98.5 KOME – Fan Blog

Today is the day we all spend time remembering and giving thanks to the men and women past and present who serve our great country. Veterans Day is so very important to my family and friends because it is when we all take the time to reflect on the sacrifices great and small that are made on our behalf each and every day by our brave men and women in uniform.

Normally, I would be either blogging this on my troops blog or spending time talking to my friends who work with the Organization Jericho Rangers 4 Our Troops along with this old gal. Sadly, time will not be spent today with my friends, as we are each facing some private issues , real life sometimes comes first. But I know each of my friends who worked so hard on all the Charity Events for JR4OT as well as other work done as an organization are remembering each and every time they helped make this world a better place. So, while I am thanking my troops for all they sacrifice and do for each person in the USA, I am adding my friends who served on JR4OT as well. You all are true servicemen and women, thank you for all you have done.

I am so proud to know you and work along side you.

I wish I knew the year exactly, will ask those in the know but I did want to share this with all of Dennis Erectus fans. I first saw this on the KOME facebook this morning, so I owe them a huge thank you for the heads up.

Dennis, we miss you and send you our love. You are our Dude!

Now, as some of you are aware the blog was reviewed by the internationally known and well loved Ten Things I Hate About Your Site, Web Betty who gave me some great points to correct on the blog. I have a family member who is ill so being here all the time is not easy, however I do intend to implement all the changes that were suggested and I am totally thankful for the review. So , when I finally get this done you will see a bright shiny new blog.

I will be working on this this weekend I hope, so keep an eyeball out.

It is perhaps the worst saying but tonight I can think of no better way to say it, we lost a true Musical Genius, a star amoung stars, a friend to so many generations of musicians and music fans alike. Lester William Polsfuss was born at the time of great changes in our society, the year 1915. By age 9 he was playing guitar and by age 13 professionally with Country bands. He went on to be band leader in the 30′s and 40′s , backing up some of the greats in music from Dinah Shore and Bing Crosby to the Andrew Sisters. His musical legacy will rock through the ages never to be forgotten and so truly hard to write about and do justice.

Wiki Commons Photo

Anyone who has ever dreamed of playing the guitar, as well as those who have been rocking the fans for decades all owe Les Paul a debt of gratitude for the twang of the notes we love so much.

A much better write up is over at MTV.com which I will link to here. I am just sad that I am not half the rock historian I should be and I am thankful for all the years I listened to any rock band because Les Paul helped them come into our lives in a huge way.

Rock on Les Paul and thank you!

Les Paul, August 13th 2009 age 94

You remember that movie where Micheal Keaton made multiples of himself in order to get his day rolling without losing his mind? Well, I need a machine that will do that for me, as I truly suck at multitasking guess its the age thing again. I am sorry I have been absent from here for a while, there are some things going on such as an illness in my family that I am dealing with as well as my getting my Sons of Anarchy Blog back up again but I missed writing here honestly I did so here I am.

I saw a interesting line of convo over at the KOME facebook page and it made me think that it would be the perfect way to bring back the convo here, and so that is my thought for this blog post today ~

From the 80′s ONLY ( my input to this question )
What video do you think was the all time most ground breaking in any way? You can place your thoughts here, no registration is needed. I really love the idea of being able to have readers place their ideas and views here, it was everyone’s station after all :-p

The KOME FB placed Sledgehammer as the best video of the time ~

And I agree, very artistic and fresh for the time and one of my fav songs from Mr G, but what I want to know is what video do you think is the most innovative?

Golden Gate Bridge

Originally uploaded by UtisNodrog

Have you made a Facebook account yet? I am sure 99 percent of the worlds population has either made an account or at least knows what Facebook is. I joined some time ago, for the purpose of Jericho and networking but never really used it much until the last few months.

As of today ( standing up ) I am a Farmville and Farmtown addict. Is this what FB is for? No, probably not… but damn I love the games.
It is really nice to be able to connect to your friends and family as well the odd groups that cover things from your past, such as KOME or old school groups.

Music news…..
Can you imagine still be able to take going to a KISS concert ( this is for the over 45 crowd ) could you take the noise? Is it still worth it to even pay for tickets? Well according to Gene Simmons , this new album is the best they have done in 30 years and the last studio album in 11 years.

I am disappointed that Ace and Peter Kriss are not with the band anymore ( yes…. I am out of it, been doing the Mommy thing for a while ya know ) I had the biggest crush on both Peter and Ace way back when and think they were a big big park of the bands success.
Here is Peter’s Official Web ~ http://www.petercriss.net/homepage/ and one of the bigger Facebook pages ~
and here is Ace’s Official Web ~ http://www.acefrehley.com/
I just don’t know if I can believe they still have what it takes, people age and so do their voices but I am sure willing to wait and give them a listen.

and now for some of my favorite KISS tunes ~

I was made for loving you ( yes, I truly adore this tune LOL )

and Tears are falling