28 Aug

Michael Been of The Call ~

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I have told my kids a million times over the years that I have forgotten more music than they will ever hear…. and sometimes something happens to make that true, today is one of those times.

One of my favorite movies from the 80′s is Lost Boys, because of the story line ( yes… I said it, story line :) and of course, the fact that it was supposed to be my dear home Santa Cruz. I also loved it as I did all the other great movies of the decade because of the music. I am a simple girl who loves her simple memories.

One of the songs in Lost Boys was a cover of Michaels’ song I Still Believe ~

and When the Walls Came Down -

Michael died of a heart attack at the very young age of 60 on the 20th of this month while backstage at Pukkelpop

 Festival in Belgium. The Call recorded 10 albums from 1980 to 2000, with the two videos above among the most popular songs. Fans of the Call included Peter Gabriel who called the band ” the future of American Music”, and toured with the Call on the Shock the Monkey Tour , as well as Jim Kerr of Simple Minds.

Each time one of the talents of the 1980s leaves us, I feel a tiny piece of who I am , was… leave as well. Somewhere out there in the heavens, I believe that there is one hell of a concert getting ready to start.

Here’s to you my little loves with blessings from above
Now let the day begin

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15 May

Happy Saturday :-)

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Hey peoples…

So, after I finished the days ‘to-do’ list, I went where I always go first on the internet, Facebook. What do you think I saw as a post from one of my friends???? Nikki Sixx has a freaking FB group page! And here are the links to his websites – sixxsense.com, RoyalUnderGround and
The only ONLY concert I will say was the rockinest of all concerts that I went to ( I was there physically and in spirit, LOL ) was the Day on the Green2 in Oakland CA in October 1987 which had Motley Crue as headliners…. yummy yummy day. At the age of 24 I was torn between giving my undying love to Vince Neil and Nikki, now at the beautiful age of er….28, I can honestly say that Nikki is the man. That show was of course, awesome. There was a few other bands there, Whitesnake and Poison, but I was there for one thing and one thing only, :-)
And now , he is on Facebook……… oh oh oh.

Go check his FB page out if you don’t believe me, the man has aged really well.
The Motley Crue home page has some info about Ozzfest this year, and this year will be MC’s first ever gig at an Ozzfest, interesting. Read more here …. Hmm, just thinking, wouldn’t be a peach if I could get an interview with Nikki??? Dream on, girly …dream on.
So, what is my fav song/album?? Girls, Girls, Girls of course…. so here are two for today, enjoy ladies ;-)

damn, we dressed good in the day ……………..

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04 May

back on the air

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I know it has been awhile, just glad to be back for as long as possible.
There are a ton of things I need to do to clean this baby up, but for tonight I want to post a few songs from a couple of bands that I love, Heart and The Moody Blues.
As for the state of this blog, now that the kids are out for the summer ( well, soon to be ) I will have more time to devote to getting this blog back where it should be. Oh, and check back for a nice update on James Northernva of Virtual Zeppelin, seems in my vacation from here he has been SO busy, and you will really love his newest music.thank you for your patience :-)
Your Wildest Dreams - 1986 , seriously a great song and video.

Heart – These Dreams

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24 Jan

Scorpions ~ One last rockin hurricane

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What do you say about a band that has influenced, rocked and loved its fans for over 40 years? I can tell you right now, that it would be nigh to impossible for me to pick my favorite song from the Scorpions, I love them all.

I can see how they love the fans, always have ~

Important Message to our Fans

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It was always our pleasure, our purpose in life, our passion and we were fortunate enough to make music for you – whether it was live on stage or in the studio, creating new songs.

While we were working on our album these past few months, we could literally feel how powerful and creative our work was – and how much fun we were still having, in the process. But there was also something else: We want to end the Scorpion’s extraordinary career on a high note. We are extremely grateful for the fact that we still have the same passion for music we’ve always had since the beginning. This is why, especially now, we agree we have reached the end of the road. We finish our career with an album we consider to be one of the best we have ever recorded and with a tour that will start in our home country Germany and take us to five different continents over the next few years.

We want you, our fans, to be the first to know about this. Thank you for your never-ending support throughout the years!

We uploaded the very first snippets from our new album for you.

And now… let’s get the party started and get ready for a “Sting in the Tail”!

See you on the world tour,

Yours

Scorpions

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24 Jan

Blazy and Bob Update – Press Release

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The Blazy & Bob Show is now on 104.3, The Hippo in Monterey/Santa Cruz/
Salinas.

To kick off the first week of shows, Blazy & Bob had special friends
of the show when it was on KOME.

Eddie Money, Pat Simmons of The Doobie Brothers, Eric Martin of Mr.
Big and Robert Berry. They also got a fun phone call from

good friend Guy Fieri from the Food Network, the morning after he was
on The Jay Leno Show cooking with Kim Kardashian.

Blazy & Bob are glad to bring music back to the morning show, as well
as their look at the funniest stories of the day, The Blues News!

Glad to be back on the airwaves near the waves of the central coast!!!

Jeff Blazy
Sonorous Productions
The Blazy and Bob Show

Morning Drive:
KNOB Santa Rosa
KHIP Santa Cruz/Monterey
KFM Chico

Great news to know that quality radio still exists!

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11 Jan

Kip Winger to do Interview with Melodic Rock Concerts… got some questions?

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Melodic Rock Concerts has got to be one of the best sites for Rock that I have found in some time. It is a a place where once you have read you always check in weekly and you are never disappointed. Some of the more well known sites could definitely take a few notes on how to keep your readership happy from them!

They are also introducing a new inclusion on the site, Rock Concerts Weekly. The first show will be done with some audience participation, and they are asking the fans to call and leave them a message with your questions, comments, thoughts about favorite rocks shows

This week the site reports that they will be doing an interview with Kip Winger of Winger. That’s right ladies, that Winger ;-) . If you have questions for Kip, email the site!

Remember 17 ? ~

and Easy Come , Easy Go ~

and now, Karma. I am really liking Stone Cold Killer. 18 said, they stole the song and sound from Disturbed, specifically referring to the sounds of Pull Me Under ( another awesome call back to the icy sounds of 80s rock! ) I am definitely buying this album, and hope to see them on the circuit in the states soon. I also referred 18 to their best of album from 2001 which she can listen to on their website ( here ) She then battled back with this from Disturbed on youtube – Guarded

One of the best parts of Melodic Rock Concerts site is the really interesting blogs and sites they link to, such as Bring Back Glam. Spent some time reading over there and found a like minded writer who has the desire to see Glam ( and rock ) brought back to where it can be a shining star again!

Links ~
Official Site – Winger the Band
YouTube - Official Winger

Disturbed –
Youtube Official Disturbed

Of course, my favorite from them is always going to be Down with the Sickness :-) * always love the noise *

And now, off to bed with me. Snow is falling yet again and I am wishing for warmth so some Sammy will do me good. Hope you enjoy and I am glad to be back to writing here. Hope you all have had a great holiday time, now lets go do some damage in 2010 :-)

Dreams ~

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