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Book Report. Dangerously Funny. The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. I have just finished Listening to the audio version of […]

November 22, 1963…..

…. at 12:30 p.m., CST, 48 years ago today, The Industrial/Military Complex took over this Country with the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy…. The Military got the War they wanted, and the Industry Barons got the Power they wanted…. It has been downhill ever since for our Used-to-Be Great Nation right to the Irreversible […]

MRambler’s Archives #3

When we started Wolfbrand Band, we decided to make a “Demo” tape that we could give to prospective employers (i.e. Club Owners, Organizations, etc.)…. We recorded Five (5) songs in November of 1973….. Now, we had no funds to go into an actual recording studio, nor did we have a mixer or any of the […]

Six Days on the Road……

Just talked to J.J., the “Road Master”, and he said he was almost back in OKC…. Thought I would give him a song to listen to next time he hits the Interstates…. It’s another “Wolfbrand Band” track from the 30MAY74 gig (for more info on WB, check the Archives #1 Post)…. Here’s “Wolfbrand Band’s” version […]

MRambler’s Archives #2

Since I’m going to be heading out of town on Thursday, and, as par for the course, I’m not packed and ready yet, I thought I would Post this Archive a bit early…. Since there was a request for “King Crimson”, here’s “Terraplane’s” version of “Lark’s Tongue in Aspic“, and since this is an instrumental, […]

MRambler’s Archives #1…..

Since we’re all not getting any younger, and I did receive a fairly good reception to Posting one of songs performed by one of the bands I used to be in, I thought I would, every week or so, Post a different song that hasn’t been heard by almost anyone but myself that was recorded […]

John Lennon – Born 09OCT1940

Everyone take a few moments out of your life to remember someone who gave something to everyone (if they were intelligent enough to comprehend)…..  That’s my opinion, and, to this day, I still miss him……  Happy Birthday, John – See Ya again someday…..  How ’bout a little “Yer Blues” off the “White Album” from John…..  Give it […]

Happy Birthday Mr. MR

You say it’s your Birthday….Dananana dada It’s My birthday Too yeah…..Dananana Bombobbob You say it’s your birthday…..Dadadadad dana Were gonna have a good time… Dadananana I’m glad it’s your birthday…..Happy Birthday to you. Sorry I don’t have a mp3 of it on this computer. Six Five years young. Gotta love it. Here’s to sixty five […]

9/11 +10

I know it’s the talk of the world right now. So here’s the place for one stop shopping (Why? Because we are the best blog in the universe), Stories, quotes, where you were, anything about it. Put it here.

Columbo Quiz…..

No, the quiz isn’t about Columbo, it was in one of the Columbo episodes entitled, “Caution: Murder Can be Hazardous To Your health”…..  In the episode, Columbo asks George Hamilton, who plays Wade Anders, a host on “Crime Alert” – one of those, “If you’ve seen this person and/or know their whereabouts, call and turn […]

So It’s too Hot Huh?

Well we could have the alternative. Remember this?

Judgement Day…..

Yep, it’s here, TODAY, and I’m not talking Terminator II…… According to what I heard on the news, this, should I say, Whack-o group has predicted it’s all over today – THE SKY IS FALLING! (Oh, that’s from something else)…… It’s supposed to start around 6:00 pm….. I don’t know if that’s EDT, CDT, MDT, […]

“Temperature’s Rising”…..

That’s a line from “Cold Turkey” by John Lennon…… Right now it fits Oklahoma – We keep jumping from Spring to Summer to Winter – back to Summer, etc…… I’ll make this short and not-so-sweet – “The Climate it’s a ‘Changin’ “ It was 94 degrees in OKC yesterday, this broke the existing high record […]

Music Trivia(Bet Ya didn’t Know)2

We all know the cover to the Beatles Abbey Road Album An interesting little bit of useless knowledge has come to my attention. The photo was taken by photographer Iain Macmillan during a photo shoot on Friday 8 August 1969 the famous photo was taken at approximately 1100am GMT (London Time) Not 24 hours later […]

It’s Time, Time, Time…..

We all get to “Time Travel” one hour into the future, well, it’s not really time travel, but, we do “Spring Forward” and lose an hour until next Fall (huh?)…..  What a pain, resetting all your clocks, including that uncooperative internal body clock – that’s the one that gives me the most trouble….. A little […]