Posted this week in 2015 (1/23 <--> 1/29). This one is from my 365project.
My wife's acoustic guitar, a 70's vintage Yamaha. Nothing fancy, but she's had it since high school (well before she met me).
Friday, January 29, 2016
Sound Chaser - Flashback Friday
Posted this week in 2015 (1/23 <--> 1/29). This one is from my 365project.
My wife's acoustic guitar, a 70's vintage Yamaha. Nothing fancy, but she's had it since high school (well before she met me).
Thursday, January 28, 2016
This Month In Music - January 1966
Regular readers may have noticed a recent post "This Month In Music - January 1986"... My first such post in a long time, since I lost access to my reference. But this week, I found another online reference, so I'm back in business. Hope you like it....
So.... 1966 was a whopping 50 years ago. I started 1st grade in 1966, so I wasn't going to concerts or anything. My earliest "time tagged" memories of music start in 1967, but I'm sure I was aware.... And I own a large percentage of these songs. As usual, my posts will focus on the Top 40
The charts were Five Saturdays in January 1966, so the Billboard charts were publish 5 Times. Over those 5 weeks, there were 64 songs that appeared in the Top 40. But only 2 songs made it to #1, The Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" (3 weeks) and Simon And Garfunkel's "The Sound Of Silence" (2 weeks).
Based on the average chart position over the 5 weeks of January 1966, here are the Top 40 songs:
No a bad month at all.... Some really outstanding songs
So.... 1966 was a whopping 50 years ago. I started 1st grade in 1966, so I wasn't going to concerts or anything. My earliest "time tagged" memories of music start in 1967, but I'm sure I was aware.... And I own a large percentage of these songs. As usual, my posts will focus on the Top 40
The charts were Five Saturdays in January 1966, so the Billboard charts were publish 5 Times. Over those 5 weeks, there were 64 songs that appeared in the Top 40. But only 2 songs made it to #1, The Beatles' "We Can Work It Out" (3 weeks) and Simon And Garfunkel's "The Sound Of Silence" (2 weeks).
Based on the average chart position over the 5 weeks of January 1966, here are the Top 40 songs:
- Name - Artist - Average Position
- We Can Work It Out - The Beatles - 1.4
- The Sound Of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel - 3.6
- She's Just My Style - Gary Lewis And The Playboys - 5.6
- Five O'Clock World - The Vogues - 6.4
- Day Tripper - The Beatles - 10.4
- No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) - The T-Bones - 11.0
- Flowers On The Wall - The Statler Brothers - 12.0
- A Must To Avoid - Herman's Hermits - 13.8
- Ebb Tide - The Righteous Brothers - 14.0
- You Didn't Have To Be So Nice - The Lovin' Spoonful - 15.2
- As Tears Go By - The Rolling Stones - 17.2
- Over And Over - The Dave Clark Five - 17.2
- The Duck - Jackie Lee - 17.4
- Just Like Me - Paul Revere & The Raiders Featuring Mark Lindsay - 17.8
- Spanish Eyes - Al Martino - 19.0
- I Got You (I Feel Good) - James Brown And The Famous Flames - 20.0
- The Men In My Little Girl's Life - Mike Douglas - 20.6
- Attack - The Toys - 24.0
- Jenny Take A Ride! - Mitch Ryder And The Detroit Wheels - 24.4
- Satin Pillows - Bobby Vinton - 26.0
- Lies - The Knickerbockers - 28.6
- Thunderball - Tom Jones - 30.6
- A Well Respected Man - The Kinks - 31.8
- Sandy - Ronny And The Daytonas - 33.2
- Crying Time - Ray Charles - 34.2
- My Love - Petula Clark - 35.2
- A Sweet Woman Like You - Joe Tex - 36.2
- Look Through Any Window - The Hollies - 37.2
- Barbara Ann - The Beach Boys - 37.4
- It Was A Very Good Year - Frank Sinatra - 40.2
- Under Your Spell Again - Johnny Rivers - 42.8
- Second Hand Rose - Barbra Streisand - 44.2
- Zorba The Greek - Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - 44.6
- Fever - The McCoys - 44.8
- Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season) - The Byrds - 45.0
- Are You There (With Another Girl) - Dionne Warwick - 45.4
- Let's Hang On! - The 4 Seasons Featuring the Sound of Frankie Valli - 45.4
- Uptight (Everything's Alright) - Stevie Wonder - 45.6
- Going To A Go-Go - The Miracles - 45.6
- Lightnin' Strikes - Lou Christie - 50.0
No a bad month at all.... Some really outstanding songs
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Good Times, Bad Times - September 2015
The good part of a 365Project is that it keeps photography in the front of the mind, and leads to pushing boundaries. The bad side is that sometimes you post less that perfect images, just to keep up... SO: I decided to take the "favorites from the month" concept, and include "unfavorites from the month".
For my recently completed year, we've looked at January, February, March, April , May, June, July, August, October (good and bad), November and December.
Today we'll finish up (finally) with September:
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Monday, January 25, 2016
Sunset On Snowy Fields
This Month In Music, January 1986
1986... 30 years ago. What were we listening to?
Two songs topped the charts in Jaunary, 1986. Say You, Say Me (Title Song From White Nights) by Lionel Richie and That's What Friends Are For by Dionne Warwick. I don't remember either, even after checking them out on youtube. And who can forget Eddie Murphy's smash Party All The Time, which peaked at #2.
But there were some songs that rocked. Some better than others, but rocked....
In the Top 10:
Small Town - John Mellencamp (highest rank in January = #6)
Walk Of Life - Dire Straits (HRIJ = #7)
Top 20:
Two songs topped the charts in Jaunary, 1986. Say You, Say Me (Title Song From White Nights) by Lionel Richie and That's What Friends Are For by Dionne Warwick. I don't remember either, even after checking them out on youtube. And who can forget Eddie Murphy's smash Party All The Time, which peaked at #2.
But there were some songs that rocked. Some better than others, but rocked....
In the Top 10:
Small Town - John Mellencamp (highest rank in January = #6)
Walk Of Life - Dire Straits (HRIJ = #7)
Top 20:
It s Only Love - Bryan Adams / Tina Turner (HRIJ = #15)
Sleeping Bag - ZZ Top (HRIJ = #16)
Top 40:
Never - Heart (#25)
We Built This City - Starship (HRIJ = #34)
On The Charts:
The Big Money - Rush (#45)
Go - Asia (#46)
One Vision - Queen (#61)
I Knew The Bride (When She Use To Rock N Roll) - Nick Lowe (#77)
Note that this is not intended to be comprehensive, but merely songs that struck my fancy. There were 121 songs that appeared on the Hot 100 in the 4 weeks of January,
Note: The ranks here is just for teh month of January and may not represent a song's peak position.
Friday, January 22, 2016
Winter Walk - Flashback Friday
Washington DC Blizard!
Thursday, January 21, 2016
On The Hunt
Regardless, hope you don't mind too much.
Good Times, Bad Times - July 2015
The good part of a 365Project is that it keeps photography in the front of the mind, and leads to pushing boundaries. The bad side is that sometimes you post less that perfect images, just to keep up... SO: I decided to take the "favorites from the month" concept, and include "unfavorites from the month".
For my recently completed year, we've looked at January, February, March, April , May, June, August, October (good and bad), November and December.
Today we'll look at August:
The Good
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Monday, January 18, 2016
Most Of Us Are Sad - R.I.P. Glen Frey
I just saw a news report that Glen Frey, co-founder and guitar player for the Eagles has died.
As noted on wikipedia: With five number-one singles, six Grammy Awards, five
American Music Awards, and six number one albums, the Eagles were one of the
most successful musical acts of the 1970s. At the end of the 20th century, two
of their albums, Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) and Hotel California, were
ranked among the 20 best-selling albums in the United States according to the
Recording Industry Association of America. Hotel California is ranked 37th in
Rolling Stone 's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and
the band was ranked number 75 on the magazine's 2004 list of the 100 Greatest
Artists of All Time.
I was a teenager in the 70's, and the Eagles were part of the soundtrack of my youth. Guess it's time to reprogram the iPod from Bowie to Eagles....
The title is from a lesser known Eagles song, written by Glen Frey. From their first album (my favorite Eagles album).
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Good Times, Bad Times - August 2015
The good part of a 365Project is that it keeps photography in the front of the mind, and leads to pushing boundaries. The bad side is that sometimes you post less that perfect images, just to keep up... SO: I decided to take the "favorites from the month" concept, and include "unfavorites from the month".
For my recently completed year, we've looked at January, February, March, April , May, June, October (good and bad), November and December.
Today we'll look at August:
The Good
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Friday, January 15, 2016
One Track Mind - Flashback Friday
This was one of my posts from this week in 2015. Originally for/from my 365project. This is a spot not far from my office, this rail line eventually passes behind our office. This line was closed in August 2015. They cut the line in Collinsville, and all if the at grade crossings (like this one) have "Line Out Of Service" signs added.
Title was inspired by the Wet Willie song, from their 1978 album Manorisms...
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
This Old House
I was driving around at lunch yesterday, looking for something fun to photogaph. I found this....
Just a bit east of New Baden, IL, off of Rt. 161.
Ram Jam....
And now for something completely different; a moment of sports:
The NFL announced last night the the St. Louis Rams will be moving to Los Angeles. Perhaps the least surprising news of 2016 (so far), but disappointing nonetheless. At least disappointing to those of us living in the St. Louis area....
Twenty years ago, the Rams moved from LA to St. Louis. Their reasons then were a crappy stadium, and poor attendance. Their reasons for heading back? Well, it boils down to to a crappy stadium, and poor attendance. Of course, in both cases, the "product" had been pretty horrible for several years.... (the St. Louis Rams have lost 68% of their games over the past decade, averaging almost 11 losses per season). Reasons, excuses, whatever. Bottom line: The league badly wants a team in LA, ad The Rams owner wants them to be that team. Anything else was just talk. I just wish Stan Kronke had been straightforward with the people in St. Louis, instead of trying to blame the fans of St. Louis. It's about money and prestige, and there's more of both out west.
On the plus side, I'll have a better chance of seeing the Steelers on any given Sunday. Or at least a decent NFL game....
The NFL announced last night the the St. Louis Rams will be moving to Los Angeles. Perhaps the least surprising news of 2016 (so far), but disappointing nonetheless. At least disappointing to those of us living in the St. Louis area....
Twenty years ago, the Rams moved from LA to St. Louis. Their reasons then were a crappy stadium, and poor attendance. Their reasons for heading back? Well, it boils down to to a crappy stadium, and poor attendance. Of course, in both cases, the "product" had been pretty horrible for several years.... (the St. Louis Rams have lost 68% of their games over the past decade, averaging almost 11 losses per season). Reasons, excuses, whatever. Bottom line: The league badly wants a team in LA, ad The Rams owner wants them to be that team. Anything else was just talk. I just wish Stan Kronke had been straightforward with the people in St. Louis, instead of trying to blame the fans of St. Louis. It's about money and prestige, and there's more of both out west.
On the plus side, I'll have a better chance of seeing the Steelers on any given Sunday. Or at least a decent NFL game....
Friday, January 08, 2016
Happy New Year!
Yeah, I know I'm late. I hope you'll understand and forgive.
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I posted this image yesterday over at 365Project (where I've just started my 2nd year!). I ttitled it "A Horse With No Name".... I actually have no idea if this horse has a name. Would a random horse be expected to have a name? Pardon my cluelessness.... Regardless, I was driving yesterday, admiring that barn, when the horse abled out. By the time I pulled over, and grabbed the camera, it was further away from the barn that I would've preferred. But I didn't see any way to have him (her?) go back and start over...
Friday, January 01, 2016
Good Times, Bad Times - December 2015
As an ongoing series:
The good part of a 365Project is that it keeps photography in the front of the mind, and leads to pushing boundaries. The bad side is that sometimes you post less that perfect images, just to keep up... SO: I decided to take the "favorites from the month" concept, and include "unfavorites from the month".
We've looked at January, February, March, April , May, June and October (good and bad) and November. I've fallen behind, but will try and catch up...
Today we'll look at December, since it is just done:
The Good
The Bad
The good part of a 365Project is that it keeps photography in the front of the mind, and leads to pushing boundaries. The bad side is that sometimes you post less that perfect images, just to keep up... SO: I decided to take the "favorites from the month" concept, and include "unfavorites from the month".
We've looked at January, February, March, April , May, June and October (good and bad) and November. I've fallen behind, but will try and catch up...
Today we'll look at December, since it is just done:
The Good
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The Bad
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