The Real Memphis Mike (don't settle for imitations)

One of the nice things about being comfortably in my 40s is that I get to look back with no regrets. I also get to look at kids today and bitch! LOL The kids today just seem to NOT GET rock & roll. The occasional young bands I see pretty much suck (oh sure, there ARE exceptions) and the crowds just don't know how to party. Its not just me saying that, I know a lot of bartenders, club owners, etc., who share in that same thought. Seems most of the kids today want to be in bed at a reasonable hour. WTF??? All of this brings me to thinking about the regional music scene. 25 years ago, it was HOPPING! 15 years ago, it was HOPPING! In the past 5-10 years, its been a serious downhill slide. Whats WRONG with the kids today???? Hey, we didn't have money but we still managed to create some great music. Did we have the greatest gear known to man? No! But we used what we had and used our own creativity to make it happen. While I've always loved all kinds of music; punk, blues, c...

8 years on and I still miss you. 8 years on and I still think about you. 8 years on and I still think of all the good times and bad. 8 years on and I still laugh at your jokes. 8 years on and I still tell people funny stories about us. 8 years on and I'm still mad as hell that you were taken from us. 8 years on and I still cry and get depressed. 8 years on and I still think of you on your birthday. 8 years on and I can still see your face. 8 years on and I can still hear your voice. 8 years on and I'm still trying to move on. 8 years on and you're still the annoying little bird on my ass. 8 years on and I still feel the terror. 8 years on and I still miss you.

If Jesus were here today (and who knows, He could well be!) would He be a socialist? I can already hear the religious right screaming for my crucifixion and calling me a heretic but I'm just posing a question. As Jesus said to the Apostle Peter, “What do you say I am?” Take a look at this list and see what YOU think: Jesus owned nothing. Jesus loved all people regardless of ethnicity or class. Jesus revolted against the imperial government, established religion and finance capitalism. Jesus taught that we should act as one body, one blood. Jesus taught that his kingdom is in the heart and not below the feet. Jesus taught that we should fight for Justice and 'turn the other cheek' to petty morality. Jesus was a laborer and a teacher. Jesus practiced healing and forgiveness. Sure sounds like a pinko socialist type to me! Heck, we all know that the poor CHOOSE to be poor because they're too lazy and shiftless to work. And those sick people, heck, they're all just faki...

The GOP, once known as the Grand Old Party has become, in essence, the Great Obsolete Party. (Greedy Old People perhaps?) Let's face it, Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin (who I still think is hot as all git out, but I digress) are their most recognizable faces. That alone should be enough to realize that the party's days are numbered. So, when backed into a corner, they do like any wild beast will: they come out foaming at the mouth and essentially scaring off anyone or anything that would want to try to help. Case in point; the Great Obama State of the Student Union Address (my term for it thankyouverymuch LOL). Soooooo, it seems that our prez wants to address school students and tell them positive things like stay in school, get an education and don't be a putz. But the GOP and its cronies have decided that this is some form of secret indoctrination to Socialism. FACT: Obama is a Democrat, NOT a socialist! I AM a socialist and I can tell you that he's not one of us! LOL ...