which seems to be the main reason for blog-posting these days...

I would like to take just a minute of your time to introduce you to one of my good friends, and a d@mn good singer/songwriter as well.

We've played in countless bands together, and over the last 30 years been involved in good times/bad times together.

I haven't seen or heard from him since 1995, and it's great to see he's still fighting the good fight !

So everyone, please, give a warm Mixposure welcome to Jeff McCurry !!!

http://www.mixposure.com/Jeff_McCurry/

Thanks for your time, and

Peace,

Tsargoth

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -
Comedian George Carlin, a
counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and
dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area
hospital on Sunday, a spokesman said. He was 71.Check out this video of George on politicians.....

Carlin, who had a history of heart and drug-dependency
problems, died at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica about 6 p.m. PDT (9 p.m. EDT) after being admitted earlier in
the afternoon for chest pains, spokesman Jeff Abraham told
Reuters.

Known for his edgy, provocative material, Carlin achieved
status as an anti-Establishment icon in the 1970s with stand-up
bits full of drug references and a routine called "Seven Words
You Can Never Say On Television." A regulatory battle over a
radio broadcast of the routine ultimately reached the U.S.
Supreme Court.

In the 1978 case, Federal Communications Commission vs.
Pacifica Foundation, the top U.S. court ruled that the words
cited in Carlin's routine were indecent, and that the
government's broadcast regulator could ban them from being
aired at times when children might be listening.

Carlin's comedic sensibility often came back to a central
theme: humanity is doomed.

"I don't have any beliefs or allegiances. I don't believe
in this country, I don't believe in religion, or a god, and I
don't believe in all these man-made institutional ideas," he
told Reuters in a 2001 interview.

Carlin, who wrote several books and performed in many
television comedy specials, is survived by his wife Sally Wade,
and daughter Kelly Carlin McCall.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Bo Diddley,
a founding father of rock 'n' roll whose distinctive "shave and a
haircut, two bits" rhythm and innovative guitar effects inspired
legions of other musicians, died Monday after months of ill health. He
was 79.

Diddley died of heart failure at his home in
Archer, Fla., spokeswoman Susan Clary said. He had suffered a heart
attack in August, three months after suffering a stroke while touring
in Iowa. Doctors said the stroke affected his ability to speak, and he
had returned to Florida to continue rehabilitation.

The legendary singer and performer, known for his homemade square guitar, dark glasses and black hat, was an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, had a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, and received a lifetime achievement award in 1999 at the Grammy Awards. In recent years he also played for the elder President Bush and President Clinton.

Diddley appreciated the honors he received, "but it didn't put no figures in my checkbook."

"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," he quipped.

The name Bo Diddley came from other youngsters when he was growing up in Chicago, he said in a 1999 interview.

"I don't know where the kids got it, but the kids in grammar school
gave me that name," he said, adding that he liked it so it became his
stage name. Other times, he gave somewhat differing stories on where he
got the name. Some experts believe a possible source for the name is a
one-string instrument used in traditional blues music called a diddley
bow.

His first single, "Bo Diddley," introduced record buyers in 1955 to
his signature rhythm: bomp ba-bomp bomp, bomp bomp, often summarized as
"shave and a haircut, two bits." The B side, "I'm a Man," with its
slightly humorous take on macho pride, also became a rock standard.

The company that issued his early songs was Chess-Checkers records, the storied Chicago-based labels that also recorded Chuck Berry and other stars.

Howard Kramer, assistant curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
in Cleveland, said in 2006 that Diddley's Chess recordings "stand among
the best singular recordings of the 20th century."

Diddley's other major songs included, "Say Man," "You Can't Judge a
Book by Its Cover," "Shave and a Haircut," "Uncle John," "Who Do You
Love?" and "The Mule."

Diddley's influence was felt on both sides of the Atlantic. Buddy Holly borrowed the bomp ba-bomp bomp, bomp bomp rhythm for his song "Not Fade Away."

The Rolling Stones'
bluesy remake of that Holly song gave them their first chart single in
the United States, in 1964. The following year, another British band,
the Yardbirds, had a Top 20 hit in the U.S. with their version of "I'm a Man."

Diddley was also one of the pioneers of the electric guitar, adding
reverb and tremelo effects. He even rigged some of his guitars himself.

"He treats it like it was a drum, very rhythmic," E. Michael
Harrington, professor of music theory and composition at Belmont
University in Nashville, Tenn., said in 2006.

Many other artists, including the Who, Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Costello copied aspects of Diddley's style.

Growing up, Diddley said he had no musical idols, and he wasn't entirely pleased that others drew on his innovations.

"I don't like to copy anybody. Everybody tries to do what I do, update it," he said. "I don't have any idols I copied after."

"They copied everything I did, upgraded it, messed it up. It seems to
me that nobody can come up with their own thing, they have to put a
little bit of Bo Diddley there," he said.

Despite his success, Diddley claimed he only received a small portion
of the money he made during his career. Partly as a result, he
continued to tour and record music until his stroke. Between tours, he
made his home near Gainesville in north Florida.

"Seventy ain't nothing but a damn number," he told The
Associated Press in 1999. "I'm writing and creating new stuff and
putting together new different things. Trying to stay out there and
roll with the punches. I ain't quit yet."

Diddley, like other artists of his generations, was paid a flat
fee for his recordings and said he received no royalty payments on
record sales. He also said he was never paid for many of his
performances.

"I am owed. I've never got paid," he said. "A dude with a pencil is worse than a cat with a machine gun."

In the early 1950s, Diddley said, disc jockeys called his type
of music, "Jungle Music." It was Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed who
is credited with inventing the term "rock 'n' roll."

Diddley said Freed was talking about him, when he introduced
him, saying, "Here is a man with an original sound, who is going to rock and roll you right out of your seat."

Diddley won attention from a new generation in 1989 when he took part
in the "Bo Knows" ad campaign for Nike, built around football and
baseball star Bo Jackson. Commenting on Jackson's guitar skills, Diddley turned to the camera and said, "He don't know Diddley."

"I never could figure out what it had to do with shoes, but it worked,"
Diddley said. "I got into a lot of new front rooms on the tube."

Born as Ellas Bates on Dec. 30, 1928, in McComb, Miss., Diddley
was later adopted by his mother's cousin and took on the name Ellis
McDaniel, which his wife always called him.

When he was 5, his family moved to Chicago, where he learned
the violin at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. He learned guitar at 10 and
entertained passers-by on street corners.

By his early teens, Diddley was playing Chicago's Maxwell Street.

"I came out of school and made something out of myself. I am
known all over the globe, all over the world. There are guys who have
done a lot of things that don't have the same impact that I had," he
said.

Now you know  :)

Memorial Day Weekend Kickoff Party!!!

Our 27th Live Performance and ALL NEW!!

Jennifer's Cafe Waterbury

http://www

. myspace.com/jenniferscafe

Kick off Memorial Day Weekend with Pyramis Friday night!!
We will be playing our first full evening.

Doors at 9:00,21+.

Pyramis will take the stage @ 11:00pm.

The band Vision will be opening for us.

Check them out at:

http://www

. myspace.com/visionct

This is going to be a huge show, 2 full sets, over 25 originals
We will also be playing a few covers for the first time in 2 years.

You don't want to miss this one!!

A dozen new Pyramis songs will be on tap for those who come out.

Cya at the show!!

Email us for info or directions @ theband@pyramis.tv

If you want to help roadie with our crew and come to the after party hit us up soon and get on the list we have 4 spots left.

After further thought, and much careful consideration, I've decided that I will not allow myself to be driven from this site by circumstances that were out of my control.

Be sure to hit the "More" button, so you can see I still have the twisted sense of humor intact.

Just thought that I should warn everyone !!!

Anyone wishing to contact me can email me at:

thunderbass46@yahoo.com

I will be absent from this site for some time to come, and this will be the only way to get in touch with me.

Adios !