At the midnight hour, when 2011 fades into history ….
I imagine that in bars, clubs and living rooms all over the country — all over the world, for that matter — various versions of this much-loved song will be playing as the clock draws nigh to the midnight hour tomorrow. However, I don’t think any version will outrock this one by the Blues Boy hisself, Mr. BB King, who by the way graces the historic Fox Theater tonight. Don’t know if tickets are still available, but if you haven’t seen him in person, neither you nor Mr. King are getting any younger.
Enjoy, and happy new year, y’all.
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AmVet
December 30th, 2011
5:55 pm
Right on, Bro SoCo!
And JB!
I did love watching Carlton pitch. I never really got to see Koufax or Spahn.
Saw Kenny Loggins; he played Chastain and would wonder out into the crowd and perform. Another stellar showman.
To know what it is to forgive and be forgiven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihhiSi_XnMM
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
5:56 pm
Not sure why, but this song has stuck in my head through the years:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WweQJCqOFyI
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
6:00 pm
Any chance this was Jay’s wedding song??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgz0BYkSmc8
Warning, not for the faint of heart ^^^^^^
josef
December 30th, 2011
6:07 pm
Bruno
@ 5:53
not for me? So you say…
*******
Since Jay ain’t gonna play (and I don’t blame him!) here’s one to have in mind….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ-zvISzY3Q&feature=related
Jay
December 30th, 2011
6:10 pm
Sorry Bruno. I’ve cracked open the Woodford Reserve, but even that bottle ain’t big enough to get me to ‘fess up on that one!
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
6:11 pm
Am–More Loggins for you. Great pick @ 5:24:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRu-eAdZ050&feature=related
josef
December 30th, 2011
6:12 pm
JAY
Is the Missus open to bribes?
josef
December 30th, 2011
6:17 pm
Let’s see, what year was it they hitched?
AmVet
December 30th, 2011
6:26 pm
That Rod the Mod deep cut is sweet, jo. Love the twists of a phrase in it.
And B, what a fine rendition of that special song.
Time to end the year with some of the good stuff…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2KRpRMSu4g
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
6:29 pm
Well, if it’s this song, Jay, I could give you a pass:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkGS263lGsQ&feature=related
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
6:34 pm
not for me? So you say…
I think Unmentionable might be more my type.
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
6:44 pm
Heavy on the syrup, but nice to hear every once in a while:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3of2F1QXtKo&feature=related
josef
December 30th, 2011
6:47 pm
ZamVet
Rod the Mod…another teenage crush and another one who has stayed the course…he can do it all…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q64aVDA-s3U
AmVet
December 30th, 2011
6:49 pm
jo, I turned my mom onto him while we had a beer together in an English pub. Thank god for jukeboxes, huh?!
Gotta feeling 2012 is gonna be a good year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoW_0NuaPj4
Erwin's cat
December 30th, 2011
6:50 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdgq-43Otwo&feature=share
I’m lazy and don’tcha wanna share me
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
6:52 pm
My sappy dedication to PlatinumBlack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyp0f8L5nd4
Erwin's cat
December 30th, 2011
6:52 pm
that’s “save me”…LOL
md
December 30th, 2011
6:55 pm
I’d have to through Randy Johnson into the mix too……especially since his perfect game came against the Bravos…..and he was 40 at the time.
md
December 30th, 2011
6:58 pm
Well poot……talking about baseball and I misspell throw……………..
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
6:59 pm
A little “Git Fiddler” to kick off everyone’s holiday:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM6RgtUbWRU&feature=related
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
7:01 pm
I’d have to through Randy Johnson into the mix too
I thought we were talking about human players. RJ was more like a machine, an alien cyborg out there on the mound.
AmVet
December 30th, 2011
7:08 pm
The most feared leftie of our time. And he and that bastage Schilling together, made me wanna throw up. Thanks for bringing up those unpleasant memories, md!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DFp00tnSv4&feature=related
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
7:10 pm
As for our lifetime, Greg Maddox quietly worked his way to 355 wins, 1 more than steroid enhanced Roger Clemons at 154 wins. That puts him 8th on the all-time list, and 2nd on the list behind Warren Spahn at 363 for pitchers in the modern era. I’ll go with Mad Dog as the greatest pitcher overall in our lifetime. If he got 1 or 2 runs early in the game, it was lights out for the other team.
Brosephus
December 30th, 2011
7:24 pm
I’ve been trying to find that ESPN commercial that Randy Johnson did where they named his slider “Mr. Snappy”. That was one of the most hilarious commercials ever, but I can’t find it anywhere. I’m with Bruno, RJ was a T-1000 or something, but he’s definitely not 100% human.
My choice for the best in my lifetime (since the 70’s) is Dennis Eckersley. That guy dominated as both a starter and reliever. I think he and Smoltz are still the only two that have thrown for both 20 wins and 50 saves in a season within their career.
moonbat betty
December 30th, 2011
7:28 pm
Enter your comments here
moonbat betty
December 30th, 2011
7:28 pm
oops, 70’s wedding first dance songs.
Hell ya:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GymGszRFN8
AmVet
December 30th, 2011
7:39 pm
Some may remember this deep cut that made some FM play…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDyNyEijDc&feature=related
md
December 30th, 2011
7:39 pm
As a Braves fan and during my influential years, I have to nominate Phil Neikro as my all-time favorite.
Kamchak
December 30th, 2011
7:43 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysOTVZ-9SKg
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
7:46 pm
JamVet searing at 7:38.
Nice cut, moonbat betty.
md
December 30th, 2011
7:51 pm
And with Neikro, one must remember that for the most part the Braves sucked over that 20 year span. One can only imagine how many wins he might have if he played on good teams.
But those were memorable years for me……took my dates to the game and had an entire section to myself with our own personal vendor sitting on the stairs next to us……….ah, those were the days
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
7:59 pm
As far as fun players, the Phillies had some characters in the late 60s and early 70s. I particularly enjoyed WIllie Montanez, a journeyman first baseman who had some good years while with the Phils. I also enjoyed Greg “The Bull” Luzinski along with Mike Schmidt.
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
8:00 pm
Gotta run for a while, keep the party going.
theyeshaveit
December 30th, 2011
8:02 pm
AmVet,
I also saw Kenny Loggins live. It was back when I was in the video game biz, and Nintendo had him play for all the game publishers and top retailers. I had a position (no seats, just dancing space) right at the stage.
Here is my contribution.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9KC9qu0eII
md
December 30th, 2011
8:06 pm
Yep, Willie brought his show to Atlanta…….along with Hrabosky. Always enjoyed Mark “the Bird” with the Tigers too.
Paulo977
December 30th, 2011
8:08 pm
A cup of kindness folks??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x91rBzNKvlc
theyeshaveit
December 30th, 2011
8:11 pm
Why are we talking baseball on the cusp of the new year? And, anyway, Sandy Koufax was the greatest lefty of all time.
theyeshaveit
December 30th, 2011
8:16 pm
New Year’s Eve in Washington, D.C, dancing with my lady under a red exit sign, this was a good one to listen to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4HOAD4Ebp4
AmVet
December 30th, 2011
8:19 pm
eyes, someone brought up the national pastime earlier today and I suspect that for most of us more rabid fans, its never very far from our thoughts.
(no seats, just dancing space)
Love that.
Love that acoustic version. Really nice.
From those early days, there was just something about his sound.
Jazz, funk, rock…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oowuyzxgmtg
Normal
December 30th, 2011
8:24 pm
md,
Back when the Braves sucked, you were told not to walk outside the stadium when they were playing or someone would jump out of the bushes, hold a gun on you, and make you go to the game…
————————-
Eyes,
Slow Dancing…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osvs429_2Zk
theyeshaveit
December 30th, 2011
8:27 pm
AmVet,
And his buddy, Jim Messina, can trace his roots through Poco and back to this group.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY
AmVet
December 30th, 2011
8:36 pm
eyes, Buffalo Springfield was best of the best of that early heavy sound that was to define the counterculture.
And I wore out some Poco records…
But after all, I hail from…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kezb1TtTBfQ
moonbat betty
December 30th, 2011
8:37 pm
makes you wanna dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqoIJOB7Zgc
theyeshaveit
December 30th, 2011
8:38 pm
Normal,
That one makes me want to slow dance right now.
Speaking of dancing in a burning room….How about this end of the world tune?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxQFYeS5DoI
theyeshaveit
December 30th, 2011
8:47 pm
Here is some very old school dancing music. You might want to start at about the 4:07 mark.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoEORsenmuQ&ob=av3n
Soothsayer
December 30th, 2011
8:47 pm
You know me. I just can’t help myself!
Normal
December 30th, 2011
8:51 pm
Eyes,
Good choice, I’d forgotten him…but I’m old.
My lady and I wore this one out dancing to it. Even though we were sixties rock and rollers, we’d just shut the door, put this on, and dance…all in our own little paradise…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r2pEdc1_lI
AmVet
December 30th, 2011
8:53 pm
eyes, dug the boop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL3mHPmNKRE
AmVet
December 30th, 2011
8:57 pm
Sooth, have you ever heard this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sidm9Lwc_64&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL89CE16FBA4D1453F
theyeshaveit
December 30th, 2011
8:59 pm
Normal and AmVet,
OK. Trust me. You will need to get your hankies out on this one. Ah, those high school sock hops!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xm3qnh1sck
Good night all.
moonbat betty
December 30th, 2011
9:02 pm
You can’t beat the 50’s slow dancing music.
Simple beauty.
It’s usually so cluttered now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B89Osfj8dg
Soothsayer
December 30th, 2011
9:03 pm
Jam-man: no but I always like this one.
TaxPayer
December 30th, 2011
9:06 pm
And remember, don’t drink and drive. Oh yes and buckle up.
0311/1811
December 30th, 2011
9:06 pm
AmVet:
You mean ……….. DoraNam ……… Chambodia ………. and Norcruze.
bman
December 30th, 2011
9:07 pm
do people really still drink & drive???
0311/1811
December 30th, 2011
9:18 pm
OH WELL …………………..
Must watch part of both :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_o-adbq9h0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHUf3SPxEXo&feature=related (you can start at one minute mark)
moonbat betty
December 30th, 2011
9:30 pm
I believe this is worthy of another play.
for those of you that missed it…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juwuXNFoJVc
AmVet
December 30th, 2011
9:30 pm
Yeah, me too, buddy Soothsayer. A perfect, witty, little, pop gem…
And LOL Scout! I didn’t know those other two, but I like them. (Chambodia is famous.)
One of my very earliest musical memories was Johnny Angel. And still love it.
bman, not this cowboy. I figure after getting away with it a few (fill in the blank) times, my luck is up, so I never press it now!
One of those love songs, I’ve never tired of and I guess, I never will…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Xf6XTgohA
moonbat betty
December 30th, 2011
9:58 pm
Good one, AV.
Didn’t Elton do that one later?
The Thin Guy
December 30th, 2011
10:14 pm
Can’t wait for News Years Day and eat me some pig meat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpjaG-h00eo
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
10:22 pm
One more Kenny Loggins song that I like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGBLh2iqsZw
0311/1811
December 30th, 2011
10:25 pm
AmVet:
………. and then there’s Kathy Young !!! 45 years and she still lood GREAT !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opFvFHMhgJk&feature=related (1962)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpChvV2Frvg&feature=related (2009)
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
10:28 pm
A nice duet with Stevie Nicks. For PB:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf4j-6pAgxU
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
10:32 pm
For my love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14nD-QMjFvI
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
10:46 pm
Another EJ classic from “Tumbleweed Connection”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdEQkRq_xrw&feature=related
1811/0311
December 30th, 2011
10:50 pm
One for the road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISKTuFemS2w&feature=related
moonbat betty
December 30th, 2011
10:51 pm
Elton is an amazing musician.
I did a random crap shoot and so it goes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2e4NlnLr28
1811/0311
December 30th, 2011
10:52 pm
AmVet @ 9:30
That’s cause I made the other two up ………………
moonbat betty
December 30th, 2011
10:58 pm
tweet tweet
rockin robin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocT1wFcYspE
AmVet
December 30th, 2011
10:59 pm
Scout, Dion and the Belmonts get some love in this Kinks classic…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS_w55rVPSM
moonbat betty
December 30th, 2011
11:07 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwCGW58DTE4&feature=related
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
11:21 pm
2011 will go down as the year of working my ass off:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysDnTIFHsb4
AmVet
December 30th, 2011
11:38 pm
Great AWB jam, B.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlPaI6Jg6eU
Bruno
December 30th, 2011
11:58 pm
Back at ya with some more Chicago, Am:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6oXU4l3wJ0&feature=related
Bruno
December 31st, 2011
12:04 am
Does anyone know the answer to questions 67 & 68??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiRMZOlljxE&feature=related
ld
December 31st, 2011
12:50 am
Happy New Year
Note to liberalefty: God is what people call that energy which enables matter and life and is beyond human comprehension–or gods if they choose to perceive that energy as more than one energy defined by its effect. Naming the energy really doesn’t bother me.
What I find troublesome is that humanity has not outgrown the myths propogated by heresay into which many have been indoctrinated since childhood. Unless and until humanity is capable of maturing beyond primitave superstition, those self fulfilling prophesies of “Armageddon” loom.
Religion is–all religions are– man-made political power tool(s) feuled by fear and need and greed, including the ultimate greed — for eternal life.
The Christian majority in this country will tell you that God is all powerful, all knowing, present everywhere, the perfect and infallible creator of all that exists, the alpha/omega, the father of humanity–father, son, and holy ghost.
Unlike atheists, I will not tell you that there is no God; only that if that energy which enables matter and life has all the attributes above-mentioned, then the worship of such a being makes no sense. In this country, if a father of many children knows the stronger of those children are behaving badly–including physically harming and/or killing others, then we consider that father a criminal. That standard for good and bad/evil decides my view “God”.
The book of “Job” in the King James version of the Bible does not read to me as a lesson of patience — as is taught in Sunday School and Bible School; it is a lesson in S & M–with “God” as the sadist and Job as the fool.
The purpose and intent of religion is for the few to tell the many how to live. Granted, sometimes religion has been used for the benefit of humanity and in the interest of its peace and survival; however, much more often in history and now, religion is a tool of tyranny and hate and an excuse for vicious men to make war.
ld
December 31st, 2011
12:52 am
Happy New Year.
TaxPayer
December 31st, 2011
7:42 am
Happy New Year’s Eve.
Common Sense isn't very Common
December 31st, 2011
7:59 am
hope for the coming year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6mKMV0d2cs
Common Sense isn't very Common
December 31st, 2011
8:11 am
kinda long, but something to think about for the coming year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHYPZBpxeZE&feature=related
carlosgvv
December 31st, 2011
8:17 am
Bruno – 3:12
After much thought, I’ve found the perfect New Year’s resolution for you. Change your name here from Bruno to Pollyanna.
Eleanor Roosevelt
December 31st, 2011
8:19 am
The Challenge to Democracy….
In the United States we are the showcase for the possibilities inherent in a free world, in democracy. If the lives of our people are not better in terms of basic satisfactions as well as in material ways than the lives of people anywhere in the world, then the uncommitted peoples we need on or side will look for leadership elsewhere….
Happy 2012 Jay and fellow bloggers!!!
Eleanor Roosevelt
December 31st, 2011
8:23 am
sp…
then the uncommitted peoples we need on or side will look for leadership elsewhere….
should be…
then the uncommitted peoples we need on OUR side will look for leadership elsewhere….
Common Sense isn't very Common
December 31st, 2011
8:52 am
Jay – have fun this morning on CNN. I will be watching.
josef
December 31st, 2011
10:14 am
“…and political blogger, Jay Bookman…”
Common Sense isn't very Common
December 31st, 2011
10:26 am
Jay’s a blogger? I thought he was supposed to be our thought leader!
Paulo977
December 31st, 2011
10:27 am
How’s this for history?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEbt9eSgY0Y&feature=related
Common Sense isn't very Common
December 31st, 2011
10:39 am
Jay -
You need to get a new agent. Followed by a monkey story? WTF
Jm
December 31st, 2011
10:40 am
Kay just appeared on cnn
josef
December 31st, 2011
10:45 am
Well, so much for sound bite journalism…but, hey, he looked good, resembled the guy at the top of the page…
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
December 31st, 2011
10:46 am
Well, I sure feel like somebody let the air out of my bag. I even left Fox News and tuned in CNN. I thought Bookman would say something like “I’d like to say hey and a big shout-out to josef and Common Sense and Normal and Kamchak and Paul and Taxpayer and Amvet and Matti and Redneck and all the bloggers out there that made me what I am today.” But not a word! It’s like we don’t exist.
Hmphhh!
josef
December 31st, 2011
10:48 am
So, Bruin, you think the Iowa-New Hampshire most popular and most likely to succeed contests have some relevance for the rest of us, eh? Make that a blog topic and see what the opinion is…I’d be interested in hearing that one myself…
josef
December 31st, 2011
10:49 am
Duk-sha-nee
Yeah. That, too.
Common Sense isn't very Common
December 31st, 2011
10:51 am
Hmmmmm – Perry/Bachmann?
Gingrich/Gringrich?
Romney/Christie?
Paulo977
December 31st, 2011
10:55 am
America …Cher prods us as we travel into 2012
“We got more than enough
But there’s one thing
There’s not enough of”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9h-mIA8tNk
Common Sense isn't very Common
December 31st, 2011
11:05 am
news on Ron Paul.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/30/in-early-book-rep-ron-paul-criticized-aids-patients-minority-rights-and-sexual-harassment-victims/?hpt=hp_bn3
TaxPayer
December 31st, 2011
11:10 am
Well, I sure feel like somebody let the air out of my bag. I even left Fox News and tuned in CNN. I thought Bookman would say something like “I’d like to say hey and a big shout-out to josef and Common Sense and Normal and Kamchak and Paul and Taxpayer and Amvet and Matti and Redneck and all the bloggers out there that made me what I am today.” But not a word! It’s like we don’t exist.
Ya know, I was just thinkin’ that very same thang!
getalife
December 31st, 2011
11:18 am
So, it is all about Jay
Mary Elizabeth
December 31st, 2011
11:18 am
Well done for a first interview on CNN.
I think Jay should keep pursuing being a television commentator, as a supplement to his editorial and blogging careers. He made no major blunders today on CNN and what he said had sanity – a trait much needed among TV commentators. Even the interviewer complimented Jay on having a different take than many, i.e. by focusing on how the “losers” (instead of the “winners”) effect the overall primary process. Jay’s comments regarding the process of primaries, as well as VP pursuits of the “losers,” were calm, sane, and rang true. His presentation was serious in intent, yet human (a chuckle or two). More times up to “bat” on live TV, will make his words flow as easily as they do for him with his pen. Also,the camera is good to Jay, which never hurts.
I remember one of Cynthia Tucker’s first spots on Chris’ Matthews’ Show and she was reticent and somewhat nervous. She has since bloomed into a confident and well spoken television commentator through simple practice and because of the number of times she has since been on TV. I predict Jay Bookman’s TV career will run the same course as Ms. Tuckers in terms of confidence gathered. One can easily polish presentation but having subtance is not so easy to come by. Substance is often either there, or it isn’t. In Jay Bookman’s case, it is there. Well done!
Brosephus
December 31st, 2011
11:26 am
Back when the Braves sucked, you were told not to walk outside the stadium when they were playing or someone would jump out of the bushes, hold a gun on you, and make you go to the game…
I was told back then that when you were naughty, Santa left you season tickets in your stocking because the lump of coal was more valuable.