better with age

1976 was the year i landed my very first radio gig. it was also the year sir elton john released the album "blue moves". i never paid much attention to the album as it was pretty much universally panned by the critics and radio staions at the time. blue moves produced only a couple of radio friendly songs that bubbled under as hits. following "captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy" and before that, "goodbye yellow brick road", sir elton had set the bar so high that this album, filled with melodic instrumentals and quasi techno grooves left many of us with the feeling that elton's best days as a singer/songwriter were behind him.

so here we are 36 years later and for reasons unknown, i pulled the cd from the shelf today and decided to give it a ride. what an aural treat! maybe it's the sad state of music in general today, maybe it's having a more open mind, or maybe, just maybe the critics were simply wrong. some things get better with age and "blue moves" is worthy of that distinction.

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hyper-sensitive hogwash

nbc has been (rightfully) blasted for much of their london olympics coverage. so now they are "apologizing" amid allegations of racism over the timing of a promo aired to promote a new series on the peacock network.  watch the segment below for yourself. admittedly i don't get it, i just don't see anything racist here, then again i see people of all backgrounds equally and i realize i am genetically no different from others irrespective of color or background. i would suggest to you dear reader that if you view the "incident" as racist, perhaps a little self examination of your sensibilities is in order. i can almost hear morgan freeman now saying this is the most ridiculous non story of all time.

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quitting facebook pt 2

apparently there is an election coming up and a whole bunch of people ate some chicken and it made other people angry.

today i decided to re-activate my facebook account. it took all of about 15 seconds to remember why i deactivated in the first place. i lingered for another minute or two to make certain i wasn't being overly hasty in my assessment.  i wasn't and within less than 5 minutes the account was once again deactivated.

as i scrolled thru the posts, one post did catch my eye that was worth sharing, a former co-worker's 20 year old daughter has gone missing in las vegas. the search is on and facebook is a great medium for bringing awareness to the masses. i'm not sure it's good for much else honestly.  vegas is in close proximity to st. george so i will keep an open eye and hope this chapter closes well for my friend.

otherwise, to everyone who feels facebook is the place to push your political and ideological agenda, i have just a couple of things to say. vote for the PERSON you think will do the best job, don't try to tell me my vote is foolish unless it is inline with yours, show the same tolerance and respect for opposing views that you demand, and for the love of all things holy could you give it all a rest already?

UPDATE: my friends daughter was located safely in the los angeles area. precocious 20 something just having a good time.

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