Lido Pizza Afternoon in Van Nuys/Sherman Oaks?

Attention Members of Demolay, Jobs Daughters and Rainbow, word has just come down that an afternoon of Pizza and fun is planned for Sunday September 13th at 2:00pm at Lido Pizza. I am sure everyone remembers where it is, but just in case Lido's is at 15232 Victory Blvd. in Van Nuys or Sherman Oaks, wherever the hell it is now, blame Phone Rat for that confusion. It is on the south side of Victory just east of Sepulveda. Renee is planning this so please e-mail her if you know it. For those who see it here please e-mail me at this blog account: vannuysboomers@gmail.com and I will forward you to her.

Van Nuys Blvd. Crusing Music

Creating a list of music can sometimes lead to heated discussions more intense than Politics or religion. So here goes, I have put together my list of the music we used to play while cruising the boulevard. It's not a best of list more than a list of what tapes, cassettes and 8 tracks we had in whatever car was available. Since I could not find a suitable cruising picture I posted a picture of my stereo system when Desert Radio Rat and I lived in Newbury Park. Here goes:


Highway Star - Deep Purple
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Woman from Tokyo - Deep Purple

Lest you sense theme here we did play other music:

Karn Evil 9 - Emerson Lake and Palmer
Rock 'n Roll Hootchie Koo - Rick Derringer
Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
Midnight Rambler - The Rolling Stones
Crossroads - Cream
Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed
All the Young Dudes - Mott the Hoople
Roll Away the Stone - Leon Russell
Whipping Post - The Allman Brothers
Wild Night - Van Morrison
Stay with Me - Faces
I'm on Fire - Dwight Twilly
Sweet Jane - Lou Reed

This is just a taste. So after an unsuccessful night of cruising we usually ended up at Bob's Restaurant at Roscoe Blvd. and Van Nuys Blvd. If that was too crowded we would go a little up the road to Mike's Pizza or back down the road to Lido Pizza on Victory Blvd. I believe Lido Pizza is still at the same location.

Has anyone ever heard the song Van Nuys Blvd. by The Drivers? A curiosity I have but would never be caught playing.