The Beatles held a press conference on August 11th in Chicago, the night before they were due to perform, with Lennon trying to explain exactly what he meant in the interview. In lieu of an actual apology this quelled the Beatle bonfires, but the controversy cast a shadow over the tour which proved to be lackluster, both in the Beatles’ performances and ticket sales.

The Quake centered in Virginia, rattled several biulding in and around the Washington DC area even causing a crack to form in the Washington Monument.

      Now I’m sure for those peoplewith in like 50 miles of the center of the quake experienced some sever shaking and damage to property, and for that I’m sorry, you hate seeing anything like that happen. But for the rest of us did we really have to act like we did? I MEAN REALLY!

       Ok yes I’m another one of those California people who’s experienced earth quakes and have seen the damage they can do. But please folks if you are from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and states to the north like New York, what we all felt was a bout the same as if a train or a big truck went by your house! And yes I understand if you’ve never felt a quake before it can be a little exciting. But if this brought on fear and dread and you had trouble sleeping last night i just want to tell you to STOP ALL THAT!. My god the City of New York actually had a press conference to let the world know that everything thing was ok there and people could stop panicing and go back to there homes and BACK TO WORK!

       Look I agree that Earth Quakes can be frightning and devasting. But there is no reason to freak out of feel scared. Bottom line is there is not a damn thing you can do about them, your just a human being living on a volatile planet that could shake us all off of it anyday it wants. When the big one comes, i mean IF the big ones comes to the east coast, it would be good to know what to do during a earth quake and how to survive one, so I can agree with that. But if you ever act like this when you feel a slight vibration, please seek help right away!

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A new ZZ Top tribute album will feature fresh covers of classic tunes from the Texas blues-rock trio by artists like Nickelback, Daughtry and Duff McKagan. Titled A Tribute From Friends, the collection will arrive on October 11th and feature newly-recorded versions of 11 of the band’s greatest hits, including Nickelback’s performance of “Legs,” “Waitin’ for the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago” by Daughtry, Filter’s take on “Gimme All Your Lovin’” and Wyclef Jean’s run through “Rough Boy.”
The album kicks off with “Sharp Dressed Man,” from The M.O.B., a new side act composed of Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler on vocals, Jonny Lang on guitar, and Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood and John McVie on bass and drums.
ZZ Top — guitarist Billy F Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard — said in a statement, “We were told there was going to be a ZZ Top tribute album a while ago and logically asked, ‘Who are we paying tribute to?’ Then we found out that a bunch of great artists were paying tribute to us and we were in disbelief . . . we’re so delighted that our music resonates with these great musicians whom we so admire.”
The track listing for A Tribute From Friends is:
“Sharp Dressed Man” – The M.O.B.
“Gimme All Your Lovin’” – Filter
“Tush” – Grace Potter & The Nocturnals
“Legs” – Nickelback
“Cheap Sunglasses” – Wolfmother
“Got Me Under Pressure” – Duff McKagan’s Loaded
“Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers” – Coheed & Cambria
“Just Got Paid” – Mastodon
“Rough Boy” – Wyclef Jean
“Waitin’ for the Bus / Jesus Just Left Chicago” – Daughtry
“La Grange” – Jamey Johnson

         It’s funny I actually got up earlier than I do during the work week, but the difference is, afternoon naps, no rush to be somewhere and going to bed without your head racing and no chance of turning it off! So I ended up getting alot of rest.

         But my favorite part was just hanging around enjoying the view the people watching and to wonderful company I had. Well that and all the good food Iate!

       All in all it was a wonderful week off, and I’ll head off into fall a little more refreshed and ready for whats a head on the calendar. Oh but Labor day is just 2 weeks away, yes! more nap time coming!

Artists who performed at the legendary festival included Joan Baez, Country Joe McDonald & the Fish,Arlo Guthrie, Richie Havens, Mountain, Janis Joplin, the Who, the Band, Canned Heat, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Grateful Dead, Sly & the Family Stone, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Sha Na Na, John Sebastian, Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, Joe Cocker, and many, many more.

Last Saturday, 30 American service members, most of them Navy Seals, including several members of SEAL Team 6 which killed Osama Bin Laden, lost their lives in a helicopter crash! Now, we are asking you to help us here at ENTERCOM UPSTATE help their families by going to myupstateperks.com and donating to the Navy Seal foundation.

I’m glad I work for a company that thinks of others and makes it a priorty. Things are tough and times are tight. If you can give I would appreciate it….very much.

Don’t do it because I think its a good idea…but because you do.

      Then as I watched a little more I saw  the police bomb squad in Spartanburg, blowing up a strange back pack on a freeway overpass sign, Then a spare tire popped off someones car and hit another causing a accident, and a tractor trailor ran into a over pass on I-85!

         Then the international news comes on and they are rioting in the sreets all over England and it’s been going on since Saturday! Why you ask? Well i asked the same thing and I find out that the police shot and killed a man last week and it was an accident but it upste the  people of his neighbothood and they busted out rioting. But why would all these other areas of London and now in places throughout the country go nuts? Thats the question. Some say it’s a chance to protest the economic conditions in England, while other just see it a great chance to blow off some steam and maybe grab some free stuff while they smash innocent peoples store fronts and homes!

      Now before we going pointing fingers at the English, I’d like to point out that these same things have happenhere in the States a few times in my life time atleast. I remember watching The smoke rise from downtown Detroit as a little kid and asking my dad why are people doing that to there own town and neighbors, he said a police officer had beatin up a man downtown and the mans friends were very upset. Those riots in 1968 left the once great city known then as the Paris of the midwest with horrible scars and it marked the beginning of the mass exudous of people from the city out to the suburbs, as the City of Detroit began to die from the inside. I know there have been many other riots in places like Chicago, L.A. New York, and we’ve had so many racial clashes throughout or countries history too, but the Detroit riots were right in my back yard and seeing what became of the city and it’s people because of  1 bad cop and his lack of self control, well it’s one of the sadest moments in American history. And as I see all these idots burning buildings down and stealing things from stores I can’t help but wonder, what will happen in those areas after it’s all over. And it all started just like it did that hot muggy night in 1968 in Motown I hope London and these other cities in England enduring this craziness will have a better future than we had in Detroit!

take a look at how your fellow man deals with there problems

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It was 16 years ago today (August 9th, 1995), that Grateful Dead singer-guitarist Jerry Garciadied of a heart attack at age 53. At the time, Garcia was at the Serenity Knolls drug-treatment center in Forest Knolls, California, where he was trying once again to get on top of his chemical dependencies. Perhaps more than any other member of the Dead, Garcia was the focal point, although he never sought that role, nor did he wear the title easily. To him, it was a band and a family, and he was a member, which is what he always wanted.

Garcia’s death had a profound impact on many people. His fans, collectively known as “Dead Heads,” mourned his loss, while also realizing that so long as the music existed, he was never really that far away. His bandmates took a while to sort through things before announcing that they could not go on without Garcia. On December 6th, 1995, they released this statement, which said it all: “After four months of heartfelt consideration, the remaining members of the band met yesterday and came to the conclusion that the ‘long strange trip’ of the uniquely wonderful beast known as the Grateful Dead is over.”

It reminded me of my grade school days and my time with a yo-you.  Yes…..we had yo-yo’s WAY BACK THEN.  I was, at best average, while others were very good.  BUT…none of us came close to this guy. 

As you watch this, think of your kids (or grand kids).  Any of them have potential to be a yo-yo champ?

Fred Imus, younger brother of WABC morning host Don Imus and a long-time songwriter and radio host himself, was found dead Saturday at his home in Tucson, Ariz. He was 69.

He was reportedly found in his trailer after he failed to show up for “Fred’s Trailer Park Bash,” a weekend show he cohosted with Don Collier and “Missy” on Sirius XM’s Outlaw Country channel.

In 1976 he and a fellow railroad worker named Phil Sweet cowrote “I Don’t Want To Have To Marry You,” a No. 1 country hit for Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius. It was voted song of the year by Music City News.

Fred collaborated with Don on the 1997 book “Two Guys Four Corners,” which featured photographs and reminiscences of the Southwest, and with Daily News columnist Mike Lupica on 1998’s “The Fred Book,” which featured Fred’s thoughts on life.

Fred was best known to New Yorkers and radio listeners as a laconic, droll, funny and sometimes ornery guest on his brother’s syndicated show.