Racing Memories

One of my fondest memories of Memorial Day was my Dad and I listening to the Indianapolis 500 Race on the radio. Back then the race was not televised live. We would sit with a list of the drivers and cross them off as they dropped out. My Dad always rooted for Dan Gurney. I liked him but I was taken with the wave of British drivers and their rear engined cars. Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill and Jack Brabham.

This past week I was in Indianapolis visiting my cousin and found myself at the race track for a few hours to watch some practice. We also visited the Museum at the track which houses many of the winning cars down through the years. The highlight for me was seeing Jim Clark's race winning 1964 Lotus.

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Los Angeles Angels First Game 1961

On this day in history. Audio Courtesy of LA Radio.com from their KMPC Radio 710 CD.

Tower Records Sunset Blvd

Below is a memento from the 2006 closing of Tower Records on Sunset Blvd. Courtesy of Phone Rat.

The last time I was there (Early 2006) with Phone Rat we were in line behind Paul Stanley of KISS. My last purchase at Tower was an album entitled Black Dahlia by Bob Belden.

Old Friend

An old friend stopped by today.

 

Old friends 40 years ago.

Sound City The Movie

Here is a link to the Dave Grohl movie about the famous recording studio in Van Nuys:

http://buy.soundcitymovie.com/#/trailer

Hurrican Sandy

I have survived a tornado, two large earthquakes and now a hurricane. While we did not suffer like the east coast we did have winds up to 70 mph which took down a lot of trees and power lines. We even had a neighbors siding on our front lawn along with some plasterboard. We were fortunate and only lost power for about 9 hours. But a tree down the street took out our internet for 11 days.

I have to say of the three violent acts of nature I still think the most disturbing is an earthquake. To someone who has never been through one it is hard to explain the feeling of being an earthbound creature and having your solid foundation begin to shake you silly and there doesn't seem to be anywhere  you can hide from it.

Below is a piture from our town:

Epicure from The Lakewood Daily Snap blog

Still earthquakes, higher taxes, Governor Moonbeam and the pron star condom issue aside, I miss home

Sunset Blvd Billboards From 1974

Follow this link to a great Flickr page full of billboards along Sunset Blvd. from 1974. I was 19 at the time and we spent a lot of time on the blvd. I remember many of these billboards. The album above reminds me of those days. Thank you Larry the Frog.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/larrythefrog/sets/72157616537275243/

Joe South

I just found out Joe South died this past September 5th at the age of 72. He was one of the great singers and song writers of his time. He belongs in the Rock Hall of Fame. I remember the first time I heard Games People Play on KHJ. Humble Harv introduced the song and said you have to listen to this man he is heavy. He was right.

Below is a link to a YouTube video of my favorite Joe South song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AirBbS4R7Z0

Toy Cars

Here are pictures of what is left (sigh) from my childhood toy car collection. I gave most of it away years ago to my cousins son. Some of the cars in the pictures are more recent as people still give me cars for Christmas: