A good mix

Last week was Dance Week on Mind Jazz but I forgot to include a video I ran across on YouTube.  The mix between Angus Young and Keith Richards is perfect.  They all are having a good time and I'm pretty sure you will find this quite entertaining.  No dancing involved just great music.

It's only a debate if you are a rock and roll dancer

And to end Dance Week on Mind Jazz I've decided to engage in the never ending debate of who is the greatest rock and roll band of all time.  No challangers exsisted before 1955 and actually individual rock and roll stars dominated the 50's so from 1960 to 2012 is our arguable time period.

The ability of a rock and roll band to make fans dance is a major prequiste in this debate. 

Sometimes only the fans on the floor dance but sometimes even the fans sitting in the very top row of the very back part of the arena...are on their feet.

Back in the day when one was lucky enough to attend Fillmore West shows, everyone was on the floor....or so it seemed to me.  I presume there were seats but it always felt like we were all on the floor. In those days we had unspoken competition dancing and people would give us room to show our "stuff."  Of course having a slight coloralteringmindbendingexperience always added a certain element to the function.  That element is the element known as.......the element of SURPRISE.  We, those of us to could dance and did dip into reality alterations, were never quite sure how the evening would progress with some of the bands.

I've danced to the Grateful Dead once.....a story of its own......and I 've been to multiple Rolling Stone concerts, attended The Beatles at Dodger Stadium, partied with The Who a few times and of course have witnessed four AC/DC tour events.....and they are events not concerts.

Everybody dances at an AC/DC concert.  EVERYBODY!

And while I think that AC/DC puts on the best rock and roll show.....I think there's one band that is not only more important but also is able to make everybody dance from time to time.  Sometime's its time to sit and listen and sometimes it's time to sway but eventually you will be up and dancing because that's Bruce's way.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND "E" STREET BAND have always delivered the goods...and have been doing it for 30 years without failure.  I have never heard anyone say they saw a Bruce Springsteen show and he just wasn't that good.  The man is The Boss because he always comes to work and he never just mails it in.  I wasn't even at the two show he just did at the Sports Arena in LA, and I felt the love and the energy all the way to Santa Monica.

So I'm going  to close out Dance Week and give you a few reasons to turn up your speakers, kick off your shoes and start dancing.

The week started with Otis Redding and it ends with Bruce Springsteen....and in between we celebrated Sean's birthday.

Perfect.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Dance week continues

The following rock and roll dance master probably was responsible for 20 personal memorable nights on the dance floor.  As long as the DJ carried a few of John's records the entertainment was guaranteed.

And because John was such a good dancer that meant every concert was a dance fest.

And the truth is it's hard to pick my favorite dance number from John, because the list just goes on and on.

But I think my favorite song is not his best dance song but a song that might be my top choice to sing.  This video is the oddest thing John ever did....and as my friend Steve suggests...this might have been the demise of John Cougar.

And then just to get you back up on your feet......we close with a great dance tune.
By the way...what young people call dance music doesn't work unless you are extremely high.  Bouncing up and down with 10,000 people is not dancing.  It's exercise.  There's no bouncing in this last song.  There's sliding and moving and motion and rhythm....and besides everything else, there's a story.

Tomorrow ends Dance week on Mind Jazz and the greatest Rock and Roll band will light up your weekend.

Birthday music....Sean Style.

34 years and forever counting.  Obviously non-physical reality birthday parties are normally rather quiet times to reflect on the physical reality lost but since this is Dance Week on Mind Jazz, I thought it might be uplifting to share some music that Sean liked.

The first concert he ever attended was Aerosmith with Ryan Gruzen. Ron and I took our boys to the Forum and watched Steven Tyler do his thing. It was in March of 1990 and they were both 11 years old. It was a
magical memory and a really good rock and roll show.

During that time period I used to have to tell him to turn down his music many many many times and a group that was always just a little bit louder than the others was Guns and Roses. 

Then after that his taste started getting a rougher edge and his absolute favorite music for the next few years was delivered by Kurt Cobain and

Nirvana

Of course I fought for normal rock and roll but Sean tried to explain that this was the sound of the future and Grunge was here to stay.

I'm sure his friends have a much wider memory of Sean's music tastes, but these three groups set the tone for what he loved. He also loved Seamus's piano playing and Ryan's musical ability and I have a video of him break dancing to Michael Jackson when he was 9 that might be my favorite musical memory of all time but it's on VHS and I haven't converted it yet. Maybe next year.

And just to wrap this party up I thought I'd give you one more

soft dance tune.

Get it on

Happy Birthday

Sean Maximilian McAlevey

Jackie's Turn....turn it up.

So much texture to his movements.  Give it a little look and then try moving like him.  It's fun and it's free.

Welcome to Dance Week on Mind Jazz

Tomorrow is Sean's 34th birth year and I haven't decided what to play.

Probably something he likes....get ready to rock.

Michael Timothy McAlevey

Just too much talent to ignore

I'm really convinced that a weekly experience with Otis Redding can improve one's health and well being.

I think back to the unique dancing years ( UDY) of 1967 to 1971 when sounds where intermingled with colors and movement was interwoven with space/time transgressions and loopholes.  I had quite a few wonderful dance experiences after those years but when I stop and reflect I realize that those UDY really do stand by themselves.

We had a few floors we swarmed in Westwood, West LA, Marina Del Rey, Santa Monica and  Malibu (Trancas was the best).....and whenever an Otis song came through the system our systems were incredibly enhanced and our movements (those of us who could dance) became legendary.

Being extremely high never hurt the moment....and in fact it made the moment universally clear and clean.

Watching Bobby Eyer dance to Otis Redding was a lifetime memory.  Of course he could dance to anything but Otis, Jackie Wilson and Bobby seem to be one and the same on many of those litupnights.

Once I moved to Northern California in 1971 my personal club scene moments stopped and dancing was limited to concerts at such places as The Fillmore and the Oakland Coliseum.

My dance moments after moving back to LA in 1977 were to take place on floors closly situated next to buildings that housed The Furntire Industry in towns such as Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco, Atlanta and High Point, North Carolina.

Those moments always included my friend Mike and were moments that still make me laugh and smile.

But enough of the past.....the point I'm making is that I can put on Otis right this moment and I will start dancing.  I find it hard to believe that the same thing won't happen to you.

Dancing is a great workout and the beauty is that you can do it solo.  Of course showing off in front of others is important but when you get to a certain age it's important to wear a mask....which limits rock and roll dancers, like myself, to Halloween parties and masked balls, of which I just don't get enough invitations.

I'm going to take a few minutes and crank up Otis and dance with my dog. 

Instead of taking your Yoga class today I suggest you dial up Otis on YouTube and shake a leg...bust a move....get loose and have some fun. 

Otis Redding is the perfect dance partner....and I can't turn you loose.  Tomorrow I'll really get you up with some Jackie Wilson

Michael Timothy McAlevey

THERE'S A SOUL IN THE LIFE OF THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE

IT’S CLEAR

IT’S CLEAN


IT’S FRESH


AND IT’S OURS


IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE’VE COME FROM
IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE


JUST


DO WE LOVE


WHERE WE STAND


AT THIS TIME

WE CAN DRINK ALL ITS WATER


AND MINE ALL IT’S COAL


BUT WHEN WE MIX THE TWO TOGETHER


IT TROUBLES HER SOUL


WE CAN TEST ALL THE BOMBS


AND DESTROY EVERY LAST TREE


AND THE ONLY THING IT REALLY DOES


IS ELIMINATE YOU AND ME


THE HARM THAT WE BRING


DOESN’T BOTHER THE LAND


WE ONLY HURT OURSELVES


BY FAILING TO UNDERSTAND

THAT THERE’S A SOUL IN THE LIFE OF THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE


IT’S CLEAR


IT’S CLEAN


IT’S FRESH


AND IT’S OURS


IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE’VE COME FROM


IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE


JUST


DO WE LOVE


WHERE WE STAND


AT THIS TIME

WE ARE GIVEN ALL THE TREASURES


THAT ANYONE COULD USE


BUT IF WE DON’T HAVE VISION


THEN ALL WE DO IS LOSE


WE DUMP OUR PROBLEMS


IN EVERY OCEAN, RIVER AND STREAM


WE LIVE BY A CODE OF COMSUMPTION


THAT DARKENS EVERY DREAM


WE THINK THAT OIL IS OUR GOLD


BECAUSE IT MOVES MACHINES AND MAN


AND ALL IT REALLY DOES


IS REMOVE THE SPRINGS OF LAND


WE NEED THAT SPECIAL CRUDE


BECAUSE WE’VE IGNORED OTHER WAYS


AND ALL WE’VE ENDED UP WITH


IS COUGHING THROUGH A HAZE


OUR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN


WILL REALLY PAY THE PRICE


AND JUST THAT THOUGHT ALONE


DOESN’T MAKE US VERY NICE


AND WHEN THE DUST HAS FINALLY SETTLED


AND ALL THE BILLS HAVE BEEN PAID


IT IS ONLY THE SIMPLE FACT


THAT’S THERE’S ONE MISTAKE WE MADE


WE THOUGHT WE CONTROLLED THE EARTH


BY DOMINATING THE LAND


AND IT SIMPLY COMES DOWN TO ONE THING


THAT WE


JUST DIDN’T UNDERSTAND

THAT THERE’S A SOUL IN THE LIFE OF THE LAND WHERE WE LIVE


IT’S CLEAR


IT’S CLEAN


IT’S FRESH


AND IT’S OURS


IT DOESN’T CARE WHERE WE COME FROM


IT DOESN’T ASK WHO WE ARE


JUST


DO WE LOVE


WHERE WE STAND


AT THIS TIME
 
Have a nice Earth Day
 
Michael Timothy McAlevey

The most expensive election EVER by HUGE MARGIN

The Republicans who demand that Obama be defeated are going to raise so much money that the race to raise money will be bigger than the race to see who wins the election.

One group, Crossroads GPS, on the GOP side, raised $77 million in just 19 months. One group with two secret donors of $10 million each.

$300 Million seems to be the number that will be raised in their attempt to make sure Barry is a one term president.

American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, both super PAC's, were co-founded by KARL ROVE.

And just when you thought Karl was done and gone and it turns out he was just warming up.

The total cost of the 2008 election was $2.4 Billion so $300 million is just a small portion....but that's just two groups on the GOP side.

The 2004 election cost $1.4 Billion so it looks like 2012 will run about $4.8 Billion.

I think we'll see donations from multi-millionaires and billionaires that will make the amount of prime time TV spots so abundant that mass vomiting will become a standard nighttime pastime for Americans.

This is going to be one hostile election. And because of the money being raised we will all have to endure it.

The Super Pac fiasco will be front and center and then combine that with last year's Supreme Court ruling regarding corporate campaign fund raising....we are about to experience true.....

...........ELECTION HELL.

And then on top of the ridiculous fund raising, name calling, back stabbing, fact changing and just general amazing bullshit for four months........the world ends on 12/21/2012.

How much will that cost?


Michael Timothy McAlevey

Look up or look out

It's really really BIG

and

it's

getting bigger

every

second

Yahoo, Google and why isn't there enough to go around

I obviously use Google for my blog home but I still use Yahoo for my browser. I realize that Google Chrome seems to be a preferred browser but after I changed computers and quit using Safari, I decided to give my original browser, Yahoo, a repeat visit and have used it for the last two years.

Yesterday Yahoo announced that they were cutting 2,000 jobs. Last year Yahoo had revenue of $4.98 BILLION and there share of online ad revenue was 9.5%



700 million people visit Yahoo websites every month.

Yahoo has 14,000 people working for them and produce around $353,000 per employee. Google and Facebook produce $1.2 million per employee.

Keep this in mind.....I have used Google, Facebook and Yahoo for multiple years and have never paid them one cent and have never purchased anything from any ad ever posted on their sites.

If advertising money runs the Internet media machines then one would think a company generating $5 Billion a year would have plenty of money floating around without having to make cuts to their workforce.

This simply sounds like an attempt to pump up the $15.00 stock price. Google shares are $600 plus. Facebook is gearing up for their IPO and I imagine it will be a healthy number.



I like Yahoo Mail and have used that service since they first started 15 years ago. I probably use Wikipedia more than Google when I seek information but Google Earth might be my favorite site on the Internet.

I don't text and I don't Twitter so I'm a bit short on the hand held phone tools which seem to dominate everybody's life. If I have a need to communicate I simply dial the number and say hello. I used to write letters that traveled over land and water. I now write e-mails or send a message on Facebook.

I actually answer the phone when it rings because I enjoy listening to the voices in my life. With caller ID I can avoid the voices that just want to waste my time.

I understand why texting is popular but so many times I'm with someone and they zone out while texting and I think it's flat out rude. Imagine talking to someone and without saying anything you take out a pad and start writing a letter to someone else while the person you are talking to just stands there. The proper etiquette would be to excuse oneself and step away while conducing the business of communicating with someone who is not in your physical presence.

And when I see someone thumbing their phone while driving a car I literally think my head might explode.

Also the idea of LANL at TSOTG JSLCB. The COLANL has it's upside if I'm traveling to an ID but I see NNVOTH so FI.

Go ahead and take a few minutes and decipher my texting abreviations. The winner gets a PVTH.

I just looked up the standard Text abbreviations and discovered that there is no standard.

IDTTIESTIT.

I've decided that texting is even sillier than I thought

S....TNSDFTETFOE!

Seriously, there's no standard dictionary for texting except the few obvious expressions!

WTFIWT?

What the fuck is Webster's thinking?

Maybe Yahoo could patent the STD (Standard TEXT Dictionary) and rehire the 2000 people to help organize it.

IJTTHMHPB

I'm just trying to help my home page browser.

GY!

MTM

Nothing like good news

During a special session of Congress yesterday all members announced that they would give up their health insurance program and start all over just like every American seeking an affordable plan. They also announced that their vacation time would be reduced to two weeks just like every other American worker, and that they would start paying for any personal traveling and their lunches.

The President, in response to their gestures, apologized for staying in Afghanistan after the death of Osama Bin Laden. He also announced that he would use half of his campaign money to help hungry children in America.

Chevron as gesture of good will, in response to the President and Congress, said they were going to spend half of their 2011 profits on building Solar plants outside of Los Angeles that would basically cover power for 14 million homes.

Edison and The DWP thanked them and then declared bankruptcy.

Magic Johnson was so elated that he put together a special group and bought Royal Dutch Shell, Disneyland, Six-Flags and the Safeway Corporation. He then said he wasn't finished and that he knew the personal cure for HIV but didn't want to share it until after he owned the Earth. He did say that the medication he was taking really worked, but it did make him a shopaholic.

Skateboarder Tom Schaar, 12, makes history with first-ever 1080 www.grindtv.com
Tom Schaar has shown remarkable promise as a skateboarder but few expected a 12-year-old to become the first in the sport to land a 1080. On Monday, however, the kid made history by soaring above a 27-foot quarterpipe wall, spinning three full rotations and landing with his board still underfoot. (F...

Seriously......I think that's a true story but I'm also aware of trick photography. The dude's from Malibu so check it out.

This used to be my favorite holiday until the Internet came along. Now it's really hard to play jokes on people unless they are really mean jokes and when someone gets hurt that isn't very funny.....unless it's really really funny......which is really really sick.

I think I'll make some early morning phone calls just to get the day started.

I wished I had thought of this idea about two hours ago.

Oh well.....is that your phone ringing?

Michael Timothy McAlevey