Music to my ears
Did something the other day which I hadn't done in quite some time...I was at the Wherehouse store in Burbank with my roommate Ted. He was there to buy some show tickets. While he was dealing with that, I went over to the bargain bin and just started riffling through the CDs. Picked up a couple of CDs...Cheap Trick's "Heaven Tonight" and Owsley's self-titled debut. I seem to have this knack of "discovering" bands I like long after they've broken up or long after their CD has come out. Such was the case with Jellyfish, such was the case with Kara's Flowers, and such is the case with Owsley. If you can find this one online or in the clearance aisle...get it. Good stuff, especially if you're into Guster or Ben Folds. (I think Owsley is tangentially related to Ben Folds Five.) I just love how I've gotten "into" this CD six years after the fact. And thanks to my friend Drew, I got a chance to sample some tracks from a CD called For the Kids. Cute, cute stuff. I just love "The Rainbow Connection"...makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside... :-)
Okay...some random comments now...
- I'll say it again..."Blockbusters" rocks and Bill Cullen was one of the best. Thanks GSN, for rerunning "Blockbusters." It's such a great "get ready for work" show.
- My new favorite candy bar. Cadbury "Crunchie." It's this chocolate-covered honeycomb bar. I've only been able to get it in the imported candies section at Cost Plus World Market here in LA. Nummy....
- Aside from game shows, TV, and music, one of my other passions is theme parks. One site I love going to is Jim Hill Media. Check out the archives site for an article about "Project Gemini," the rumored proposal for a revamp of EPCOT Center. If this ever came to be, it would be the end of an era for me. I remember going to EPCOT Center with my family in 1982 right after it opened. All these utopian visions of the future complete with cheezy uplifting songs (which I love and actually have on my iPod) to show us that "Hey, things are going to pick up from the malaise of the me decade!" I think the most striking change will be that of Spaceship Earth (aka "the giant golf ball"). It was one thing when they dropped "Tomorrow's Child" as the closing theme song, but totally redoing it as a thrill ride?!? A very big change...it'll actually be cool to see some of the proposed changes come to light, but much like my feeling with classic game shows, there will still be a part of me that "yearns for the old days" when you'd ride through the dinosaurs and then hear the rockin' sounds of the "Universe of Energy" or sit and listen to the strains of "Veggie Veggie Fruit Fruit" at "The Land."
And now...the "Whammy" pic of the day:
Whammy...party of one...Here I am during the lunch break sitting all by myself (cue Eric Carmen) in the "Whammy!" audience bleachers. Note the new audience backdrop features for season two...
Did something the other day which I hadn't done in quite some time...I was at the Wherehouse store in Burbank with my roommate Ted. He was there to buy some show tickets. While he was dealing with that, I went over to the bargain bin and just started riffling through the CDs. Picked up a couple of CDs...Cheap Trick's "Heaven Tonight" and Owsley's self-titled debut. I seem to have this knack of "discovering" bands I like long after they've broken up or long after their CD has come out. Such was the case with Jellyfish, such was the case with Kara's Flowers, and such is the case with Owsley. If you can find this one online or in the clearance aisle...get it. Good stuff, especially if you're into Guster or Ben Folds. (I think Owsley is tangentially related to Ben Folds Five.) I just love how I've gotten "into" this CD six years after the fact. And thanks to my friend Drew, I got a chance to sample some tracks from a CD called For the Kids. Cute, cute stuff. I just love "The Rainbow Connection"...makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside... :-)
Okay...some random comments now...
- I'll say it again..."Blockbusters" rocks and Bill Cullen was one of the best. Thanks GSN, for rerunning "Blockbusters." It's such a great "get ready for work" show.
- My new favorite candy bar. Cadbury "Crunchie." It's this chocolate-covered honeycomb bar. I've only been able to get it in the imported candies section at Cost Plus World Market here in LA. Nummy....
- Aside from game shows, TV, and music, one of my other passions is theme parks. One site I love going to is Jim Hill Media. Check out the archives site for an article about "Project Gemini," the rumored proposal for a revamp of EPCOT Center. If this ever came to be, it would be the end of an era for me. I remember going to EPCOT Center with my family in 1982 right after it opened. All these utopian visions of the future complete with cheezy uplifting songs (which I love and actually have on my iPod) to show us that "Hey, things are going to pick up from the malaise of the me decade!" I think the most striking change will be that of Spaceship Earth (aka "the giant golf ball"). It was one thing when they dropped "Tomorrow's Child" as the closing theme song, but totally redoing it as a thrill ride?!? A very big change...it'll actually be cool to see some of the proposed changes come to light, but much like my feeling with classic game shows, there will still be a part of me that "yearns for the old days" when you'd ride through the dinosaurs and then hear the rockin' sounds of the "Universe of Energy" or sit and listen to the strains of "Veggie Veggie Fruit Fruit" at "The Land."
And now...the "Whammy" pic of the day:
Whammy...party of one...Here I am during the lunch break sitting all by myself (cue Eric Carmen) in the "Whammy!" audience bleachers. Note the new audience backdrop features for season two...
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