NightDriver

Great find!!! Live Aid is one of my favorite teenage memories. I was 12 and we still had school Saturdays back then. We were off around noon, it was really hot that day. I rode my bike back home as quick as I could, pulled down the shades, turned on the TV and was glued to the tube from beginning to end, calling my friends every now and again when some artist we liked was on stage. Great memories. I'm still not sure about those sideburns, though... ;-)

The Door Into Summer - The Monkees

Ever since I saw The Monkees on TV, I've always been fascinated by Michael Nesmith, especially by his post-Monkees work, which unfortunately never got enough credit. Probably because he's got more of a poet than of a songwriter. Here's one of my favorite lyrics of his. A song called "Conversations": In a long and involved conversation with myself I saw precious things come into view And I pored through the files taken off my mental shelf And dusted off some memories of you Then I thought about the time when our affair was green How the phoenix of our love first flapped its silken wings All the urgency and passion Of each new day as it happened And how it all mellowed as it grew I remembered the times when our laughter would explode And how you would turn to hide your smile And the hours of silence while a perfumed candle glowed And both our thoughts meandered on for miles I remembered the times I said I really had to go And I remembered the tears that filled your eyes Then I touched your hand and told you That it really was a lie And though you never knew it dear I cried Well it's amazing how time can so softly change your ways And make you look at things that can't be seen And how the years that roll by can start you listening Not just to what they say But what they mean So forgive me my dear if I seem preoccupied And if the razor edge of youth-filled love is gone But we're both a little older Our relationship has grown Not just in how it's shaped But how its shown

TIL Montrose is not only a band Sammy Hagar played in...

The Fool On The Hill - The Beatles

Six Feet Of Snow - Little Feat

It's A Mystery - Bob Seger

Today I learned - or rather finally realised - that Facebook makes me feel like a castaway on the sea of irrelevance.

Eldorado to the Moon - Michael Nesmith

Standing In The Shadows Of Love - The Four Tops

Happy Birthday!! The sun is shining for you over here!

Hello Lady - Michael Nesmith & The First National Band

What a great story!! I had to smile all the way through reading it as well! I'm absolutely happy you won! Vou should have told him about Europe, though...

Shelter From The Storm - Bob Dylan

Devil In The Bottle - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Very sweet! Congratulations!!

Very, very cool! I'm really glad you won! Again, this incidence makes me wonder if he's aware of the farm... Maybe he even secretly owns one of Marcia's "Rick's Airport Recorders" shirts?

Happy Birthday, Ryan! And thanks for all your hard work!

^ ouch...

Congratulations!!!! I'm very happy for you - and deeply content that a fellow farmer won! Tell Tom that Europe actually exists! ;-)

Standing In The Shadows Of Love - The Four Tops

I prepared a seafood trio (prawns, scallops and monkfish), pasta with fennel and carrots and lamb's lettuce on the side this evening. It was a belated birthday dinner for my wife.

Happy belated birthday! Hope your special day rocked!

Happy birthday!! Have a great one!

Gonna Buy Me A Dog - The Monkees