Free Music?

Has anyone out there ever tried any of the advertised "free" music downloads, like this one: My Music

You pay a very minimal fee and then can download as many songs as you want. It seems too good to be true after giving iTunes .99 for every song I buy.

Any opinions out there? I'd love to hear what others think.

Jon Bon Jovi

Have you ever tried to find a good photo of Jon? I have. It's nearly impossible not to :)

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Great Tattoo

Bowie Eyes - Mesmerize

Happy Birthday Annie

"A lot of music you might listen to is pretty vapid, it doesn't always deal with our deeper issues. These are the things I'm interested in now, particularly at my age."

Classic Rock Trivia Quiz

Got this off of Dave White's Classic Rock site, take the quiz, share your score! There are only 5 questions, I bet you get them all right!

Here is one that is a bit more challenging: Chicks who Rock

Happy Birthday Eddie Vedder!

OCD Man Has Great Taste in Music!

His post today was interesting, it's about the Rolling Stone that has the top 500 greatest albums of all time. I need to get a copy of that for myself. In the meantime here are some of the ablums he has off the list. Enjoy.

News Flash!

HMmmmmmmmmmmm?

I have to interupt this history lesson on the music of the 60's to announce that ticktes for Aerosmith and Lenny Kravitz just went on sale. Should I? I've only seen Aerosmith seven times but that was back before they "grew up" and Lenny...LOVE him. He plays music right?

A Review of Rock N Roll in the 60's

So you were born in the 80's and can't understand why your parents keep that old box of vinyls in that cardboard box in the garage - they'll never listen to them again!

For one reason they are too scratched and for another - who the heck has a turntable? How could people even stand to listen to the quality of music turntable would provide?

Ahhh, vinyl. Those were the days. The Beginning of music as we know it today.

No matter what genre you prefer, their are roots back to the 60's:

Folk
Surf
LA Rock
Rock British Invasion
Rock
Motown
Folk Rock
Progressive Rock
Arena rock
Acid Rock
San Fransisco Rock

Did I forget any combos? Acid Folk Surf Rock? I'll see what I can dig up that may get some of you interested in the 60's. There was a lot more the the 60's than The Beatles, The Stones and Hendrix :)

Do You Believe in Magic?

The 60's. I wasn't actually old enough to to appreciate the era, but love the music and the colorful history of the culture back then.

Here is the first part in a series on music from the 60's.

Take a look at The Lovin' Spoonful! Four guys from New York showed up in 1965 at the height of the British Invasion to share their folk/rock and people are still listening to them today!

Jesus Loves Rock and Rollers

The Jesus I love and follow does not condemn people or accuse them of dying young because they were evil.

I ran across this website
and although the statistics are true, the way it's presented makes me very sad and embarrassed. This in not "preaching the good news about Jesus". This is being judgemental and unkind.

The Jesus I know and follow would not condemn the people listed on the attached list, in fact he would hang out with them. That’s right! Jesus always hung out with the people in society that others thought of as “bad” or “low” or “weird”. Today’s equivalents of the folks he hung out with, in my opinion, would homosexuals with AIDS, homosexuals without AIDS, prostitutes, Addicts of all types, Criminals and people with emotional, mental and physical disabilities.

The people Jesus got pissed off at were known as the Pharisees, in 2005 that would be considered people like whoever wrote the linked website. People who “follow the rules” but don’t allow for any compassion and understanding. Jesus called them some pretty harsh things (check out the Gospels for details).

So, my point is that maybe John wouldn’t have got so drunk that night if he had Jesus sitting there with him. Maybe Janis would not have been so depressed and feel so unloved. Maybe Michael would have had some hope and chose not to hang himself. I don’t know. Yes, rock stars do have a shorter life expectancy than the average person, for many reasons. But to suggest that they are evil and will all go to hell and DESERVE it is to slap Jesus in the face.

Joe Walsh

Joe Walsh. What a great old photo of him, wonder what song he was doing? Wonder if he was high? Wonder who owns that hot looking arm in the background?

Thank you Canada!

Rush
Triumph

The Guess Who

Two of these bands only had THREE MEMBERS EACH! Can you even believe it with all that incredible rock music?

Wow, here's a thought, this would be the Canadian Rock Dream Team:

Gil Moore, Mike Levine and Rik Emmett playing alongside Alex Lifeson, Getty Lee and Neil Pert!!!

OH MY GOSH, my friend David would think he'd died and gone to Heaven! I think I'll name this band "Triumpant Rush".

Very Cool Paintings

I almost passed by this photo thinking it was just a bunch of naked women with their backs painted, but then I got it!

Click on Freaking Fabulous's site to see a much clearer pic of this!

VERY COOL!

2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

(inductees indicated in red)

• Black Sabbath
• Blondie
• Cat Stevens
• Chic
• Dave Clark Five
• Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
• J. Geils Band
• Joe Tex
• John Mellencamp
• Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Miles Davis
• Patti Smith Group
• Paul Butterfield Blues Band
• Sir Douglas Quintet
• Sex Pistols
• Stooges

I lost a friend in the Great White Fire

I was listening to "Hair Nation" one of my fave stations on Sirius satellite radio, when a Great White song came on (Once Bit, Twice Shy). My memory went back to that horrible day when I opened the local newspaper and saw a picture of an old friend of mine, Scott Griffith. Scott's photo was there because he was one of the victims of the tragic fire that took 100 lives total.

Scott lived up the street from me and he and my brother were buddies. Once we all got into our teens we partied together and he would show off his talents at guitar playing. There was no doubt in our minds that he would make it. He never hit the big time, but he did have a successful career as a musician.

His band here in So. Cal. used to play with Great White a lot, so he became friends with them. That's why he was standing right there at the stage when it happened. The saddest part is that he was a single dad raising his teen daughter on his own. He had overcome a drug/alcohol problem and devoted his life to being a good dad. She lost him that night...and so did his old friends.

Rest in peace, Scott or as your old friends say Rock in Peace