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Rest In Peace Ric Ocasek..

Just heard the news of The Cars front man Ric Okasek’s passing at the age of 75. No cause released as of yet.

I was always a pretty big fan of The Cars, being a Boston based band and also they definitely had a sound of their own, bridging classic rock and a new wave sound.

I had the opportunity to meet Mr.Ocasek twice in my life…Once at a local gas station, just sort of bumped into him and said “Hello”..He was quite curteous to me..

The second time was as guest at a former hotel I worked at. I had to knock on his door and tell him about a noise complaint…He could not have been more upset and embarrassed and apologized to the ends of the Earth…Very gracious…The noise in fact was his crazy bitch wife Paulina Poizkova…She was running around their suite chasing her kids and screaming like a drunken banshee…She gave me a look over his shoulder like “Who was I to even SPEAK to them??” Remember me Paulaina?? Yeah, I haven’t forgotten…lol…He assured me it would be handled right away…I thanked him and walked away smiling as I heard Ric shut the door and TEAR into her for being an idiot and making him look like a fool…Thanks Ric…

Your sound will be missed…Maybe you and Benjamin can send us some jam session tapes from beyond…

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Music To Get Stranded to by…

Ok, it’s isolation time for you…desert island…stranded…alone…You have to bring the music of 10…yes JUST 10 artists/bands that will be all you hear for the rest of time…Who…do…you…CHOSE????

The Ramones…No explanation needed

The Clash…The only band that matters..

The Pretenders…Mostly the stuff from the original lineup before we lost James and Pete..

The Who…Endless rock and roll…

The Kinks…”You Really Got Me”  Coolest Song ever recorded..

Elvis Presley…He was The King…and we share a Birthday..

Aerosmith…Boston boys done good and I’d die without a copy of “Toys in the Attic”

AC/DC/Thin Lizzy (Tie)…I’d mostly be listening to the Bon Scott works, I mean “Whole Lotta Rosie?” Come on now…And them good ole Irish Boys for sure..

RUSH…I just need to hear RUSH…

REO Speedwagon…Such an underrated catalogue…Seen them a ton live…

Honorable mention: The Jam, Sex Pistols, Motorhead, Deep Purple,Iron Maiden, Tom Jones (yes, Tom Jones), Bob Seger, Steely Dan, James Brown, Pat Metheny, The Beatles, Talking Heads, Boston and Simon And Garfunkel…

Let’s hear it folks!

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The Days of 70’s-80’s TV and Radio

Ok, I’m a nostalgia nut…Thinking back to the simpler days of my youth and the glorious high school years..Ok, they weren’t always glorious but there was always an escape. Before the world of 24/7/365 media? There was the awesomeness of local TV and Radio. Any time the world seemed too much and life was just a royal pain in the balls? There were the local DJ’s and TV shows to make everything right and fill your world with great music and lousy late night movies..lol

Boston was a hot bed for amazing rock and pop  radio stations during the 70’s and 80’s but it was a little A.M.rock station..Yes, showing my age…A.M.Rock? Yes, it was a thing…A little rock station in my hometown of 30,000 people that was my go to in the early years…WGTR Natick, MA…The DJ’s became like family to a lot of us…John, David O, etc etc …I remember during the Blizzard of 1978 when the state was shutdown to all vehicles that the DJ’s were literally stranded at the station and kept broadcasting for days on end until the travel ban was lifted…True troopers.

As High School approached, WGTR faded away and the heavy hitter stations in Boston became my saviors…Yes, F.M…lol It was great, but not the same…Not as innocent, but still very cool…

Shortly after MTV took to the airways, a local TV station…A UHF station…Channel 66  V66 specifically became our very own LOCAL MTV! What a concept! A video channel for us still not on board with cable TV!!! Hog Heaven for this music loving teen…

Just a trip down memory lane…Hope you enjoyed and had similar memories..