Last Blog of 2008 and like alot of folks I’m spent. I’m just glad I made it to the end of the year. I want to wish all of you a very happy new year. And I want to thank all of you for supporting my show(s)! The afternoon show is as much fun today as it was the day I came to rock 101 and thats because you guys bring great song ideas to the show and support all that we do. And Fresh Tracks has had it’s best year bringing you some outstanding up and coming local and regional bands and artists. And it will be even better in 2009 with many great new releases coming from the wealth of talent we have here in the upstate.  As we say goodbye to 2008 I just wanted to thank you all for making Rock 101 what we are The best damn classic rock station in the country!

Check out this video, It rocks!  Joss Stone covers “My Generation,  Dave Grohl covers “Who Are You”, Bettye Lavette does a killer blues cover of “Love Reign Or’ Me”, and finally Rob Thomas does “Baba O’ Riley” with a great ending with the New York Police & Firefighters.  Enjoy…

 Happy New Year & be safe!

In the past I’ve railed about the fashion industry and those that decide what people, especially women, should wear.

Its been my position that some limp wristed, light in the loafers rump ranger from Paris has no feaking idea what American women should wear…at least to attract American men.  How could they?

A few years ago Johnnie Versace was killed on the steps of his South Beach mansion.  His sister Donatella took over the business and now is the major decision maker in the business.  That means she pulls together her sense of style,  sense of business, and her sense of self to design the seasonal style from the House of Versace.  In other words the women of America take their fashion pointers from this woman.

Scary concept ain’t it?

Oh yea…Happy Holidays.

This past Saturday I pulled the 10am to 2pm  air shift, playing some great classic rock. During that time it dawned on me that the musc we play has stood the test of time.

When you hear a cut from Cream in the late 60’s you still have an appreciation for the pure skill they brought to the studio.  I doubt anyone will be playing ANY of the hip hop  / rap BS you hear in 40 years.

Now, to show you just how bad that crap truly is, lets take the lyrics, and let a choir perform them in an attempt to improve the artistic level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h5UBeQcgjs

See?  Crap is crap….no matter who does it.

Ho Ho Ho.

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President Elect Obama named his pick for education secretary yesterday, Arne Duncan.
Mr. Duncan ran the Chicago public school system.   I hope he can do for America what he did for Illinois and Chicago.” Only 17% of eighth graders can read at that level in Chicago schools overseen by Arne Duncan, (eighth grade are those most likely to have been in the Chicago system for a majority of Duncan’s tenure.)  Seventy-five percent of Chicago students scored below 283 in the math assessment.Nationally, Chicago is the third largest school district with over 408,000 students.
Its budget for 2007-2008 was $4.6 billion, according to information released by Chicago Public Schools.
$862 million of that was supplied by the federal government. You know, money you and I helped supply.
Gosh….I can only hope he will do as well for us as he did for Chicago.