Tuba Skinny

If I were to visit New Orleans (never have) and if I were to visit the French Quarter, I would search out Tuba Skinny if they were playing.  For now, enjoy a little old time music.  Playing a kazoo with a street band in Crocs is kind of priceless.  You don't often see someone video bomb with a kazoo.  The band shines best with the vocals of Erika Lewis.

Come On Eileen

I wouldn't count either of these acts as ones on my listening list or two I would expect together in a concert venue, but they pull off a well done live cover of this early 80's hit by Dexys Midnight Runners.  It's a level of animation by Sara Bareilles I wasn't sure was possible.  Enjoy!



In case you want to hear the original...

Days Gone

In a different life, for a few short, happy years, I would spend every free, non-working day between Memorial Day weekend and the middle of June at the western end of Lake Erie.  We would either fish at Marblehead or off the shore of Kellys Island or spend the day at the beach at East Harbor State Park.  At that time, you could anchor your boat and wade into shore for an afternoon of volleyball on the beach.  It was a happy, carefree place where people managed to all get along and have fun.  We spent our time listening to pop music old and new and grabbing those last few free moments before adulthood.  Beach Baby was a 60's song packaged in the mid 70's with horns and layers.  The band First Class never really existed as it was a made-up, English studio band. The lead singer of the "band" was Tony Burrows.  He is notable for also being a part of the made up studio band Edison Lighthouse which recorded the one hit Love Grows and other one hit recordings with other studio bands.  Relax and remember sand between your toes on a hot day at the beach.

Pull Down

I hadn't stayed in a hotel that included instructions for the shower with the room keys before this week.  I guess I can cross this off my bucket list. :)

Socially Reponsible Marketing

Heinens, our local premium grocery store uses Cavalier Distributing to supply alcoholic beverages for sale.  

Yes, they are legal beverages, but...

• About 88,000 people die in the US each year from alcohol related deaths.
• 29 people die each day in the US from alcohol related car accidents.
• The number of 25- to 34-year-olds who died annually from alcohol-related liver disease nearly tripled between 1999 and 2016.