something that would play during one of Snoopy's WWI Flying Ace fantasy
sequences. Track 11 Little Birdie is the only track that has
any lyrics, I forget which special or movie it was featured in, but obviously
it references Woodstock.
If you like jazz and you like the Peanuts cartoons then you
wil love this album.
This review was
originally posted on rateyourmusic.
on their community forums. This version of the review has had some editing and
corrections.
For those of you who don't know Buck Dharma is
the lead singer for Blue Oyster Cult. This solo album could almost
be considered a BOC album except it doesn't have the band's
symbol on the cover, I haven't checked the musician credits carefully enough to
see if any other band members contributed to this album. It totally Rocks. My
favorite song from the album is the first track on side one Born to
Rock. When I first got this album, I put that song on a mix tape or two, I
probably still have those tapes somewhere. As I said this album sounds as
though it could be a regular BOC album. The only real surprise
of the album is the cover of Come Softly to Me it just doesn't
seem to fit well with the other songs, but it is still very good. If you are a
fan of Blue Oyster Cult, then you should add this album to
your collection. I don't think it has seen the digital light of CD yet and I'm
pretty sure the vinyl version is Out of Print.
Note: Since my original reviewing of this album back in 2007 a CD
release has been made. I need to find a copy. I think there is a bonus track.
