Hey … remember 1968?? If you were into the peace/love/understanding movement back then, then let’s see if these bring back a few flicks of disgust:
thoughts of men dying in that endless war called Vietnam, blacks being beaten in the streets, women being sexually harassed, young men being allowed to go off to war, possibly to [...]
September 26, 2008
Categories: The Beatles, baby-boomer issues, baby-boomer news, rock music . Tags: Baby Boomers, civil rights, Sixties, Vietnam War, women's lib . Author: therockrelic . Comments: Leave a Comment
Trouble down on Wall Street, Daddy’s tryin’ to make ends meet,
Workin’ just to get the sack, make a friend but watch your back …
And so went the lyrics of a song I wrote and performed — once — back in 1968, at a show in Charlotte, NC. I said “once” because the club owner [...]
September 25, 2008
Categories: baby-boomer issues, baby-boomer news, personalities, social issues . Tags: Baby Boomers, bailout, Iraq, racial equality, Vietnam, Wall Street, women's rights . Author: therockrelic . Comments: Leave a Comment
Hey … it was a surprise to me, too …
I mean, here we were, feelin’ sorry for Sir Paul ’cause Ms. Whoever (how soon we forget!) scarfed beau coup bucks from the ex-Beatle when they finally split. But, alas, it looks like Phil Collins has beaten Macca in the amount of shell-out.
His [...]
August 18, 2008
Categories: Paul McCartney, personalities, rock memories, rock music, rock news . Tags: Baby Boomers, children, dances, divorce, Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, teens . Author: therockrelic . Comments: Leave a Comment
Man, it’s gettin’ harder and harder to look at that ol’ clock just above the RockDesk (and, wouldn’tcha know it? It’s the one place the cats don’t bother heeeere, kitty, kitty, kitty …).
Y’see, in seven days, yer Uncle Relic’s gonna be turnin’ the age-odometer one more mile. ‘Course, as most people do when they turn [...]
August 8, 2008
Categories: baby-boomer news, personalities . Tags: age, Baby Boomers, birthdays, Iraq, John Lennon, racial equality, Vietnam . Author: therockrelic . Comments: Leave a Comment
JUST DISCOVERED: The VMA has concluded that teachin’ cats to form their own rock band keeps them from those ungodly mating calls (ie, country music …). You dunno what the results would be? No kitten … really? Sheesh …
Anyway, on the heels of the introduction of a new Rockaracter in the act, Cat-Man (who’ll have [...]
August 3, 2008
Categories: Baby Boomers Observations, rock music . Tags: Angela Betts, Baby Boomers, Dave Clark Five, Good News Week, Hedgehoppers Anonymous, Jackie DeShannon, Mike Smith . Author: therockrelic . Comments: Leave a Comment