Happy Birthday Trey Anastasio!

Today is Trey Anastasio's 51st birthday! Trey is the guitarist, vocalist, songwriter for the popular jam band Phish. Most recently he was tabbed to replace Jerry Garcia in The Grateful Dead Fare Thee Well shows.

Here is Trey with Bruce Hornsby and the surviving core members of the Grateful Dead..

A solo song "Sometime after Sunset"..

My birthday celebration of Trey Anastasio would not be complete without some Phish. Below is Phish with Farm House..

Are you a Phish fan? If so what is your favorite song? Please feel free to share in the comments.
I will be back tomorrow with a new Battle of the Bands so stay tuned.

Fantasy Football Update

After three weeks of the NFL season I thought I would share an update on my fantasy football team. Week one I opened up with a huge win having the biggest blowout of the season. I followed that up with a solid win in week two.

Last week I had a big lead 50 points going into Monday night''s game. Then like a Hail Mary completion as time expires my team lost despite scoring the second highest point total of the season.

This week coming up I had to make adjustments. Since the New England Patriots have a week off I lost two starters. Tom Brady and the kicker. Last week I picked up Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles. He is a starting quarterback and ac couple of starters had gone down for injuries. I picked him up mainly to take another starter off the board. This week I will turn to him. This week I picked up Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould as a replacement.

I am also starting Jacksonville WR Allen Hurns this week another pick up. So far  this season I have picked up Bortles, Hurns and Gould. I gave up David Cobb who is on injured reserves, Robert Griffin III who isn't starting, and Charles Johnson who hasn't been very productive.

As different players become available I will certainly look for an upgrade or two.

How is your team doing?

Miles Davis 24 years gone

Miles Davis was a trumpeter and jazz composer. His music was influential in many jazz styles. He passed away on this date in 1991 at the age of 65.

Here he is with "So What"...

Miles was a 9-time Grammy Award winning artist and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Here he is with "Blue in Green"...

Miles performing "Burn"...

What are your thoughts, memories of Miles Davis? What are your favorite songs he performed or favorite albums? Feel free to share in the comments.

I will be back soon with a new post!

Super Moon Eclipse and all I got is Rain

Sure I have a total eclipse of the moon. They are called clouds which are dropping at a steady rhythm rain drops. Even a few rumbles of thunder.

I can't seen the moon nor could I witness the lunar eclipse. Billed as a once in a generation event.
Did anyone have better luck? Where you able to see the eclipse?

Here is a picture from the Telegraph...



Credit Dan Wooler please check out the article here.

Please feel free to share your thoughts on the eclipse in the comments. I will be back soon with something new.

Celebrating George Gershwin on his birthday!

George Gershwin was a composer of show tunes and classics. As a musician he was a pianist as well. He died too young at the age of 38.


Here he is with "Someone to Watch Over, Me"..

I featured his composition "Summertime" in one of my recent Battle of the Bands which you can revisit here. Below is a version of "Rhapsody in Blue"..

Years after his death his legacy lives on in Broadway Shows and by artists around the world!

Happy Birthday! Michael Douglas

 I can't believe Michael Douglas is 71 today, but then again I have trouble coping with how old I am. He was the star of some memorable movies in my younger days like "Basic Instinct" and "Disclosure" for example.

The awards he has racked up is most impressive. The list includes two Academy Awards, five Golden Globes, and an Emmy.

Here he discusses one of his latest films "Ant-Man"...

A trailer for "Basic Instinct"...

A scene from "Disclosure"...

A scene from "Wall Street"...

What is your favorite Michael Douglas film? Feel free to share in the comments. I will be back soon with a new post.

World Peace Day

Today is World Peace Day. I read the question on Facebook "is the day still needed?" Feel free to voice your opinion in the comments. My answer is yes.

As sung by John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band..

Certainly we need Peace between countries, religious groups, and we need terrorists groups to dissolve.  I spoke to a military veteran whose opinions I respected and he stated that "war is the failure diplomacy."

John Lennon "Imagine"...

Peace between other nations would be cool! However we need peace at home too.

We need peace from the senseless violence. We need to stop the shootings at churches, schools, movie theaters and our neighborhoods.

We need peace in our homes. (and homes for those without homes but that's another topic.) We need peace between neighbors. Peace between citizens and police.

Just look at the headlines and it is easy to see where we need peace.

Really "What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding"...