Where are the songs of protest or social change? Some of us are old enough to remember when Rock and Roll was just starting and what it meant to you as adolescents and how it changed your lives. But I’m speaking of particular songs or pieces of music. Are there any musical pieces now that […]
Thanks to everyone for inviting me into your little community  I will try to offer something noteworthy from time to time. selection of my nick name was influenced by my sudden involuntary freedom (lay off) so with a little anger and a lot of joy I chose Maj7b5 which can be compared to pleasant (G6) […]
Yep, I just approved a new member for the MRambler Community….. He was a fellow band member in Terraplane in the mid ’70’s….. Hopefully he will bring in some new, off-the-wall, screwy ideas that our little group of mainstream misfits are famous for, and will forgive me for spelling his last name wrong for the […]
Today the music world has lost a legend. JJ Cale has passed away at the age of 74 The Tulsa, OK. Native was best known for such songs as Cocaine and After Midnight both hits for Eric Clapton. Neil Young once said that he was the best singer, songwriter, guitar players after Jimi Hendrix. After […]
A fantastic show from Sir Paul, featuring an encore with a Nirvana reunion! He was in fine form, and Jek even got to hear a few of his favorite Wings obscurities. Massive pyrotechnics during “Live and Let Die” and a great “Helter Skelter” encore with Dave Grohl. Follow this link to the Flickr set for […]
Ever wonder what that means? Yeah me too. Sorry…… It’s 0700am CDT Been up since 0500am CDT Can’t sleep the Cat is running laps over the bed, 2 days left on my vacation, and I’ve got a bunch of things rattling around in my extremely large yet under populated mind, so the coffee is on […]
MR Why does it give my real name if (1==1) {document.getElementById(“link102″).style.display=”none”;} as my user name in comments???????
Here’s another good read. The author gives us a very good insight into the “Base that Doesn’t Exist.” Many equate Area 51 with Aliens, that Is just a SMALL part of the Big Picture out in the Nevada Desert. The Base was started as “The Nevada Test Site” for somewhere that we could test our […]
Tagged as “This is the Book the CIA doesn’t want you to read.” Well I just finished this very fascinating book. I have always said ” If we actually knew what our government was really up to it would scare us to death” This is one of those books but, It actually didn’t scare me […]
Using my new iPod to make this post. It works better than my tablet. I should have known if you want something that works right get an Apple. So here we sit (me and Mrs.JJ) in Pacific, MO waiting for another driver to swap loads with and head to Norman,OK. see ya later.
This is from My Facebook Because I can’t bear to type it again. I have just been informed of the passing Dusten McKee. You have heard the old saying “He was Like a Son to me” ?  Well, it was very true with Dusten. He went to school with Jek, and, when they would “Ditch” school I was […]
A friend on Facebook who’s the managing editor for the OK Gazette brought this to my attention: http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/01/making-of-blues-brothers-budget-for-cocaine The amateurish, abrupt ending makes me wince, but the rest of the story is a fun read. As BB aficionados, you may know everything discussed in the story, but enjoy anyway! Man, I love Dan Aykroyd.
Friday the 21 of December I road with Mrambler and then my parents to Arkansas for a Christmas vacation and to see my parents new house. Here it is late Saturday and I have not seen my parents house. I have seen a lot of room 444 in saint Marys hospital. I have an inflection […]
Today we celebrate the Life of John Ono Lennon Taken from us 31 years ago so violently. I had just got home from Night School that Monday Night and turned on the TV waiting for the news, The NE Patriots were playing the Miami Dolphins. I was just half listening when Howard Cosell announced: Howard […]
Today we remember the brave souls who gave the ultimate sacrifice on that Day that will live in Infamy.