housebound?

The day after christmas we got one heck of a snowstorm.Some call it a blizzard.
Yesterday I attemped to take a walk to the local liquire store for a simple blottle of white zinfindel.
Nancy saw me heading out and advised that I not go.I hate drama so I said OK ,turned around and went back in the house.
Later I called a friend and they said it was good advice.I went upstairs and went on the computer then watched some TV.OK whos dreamin' of a white christmas??I dont mind a white Christmas but I didn't want a blizzard either,dammit!Oops pardon my french!
Im sure many folks feel just like I do.Plans to visit family and friends most likely got postponed.
OK so last night at 111pm Nancy Calls and says there were surprises in the fridge.I went in the kitchen with the Jaws theme going through my head.I opened the fridge and there was a bottle of white Zin and a loaf of bread.
I went next store and thanked them and turns out it was courtasy of Dan!Of course.who else was 4 wheel drive.Hello!He was lounged out in his chair so I gave him a knuckle bump!He had Brendan snuggled in with him too.Dayam where my Camera when I need it!
New years Resolution 1
Take more pictures!
2 do More reading
3 Dont make to many resolutions!

Boxcar nancy a music review

Tonight I received a gift from My Godmother Mary.she gave me a few CDs.One of them is of a Band called Boxcar Nancy
In it is John Raido,A great singer,guitarist and songwriter who was in my Cousin Steves Band 58K.Sadly 58K disbanded but Im gladly Johns still in music and doing well.
Boxcar Nancy has that country Blues feeling.You can close you eyes and Imagine yourself on someoneones back porch swing with a glass of lemonade on a warm spring day listening to Boxcar Nancy!Theres for sure a Neil Young influence on "Turning around"I like that and Im sure Neil Young would be Touched hearing it!
I wanna but a tune or two on my next mix and hello his email address is in the liner notes soPerhps I can ask his permission and have him read this review.
Stayed tuned y'all more reveiws coming in the next couple of Days!
If you Like a touch of Country and blues you WILL Enjoy Boxcar Nancy!2 thumbs up!

snowed in

Yesterdays storm was a doozy.Except for the driveway,yesterdays storm left us a big snowbank in our front yard and today was too windy for the kids to enjoy it.Nancy and my car are plowed in.It took Dan 5 hours to get to work today,according to Nancy.
The wind is crazy and has been for 2 days.
We didnt get any mail today,nor trash pick up.Wow must be tough out there!If this keep up Ill have to cancell my dentist appointment or postpone it.In the meantime I'll watch some DVDs,makes mixes and a possible relapse of my you tube addiction?No Ill go on in moderation.lol!

Blue Star Boogie 2

Yesterday everyone was saying how we were supposed to get a ars kicking snow tomorrow.Well we did.Know and high winds.I didnt go out but did let Bayou out while Nancy and Dan were visiting Dans Parents.
She didnt mind much.She went on the snow covered porch!I didnt blame her!Today I went on utube for a bit and then went looking through some cassette mixes and found...
Blue Star Boogie
Tape Type:Maxell XL llS 100 min
Date created 5.2 97-5.4.97
Side one
Aeroplane - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Buzz Buzz Buzz - The Hollywood Flames
Day by Day - Frank Sinatra
Mame - Louis Armstrong
Lets Stomp - Bobby Comstock
Rocking in The Jungle - The Eternals
You - The Aquatones
Dream - Frank Sinatra
Hot Stepper - Gregory Isaacs
Qua Sera Sera - The Chipmunks
Sugar Sugar - Mary Lou Lord with Semisonic
Rodent Revolt - Mock Turtle Soup
Way Down in New Orleans - Louise Armstrong
Airstream - The Pat Matheny group
Wild Life - Wings
Side Two
Somebody Love you - The Whispers
People - The Anita Kerr Singers
Stardust - The Mills Brothers
The Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog
Nag - The Halos
Let The little girl dance - Bobby Bland
Don't let me be misunderstood - Santa Esmeralds
Every little step - Bobby Brown
New Pollution - Beck
It's Impossible - Perry Como
Blue Carribean - Enya
Mope itty Mope - Boss Tones
Coconut - Harry Nilsson
Five Minutes More - Frank Sinatra
Keem O Sabe - Electric Indian
Java - Al Hirt
Im Not sure where the first Part of the mix is but when I find it I Will post it.
Why is it called blue star boogie?you ask.Because I but a blue star on the indes card.lol!hmm another Idea for a cd mix?Perhaps!

thinking of 15 cool songs

One of our Teachers gave me a $15.00 gift certificate for itunes.Oh boy heres goes a playlist.Im sure over Christmast vacation there will be an awesome playlist from that.OK wgeres my wish list?

back to the books

Each Year after new years when the holiday Busyness fades and life slows down I try to get back into reading some books and catch on on good flicks on DVDs.Any recommendations on either or both?

one last bikeride before the holidays?!!!

As I rolled in the driveway a gameplan for the rest of the day formed in my head.
I brought in the mail,let Bayou out and gave her a biscuit when she came in.
Then I got changed and booted up the computer and did a quick check of the email.Being it was 39 degrees I went for a bikeride.The wind from the north was cold but manageable.
I went to the bank,got some money out and then went to the post office and mailed out some packages.Then I went and got wine and CDrs.It was getting late so tomorrow would be part 2 of things to get.
Tomorrow I hope my package containing Amber and Joans gift comes.If not plan B Give Amber $5.00 along with the boys and tell her the original gift is late.doh.
I plan to get Nancy and Dan a Bottle of Baileys.
I usally Have my shoping finished by now but if you read my previous blog you know why I didn't.
Last night I gave nancy and Dan they're anniversary gift.They were Happy.Dan Also went up in the attic and got my tree down.
Usually its done a week or 2 before but things are differant this year.
Usually I do it on a weekend and I have a glass of wine in my hand.This year no wine but I got it done!This memory of my parents came and so did a few tears.A sober crying jag?!yep!
between errands today I stopped my Beth and Georges House.She Pulled out a Christmas mix I gave then in 2004.Must have been my first Christmas CD mix.Ive been making CD mixes for 6 years?Hmm How many hundred CDrs must have been burned?I can even try to estimate that!We talked a bit about memories of 2004.wow.It blows by litle mind how long ago that was.Emotionally I was still raw from my Moms death and the current house where they live now was just starting to be built.
So now back to 2010 and moving fast towards 2011.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!

Feel the North Wind Blow

Today as I left work I felt the warmth of the sun and aand I smiled,then I heard that familier sound.The Viciousness of the north/west wind.Sail clips were clinking against the drydocked sailboats in the boatyard next door.I realized my dream of a bikeride was deminished as the cold air cut through me like a knife as I walked to my car."Damn" I muttered.
Well I do have good news.I did start a jazzy swingy playlist and yes a few other genres have snuck they're way in there.a lil Rock and some standards
I also Started a playlist called Trish's Treasures taken from a mixtape I made in the 90s by the same name.
This summer there was an notice at Ocean County music from a record/music collector named Brian.I emailed him asking if he bought cassettes?
I addedhis email to my address book.Once in a while Ill get music news and forward it to likeminded folks.I kindly asked me to stop it so I apologiged and kept a mental note note to forward him stuff.The other day by mistake I slipped and clicked on his email and he replied and WARNED me not to send him forwards.I appoligigized and added sometimes my mouse has a mind of its own and he replied back not funny im warning you no spam!
Holy smoke this guys has NO sense of humor.
I deleted his address figuring well if he's going to be like that he doesnt desrve any busines from me.His loss!I have no tolerance for unforgiving troublemakers.life is too short.

dj update and idle chatter

Ive been DJing for 3 years and I think my good reputation is spreading.I have 2 gigs in January.
The 1rst I will be at Martells from 2 till Im guessing 6pm at my friend Krissys inuaguation party.
on The 8th Ill be spinning at the BHFDs Christmas Pary at the firehouse.I hope both gigs are snow free!
Im pretty much done with my christmas shopping.Im going to give each of my nephews $5.00 in an envelope and Amber a Taylor Swift CD.I ordered it from oldies.com.I hope I get it before Christmas!I got Nancy and Dan a gift certificate to a local restaurant called the Forte.
The office staff and Frank are getting CD mixes.Between my head cold and the weather I didnt get much shopping done.Each year I swear Im going to get my christmas shopping started early.ha!when will I ever learn?
well

survey got me to thinkin'?

Tonight I got some call from some company doing a survey.Do you notice that they always call between 6 and 8pm?This gentleman Im sure was an african American male and Im going guess in his 30s with a southern accent.when his talked fast I really had to listen.Based on his questions Im guessing his was calling from some christian publishing company or something of the sort.He asked about my religion,how many times I went to church and if I accepted Jesus as my personal savior.
If I had the Chance I would have given him my testamony but that always brings me to tears.
Another question was do you think your influential?Wow I don't know.I never really thought about it.I don't wake up each day an plan stuff like that.I hope im a good example though.
My friend Tyler Sherman said it best.I do what I do and hope people are blessed by it.Sure I have good days and not so good days like everyone else.
I hope I inspire folks in a good way.I try to make good choices and think of others first and hope folks see my faith though the way I live.
Gosh this is deep!If I am influential I hope I influence folks to say shes seen some rough seas in life and if she can make it so can I.

2003(a mixtape)

today while my computer was running a virus scan I took a moment to look thougn some cassettes.Where I found the time to make mixtapes in 2003 I dont know.My Mother died on the 21st of January so it must have been before then.In Late Febuary the process of moving had started and after that my life was a blur till late summer of that year.anyway heres a mixtape I found.

Tape type 110 TDK

Side 1
Swinging with Tiger Woods - The Cherry Poppin Daddies
Poker - ELO
Hound Dog - Big Mama Thorton
Smokestack lightning - Howlin Wolf
Home - Kenny G
Got my own thing now - Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Fist Time - U2
Sound System - Steel Pulse
Return of DJango - The Upsetters
Down Hometown - ELO
This I swear - Richard Darbyshire
Shake the thing - Papa Charlie Jackson
Some Of Shellys Blues - Nitty Gritty dirt Dand
Peace Officer - Jimmy Cliff
Prodical Son - Steel Pulse
Side 2
You were Only Foolin - Connie Francis
Am I blue - Dinah Washington
Swamp Fire - Martin Denny
Melencholy Serenade - King Curtis
Search for Vulcan - Leroy Holms
Cha cha cha De Amour - Dean Martin
So Nice - Billy May
Holiday for Strings - The Voices of Walter Shuman
More - Bobby Darin
Two Hearts are Better Than one - Frank Sinatra
When your falling - Afro Celt Sound Systen
Home in the sky - Cat Stevens
Dance Crasher - Alton Ellis & The Flames
Dreader Than Dread - Honey Boy Martin & the Voices
No Time to lose - The Dave Clark Five
South Street - The Orlons
Its Wonderful - The Young Rascals

Some of these songs I had on 45s and the others came from CDs.my editing skills were pretty good.The Loungy songs came from a compilation called Ultra Lounge my Cousin Molly lent me.

Im sure Im being finding more of this treasures in future weeks!

Cocktail Hour 2010

Hi folks
feeling the cold?Heck year.Recently I was listening to this mix and thought This would be the perfect mix to snuggling by the fireplace with that special someone.S--t!Tom Cruise is Married.Hmm George Clooney..hmm yeah!OK I can dream cant I?OK so heres the tracklist.Im rather happy with the way this turned out.

COCKTAIL hOUR 2010
1 FAR EAST BLUES - HENRY MANCINI
2STARDUST - VINCE GIODANOS NIGHTHAWKS
3 MAP OF DUSK - bOMBAY DUB ORCHESTRA
4 BLUE DRAG - NEW ORLEANS JAZZ VIPERS
5 OHAYOO - PINK MARTINI
7 MOON SONG - ROLAND KIRK QUARTET
8 IM GLAD THERE IS YOU - SARAH VAUGHN
9 PHAPSODY IN BLUE - PETE FOUNTAIN
10 TANGA RUMBA AFRO CUBANA - MAMBO ALL STARS
11 CIRIBIRIBIN - HARRY JAMES
12 LA VALSE d'AMELIE - YANN TIESEN
13 BUTTERFLY - MICHAEL URBANIAK
14 MORNING IN RIO - SERGIO MENDES
15 CITY OF BRASS CHICK COREA
16 FRERE JAZZ - PETE FOUNTAIN
17 ACCIDENTAL MAMBO MAMBO ALLSTARS
18 THEME FROM SIDE STREET - CHUCK MANGIONE
19 SEA - GEORGE WINSTON
20 MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW - KENNY BELL AND HIS JAZZMEN
21 FOTOROMANZA - ALFREDO REY & LA SUA ORCHESTRA

i THINK i MAY HAVE POST A LINK OF THIS TO MY POST ON ZERO BUT FIGURED YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST SEE IT AGAIN MINUS GOING THROUGH LINKS AND HOOPS ANDALL THAT OTHER STUFF!
IF YOU WANT A COPY FEEL FREE TO ASK ME AND iLL MAKE ONE FOR YOU!
TRISH

Old man winter returns with a vengence

I love Christmas but hate winter!Today looked promising for a bikeride.I headed out on my bike to the dentist after work.The ride going north was tough but If this was the worst it got aww heck I can handle it.My heart goes out to crossing guards and phone repairmen on windy days like today.
I got to the dentist on time.After he gave me Novocaine I remembered I had my cell on and turned it off.I got a temporary crown.It seems like the drilling lasts forever.I also had a death grip on the arm rest when hes drilling.I don't feel it but the pressure and the sound.. ugh!at one point it did feel it so he gave me a second shot.Pedaling home I was numb and cold.I saw a few others on bikes and walking.brr!I kept mumbling to myself en route home Dayam its cold.it was more like numbling.my speech was a little slurry because I was so numb.Thank the Good Lord I didn't have to stop and talk to anyone.They would swear I was drunk!
The North wind was brutal!
Walking it my front door I let out an aw year heat!I didn't care who heard me.I listening to two cool mixes I got in the mail.One from someone in IMP and the other one from my the snarkfest mix exchange.I great welcome home after a rough trip to the dentist.
my creative engines are revving again.I ordered a few Christmas jazz Cd's from the library.I may be able to start a new jazz mix this year.Ive been in a jazz/reggae mood lately.I'm thinking or butting together another reggae mix too!Also I'm my agenda is a Beatles mix.a Mix of my top 20 Beatles songs.

music review-Dizzy Gillespie,Loreena Mckennet.

If you interested in Studying the jazz and big band sound of the 40s be sure to includeDizzy Gillespies music in your research.Tonight I listened to a CD called Birks works.Great big Band grooves with trumpet and rhythm that will get you cutting a rug.Although it was recorded in the late 40s Dizzies music is timeless!
Another artist you should lend your ear to is Loreena McKennett.In the Mid 90s I started listening to a new age series called Pure moods.Loreena is the Irish Karen Carpenter musically Speaking.Her voice is Flawless!

A cold day brings warm reflection

After a busy day at work I decided to walk to the post office to mail out 8 packes of CD mixes.it came to $17.00!OK a tad costly but well worth it.When folks see something special like that in the mail after a busy day at work and enjoy the music $17.00 goes a long way!Call it an obsession,call it a hobby but I enjoy sending music to fellow music lovers.Many times I get a few mixes in return.
Shortly after my dad died i found a site called Internationalmixtapeproject.com
I got my first mix on a cold wintry day after a busy day at work.
I have a small notebook filled with names and addresses with folks who like me loves sharing this great hobby.
OK Im Rambling!alright so I mail out my mixes and get milk and also a bottle of wine.
When I was heading home it was dark.During this time of the year I enjoy walking after dark and seeing all the lights and decorations adoring peoples houses.
It amazing me when I see a whole tree decked out.You can tell who really took time to make the property look nice and festive and who did things well half baked.I love Christmas.The Joy on the ChildrenS faces and the music and spirit fill the air.
Im going to do the best I can to go for more walks after work to see lights and decorations around my area.
TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY!HO HO HO!MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!

A Very Merry Christmas (mix CD)

Well after promising to post some mixes I figure this is a good one to start with.
want a copy?Just ask!

1 Just like Me - Vanessa Williams
2 One Bright Star - Nicollette Larson
3 Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - Ray Charles
4 The Little Drummer Boy - Johnny Cash
5 Santa Claus Is Back In town - Elvis Presley
6 Cha Cha All The Way - Capital Studio Singers
7 Christmas Wrappings - The Waitresses
8 Exotic Night - Martin Denny
9 A Marshmellow World - Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin
10 Sleigh Ride/Santa Claus Party - Les Baxter
11 Let it snow Let it snow,Let it snow - Michael Buble
12 Silent Night - Sinead O'connor
13 December Will be magic again - Kate Bush
14 I want you for Christmas - Russ Morgan
15 O Tannenbaum - Boney James
16 Sleigh Ride - The Ronnettes
17 Everyday will be like a Holiday - Reckless Sleepers
18 Christmas Island - Bob Atcher & The Dinning Sisters
19 New Star Shining - Ricky Skaggs & James Taylor
20 More than one night a year - Kennedy Rose
21 Christmas is Coming - The Payolas
22 Toys For Tots - Peggy Lee,Nat King Cole & Nancy Wilson
23 The Amens - The Brian Setzer Orchestra

So There it is.The 2010 Christmas mix!

celebrity rehab,etc

ON VH1 theres a reality series called celebrity rehab.Its about celebrities that have drug and alcohol Problems and go to a guy named Dr Drew Pinsky for help.Most of them got into the party life and couldn't stop.Some one them had been abused as youngsters and their only way to deal with it is to get high.
I sometimes try to predict who will make it.Its hard to tell with this batch.Leif Garrett is the only one I really know.When he was younger he and a friend were driving drunk and they got in a crash.Leif didn't get hurt bad but his friend is crippled.Thats gotta be one heck of a load to carry day after day.I do hope he gets sober though.
Not much good is on TV these days.As far as Christmas movies Go Polar express and its a wonderful life are worth watching every year.
I finally Finished my library hits mix and will post it soon.theres a few mixes I said that about isn't there?

a fun time

Thurday night I felt a cold coming on.I was in bed by 9.same thing last night.I didnt go to Christmas in Bay Head fearing my cold would get worse.
My dicision turned out to be a wise one.Today I felt better.
The day at Rockin Joes was fun.John Regan loved what I played and like me he loves reggae.Special Shout outs to my Roadies,Kc,Knight and Beth!Also a BIG shout out to Rockin Joes to allowing me to spin there!